Author: Mark Saldana

MORTAL KOMBAT

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) In the 1990s, the video game Mortal Kombat became one of the hottest fighting video games in the world. With its photo-realistic graphics for the characters and its intense, gory, over-the-top violence, teens and young adults spent loads of money either playing the arcade versions or… Continue reading MORTAL KOMBAT

FILM NEWS: La Bamba is featured during the seventh annual TCM Big Screen Classics series

By Liz Lopez Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies present the seventh annual TCM Big Screen Classics series. Featuring acclaimed films released from 1941 to 1996, the series has something for everyone including dramas, musicals, comedies, adventure, mystery and more. Each film is presented with pristine digital projection, movie-theater-quality sound, and in its original aspect… Continue reading FILM NEWS: La Bamba is featured during the seventh annual TCM Big Screen Classics series

THE COURIER

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Now available for viewing via Premium Video on Demand, The Courier tells the compelling true story of British businessman Greville Wynne, a mostly unassuming salesman recruited as a spy during the Cold War and how his work with Russian secret agent Oleg Penkovsky helped defuse the… Continue reading THE COURIER

SXSW 2021: JAKOB’S WIFE

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) From producer/director Travis Stevens, the filmmaker behind several genre festival favorites, comes a “biting” dark satire that critiques some of the more archaic conventions of marriage. Horror legend Barbara Crampton stars as the titular character who finds herself trapped in a stale and stagnant marriage where… Continue reading SXSW 2021: JAKOB’S WIFE

VOYAGERS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11wwx5VKThY&feature=emb_title Voyagers (2021 Movie) Official Teaser – Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp Credit: Lionsgate Movies

By Mark Saldana Rating: 2 (Out of 4 Stars) Much like William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, this science fiction thriller depicts what could happen when teenagers/young adults are left to their immature devices when placed in positions of responsibility. The problem with this film, however, is that is comes across as a not-so-great… Continue reading VOYAGERS

SXSW 2021: VIOLATION

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) This dramatic horror film from Canada deals with the very traumatic problem of rape and abuse, but offers a more frightening and disturbing take on the aftermath of such trauma. Written and directed by, and starring Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Violation depicts what can happen when a family’s… Continue reading SXSW 2021: VIOLATION