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Review: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES

By Mark Saldana Rating: 2 (Out of 4 Stars) The summer movie season has arrived, and a couple of the movie franchise sequels have already hit theaters.  With the arrival of sequels comes the traditional and highly unnecessary beating of dead horses.  What I am metaphorically referring to are the new installments of movie sagas… Continue reading Review: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES

Review: BAYWATCH

By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) With the huge critical and financial success of the Jump Street movies, other studios have quickly followed suit with more comedic film adaptations of televisions series, though most of them have yet to achieve the same levels of success and acclaim (Dark Shadows, CHiPs).  From 1989 through… Continue reading Review: BAYWATCH

Review: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4 (Out of 5 Reels) Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) finds the winds of ill fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil’s Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea…including him (IMDB). Henry Turner… Continue reading Review: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES

Review: THE WOMEN’S BALCONY

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) As a child growing up in a Catholic family and remaining active in the church through most of my childhood, I witnessed the different dynamics of power within my community.  I saw several pastors come and go, each bringing something different to the church, its services… Continue reading Review: THE WOMEN’S BALCONY

Review: BAYWATCH

By Laurie Coker Rating: C+/B- A film that purposely makes fun of itself works, if even on the most asininely inane level. The Baywatch movie, starring Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron, does just that – with no apologies and none are needed. Director Seth Gordon, working from a script offered by a half dozen writers, uses… Continue reading Review: BAYWATCH

Movie Trailer: WONDER

Source: Lionsgate Based on the New York Times bestseller, WONDER tells the inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman. Born with facial differences that, up until now, have prevented him from going to a mainstream school, Auggie becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade. As his family, his new… Continue reading Movie Trailer: WONDER

Movie Trailer: SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

Source: Sony Pictures Entertainment A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging super hero in Spider-Man: Homecoming.  Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), under the… Continue reading Movie Trailer: SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

Movie Trailer: VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

Source: STX Entertainment VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS is the visually spectacular new adventure film from Luc Besson, the legendary director of The Professional, The Fifth Element and Lucy, based on the ground-breaking comic book series which inspired a generation of artists, writers and filmmakers. In the 28th century, Valerian (Dane DeHaan)… Continue reading Movie Trailer: VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS