By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on the true story of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton and the infiltration of the Chicago chapter of the party by FBI informant William O’Neal, writer/director Shaka King presents an all-too-real and dual-faceted example of our US government’s oppression of Black America. Out-spoken and unfiltered,… Continue reading JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
Author: Mark Saldana
THE MAURITANIAN
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on Mohamedou Ould Salahi’s memoir Guantanamo Diary, this film adaptation by director Kevin Macdonald does manage to deliver an emotional wallop, but gets undermined by a mostly dull, legal procedural approach to the material. The movie follows the legal defense and their investigation into the… Continue reading THE MAURITANIAN
BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Barb and Star initially seems like an SNL sketch idea that never made it to the show and seems destined for failure in a feature treatment. Going into this movie, I tempered my expectations accordingly, but was ultimately pleasantly surprised with the delightful comedic results that… Continue reading BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
THE MAP OF TINY PERFECT THINGS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) The idea of making another time loop movie actually is rather amusing if one were to think about it. In a time loop plot, a character or characters often repeat a day or a certain chain of events, sometimes with different outcomes, only to start over… Continue reading THE MAP OF TINY PERFECT THINGS
Movie News: PALMER
Source: AppleTV+ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 11, 2021 – Nathaniel Rateliff’s official music video for his track “Redemption” premieres today; watch/share https://found.ee/NRRedemption. Written for and featured in the Apple Original film Palmer, “Redemption” is garnering attention from Variety and Rolling Stone who calls it “cathartic.” Listen to/share “Redemption” https://found.ee/NRRedemption Palmer, which is now streaming… Continue reading Movie News: PALMER
BLISS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 1.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Bliss’s tagline, “Chase Something Real,” invites the audience to follow its protagonist on a soul-searching journey as he attempts to define what is very real to him. However, the film unintentionally has the audience trying to make sense of a poorly developed concept, ambiguously confusing plot… Continue reading BLISS
PALMER
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Justin Timberlake stars as the titular Eddie Palmer, a former football superstar whose life takes a hard detour after he makes a costly mistake. The movie might be a familiar redemption story, but is one with a more modern twist. Though the story obvious retreads similar… Continue reading PALMER
THE LITTLE THINGS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2 (Out of 4 Stars) From writer/director John Lee Hancock, comes a dark crime thriller that, at one point, tries to set itself apart from other similar films, but fails miserably to do so. Hancock goes through some very familiar motions, borrowing elements from other better detective stories and tries to… Continue reading THE LITTLE THINGS
Critica De Cine: NO MAN’S LAND
Por Liz Lopez Rating: B La nueva película de IFC, No Man’s Land, es de los cineastas Tejanos Conor Allyn (Walk.Ride.Rodeo) quien dirigió, basándose en el guión escrito por su hermano, Jake Allyn (protagonista de esta película) y el coguionista David Barraza (escritor de series de television en español y productor ejecutivo de esta película).… Continue reading Critica De Cine: NO MAN’S LAND
NO MAN’S LAND
By Liz Lopez Rating: B The new IFC movie, No Man’s Land, is by Texas filmmakers Conor Allyn (Walk.Ride.Rodeo) who directed, based on the script written by his brother, Jake Allyn (protagonist in this film) and co-writer David Barraza (Spanish TV series writer and executive producer for this film). This is not the first film… Continue reading NO MAN’S LAND