By Jan Hamilton Beck (Renée Felice Smith, from the CBS show NCIS: Los Angeles) directed, wrote and stars in this frothy flick. She and Liam (Matt Bush) meet and decide to take a trip to the desert. They are going as friends and assure each other they don’t want a relationship. The two charming leads… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: THE RELATIONTRIP
Author: Mark Saldana
SXSW 2017 Review: 68 KILL
By Jan Hamiton This film is a blood soaked thriller with a lot of comic moments. Cast against type, Chip (Mathew Gray Gubler, the young egg-head doctor on TV’s Criminal Minds) is a slightly naïve young man who empties septic tanks during the day, and tries to keep up with his super-hot girlfriend Liza (Annalynne… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: 68 KILL
SXSW 2017 Review: SMALL TOWN CRIME
By Jan Hamilton This film and Small Crimes, also shown at this year’s festival, are both about disgraced former cops, but that’s where the similarity ends. Our lead, Mike Kendall (John Hawkes) is a black-out drunk, nevertheless, he still tries to re-build his life, alternating visits to AA with nights at the bars with his buddy (Anthony… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: SMALL TOWN CRIME
SXSW 2017 Review: PERSON TO PERSON
By Jan Hamilton The characters’ stories intersect a bit in this good natured film that involves fraud, murder (or suicide), romance, the fourth estate, and on-line porn. We follow novice reporter Claire (Abbi Jacobson) and her slightly lecherous young mentor, Phil (Michael Cera) on her first day on the job. She wants to have some… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: PERSON TO PERSON
SXSW 2017 Review: PREVENGE
By Jan Hamilton Ruth is a young pregnant woman shattered by the accidental death of her boyfriend some six months earlier. She hears voices, and the voices are telling her to kill people. At first the victims are just random people who treat her badly, like the jerk she meets in a bar, and the… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: PREVENGE
SXSW 2017 Review: THE STRANGE ONES
By Jan Hamilton Beautifully filmed landscapes are the setting of our eerie road trip movie, as a young man and his teenage brother set off on a short vacation to hunt deer and camp. At least, that’s what they tell people they are doing, the reality is, at first, only hinted at. We are shown… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: THE STRANGE ONES
Spanish Review: GOING IN STYLE
Por Liz López Rating: B- Me encanta ver el actuación de actores con una larga trayectoria compartir el escenario juntos en una obra cinematográfico, pero es decepcionante cuando el guion es uno que solo hacen una nueva versión que se ha visto antes y solo presentado de una manera con la tecnología de hoy. Con… Continue reading Spanish Review: GOING IN STYLE
SXSW 2017 Review: THE DISASTER ARTIST
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) In the world of cinema, there are some truly wonderful films that people love, and then there are some disastrously bad movies that people still love, perhaps even more than some of the greats. Such is the case with Tommy Wiseau’s 2003 feature film The Room.… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: THE DISASTER ARTIST
Review: GOING IN STYLE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) In 1979, Going in Style, a brash and exciting comedy about senior citizens boldly thumbing their noses at old age hit theaters to mostly critical acclaim. The film, which starred legendary actors George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg, is actually a bit of a punk… Continue reading Review: GOING IN STYLE
Review: SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2 (Out of 4 Stars) Unlike the previous Smurf films produced by Sony/Columbia Pictures, this latest blue adventure gets a completely animated treatment and doesn’t have any live-action scenes with actors. However, like the previous films, this new movie has very little to offer any grown-up fans of the miniature, cobalt… Continue reading Review: SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE