By Mark Saldana Rating 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Martin Scorsese is mostly known for crime sagas and not necessarily comedies. He has dabbled in satire and dark comedy in The King of Comedy and After Hours, but his latest film, The Wolf of Wall Street combines an epic crime story with insane and uproarious… Continue reading Review: THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
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Review: THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Loosely based on the short story of the same name by James Thunders, Ben Stiller’s latest directorial/starring effort is a good movie with a great message. I expected something much more magical and wonderful, though. For a film about imagination and excitement, the sometimes, over-the-top fantasies… Continue reading Review: THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY
Review: THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
By Laurie Coker Rating: A With pure unadulterated decadence, debauchery and depravity – from poverty to Wall Street and on to sleaze Street – Jordan Belfort did it all and Martin Scorsese’s darkly comedic telling of Belfort’s rags to riches story, by way of penny stocks, drugs and carousing, is perhaps one of the best… Continue reading Review: THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
Review: SAVING MR. BANKS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) In 1964, Walt Disney Pictures released Mary Poppins, and captured the hearts of children and adults all over. Even after forty-nine years, the film still brings joy to audiences discovering it for the very first time. The making of the film wasn’t always a joyful experience.… Continue reading Review: SAVING MR. BANKS
Review: AMERICAN HUSTLE
By Savannah Wood Rating: B+ On the wake of American Hustle’s seven Golden Globe nominations and widespread critical acclaim, I went into the theater with high expectations. Certainly I enjoyed myself over the course of the almost two and a half hour-long film, but when it was over I wasn’t left with the buzzing positivity… Continue reading Review: AMERICAN HUSTLE
Review: AMERICAN HUSTLE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Just prior to writing this review, I wrote a review about the latest film by Ethan and Joel Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis. In this review, I discussed the trademark characters and brand of humor for which the directors are known. Another director known for a certain… Continue reading Review: AMERICAN HUSTLE
Review: INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) When Bob Dylan first sang, “The times, they are a-changin.” he wasn’t just whistling Dixie. Big changes in pop culture, politics, mores, and music arrived in a huge way in the 1960s. Dylan, the main icon of 60s folk music changed as well when he went… Continue reading Review: INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Review: SAVING MR. BANKS
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) The choice of Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers is spectacular because they are two of the best actors on the planet in my opinion. Author P. L. Travers reflects on her difficult childhood while meeting with filmmaker Walt Disney during… Continue reading Review: SAVING MR. BANKS
Review: WALKING WITH DINOSAURS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 1.5 (Out of 4 Stars) There is not much to be said about this visually impressive movie adaptation of the BBC television miniseries. Well, that sentence pretty much details one of the few positive aspects of this 3D film which obviously is intended for young children and has nothing to offer… Continue reading Review: WALKING WITH DINOSAURS
Review: THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4 (Out of 5) I am a huge fan of J.R.R. Tolkien’s stories and I reveled in watching the 1978 animated version of Lord of the Rings when I was much younger; not to date myself. I very much looked forward to seeing these stories remade using current technology and I… Continue reading Review: THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG