By Liz Lopez The CineSol Film Festival is celebrating 26 years and returns to where it all started on South Padre Island. The festival will be held at South Padre Island Convention Center on November 23-24, offering 31 independent films that include five documentaries, three features, and 23 shorts. The films hail from other countries,… Continue reading Film News: The CineSol Film Festival returns to the South Padre Island Convention Center
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Review: BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON
By Laurie Coker Rating: B From the trailers, the debut from the writer-director Paul Downs Colaizzo, Brittany Runs and Marathon looks like a goofy, body-shaming film in line with those by Amy Schumer, but it is far more. Colaizzo gives a little film with a big heart and Jillian Bell serves up a subtly touching… Continue reading Review: BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON
Review: THE WARRIOR QUEEN OF JHANSI
By Liz Lopez Rating B- History is documented about the British rule of India, under the leadership of Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria, by the East India Company. In the mid -1800s, The Jhansi State had been operating free of British rule with Gangadhar Rao Newalkar as the Maharaja (king) of Jhansi. His second wife… Continue reading Review: THE WARRIOR QUEEN OF JHANSI
Ford v Ferrari
By Laurie Coker Rating: A+ My father raced cars – this was back in Model A cars and I wasn’t alive – but he taught me how to drive – fast. I love speed and I love the film Ford V. Ferrari, starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon. Director James Mangold offers up the story… Continue reading Ford v Ferrari
Review: FORD V. FERRARI
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Director James Mangold, the filmmaker behind Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and Logan, takes on one of the greater moments in sports and car manufacturing history and makes a triumphant cinematic entry. To help matters, Mangold and his casting director have cast talents Matt… Continue reading Review: FORD V. FERRARI
Review: THE GOOD LIAR
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on the novel of the same title by Nicholas Searle, screenwriter Jeffrey Hatcher and director Bill Condon craft a genuinely enthralling cinematic thriller which can boast superb performances by lead actors Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren. As the movie progresses, a certain amount of transparency… Continue reading Review: THE GOOD LIAR
Review: THE REPORT
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Post-911, the C.I.A. with the permission of some key government leaders adopted an investigative strategy that involved the torture of potential witnesses and prisoners who may have had knowledge about the real villains behind the attacks. Though initially lauded for some progress, these methods became highly… Continue reading Review: THE REPORT
Review: CHARLIE’S ANGELS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) In our modern age of entertainment where audiences demand more substance and less objectification of female characters, it might seem like a tricky feat to pull of leading women that are smart, badass and sexy. However, a female filmmaker can almost certainly know how to achieve… Continue reading Review: CHARLIE’S ANGELS
Review: FRANKIE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2 (Out of 4 Stars) From French New Wave to “Mumblecore” there have been some great films that beautifully create and capture candid slice of life moments while seemingly effortlessly developing characters and putting forth some powerful narratives. Unfortunately, Frankie is not one of those movies. Writer/director Ira Sachs makes a… Continue reading Review: FRANKIE
Multiplatform Video Release: LILYANA
Source: ABRAMORAMA LIYANA is a genre-defying documentary that tells the story of five children in the Kingdom of Eswatini who turn past trauma into an original fable about a girl named Liyana who embarks on a perilous quest to save her young twin brothers. The film weaves her animated journey together with poetic documentary scenes to… Continue reading Multiplatform Video Release: LILYANA