Author: Mark Saldana

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Five years after Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim hit theaters, a sequel has finally arrived, but without the original filmmaker at the helm.  Though I had a lot of fun with the first film, I very well knew then that the film has only so much… Continue reading Review: PACIFIC RIM UPRISING

By Liz Lopez Rating: D+ “Midnight Sun” will not make viewers reach for tissues for tears of sadness, but rather for the money spent at the theater to view a rehashed 90 minute story about a girl who meets the boy of her dreams and an ongoing illness brings an early demise. I wanted to… Continue reading Review: MIDNIGHT SUN

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Regardless of what one might think about any particular Steven Soderbergh film, there cannot be any denial of the filmmaker’s skills.  Soderbergh is a director who chooses to direct, shoot and edit his own work and can do so outstandingly.  The man is a master quite… Continue reading Review: UNSANE

By Liz Lopez Rating: B “The Death of Stalin” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and subsequently screened during Fantastic Fest in Austin last September. Political satirist and HBO comedy series “Veep” creator, as well as being an Emmy award-winning and an Oscar-nominated director, Armando Iannucci has co- written a hilarious satirical screenplay with… Continue reading Review: THE DEATH OF STALIN