Author: Mark Saldana

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: KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) After directing movie adaptations of both Kick Ass and Kingsman: The Secret Service, Matthew Vaughn has shown that he has the skills and subversive sensibilities to properly do cinematic treatments of Mark Millar graphic novels.  Unlike Kick Ass 2, though, Vaughn thankfully chose to return to the… Continue reading Review: KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

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