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Author: Mark Saldana
Local Events: THE BOOK OF LIFE HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL
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Screening Pass Giveaway: THE BOOK OF LIFE
TVR is giving away passes (good for four people) to this advance screening scheduled for Wednesday, October 15 at 7:oo 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! THE BOOK OF LIFE Animation Release: October 17, 2014 MPAA… Continue reading Screening Pass Giveaway: THE BOOK OF LIFE
Review: KILL THE MESSENGER
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on actual events, Kill the Messenger dramatizes the investigative reporting of Gary Webb and his attempts to expose the C.I.A.’s support of the Nicaraguan Contras through drug trafficking. The result is a disturbing and engrossing film, but one held back by the filmmakers’ reliance on… Continue reading Review: KILL THE MESSENGER
Review: DRACULA UNTOLD
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2 (Out of 4 Stars) This movie claims to tell the spellbinding origin story of the most infamous vampire of horror legends. In all of its attempts to tell this “untold” back-story, the movie doesn’t really cast much of a spell. To its credit, the film has some appealing characters and… Continue reading Review: DRACULA UNTOLD
Review: THE JUDGE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) With two acting greats (Robert Downey, Jr. and Robert Duvall) in the cast of this courtroom/family drama, The Judge is undoubtedly worth a watch. The two gifted actors share a powerful chemistry onscreen, credibly portraying an estranged father and son with a mutual disdain for one… Continue reading Review: THE JUDGE
Movie News: THE ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE ANNOUNCES NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH HONOR FLIGHT NETWORK
Austin, TX – Wednesday, October 8, 2014 – The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is pleased to announce our partnership with the Honor Flight Network. “We have three great World War II films coming out this fall – FURY, THE IMITATION GAME, and UNBROKEN. We want to use this opportunity to honor WWII veterans in our local communities.… Continue reading Movie News: THE ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE ANNOUNCES NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH HONOR FLIGHT NETWORK
Movie News: THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1
LIONSGATE ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIPS WITH DORITOS, MAZDA AND WHOLE FOODS MARKET®’S WHOLE PLANET FOUNDATION® FOR THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 VANCOUVER, BC and SANTA MONICA, CA, October 8, 2014 – Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a premier next generation global content leader, today announced that DORITOS, MAZDA and Whole Foods Market’s WHOLE PLANET FOUNDATION will partner with the… Continue reading Movie News: THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1
Now Available on Blu-ray and DVD: SIDEWALK STORIES
“Writer-director-star Charles Lane honors the traditions of silent-film comedy, especially of the wistful Chaplin sort.”– The Village Voice “His frames create a wild spontaneity that can morph from riveting to fun to tense and alien in the space of a half-block, making Sidewalk Stories as emblematic a New York film as there is.” – Slant Magazine “You might never have… Continue reading Now Available on Blu-ray and DVD: SIDEWALK STORIES
Now Available on Blu-ray and DVD: Horror Classic for October
NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 7, 2014 – Kino Lorber is proud to announce the Blu-ray releases of five horror classics in October, just in time for Halloween: THE FIRST POWER, starring Lou Diamond Phillips; the supernatural shocker JENNIFER, inspired by Carrie; the Christmastime slasher flick TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT; PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES, by Italian horror maestro Mario Bava, and the 1932 B-movie… Continue reading Now Available on Blu-ray and DVD: Horror Classic for October