By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Dave McCary and Kyle Mooney, two creative minds from TV’s Saturday Night Live, with co-writer Kevin Costello have come up with this heartfelt, endearing and entertaining movie which examines fandom and the creative juices fandom often fuels. In addition to writing, Mooney also stars as the… Continue reading Review: BRIGSBY BEAR
Category: Film Reviews
Review: ANNABELLE: CREATION
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) First introduced in James Wan’s The Conjuring and later given its own movie Annabelle, the utterly creepy doll returns in a film which serves as a predecessor to the first Annabelle film and the other Conjuring films. The first Annabelle movie did have its moments, but… Continue reading Review: ANNABELLE: CREATION
Review: WIND RIVER
By Laurie Coker Rating: A There is the intensely visceral aspect to Taylor Sheridan’s new film Wind River. His presentation of the gorgeous, frigid landscapes penetrates to the core and his characters are rich and engrossing. Sheridan, who also penned the script, captures his audience, draws it directly and unforgivingly into the frozen, harsh Wyoming… Continue reading Review: WIND RIVER
Review: THE DARK TOWER
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) As a teen and an adult, I have read several of Stephen King’s stories, but have never read the popular Dark Tower series. Thirty-six years after the release of the first book, The Gunslinger, a film adaptation, is opening in theaters. I went into this film… Continue reading Review: THE DARK TOWER
Review: LANDLINE
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
Review: 13 MINUTES
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
Review: ATOMIC BLONDE
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
Review: CITY OF GHOSTS
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
Review: ATOMIC BLONDE
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
Review: VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS
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