By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ Watching the trailer to a film may be the way someone decides to view a film or skip it as something that is not interesting to them, or they have a pre-conceived notion of what it is about, so they don’t give it a second thought. “The Hunt” is one… Continue reading THE HUNT
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BLOODSHOT
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on the Valiant Comics, Bloodshot introduces movie audiences to the character of Ray Garrison, an unwitting pawn in a race to create a team of enhanced super soldiers for mostly financial gain and power. The movie serves as a hopeful opportunity to launch another comic-inspired… Continue reading BLOODSHOT
THE TRAITOR
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Most American cinephiles have seen plenty of Italian gangster/organized crime films based mostly in the United States. Italy’s The Traitor gives these audiences a more complete glimpse of the other side of that coin. Based on the real story of Tommaso Buscetta, the film serves as… Continue reading THE TRAITOR
Austin Local News: Balcony Tickets Available for the Austin Music Awards for $10 to Benefit the Austin Music Community
By Liz Lopez The Austin Music Awards partnered with ACL Live at the Moody Theater and Stratus Properties to offer balcony tickets to the 38th Annual Austin Music Awards on Wednesday, March 11th. Music fans can secure a balcony ticket for a minimum donation of $10, and all proceeds will benefit the Austin music community.… Continue reading Austin Local News: Balcony Tickets Available for the Austin Music Awards for $10 to Benefit the Austin Music Community
WENDY
By Liz Lopez Rating: B- Benh Zeitlin’s follow-up to ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ (eight years later), is “Wendy” where a young elementary school aged girl, Wendy (played by Tommie Milazzo at age three and by Devin France at 10), has watched her single mother Angela (Shay Walker), toil away at the local diner by… Continue reading WENDY
THE WAY BACK
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Depression and alcoholism often go hand in hand and can make for a toxic combination in one’s life. That is a struggle which, unfortunately, Ben Affleck knows all too well, but seems to rise above it for his passion in life–cinema. Well, his latest acting turn… Continue reading THE WAY BACK
ONWARD
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Anyone who has ever lost a loved one knows that desire to be reunited with that person if it were at all possible. That is the main drive of the two lead characters of Disney/Pixar’s newest movie Onward. The film deals with the theme of life,… Continue reading ONWARD
GREED
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) From writer/director Michael Winterbottom, comes this sharp satire that takes aim at the wealthy and their excessive lifestyles. Though Greed is absolutely spot-on when it comes to social commentary, it just does not have an equal level of humor to adequately lampoon its intended targets. To… Continue reading GREED
Emma
By Renee’ C.Rating: 4.5 (Out of 5 Reels) In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman, Jane (Anya Taylor-Joy), meddles in the love lives of her friends (IMDB). I, for one, love period pieces and am a huge fan of Jane Austen’s writing. I have also seen just about every version of the movies… Continue reading Emma
Review: THE INVISIBLE MAN
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) How does a filmmaker adapt/remake a classic horror story and make it something unique and able to stand on its own? That obviously is the million dollar question going into this modern update of a celebrated H.G. Wells story. Well, writer/director Leigh Whannell has accomplished this… Continue reading Review: THE INVISIBLE MAN