Author: Mark Saldana

Movie Trailer: LOGAN LUCKY

Source: Bleecker Street Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy (Channing Tatum) and Clyde Logan (Adam Driver) set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Directed by Steven Soderbergh Written by Rebecca Blunt Produced by Gregory Jacobs, Mark Johnson, Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin Starring Channing… Continue reading Movie Trailer: LOGAN LUCKY

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

Review: WONDER WOMAN

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) After getting a brief, but exciting cinematic introduction in Batman v. Superman, Wonder Woman returns with her own feature film entry in the DC Extended Universe, and gets a proper origin story treatment that actually rivals some of Marvel’s top hero movies.  Directed by Patty Jenkins… Continue reading Review: WONDER WOMAN

SXSW 2017 Review: PARIS CAN WAIT

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Filmmaker Eleanor Coppola has spent much of her life and career working behind the scenes with filmmaker family members Frances Ford Coppola (husband), Sofia Coppola (daughter), and Roman Coppola (son).  She has served as her family’s historian/documentarian capturing the process of making movies through both photographs… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: PARIS CAN WAIT

SXSW 2017 News: Feature and Documentary Films Head on to the Oak Cliff Film Festival

By Liz Lopez The Oak Cliff Film Festival (OCFF) recently announced the Features programming to be held at the historic Texas Theatre and venues around the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, TX from June 8th – 11th. Aside from the Texas premieres of David Lowery’s “A Ghost Story” and Alejandro Jodorowsky’s “Endless Poetry”, I was… Continue reading SXSW 2017 News: Feature and Documentary Films Head on to the Oak Cliff Film Festival

SXSW 2017 Review: PARIS CAN WAIT

By Liz Lopez Rating: B-          “Paris Can Wait” was a spotlight in the Narrative Feature Screening Category of this year’s SXSW Film Festival where Director Eleanor Coppola attended the U. S. premiere of her narrative directorial and screenwriting debut. The best way to describe the film is a romance, with light doses of comedy and… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: PARIS CAN WAIT

Review: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES

By Mark Saldana Rating: 2 (Out of 4 Stars) The summer movie season has arrived, and a couple of the movie franchise sequels have already hit theaters.  With the arrival of sequels comes the traditional and highly unnecessary beating of dead horses.  What I am metaphorically referring to are the new installments of movie sagas… Continue reading Review: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES

Review: BAYWATCH

By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) With the huge critical and financial success of the Jump Street movies, other studios have quickly followed suit with more comedic film adaptations of televisions series, though most of them have yet to achieve the same levels of success and acclaim (Dark Shadows, CHiPs).  From 1989 through… Continue reading Review: BAYWATCH

Review: THE WOMEN’S BALCONY

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) As a child growing up in a Catholic family and remaining active in the church through most of my childhood, I witnessed the different dynamics of power within my community.  I saw several pastors come and go, each bringing something different to the church, its services… Continue reading Review: THE WOMEN’S BALCONY