Author: Mark Saldana

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, and Charlie Day are back and the results are not that bad.  I am not  a huge fan of the first film, but I do like it.  I feel that the first movie delivers fun laughs, but ultimately doesn’t use some of… Continue reading Review: HORRIBLE BOSSES 2

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) This spin-off movie, featuring the lovable characters from the Madagascar series, is cute and funny, but often too cartoonish for its own good. Much like the Mr. Peabody and Sherman feature film, Penguins of Madagascar has plenty of old school, cartoon humor with all of its… Continue reading Review: PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) This biopic/romance story of physicist Stephen Hawking and his love Jane Wilde Hawking may have a formulaic structure, but that doesn’t make their true story any less compelling. The fact that this film is written directed and performed with much heart makes it that much more… Continue reading Review: THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) For this second-to-the-last installment of the Hunger Games saga, director Francis Lawrence and writers Peter Craig, Danny Strong, and Suzanne Collins have taken a much more serious and dramatic approach.  In fact this movie feels more real-world than the hyper-stylized world established in the first two… Continue reading Review: THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1

By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) It has been twenty years since Harry (Jeff Daniels) and Lloyd (Jim Carrey) went on their hilarious and eventful road trip to Aspen and introduced the world to the writing/directing Farelly brothers. During this extensive time period, the Farelly brothers, Carrey, and Daniels have all had… Continue reading Review: DUMB AND DUMBER TO