Source: The Alamo Drafthouse Photos by Heather Kennedy Last night Austin Star Wars fans and fans of recently departed actress Carrie Fisher congregated outside of the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar for a lightsaber vigil to the Princess who captured the hearts of so many. Attendees were encouraged to dress as their favorite Star Wars characters… Continue reading Local News: ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE HONORS CARRIE FISHER WITH A LIGHTSABER VIGIL
Author: Mark Saldana
Movie News: THE AUSTIN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION’S 2016 FILM AWARDS
Source: AFCA Today the Austin Film Critics Association announced their choices for film awards, along with their top ten list of films for 2016. Each year the committee votes for their top films, special acknowledgements in specific film categories, and special awards for achievements by local filmmakers and first time filmmakers. Here is a link… Continue reading Movie News: THE AUSTIN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION’S 2016 FILM AWARDS
Review: LION
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on the nonfiction book, A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose, Lion tells the true story of Saroo, a native of India who, as a child, gets separated from his poor, but loving family. Saroo (Sunny Pawar), while looking for his older brother,… Continue reading Review: LION
Fantastic Fest 2016 Review: ELLE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Paul Verhoeven, the mad, ingenious Dutch filmmaker who directed such films as Robocop, Total Recall (1990), Basic Instinct, and Starship Troopers, is back with a very controversial thriller which deals with rape, psychological trauma, and how one woman copes with these intense issues. Isabelle Huppert stars as… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2016 Review: ELLE
Spanish Review: ASSASSIN’S CREED
Por Liz López Rating: C Los videojuegos adaptados para largometrajes aparentemente no les va muy bien con la audiencia que actualmente juega el videojuego y hay mucha “platica” sobre eso en el Internet, especialmente cuando mencionan las películas anteriores tal como “Warcraft” de este año y hasta 1995 cuando se estrenó “Mortal Kombat”. A pesar… Continue reading Spanish Review: ASSASSIN’S CREED
Review: WHY HIM?
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2 (Out of 4 Stars) Why Him?, the new movie by writer/director John Hamburg (I Love You, Man, Along Came Polly) takes an overused plot of boyfriend versus girlfriend’s father and hopes to reinvigorate it with wild, zany, and over-the-top humor. The film does have a talented cast, but Hamburg and co-writer… Continue reading Review: WHY HIM?
Spanish Review: JACKIE
Por Liz López Rating: B Al preguntarles a individuos de cierta edad que es lo que recuerdan del 25 de noviembre, 1963, recibirán una variedad de respuestas y con detalles exhaustivos grabados dentro de nuestras memorias. Después de ese día, al ver la televisión siempre había cobertura de los hechos en Texas a partir del… Continue reading Spanish Review: JACKIE
Review: FENCES
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) In a year where it seems that advances in race relations have made a complete 180, films like Fences and Moonlight are more important than ever. From a non-African-American perspective, it can be easy to point fingers and make accusations judging Black America for some of the… Continue reading Review: FENCES
Movie Trailer: GOING IN STYLE
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Oscar winners Morgan Freeman (“Million Dollar Baby”), Michael Caine (“The Cider House Rules,” “Hannah and Her Sisters”) and Alan Arkin (“Little Miss Sunshine”) team up as lifelong buddies Willie, Joe and Al, who decide to buck retirement and step off the straight-and-narrow for the first time in their lives when their… Continue reading Movie Trailer: GOING IN STYLE
Movie Trailer: JOHN WICK 2
Source: Lionsgate In this next chapter following the 2014 hit, legendary hitman John Wick [Keanu Reeves] is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of… Continue reading Movie Trailer: JOHN WICK 2