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By Laurie Coker Rating: C- Some thirty-one years after their “excellent adventure” and nearly thirty years post “bogus journey”, Bill and Ted are back facing the music. Reprising their roles as goofy rockers, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter stop at nothing to be Bill and Ted – awkward and seemingly clueless and they do an… Continue reading BILL AND TED FACE THE MUSIC

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) From wrtiter/director Armando Iannucci, the critically acclaimed filmmaker behind In The Loop and The Death of Stalin, comes this highly lovable and delightfully entertaining adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel. Featuring a tremendously gifted and culturally diverse cast, Iannucci has crafted a Dickens adaptation that has… Continue reading THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD

By Laurie Coker Rating: A Dev Patel seems an unlikely choice as Charles Dicken’s famous David Copperfield, but director/cowriter (with Simon Blackwell) Armando Iannucci finds gold with his star. Set in first person, we see Copperfield fight for his place in the world as a writer and gentleman. The Personal History of David Copperfield plays… Continue reading THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Writer/director Michael Almereyda tells the story of Nikola Tesla in a biopic that takes some novel approaches to its visuals and aesthetics, but ultimately struggles to maintain keep its audience engrossed in it. With Ethan Hawke in the plead role, I expected more from this film,… Continue reading TESLA

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on the novel Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland, this movie adaptation examines the way teenagers respond to different kinds of heartbreak and how this sorrow forces them to take leaps away from naive innocence. It is a subject dealt with in other, nearly countless… Continue reading CHEMICAL HEARTS

By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Russell Crowe, the person, has been known to lose his temper quite infamously. So, it came as no surprise to me that he was cast in a movie about a furious and deranged villain who victimizes someone who crosses him in an unfavorable situation. Now, to… Continue reading UNHINGED

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho, who made a huge splash with his zombie flick Train To Busan, is back with a new installment, Peninsula. Yeon actually takes a page out of the career of zombie master George Romero and has created a sequel with different characters… Continue reading TRAIN TO BUSAN PRESENTS: PENINSULA