Movie Trailer #2: JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

Source: Sony Pictures Entertainment In the brand new adventure Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the tables are turned as four teenagers in detention are sucked into the world of Jumanji.  When they discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of, they are immediately thrust into the game’s jungle setting, into the… Continue reading Movie Trailer #2: JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

Movie Trailer: TOMB RAIDER (2018)

The fate of humanity rests in her hands. Alicia Vikander is Lara Croft. Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared. From Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Tomb Raider is the… Continue reading Movie Trailer: TOMB RAIDER (2018)

Review: mother!

By Jan Hamilton Why isn’t “mother!” capitalized? That’s just one more mystery in this extremely strange new movie from Darren Aronofsky. The performances from the high powered cast are wonderful.  Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris and Michele Pfeiffer are all great with the strange roles they are given. The movie starts as if it… Continue reading Review: mother!

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

Movie Red Band Trailer: THE SHAPE OF WATER

Source: FoxSearchlight From master story teller, Guillermo del Toro, comes THE SHAPE OF WATER – an other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever… Continue reading Movie Red Band Trailer: THE SHAPE OF WATER

Movie Trailer: ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD

Source: Sony Pictures Entertainment ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD follows the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer) and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother Gail (Michelle Williams) to convince his billionaire grandfather (Kevin Spacey) to pay the ransom. When Getty Sr. refuses, Gail attempts to sway him as her son’s… Continue reading Movie Trailer: ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD

Review: RED TREES

By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Opening in NYC and LA on September 15, documentary film Red Trees tells the powerful and poignant story of Holocaust survivor Alfred Willer as he and his filmmaker daughter Marina take audiences through their family history as Jews living in Czechoslovakia during Germany’s occupation during World… Continue reading Review: RED TREES

Review: mother!

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Writer/director Darren Aronofsky is one of Hollywood’s most unique filmmakers.  With movies Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Black Swan, and Noah in his filmography, one never knows what to expect from the talented, but enigmatic artist.  If The Wrestler is Aronofsky’s most accessible and… Continue reading Review: mother!

Review: REBEL IN THE RYE

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) In 1951, author J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye was published to instant critical acclaim and became a massive best seller, launching the relatively unknown author into legendary status.  The author would continue writing and would become more withdrawn from the public eye, but… Continue reading Review: REBEL IN THE RYE

Review: AMERICAN ASSASSIN

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Late author Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp book series serves as the inspiration for what movie producers hope is the first installment of another successful film franchise.  Directed by Michael Cuestra (Kill the Messenger), American Assassin offers an origin story for Rapp, a young, skilled, but naive… Continue reading Review: AMERICAN ASSASSIN