By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) The once popular and addictive Rovio phone video game gets the cinematic treatment and the results are more or less similar to other films based on video games. I have yet to see a game-inspired movie that truly impresses me. Last year’s Hitman: Agent 47 came… Continue reading Review: THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE
Author: Mark Saldana
Review: NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Two years after the first battle between the Radners and “zoo fraternity” Delta Psi, the creative team behind the first Neighbors movie has returned with a sequel that may not be quite funny and entertaining as the first film, but does make a valiant effort to… Continue reading Review: NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING
Review: THE NICE GUYS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Acclaimed screenwriter Shane Black is not only back with an awesome new script, but has also returned to the director’s chair for an absolute riot of a comedy that had me constantly laughing, often to the point of tears. The Nice Guys may turn out to… Continue reading Review: THE NICE GUYS
Spanish Review: THE NICE GUYS
Por Liz López Rating: A Hace tiempo en el cual he visto una comedia en el cine que deveras me tiene divertida por la duración de la proyección. Esta semana la descubrí al ver el largometraje, The Nice Guys, en la que protagonizan los actores Russell Crowe y Ryan Gosling. A partir de ver el… Continue reading Spanish Review: THE NICE GUYS
Spanish Review: THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE
Por Liz López Rating: B – Desde 2009 cuando se lanzó el videojuego, Angry Birds, mucha gente conoce los variados personajes que lleva este juego la cual es un éxito total. Después se lanzó una serie televisivo, Angry Birds Toons, y por su éxito fue la raíz de iniciar la producción del largometraje, The Angry… Continue reading Spanish Review: THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE
Movie Trailer: CAFE SOCIETY
Source: Lionsgate Movies Set in the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars. After returning to New York he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life. Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve… Continue reading Movie Trailer: CAFE SOCIETY
Movie Trailer: THE ACCOUNTANT
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world’s most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department’s Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King (J.K. Simmons),… Continue reading Movie Trailer: THE ACCOUNTANT
Movie Trailer: THE BFG
Source: Disney The talents of three of the world’s greatest storytellers – Roald Dahl, Walt Disney and Steven Spielberg –finally unite to bring Dahl’s beloved classic “The BFG” to life. Directed by Spielberg, Disney’s “The BFG” tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils… Continue reading Movie Trailer: THE BFG
Screening Pass Giveaway: WEINER
Source: Sundance Selects TVR is giving readers a chance to win a complimentary pass to see a special advance screening on Thursday, May 26 at 7:oo p.m. For a chance to win a pass (admit 2), send an e-mail to Trueviewreviews2@gmail.com and in the Subject line of your e-mail, please note “WEINER in Austin”. A limited number of… Continue reading Screening Pass Giveaway: WEINER
Austin Film Festival 2015 Review: LAST DAYS IN THE DESERT
By Liz Lopez Rating: B Last Days in the Desert premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and then the Austin Film Festival’s 2015 film slate in the Marquee Features included this seventh feature by writer/director Rodrigo Garcia (Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her, Mother and Child). Luckily for those of us… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2015 Review: LAST DAYS IN THE DESERT