Category: Reviews

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Writer/director Gillian Robespierre showed tremendous promise with her controversial debut film Obvious Child.  Robespierre has taken her film making talent and writing sensibilities and applied them to her newest project Landline.  With Landline, Robespierre explores dysfunctional relationships of both familial and romantic varieties.  Instead of focusing… Continue reading Review: LANDLINE

By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) In 1939, German citizen Georg Elser planted a bomb in a building where Adolf Hitler was making a speech in an attempt to assassinate him.  The attempt was a failure and eventually led to Elser’s execution.  The story leading up to the assassination attempt and some… Continue reading Review: 13 MINUTES

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) David Leitch, who made his directorial debut with John Wick, has now taken his action sensibilities and brought it to a Cold War, espionage story.  Atomic Blonde not only takes on the 80s spy world, it also tells the story through a badass female protagonist.  The… Continue reading Review: ATOMIC BLONDE

By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) In 2014, the country of Syria underwent a coup and revolution which left the infamous ISIS in charge.  Though ISIS, at first, seemed like they had the nation’s best interest in mind, their extremist ideology proved otherwise.  As a group of citizens began to witness some… Continue reading Review: CITY OF GHOSTS

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4 (Out of 5 Reels) An undercover MI6 agent, Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron), is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents (IMDB). We need more kick-ass women super spies’ who hold their own in a… Continue reading Review: ATOMIC BLONDE

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3 (Out of 5 Reels) A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe (IMDB). I am… Continue reading Review: VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on the highly influential French comic book series, Valérian and Laureline, writer/director Luc Besson’s adaptation is a vibrantly colored feast for the eyes, has loads of exciting and highly entertaining creatures and characters, and has world-building for days.  It seems, though, that Besson has put too… Continue reading Review: VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) With great movies like Wonder Woman, Colossal, Maudie, and The Women’s Balcony premiering this year, 2017 might end up becoming the year for women in film.  With compelling female characters, empowering stories, and talent both in front of and behind the cameras, women have had quite… Continue reading Review: GIRLS TRIP