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After multiple delays, courtesy of COVID-19, Kenneth Branagh’s sequel to his Murder on the Orient Express adaptation is finally available in theaters. Recently, I finally watched the first installment which, for some reason, I never got around to watching when it was first released five years ago. While I enjoyed the film and found it… Continue reading DEATH ON THE NILE

You either like it or you loathe it, but Jackass is what it is. And this new installment is exactly what one would expect from the franchise. That said; I had a great time watching this crazy/stupid rag-tag group of, obviously aged, jackasses doing what they obviously seem to love doing. They love to shock,… Continue reading JACKASS FOREVER

When it comes to science-fiction disaster, Roland Emmerich definitely comes to mind. I don’t mean his movies are always total disasters, because some of them have been actually entertaining, but the filmmaker is best known for sci-fi movies that involve global disasters that either involve space aliens or natural phenomena threatening our beloved planet. With… Continue reading MOONFALL

I just recently wrote a review addressing how studios often squeeze and milk movie franchises for more dollars. And on the surface, the idea of releasing another Scream movie would seem to be just that–another attempt at pressing money out of a dedicated fan base that wants more of what entertains and amuses them. Now,… Continue reading SCREAM (2022)

There are some movie franchises that deliver something great with every installment, and there are those that lose some steam with each entry. Unfortunately, such is the case with the Hotel Transylvania saga. While I thoroughly enjoyed the first two movies, I can honestly say, at this point in my movie-watching experience, that the third… Continue reading HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: TRANSFORMANIA

‘The 355’ Strange title, but as obscure movie titles typically go, its origin is revealed during some not so random moment in the film. Sadly, ‘The 355,’ a gender flipping, mission impossible, flounders in every aspect and misses its mark. Its super-powered, all-star cast promises far more than the film delivers. Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o,… Continue reading The 355

By Mark Saldana While 2021 was not the dumpster fire 2020 was, COVID-19 in its variant forms has still remained with us and is on the rise once again. Thankfully, things did improve with multiple vaccines available. As more people got immunized for the virus, the numbers of COVID-19 cases reduced. This allowed for people… Continue reading Mark’s Best of 2021

By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Acclaimed filmmaker Joel Coen tackles Shakespeare and the results are miraculous. I wasn’t exactly sure what I was getting into when I attended this screening, because Coen, who usually works with his brother Ethan, usually has a penchant for off-beat and idiosyncratic movies, storytelling, and characters.… Continue reading THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) After watching the trailer to this movie, a longtime friend and fellow movie buff griped that this film looks like a television movie of the week. While that description is not completely true, American Underdog comes pretty close to being just that. However, the decent writing,… Continue reading AMERICAN UNDERDOG

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) If one happens to be a fan of time capsule, “ride along,” slice-of-life movies, then Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza is definitely one’s jam. Other similar movies include Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, and George Lucas’ American Graffiti.… Continue reading LICORICE PIZZA