By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) I first watched this truly unique and amazing film at Fantastic Fest last year, and when I heard that it would play SXSW 2017, I just had to make time to watch it again. Leave it to bold and brilliant filmmaker Nacho Vigalando (Timecrimes, Extraterrestrial) to take… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2016/SXSW 2017 Review: COLOSSAL
Author: Mark Saldana
SXSW 2017 Review: 68 KILL
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) My first Midnighter of the festival comes from Snowfort Pictures and writer/director Trent Haaga, the brilliant and wicked writer behind 2013’s Cheap Thrills. With those wonderfully creative insane folks behind this film, there was no way I could miss it. 68 Kill offers a dark, twisted… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: 68 KILL
Movie Trailer: DETROIT
Source: Annapurna Pictures From the Academy Award winning director of THE HURT LOCKER and ZERO DARK THIRTY, DETROIT tells the gripping story of one of the darkest moments during the civil unrest that rocked Detroit in the summer of ‘67. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Written by Mark Boal. Starring John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith,… Continue reading Movie Trailer: DETROIT
Movie Trailer: TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT
Source: Paramount Pictures The Last Knight shatters the core myths of the Transformers franchise, and redefines what it means to be a hero. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders… Continue reading Movie Trailer: TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT
SXSW 2017 Review: A BAD IDEA GONE WRONG
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) One of my first films of this year’s festival was a rather amusing comedy that reminds me of “slacker” comedies from the 90s (Clerks, Reality Bites, Kicking and Screaming). As a man who went through his late teens and twenties during that era, I rather enjoyed… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: A BAD IDEA GONE WRONG
Review: GIFTED
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Cinema has tackled the drama of a child custody battle for decades now. As this type of case is rather common in reality, filmmakers have used this scenario and its variations multiple times with results ranging from excellent to melodramatic. Writer Tom Flynn and director Marc… Continue reading Review: GIFTED
SXSW 2017 News: THE TRANSFIGURATION Has A Theatrical Release
By Liz Lopez Source: Strand Releasing “The Transfiguration” is written and directed by Michael O’Shea and stars Eric Ruffin and Chloe Levine. It was an Official Selection at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and in March at the SXSW Film Festival 2017 in Austin. Writer/director Michael O’Shea’s debut feature, “The Transfiguration,” follows troubled teen Milo (Ruffin)… Continue reading SXSW 2017 News: THE TRANSFIGURATION Has A Theatrical Release
SXSW 2017 Review: AS I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY
By Liz Lopez Rating: A During the SXSW Film Festival last month, I viewed the documentary, “As I Walk Through the Valley” from the directors, Ronnie Garza and Charlie Vela. The film had the World Premiere in the 24 Beats Per Second category and I throughly loved the film. It is one of the memorable… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: AS I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY
Movie Teaser Trailer: THOR: RAGNAROK
Source: Marvel Entertainment In Marvel Studios’ “Thor: Ragnarok,” Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok—the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization—at the hands of an all-powerful new threat,… Continue reading Movie Teaser Trailer: THOR: RAGNAROK
SXSW 2017 Review: SMALL CRIMES
By Jan Hamilton Small Crimes, not to be confused with Small Town Crime, which also played at this year’s SXSW, is an enjoyable film with some great performances. We follow Joe Denton (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) a crooked cop just out of jail who viciously attacked and disfigured a district attorney while he (Joe) was in a drug soaked… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: SMALL CRIMES