By Liz Lopez Rating: B- If you need a swift change from the Dark Matters films, or the very sad films based on true events, Man Camp may be the choice at the Austin Film Festival. Nate James Bakke directs the film from a script written by Daniel Cummings, Scott Kruse and Josh Long. The… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2019: Review: MAN CAMP
Author: Mark Saldana
Critica De Cine de Fantastic Fest 2019: THE LIGHTHOUSE
Por Liz Lopez Rating: A “The Lighthouse”, dirigida por Robert Eggers, basada en un guión que escribió con Max Eggers, no trajo el mismo horror que su película anterior “The Witch”, pero aún tiene un drama y misterio desconcertante con actuaciones destacadas de Willem Dafoe y Robert Pattinson. “The Lighthouse” está ambientada a fines del… Continue reading Critica De Cine de Fantastic Fest 2019: THE LIGHTHOUSE
Critica De Cine: PAIN AND GLORY
Por Liz Lopez Rating: A El escritor / director Pedro Almodóvar ha creado grandes películas como Law Of Desire y Bad Education (entre las muchas películas que ha dirigido), y con Pain & Glory, este guión puede parecer más autobiográfico y / o muy vagamente basado en su propia vida. La historia del cineasta Salvador… Continue reading Critica De Cine: PAIN AND GLORY
Review: PAIN AND GLORY
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar has returned with what seems to be his most personal film yet. Starring Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory features a retired filmmaker coping with aging, loneliness, and a life away from creating art. The film is a moving and reflective portrait of… Continue reading Review: PAIN AND GLORY
Fantastic Fest 2019 Review: PARASITE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) On the final day of this year’s festival, the newest film from South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho screened and wowed its audiences including me. Though the movie was not the official closing feature, it rightfully should have been. Bong’s darkly comedic thriller is not only one… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2019 Review: PARASITE
Review: BLACK AND BLUE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) In recent years, the subject of racial discrimination by police has been an inevitably prominent topic in cinema. Most of the films which tackle this matter do so with much gravity (as they should), but this particular film uses the material within an action-thriller. Now, I… Continue reading Review: BLACK AND BLUE
Critica De Cine: ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP
Por Liz Lopez Rating: B- Siendo un fanático total de Zombieland (2009), fue con mucha anticipación, incluso diez años después, ver la nueva secuela de comedia de terror “Zombieland: Double Tap” con la familia de personajes, Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Columbus ( Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone) y Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) que ya no es… Continue reading Critica De Cine: ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP
Review: ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) It has been ten years since the first Zombieland hit theaters and maybe that was just the right amount of time to give fans the sequel they deserve. The first movie gave audiences a witty and inventive take on the genre, and though the sequel doesn’t… Continue reading Review: ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP
Review: MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) This is the same exact rating that I gave the first Maleficent movie. And it is for mainly the same reasons, that I found this second installment somewhat dull. Maleficent, the “evil” fay from the Sleeping Beauty story just isn’t developed or portrayed in any truly… Continue reading Review: MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL
Review: GEMINI MAN
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Though it has taken a long journey to get here, Gemini Man, for better or worse is now in theaters. On the plus side, the film features an inventive science fiction premise, but on the negative end, also features a somewhat predictable plot. In addition director… Continue reading Review: GEMINI MAN