Author: Mark Saldana

Fantastic Fest 2017 Review: THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos’s follow up to to the critically acclaimed The Lobster is an equally brilliant film that mixes dark cringe comedy into a psychological horror story that is guaranteed to stay with its audiences.  Lanthimos has a distinctive style that is obviously well-schooled in Stanley… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2017 Review: THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

Review: BATTLE OF THE SEXES

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) During her career as a tennis player, Billie Jean King had to fight hard and play well to win respect in a male-dominated sport run by men who often saw women’s tennis as novel entertainment.  King’s battles against male chauvinism would only be one of the… Continue reading Review: BATTLE OF THE SEXES

Review: AMERICAN MADE

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) True crime stories have become a dime a dozen in Hollywood.  As long as real people keep making bad decisions and exercising poor judgment for cash prizes, there will always be plenty of material for filmmakers to utilize.  It is up to filmmakers, though, to not… Continue reading Review: AMERICAN MADE

Fantastic Fest Review/Interview: PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN

By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Under the pen name Charles Moulton, Dr. William Moulton Marston is best known as the creator of comic book character Wonder Woman and also has received notoriety for inventing the lie detector machine.  Even though Marston did encounter controversy because of his inclusion of bondage and… Continue reading Fantastic Fest Review/Interview: PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN

Movie Trailer #2: BREATHE

Source: Bleecker Street Critics are calling BREATHE “the most inspiring film of the year.” Watch Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy in the new trailer for BREATHE based on the incredible true story – in theaters this October. Official Site: http://www.Breathe.movie LIKE us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BreatheMov FOLLOW us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/BreatheMov FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BreatheMov

Movie Trailer: FERDINAND

Source: 20th Century Fox FERDINAND tells the story of a giant bull with a big heart. After being mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family, he rallies a misfit team on the ultimate adventure. Set in Spain, Ferdinand proves you can’t judge a… Continue reading Movie Trailer: FERDINAND

Movie Trailer: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Source: 20th Century Fox What starts out as a lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into one of the most stylish, suspenseful and thrilling mysteries ever told. From the novel by best-selling author Agatha Christie, “Murder on the Orient Express” tells the tale of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone’s a suspect.… Continue reading Movie Trailer: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Movie Trailer: ISLE OF DOGS

Source: FoxSearchlight ISLE OF DOGS tells the story of ATARI KOBAYASHI, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his… Continue reading Movie Trailer: ISLE OF DOGS

Review: THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE

By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) After achieving much critical and financial success with The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie, the Warner Animation Group has returned with yet another Lego feature film.  Based on the Lego Ninjago toy sets and television series, the movie version of this world obviously and… Continue reading Review: THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE