By Liz Lopez Rating: B Imagínense mi sorpresa cuando empiezo a ver la película Yakuza Princess y me entero de que São Paulo Brasil tiene una comunidad muy grande de japoneses (más de un millón de personas) conocida como Nikkei Burajiru-jin (japoneses brasileños). El cineasta brasileño Vicente Amorim (“Motorrad) trabaja a partir de un guión… Continue reading Critica De Cine: YAKUZA PRINCESS
Author: Mark Saldana
Bentonville Film Festival 2021 Review: Noor & Layla
By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ Noor & Layla is a 13-minute short that shows how the relationship developed between two Muslim women but it is told in reverse chronological order from what may be the end (as the film begins). Written and directed by filmmaker Fawzia Mirza (Signature Move), starring actors Nicole Nwokolo (as Noor)… Continue reading Bentonville Film Festival 2021 Review: Noor & Layla
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) The Marvel Cinematic Universe expands its world further to include a back story that it has only been previously touched upon, but now finally explains its true origins. In previous films, Iron Man and Iron Man III, the legend of The Mandarin and the Ten Rings… Continue reading SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
YAKUZA PRINCESS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Brazilian director Vicente Amorim presents a film full of style and some panache that looks great on the big screen. It is obivious that filmmaker has drawn from various inspirations and does so in some dynamic visual ways. Unfortunately, the writing that went into this screenplay… Continue reading YAKUZA PRINCESS
Fantasia 2021: ALIEN ON STAGE
Imagine, if you will, a world where the movie Alien is re-imagined for a stage play where an amateur play director and amateur actors decide that this story this iconic movie story deserves a stage production. You haven’t actuallly crossed into the Twilight Zone, but the real world. This remarkable documentary shows what exactly could… Continue reading Fantasia 2021: ALIEN ON STAGE
Fantasia 2021 Review: THE RIGHTEOUS
Written and directed by and starring Mark O’Brien, this haunting psychological horror film deals with guilt (particularly Catholic guilt) and how that feeling can eat away at one’s soul. Henry Czerny stars as Frederic Mason, an ex-priest who lives with his beloved wife Ethel (Mimi Kuzyk) in a quiet and mostly uneventful life away from… Continue reading Fantasia 2021 Review: THE RIGHTEOUS
Fantasia 2021 Review: KING CAR
From Brazil, comes a strange and almost visionary movie with good intentions, but not exactly a great realization and execution. The film presents a world where the cars are the world (or at least this world) are sentient beings totally misunderstood and abused by humanity. The protagonist Uno has been endowed with the gift to… Continue reading Fantasia 2021 Review: KING CAR
Noticias de cine: Spirit Untamed disponible en Digital, en Blu-ray™ y DVD
Por Liz Lopez Súmate a los amigos Lucky, Abigail y Prue en Spirit Untamed, una travesía épica sobre la familia, la amistad y la aventura que puedes ver una y otra vez. Podrás tener esta película completamente nueva en Digital ahora y en Blu-ray™ y DVD el 31 de agosto de 2021 de la mano… Continue reading Noticias de cine: Spirit Untamed disponible en Digital, en Blu-ray™ y DVD
aGLIFF News: Centerpiece film Boulevard! A Hollywood Story and Firebird
By Liz Lopez Austin’s oldest film festival, aGLIFF (All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival) announces changes to the schedule and access availability for screenings and special events for PRISM 34 taking place August 26 – September 6, 2021. The Opening Night screening of the North American premiere of Blitzed: The 80s Blitz Kids Story… Continue reading aGLIFF News: Centerpiece film Boulevard! A Hollywood Story and Firebird
CANDYMAN (2021)
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) At this point, I believe that horror producers seriously need to give Jordan Peele all of the sequel/reboots. YES! Offer them all to him. The man has a brilliantly creative mind for horror. He has proven it with his original films Get Out and Us, but… Continue reading CANDYMAN (2021)