By Mark Saldana Rating: 2 (Out of 4 Stars) Almost every single modern, ensemble holiday movie seems to have the same structure. Characters have problems. The holiday, whichever one it is, seems to magnify the character’s woes. Characters have to face their problems. Characters develop new relationships or reinforce established ones and this helps with… Continue reading Review: LOVE THE COOPERS
Author: Mark Saldana
Spanish Review: ROOM
Por Liz Lopez Rating: A+ Rara la vez que siento honestamente me conmueve profundamente una película como lo es el largometraje, Room, ahora en cines. Al usar la palabra conmover, es también decir que sentí emociones como enternecer, emocionar, alterar e impresionar, por lo menos. Entre el salón de cine sin haber leído el libro… Continue reading Spanish Review: ROOM
Austin Film Festival 2015 Review: A SINGLE FRAME
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) During the late 1990s while covering the Kosovo War, acclaimed photojournalist Alexandra Boulat took a powerful and emotional photo of Albanian refugee Sadik Kadrijaj. The now deceased photographer probably realized how incredible the image was, but neither she nor Sadik probably ever thought that the photo would… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2015 Review: A SINGLE FRAME
Austin Film Festival 2015 Interview: A SINGLE FRAME
By Mark Saldana While preparing my schedule for this year’s Austin Film Festival, this particular documentary really stood out for me. Reading its synopsis, I was instantly touched by the subject and how it promised to show the impact of art, particularly within the media of photography and film. Brandon Dickerson’s film delivers as it… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2015 Interview: A SINGLE FRAME
Screening Pass Giveaway: SPOTLIGHT
Source: Open Road Films TVR is giving away passes (good for two people) to this advance screening scheduled for Wednesday, November 18 at 7:30 p.m. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY. Must be 18 or older to enter. See this movie early and free of charge before it opens in theaters! Starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel… Continue reading Screening Pass Giveaway: SPOTLIGHT
Screening Pass Giveaway: LEGEND
Source: Universal Pictures TVR is giving readers a chance to win a complimentary pass to see a special advance screening on Monday, November 23 at 7:30 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 “LEGEND in Austin”. A limited number… Continue reading Screening Pass Giveaway: LEGEND
Movie Trailer: TOUCHED WITH FIRE
(Be sure to look for TVR’s Mark Saldana’s quotes about the film in the trailer and on the movie poster.) Source: Roadside Attractions Touched with Fire stars Katie Homes and Luke Kirby as two poets with bipolar disorder whose art is fueled by their emotional extremes. When they meet in a treatment facility, their chemistry… Continue reading Movie Trailer: TOUCHED WITH FIRE
Movie Trailer: ANOMALISA
Source: Paramount Pictures Michael Stone, husband, father and respected author of “How May I Help You Help Them?” is a man crippled by the mundanity of his life. On a business trip to Cincinnati, where he’s scheduled to speak at a convention of customer service professionals, he checks into the Fregoli Hotel. There, he is… Continue reading Movie Trailer: ANOMALISA
Movie Trailer: ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Source: Walt Disney Studios In Disney’s “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” an all-new spectacular adventure featuring the unforgettable characters from Lewis Carroll’s beloved stories, Alice returns to the whimsical world of Underland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter. Directed by James Bobin, who brings his own unique vision to the spectacular… Continue reading Movie Trailer: ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Movie News: FUNNY BUNNY
Source: Filmbuff FUNNY BUNNY Will Be Released In Select NY Theaters on November 13th Watch The Trailer Here Synopsis: Gene (Kentucker Audley, QUEEN OF EARTH) spends his days canvassing about childhood obesity. One day he comes across Titty (Olly Alexander, ENTER THE VOID), an emotionally-arrested 19-year-old who has successfully sued his own father to win back a large… Continue reading Movie News: FUNNY BUNNY