Critica de cine: The Protégé

Por Liz Lopez Rating: B-/C+ Si te encanta ver películas sobre pistolas a sueldo, asesinos y todo eso, debes saber que The Protégé, del director Martin Campbell, es definitivamente una película para que disfrutes. Una cosa que debes saber al respecto es esto: la previsibilidad en las escenas de lucha y otra parte del guión… Continue reading Critica de cine: The Protégé

FLAG DAY

Dylan Penn stars as Jennifer Vogel in FLAG DAY A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film Photo credit: Allen Fraser © 2021 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.

By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ Sean Penn (The Crossing Guard, (1995); The Pledge (2001); Into the Wild (2007) returns to the director’s seat for the film Flag Day. The deeply flawed individuals in the screenplay, written by Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth, are characters in the 2005 memoir “Flim-Flam Man: The True Story of My… Continue reading FLAG DAY

Bentonville Film Festival 2021: Jury Awards Winners

By Liz Lopez The Bentonville Film Festival announced the jury prize winners for their seventh annual Festival. The week-long Festival, led by Academy Award-winning actor and Festival Chair Geena Davis, is known for its dedication to championing female, non-binary, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and people with disabilities’ voices in entertainment with films directed by 71% Women, 75%… Continue reading Bentonville Film Festival 2021: Jury Awards Winners

Critica de Cine: RESPECT

Por Liz Lopez Rating: B La difunta Aretha Franklin es una de nuestras más grandes artistas con una carrera que se extendió por décadas. La nueva película, Respect, comienza con sus primeros años como niña, como suelen hacer muchas películas biográficas. El director Liesl Tommy y la guionista Tracey Scott Wilson, hacen su primer largometraje… Continue reading Critica de Cine: RESPECT

CODA

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) The acronym CODA stands for Child Of Deaf Adults. And the main character of this winning movie is exactiy that. In fact, the protagonist Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) is the only one in her family with the ability to hear. Ruby is a high school senior… Continue reading CODA

RESPECT

By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) A child shows signs of musical talent at a young age. Her parents encourage her to develop that talent. She eventually become a massive star and must face the demons of her past. Now, I know that this plot sounds all too familiar. And such is… Continue reading RESPECT

Free Guy

By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ In “Free Guy”, Ryan Reynolds’ character is a bank teller named Guy who lives in a world that doesn’t change day to day and that is because his world isn’t real. Guy is a video game character, but a non-playable one (known as an NPC, or “non-playable character”), which means… Continue reading Free Guy