By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Since the 1970s, precocious teen boys and horny men have dominated cinema with their wild, raunchy and funny tales of sexual pursuits. Now that the human race has entered 2018, it is about time that women had a voice in this type of cinema. Well this… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: BLOCKERS
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SXSW 2018 Review: A QUIET PLACE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) John Krasinsky is probably best known as Jim Halpert in The Office, but has dabbled in directing feature films as well. So far, Krasinsky has directed two indie comedy/dramas (Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, The Hollars), both of which have received little attention and have left… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: A QUIET PLACE
SXSW 2018 Review: BLOCKERS
By Liz Lopez Rating: B- This year’s SXSW Film Festival offered several films in the Headliners category to choose from and this includes “Blockers” from Universal Pictures, the highly anticipated comedy featuring both… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: BLOCKERS
SXSW 2018 Review: READY PLAYER ONE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Every year, the SXSW film festival offers its attendees either a secret screening or a last minute, surprise screening. This year, the film to fall under these categories happened to be Steven Spielberg’s adaptation the popular Ernest Cline novel Ready Player One. A few days prior… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: READY PLAYER ONE
Review: LOVELESS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Russia’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar is a mostly well-directed and well-written film, but definitely not a feel good one. Directed by Andrey Zvyaginstev who co-wrote the film with Oleg Negin, Loveless tells a tragic tale of how the absence of love and… Continue reading Review: LOVELESS
Review: THE LEISURE SEEKER
“The Leisure Seeker” May Not be the Road Trip Expected By Liz Lopez Rating: B- The two reasons to go see the film “The Leisure Seeker” is Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland who have the lead role of husband and wife, Ella and John Spencer. They are two of my favorite actors and expected… Continue reading Review: THE LEISURE SEEKER
Review: READY PLAYER ONE
By Renee’ C. Rating: 4.5 (Out of 5 Reels) When the creator of a virtual reality world, Halliday (Mark Rylance), called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune (IMDB). The protagonists in this film, Wade (Tye… Continue reading Review: READY PLAYER ONE
SXSW 2018 Review: RELAXER
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) From Joel Potroykus, the filmmaker of Buzzard and The Alchemist Cookbook, comes another comedy that gives audiences a heaping serving of absurdity and weirdness. Potroykus takes his audiences back to the year 1999, when many people in the world feared the unknown of Y2K. His protagonist Abbie… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: RELAXER
SXSW 2018 Review: A VIGILANTE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Olivia Wilde stars as Sadie, a victim of spousal abuse, who now assists other victims by getting them out of their difficult and horrible situations. Sadie is on another mission, though. She has been desperately searching for her abusive ex-husband who continues roam freely. With every… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: A VIGILANTE
SXSW 2018 Review: WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) For many years after her death, poet Emily Dickinson (Molly Shannon) was believed to be a lonely, reclusive spinster who didn’t have much of a life outside of her writing. This film hopes to help dispel this widely spread myth that began not long after the… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY