Category: Reviews

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) The acronym CODA stands for Child Of Deaf Adults. And the main character of this winning movie is exactiy that. In fact, the protagonist Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) is the only one in her family with the ability to hear. Ruby is a high school senior… Continue reading CODA

By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) A child shows signs of musical talent at a young age. Her parents encourage her to develop that talent. She eventually become a massive star and must face the demons of her past. Now, I know that this plot sounds all too familiar. And such is… Continue reading RESPECT

By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ In “Free Guy”, Ryan Reynolds’ character is a bank teller named Guy who lives in a world that doesn’t change day to day and that is because his world isn’t real. Guy is a video game character, but a non-playable one (known as an NPC, or “non-playable character”), which means… Continue reading Free Guy

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) For anyone mostly unfamiliar with the career of James Gunn, the filmmaker began his career with the Troma movie Tromeo and Juliet. That might seem like a wild and weird place to start for the filmmaker who made the highly lovable Guardians of the Galaxy movies,… Continue reading THE SUICIDE SQUAD

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) From French filmmaker Leos Carax and the musical duo Sparks, comes a most unique cinematic experience, and one that makes Carax’s English-language debut. Carax and the Sparks brothers have collaborated to make an artistically surreal movie musical that focuses on the relationship between two very different… Continue reading ANNETTE

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Whenever a lot of Americans think of cinema, they don’t automatically think of Afghanistan. To be fair, we don’t exactly have a lot of exposure to what their cinema has to offer. And at this point, we may never have the full experience ever. Afghanistan is… Continue reading WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED

By: Renee’ C. Rating: 2 (Out of 5 Reels) A fantasy re-telling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel) and the Green Knight (IMDB). Let me start by saying this film is visually stunning and Dev Patel gives a great performance as Sir Gawain. The problem is this film is way too long.… Continue reading THE GREEN KNIGHT

By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Even though this film is based upon an Arthurian tale, it is very much an interpretation and adaptation by filmmaker David Lowery. The film director has taken this story and given it a truly incredible and artistic realization that feels very modern and timely, despite the… Continue reading THE GREEN KNIGHT

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) On the surface, the timing of this movie’s story seems totally wrong, given that it involves a white American supposedly wrongfully accused of a murder. What I mean is that there are so many people of color in America wrongfully under arrest, awaiting trial, or wrongfully… Continue reading STILLWATER