Category: Reviews

By Mark Saldana  Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Comedic actress Judy Greer makes her directorial debut with this funny and often sweet comedy.  Having worked with so many talented actors in her career probably made the casting of this film rather easy, as Greer and her casting director has assembled quite an ensemble cast. … Continue reading Review: A HAPPENING OF MONUMENTAL PROPORTIONS

By Mark Saldana  Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) From Michael Moore, the controversial award-winning documentary filmmaker behind Bowling For Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11, comes this powerful, ambitious, but overstuffed documentary which takes on modern America and President Donald Trump.  Though the film does pack some heavy emotional punches, Moore tries to accomplish too much… Continue reading Review: FAHRENHEIT 11/9

By Mark Saldana  Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) After watching this film, it is so obvious that writer/director Dan Fogelman (This Is Us) absolutely adores the movie Pulp Fiction.  The filmmaker structures his film quite similarly to the way that Quentin Tarantino sets up his movie, with three main intertwined stories with characters connected… Continue reading Review: LIFE ITSELF

By Renee’ C. Rating: 4 (Out of 5 Reels) A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt (Owen Vaccaro) aids his magical uncle (Jack Black) in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world (IMDB). I was hoping this film was not another boring lackluster film and I was pleasantly surprised… Continue reading Review: THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS

By Liz Lopez Rating: B  Some people that enter the movie theater to see the “new” feature film, “The Predator,” were likely not born before the original “Predator” 1987 film hit theaters. It starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and his mission takes place in Central America. When filmmaker Shane Black was an actor in the mid -1980s,… Continue reading Review/Interview: THE PREDATOR

By Renee’ C. Rating: 4 (Out of 5 Reels) A SIMPLE FAVOR centers around Stephanie (Anna Kendrick), a mommy blogger who seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily’s (Blake Lively) sudden disappearance from their small town (IMDB). Honestly, watching the trailer made me want to see this film because it seemed to… Continue reading Review: A SIMPLE FAVOR

By Mark Saldana  Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Director Paul Feig, the comedic mind behind TV’s Freaks and Geeks and films Bridesmaids and Spy, makes his first entry in the mystery thriller genre and the results are fantastic. With A Simple Favor, Feig brings his comic talents to a story that even Hitchcock would… Continue reading Review: A SIMPLE FAVOR

By Mark Saldana  Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) During the 1980s Detroit teen Richard Wershe, Jr. not only became a street hustler and drug dealer, he became the youngest FBI informant, all before the age of 16.  A new crime drama by director Yann Demange recreates these amazing events of Wershe’s life.  Though the… Continue reading Review: WHITE BOY RICK