Por Liz López Rating: B+ Hay muchas películas de comedia en donde el protagonista masculino es guapo y tiene una cantidad de mujeres de donde elegir para ser la próxima conquista sexual. Tiene su momento de satisfacción y después, sin ningún tipo de intimidad se despide – si es que se despide. Tal vez se… Continue reading Spanish Review: TRAINWRECK
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Review: TRAINWRECK
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Director Judd Apatow tackled bro-mance and romance in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, unexpected offspring in Knocked Up, and marital woes in This is 40. Apatow’s newest comedy marks a return to romantic comedy, and as with most rom-coms, this one is told from a woman’s perspective. Only… Continue reading Review: TRAINWRECK
SXSW Film 2015 Review: SPY
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy are back and they are in top form! The director who made audiences heartily chuckle with Bridemaids and the supporting actress from that film who delivered a breakthrough comedic performance have returned with a hilarious and sharp-witted spoof on espionage films.… Continue reading SXSW Film 2015 Review: SPY
SXSW Review: TWINSTERS
By Laurie Coker Rating: A Twinsters premiered at SXSW this year and I happened on it almost accidently. It is a heart-warming looks at twins, separated at birth and reunited years later. Co-director (with Ryan Miyamoto’s)and documentarian Samantha Futerman raised money via Kickstarter, so she could make and bring her film, her own personal story… Continue reading SXSW Review: TWINSTERS
SXSW 2015 Film Review: HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS
By Meagan Trautman Rating: 3/5 This movie is about a 60-year-old woman who now has to figure out how to live her own life after the death of her mother. Doris (Sally Field) is eccentric, and all together out of touch with the modern world. She tries to find her place in it, while also… Continue reading SXSW 2015 Film Review: HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS
SXSW 2015 Film Review: EX MACHINA
By Meagan Trautman Rating: 4/5 Ex Machina is a movie about A.I.s, and blurring the line between humans and the technology we create. The movie seems to center around Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer from the popular search engine of the movie: bluebook. He comes to his employer’s (Oscar Issac’s character’s) estate and is greeted… Continue reading SXSW 2015 Film Review: EX MACHINA
Review: SPY (SXSW)
By Laurie Coker Rating: A+ An all-star cast graces the big screen with Melissa McCarthy at the center of the new, hilariously funny summer comedy, Spy, that screened at SXSW this year. Jude Law and Rose Byrne and the ever macho Jason Statham join McCarthy in a fun spoof of espionage films. McCarthy, who walked… Continue reading Review: SPY (SXSW)
SXSW Review: WESTERN
By Laurie Coker Rating: F Never have I been as painfully bored in a movie, especially at SXSW, until I sat and squirmed through Western, a documentary about the border towns of Eagle Pass and its Mexican neighbor Piedras Negra. I truly wish I had better things to say, but I just don’t. Having grown… Continue reading SXSW Review: WESTERN
SXSW Film 2015 Review: PEACE OFFICER
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) From directors Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber comes this disturbing and sobering documentary that couldn’t have arrived at a more relevant time. The film follows the story of Dub Lawrence, a former sheriff of Davis County, Utah who started the state’s first SWAT team. Through the… Continue reading SXSW Film 2015 Review: PEACE OFFICER
Review: LOVE & MERCY (SXSW)
By Laurie Coker Rating: A At SXSW this year, I had opportunity to meet John Cusack and Brian Wilson, of the Beach Boys, who were in town to promote their movie Love & Mercy, a biopic about the life of Wilson and the doctor who nearly ruined it completely. As a fan of the Beach… Continue reading Review: LOVE & MERCY (SXSW)