Author: Mark Saldana

Review: BRAD’S STATUS

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Call it typecasting, but Ben Stiller has an undeniable talent for portraying actors going through midlife crises.  He has starred in two Noah Baumbach films, Greenberg and While We’re Young, where he portrayed two very different types of characters going through this crisis very well while… Continue reading Review: BRAD’S STATUS

Movie Trailer: WONDERSTRUCK

Source: Amazon Studios Based on Brian Selznick’s critically acclaimed novel Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known, while Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue… Continue reading Movie Trailer: WONDERSTRUCK

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