Gerard Butler and Pablo Schreiber star in “Den of Thieves” By Liz Lopez Rating: B-/C+ There are only so many ways to tell a story about robbers pulling off a heist without it going into territory where it is compared to other great heist films from the past. Many times an audience will then… Continue reading Review: DEN OF THIEVES
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Movie Trailer: BREAKING IN
Source: Universal Pictures Next Mother’s Day, Gabrielle Union stars as a woman who will stop at nothing to rescue her two children being held hostage in a house designed with impenetrable security. No trap, no trick and especially no man inside can match a mother with a mission when she is determined on Breaking In.… Continue reading Movie Trailer: BREAKING IN
Movie Trailer: SHOW DOGS
Source: Open Road Films Starring Will Arnett, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Natasha Lyonne, Jordin Sparks, Gabriel Iglesias, Shaquille O’Neal, Alan Cumming, and Stanley Tucci, SHOW DOGS is a family comedy about the unlikely pairing of a human detective (Arnett) and his canine partner (voice of Chris “Ludacris” Bridges), who has to go undercover at the world’s… Continue reading Movie Trailer: SHOW DOGS
Movie Trailer: THE LODGERS
Source: Epic Pictures Group In this gothic horror tale, a family curse confines orphaned twins Rachel (Charlotte Vega) and Edward (Bill Milner) to their home as punishment for their ancestors’ sins. Bound to the rules of a haunting childhood lullaby, the twins must never let any outsiders inside the house, must be in their rooms… Continue reading Movie Trailer: THE LODGERS
Movie Trailer #2: LOVE, SIMON
Source: 20th Century Fox Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it’s a little more complicated: he’s yet to tell his family or friends he’s gay and he doesn’t actually know the identity of the anonymous classmate he’s fallen for online. Resolving both issues proves hilarious, terrifying and life-changing. Directed… Continue reading Movie Trailer #2: LOVE, SIMON
Movie Trailer #2: TOMB RAIDER
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of 21 without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent. Determined to forge… Continue reading Movie Trailer #2: TOMB RAIDER
Review: PHANTOM THREAD
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) From the first frame to its very last, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread is an aesthetically elegant affair. The production design, the exquisite costumes, the fantastic score by Jonny Greenwood, and the gorgeous cinematography done by Anderson, himself, all play their part in bringing a breath-taking… Continue reading Review: PHANTOM THREAD
Review: THE POST
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Between 1972 and 1973, Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward covered the Watergate break-in and the subsequent scandal and their investigative reporting helped uncover a conspiracy within the White House. This actually wasn’t the first time that the reporting of the Washington Post would… Continue reading Review: THE POST
Review: PADDINGTON 2
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Paddington is love. Paddington represents an ideal that all humanity should try to achieve. To quote The Room‘s Tommy Wiseau, “If a lot of people love each other, the world will be a better place to live.” I know that quoting the enigmatic filmmaker, who made… Continue reading Review: PADDINGTON 2
Review: THE COMMUTER
By Liz Lopez Rating: B – During the last quarter of the year, many films are offered in theaters and with several so exceptional in story or performances that they are sure to garner film award nominations, if not the statue itself. As we enter a new year, we can expect the guilty pleasure of… Continue reading Review: THE COMMUTER