By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) From the first frame to its very last, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread is an aesthetically elegant affair. The production design, the exquisite costumes, the fantastic score by Jonny Greenwood, and the gorgeous cinematography done by Anderson, himself, all play their part in bringing a breath-taking… Continue reading Review: PHANTOM THREAD
Author: Mark Saldana
Review: THE POST
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Between 1972 and 1973, Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward covered the Watergate break-in and the subsequent scandal and their investigative reporting helped uncover a conspiracy within the White House. This actually wasn’t the first time that the reporting of the Washington Post would… Continue reading Review: THE POST
Review: PADDINGTON 2
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Paddington is love. Paddington represents an ideal that all humanity should try to achieve. To quote The Room‘s Tommy Wiseau, “If a lot of people love each other, the world will be a better place to live.” I know that quoting the enigmatic filmmaker, who made… Continue reading Review: PADDINGTON 2
Review: THE COMMUTER
By Liz Lopez Rating: B – During the last quarter of the year, many films are offered in theaters and with several so exceptional in story or performances that they are sure to garner film award nominations, if not the statue itself. As we enter a new year, we can expect the guilty pleasure of… Continue reading Review: THE COMMUTER
Coming To VOD & Digital: VICTOR CROWLEY
FAN-FAVORITE SLASHER FRANCHISE WILL BE RELEASED ON VOD AND DIGITAL on FEBRUARY 6, 2018 Source: Dark Sky Films Dark Sky Films has announced the official release date of VICTOR CROWLEY, the surprise fourth film in the fan-favorite Hatchet franchise. The film will be released on VOD, Digital and Blu-ray and DVD on February 6, 2018. Kept tightly under… Continue reading Coming To VOD & Digital: VICTOR CROWLEY
Movie Trailer: BLOCKERS
Source: Universal Pictures When three parents stumble upon their daughters’ pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal. Leslie Mann (The Other Woman, This Is 40), Ike Barinholtz (Neighbors, Suicide Squad) and John Cena (Trainwreck, Sisters) star in Blockers, the directorial debut… Continue reading Movie Trailer: BLOCKERS
Movie Trailer: RED SPARROW
Source: 20th Century Fox Dominika Egorova is many things. A devoted daughter determined to protect her mother at all costs. A prima ballerina whose ferocity has pushed her body and mind to the absolute limit. A master of seductive and manipulative combat. When she suffers a career-ending injury, Dominika and her mother are facing a… Continue reading Movie Trailer: RED SPARROW
Austin Film Festival 2017 Review: I, TONYA
Austin Film Festival’s “I, Tonya” biopic features Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ Not everyone is a sports fan, nor follows the Olympics, but more than twenty years ago, there was a scandal in the figure skating world. Two names from the United States that became known worldwide, Tonya Harding… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2017 Review: I, TONYA
Movie Trailer: WINCHESTER
Source: CBS Films Inspired by true events. On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester, (Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren) heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end. Constructed in an incessant twenty-four hour a… Continue reading Movie Trailer: WINCHESTER
Review: INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2 (Out of 4 Stars) After the first Insidious left me unimpressed and the second and prequel installments moderately entertained me, the sequel-to-the-prequel movie not only tries to bring everything full circle, but once again falls short. Insidious: The Last Key more or less picks up where Insidious: Chapter 3 ends… Continue reading Review: INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY