By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his team of “gear heads” are back! This latest installment of the Fast & Furious franchise has a new director at the helm. Regardless of this personnel change, the new leader doesn’t miss a beat. In fact, director James Wan with… Continue reading Review: FURIOUS 7
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Screening Pass Giveaway: THE LONGEST RIDE
TVR is giving away passes (good for four people) to this advance screening scheduled for Tuesday, April 7 at 7:00 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! Go to http://www.gofobo.com/index.php/main/movie_landing/SlJTR2UyMTM5MQ%3D%3D to claim your passes. You may need to… Continue reading Screening Pass Giveaway: THE LONGEST RIDE
Review: WOMAN IN GOLD
By Laurie Coker Rating: B+ Taking a softer approach to a film about the Nazi occupation of Austria can be daunting, but Simon Curtis creates a palatable, audience pleasing, recount of the case of Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), an elderly Jewish woman living in Los Angeles who has claim to one of artist Gustav Klimt’s… Continue reading Review: WOMAN IN GOLD
Review: WOMAN IN GOLD
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4.5 (Out of 5 Reels) Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family (IMDB). Maria is an unassuming woman who owns a woman’s clothing store in Los Angeles. What sets her apart is having lived in Austria… Continue reading Review: WOMAN IN GOLD
SXSW Film 2015 Review/Interview: A SPACE PROGRAM
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) I must say that this film is unlike any other film I watched during the festival. Director Van Neistadt’s movie is not really a documentary or narrative film. This is more like an abridged presentation of the work of artist Tom Sachs and his crew that… Continue reading SXSW Film 2015 Review/Interview: A SPACE PROGRAM
SXSW Film 2015 Review: EXCESS FLESH
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Occasionally, films come along which absolutely turn people’s stomachs, make audiences uncomfortable and just leave some feeling miserable. However, a filmmaker can justify eliciting these responses from an audience if that is the intended effect. Films, whether well or poorly made can have these effects on… Continue reading SXSW Film 2015 Review: EXCESS FLESH
Review: HOME
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2 (Out of 4 Stars) This colorful and vibrant looking film will offer young children ninety-four minutes of entertainment and valuable lessons, but this is one movie that will lose its luster after repeated viewings. The screening I attended seemed to keep the children in the audience interested and invested; however,… Continue reading Review: HOME
SXSW Film 2015 Review: GET HARD
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) On my fourth night of SXSW, this screening began uproariously as director Etan Cohen and stars Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell took the stage of the Paramount Theater to introduce their film. Some bass thumping hip hop music cued the emergence of the director and his… Continue reading SXSW Film 2015 Review: GET HARD
Review: SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Seymour Bernstein may be a brilliant classical pianist and excellent teacher who has lived an extraordinary life; however, Ethan Hawke ‘s documentary tribute to his close friend and mentor will probably leave a bit more to be desired. While the film does feature some touching and… Continue reading Review: SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION
DVD Giveaway: LONGMIRE: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON
LONGMIRE: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON AVAILABLE ON DVD ON MARCH 3, 2015 Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire is back for the third season of hit Big Sky crime drama LONGMIRE. In this gripping two-disc, 10-episode set, characters must test their courage and face challenges that will ultimately define them. The action-packed third season of this contemporary Western… Continue reading DVD Giveaway: LONGMIRE: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON