By Mark Saldana The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards took place Sunday night with amiable, but mostly absent host Jimmy Fallon handling the emcee duties. After a rather amusing and lengthy introduction to the festivities, it seemed like the host barely appeared afterward, occasionally introducing award presenters. Otherwise, the awards show, held by the Hollywood… Continue reading Entertainment News: THE 2017 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
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SXSW News: TERRENCE MALICK’S SONG TO SONG TO OPEN SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2017
Early Fest Highlights include American Gods, Small Town Crime and Signature Move Source: SXSW Austin, Texas, January 5, 2017 – South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals (March 10-19, 2017) announced the World Premiere of celebrated director Terrence Malick’s Song To Song as its Opening Night Film to screen on Friday March 10th, 2017.… Continue reading SXSW News: TERRENCE MALICK’S SONG TO SONG TO OPEN SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2017
Screening Pass Giveaway: THE BYE BYE MAN
Source: STX Entertainment TVR is giving away passes (good for two people) to this advance screening scheduled for Tuesday, January 10 at 7:30 p..m. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY. Must be 18 or older to enter. See this movie early and free of charge before it opens in theaters! People commit unthinkable acts every day. Time… Continue reading Screening Pass Giveaway: THE BYE BYE MAN
Review: HIDDEN FIGURES
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) During the historical 1960s space race between Russia and the United States, intelligent minds at NASA worked long hours to guarantee (to the best of their abilities) that U.S. astronauts could travel to space and back as safely as possible. In this same decade, Black Americans… Continue reading Review: HIDDEN FIGURES
Review: SILENCE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Director Martin Scorsese comes from a Catholic, Italian-American, New Yorker upbringing, and this influence on his life definitely resonates in all of his films. From Mean Streets to The Last Temptation of Christ, and especially in his new film Silence, Scorsese has tackled the themes of… Continue reading Review: SILENCE
Review: A MONSTER CALLS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Some of the better films this year have dealt with the human challenge of grief. Manchester By the Sea, Arrival, and Jackie have adult characters coping with grief in their lives, but A Monster Calls is different in that its protagonist is young boy who must… Continue reading Review: A MONSTER CALLS
Review: SILENCE
By Laurie Coker Rating: A- Martin Scorsese’s ambitious film Silence, starring Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver, delves into Christian ministries to Japan in the 15th century. Scorsese, who co-wrote Silence with Jay Cocks, took nearly three decades to get this visually passionate epic journey to screens. The emotional impact of Silence resonates long… Continue reading Review: SILENCE
Coker’s Morphing List of Best (and 10 Worst) for 2016
By Laurie Coker I am always perplexed this time of year when I hunker down and try to lay out a “best of” list. I scour over the names of films that I watched over the past nearly twelve months, and I peek at the lists created by other critics, even the ones in my hometown and… Continue reading Coker’s Morphing List of Best (and 10 Worst) for 2016
BEST FILMS OF 2016 (A Work Still In Progress)
By Mark Saldana 2016 may have been the craziest, strangest and one of the most tragic years in news, but in cinema, 2016 has to be one of the all time best in terms of quality, progression and relevance. Race relations may have suffered setbacks. Tolerance may be quite low with hate on the rise;… Continue reading BEST FILMS OF 2016 (A Work Still In Progress)
Movie News: DEBBIE REYNOLDS, MOTHER OF RECENTLY DEPARTED CARRIE FISHER, DIES ONE DAY AFTER HER DAUGHTER’S DEATH
By Laurie Coker Photo Credit: ABC News It is difficult to imagine losing a child, even one who is sixty years old. Actress, singer, humanitarian and businesswoman Debbie Reynolds lived to see it, but not for long. Just one day after the death of her equally famous daughter, Carrie Fisher, Reynolds passed away. To some… Continue reading Movie News: DEBBIE REYNOLDS, MOTHER OF RECENTLY DEPARTED CARRIE FISHER, DIES ONE DAY AFTER HER DAUGHTER’S DEATH