Category: Reviews

By Liz Lopez Rating: C Brian Burns story for Daddy’s Home is directed by Sean Anders (Horrible Bosses 2, That’s My Boy), who  also co-wrote the screenplay with Burns (Blue Bloods, Entourage) and John Morris (Horrible Bosses 2, Dumb and Dumber To). From a press release sent from Paramount Pictures dated November 5th last year,… Continue reading Review: DADDY’S HOME

By Mark Saldana  Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars)  After the critical and financial success of The Other Guys, it was inevitable that Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg would make another comedy film.  On one hand, I am a bit disappointed that their next film isn’t a sequel to The Other Guys, but on the… Continue reading Review: DADDY’S HOME

By Liz Lopez Rating: B- At a time when many people are in a celebratory mood during the holidays, a film arrives in theaters that may leave some people in a somber mood, but it certainly should have everyone thinking about football and the physical and emotional consequences to the players after extensive trauma. There… Continue reading Review: CONCUSSION

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) It honestly doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the sport of football can be a rather dangerous one.  However, the general public really had no clue how serious the head trauma incurred by football players could get until a forensic pathologist revealed his findings… Continue reading Review: CONCUSSION

By Liz Lopez Rating: B- There are some people who have great ideas and run with them, yet others do nothing but daydream about the things that are possible. Joy Mangano, an entrepreneur known for her invention of the self-wringing Miracle Mop, did not become an overnight sensation, but her life and that of her family… Continue reading Review: JOY

By Liz Lopez Rating: B- The Chipmunks music began in the 1950s as a novelty and probably, the animated music group was not originally anticipated to remain popular over fifty years later, appealing to multiple generations. Alvin, Simon, Theodore, managed by their human “father,” David (Dave) Seville, grew to have The Chipmunk Song become a… Continue reading Review: ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE ROAD CHIP

By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ Ever since the United States economy tanked in 2008, there have been a myriad of feature films based on original or adapted scripts about how it happened, who is to blame and who got away with it. Margin Call (2011); Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) and Too Big To… Continue reading Review: THE BIG SHORT

By Mark Saldana  Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars)  During the financial crisis of the late 2000s, the housing market collapsed due to highly questionable practices by financial institutions offering mortgages to under and unqualified creditees.  As a result, these financial institutions nearly collapsed and the government had to step in and bail them out… Continue reading Review: THE BIG SHORT

By Mark Saldana  Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars)  After seeing Far from Heaven and I’m Not There, I became rather impressed with director Todd Haynes.  He is definitely a visionary artist who knows not only how to compose a gorgeous looking film, but a filmmaker who knows how to make his story and characters… Continue reading Review: CAROL