By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Dave McCary and Kyle Mooney, two creative minds from TV’s Saturday Night Live, with co-writer Kevin Costello have come up with this heartfelt, endearing and entertaining movie which examines fandom and the creative juices fandom often fuels. In addition to writing, Mooney also stars as the… Continue reading Review: BRIGSBY BEAR
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Review: ANNABELLE: CREATION
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) First introduced in James Wan’s The Conjuring and later given its own movie Annabelle, the utterly creepy doll returns in a film which serves as a predecessor to the first Annabelle film and the other Conjuring films. The first Annabelle movie did have its moments, but… Continue reading Review: ANNABELLE: CREATION
Review: WIND RIVER
By Laurie Coker Rating: A There is the intensely visceral aspect to Taylor Sheridan’s new film Wind River. His presentation of the gorgeous, frigid landscapes penetrates to the core and his characters are rich and engrossing. Sheridan, who also penned the script, captures his audience, draws it directly and unforgivingly into the frozen, harsh Wyoming… Continue reading Review: WIND RIVER
Movie Trailer: MOTHER!
Source: Paramount Pictures A couple’s relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence. From filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream), mother! stars Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer in this riveting psychological thriller about love, devotion and sacrifice.
Fantastic Fest 2017 News: ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE’S FANTASTIC FEST ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST WAVE OF PROGRAMMING WITH A DARKLY CRYPTIC, TRIPTYCH OPENING, A GLOBAL CORNUCOPIA, AND A BIZARRE RIDE TO THE ARABIC SIDE
The thirteenth incarnation of Fantastic Fest brings the best in global genre to Austin, TX from September 21 – 28, 2017, featuring THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI; Vince Vaughn in S. Craig Zahler’s BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99; THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER; two highly-anticipated Stephen King adaptations – GERALD’S GAME and 1922; plus… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2017 News: ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE’S FANTASTIC FEST ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST WAVE OF PROGRAMMING WITH A DARKLY CRYPTIC, TRIPTYCH OPENING, A GLOBAL CORNUCOPIA, AND A BIZARRE RIDE TO THE ARABIC SIDE
Movie Trailer: SUBURBICON
Source: Paramount Pictures Suburbicon is a peaceful, idyllic suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns…the perfect place to raise a family, and in the summer of 1959, the Lodge family is doing just that. But the tranquil surface masks a disturbing reality, as husband and father Gardner Lodge (Matt Damon) must navigate the town’s… Continue reading Movie Trailer: SUBURBICON
Movie Trailer: GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
Source: Fox Searchlight GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN gives a rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children’s author A. A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and his son Christopher Robin (Will TIlston), whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne (Margot Robbie), and his nanny Olive (Kelly Macdonald), Christopher Robin and… Continue reading Movie Trailer: GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
Movie Trailer: DEATH WISH
Source: MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the classic 1974 revenge thriller DEATH WISH. Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in… Continue reading Movie Trailer: DEATH WISH
Review: THE DARK TOWER
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) As a teen and an adult, I have read several of Stephen King’s stories, but have never read the popular Dark Tower series. Thirty-six years after the release of the first book, The Gunslinger, a film adaptation, is opening in theaters. I went into this film… Continue reading Review: THE DARK TOWER
Review: LANDLINE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Writer/director Gillian Robespierre showed tremendous promise with her controversial debut film Obvious Child. Robespierre has taken her film making talent and writing sensibilities and applied them to her newest project Landline. With Landline, Robespierre explores dysfunctional relationships of both familial and romantic varieties. Instead of focusing… Continue reading Review: LANDLINE