Category: Reviews

Source: Fantastic Fest Austin, TX – August 17, 2016 – Fantastic Fest is proud to announce the first wave of programing for the 2016 edition of Fantastic Market, the festival’s industry program which runs September 22-25, 2016. Fantastic Fest takes place September 22 – September 29, 2016 at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, TX. This… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2016 News: FANTASTIC FEST’S GENRE FILM MARKET ANNOUNCES NEW EXPANDED PROGRAM, SPECIAL GUESTS AND FILM PROJECTS FOR 2016

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on the crazy true story, as told by writer Guy Lawson in the book Arms and the Dudes, War Dogs tells a slightly fictionalized version of the events involving two stoner/slackers and how they became arms dealers and scored a multi-million dollar government contract.  Adapted… Continue reading Review: WAR DOGS

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Marketed as a female perspective of Wall Street and the banking industry, Equity, for the most part, covers the problems and difficulties faced by women attempting to excel in careers dominated by men.  Women still face prejudice in the work place, are often treated like sexual objects,… Continue reading Review: EQUITY

By Liz Lopez Rating: A With an excellent story, fabulous cast, and outstanding performances, there is nothing that I would like to see changed in the drama Hell or High Water, starring Chris Pine, Ben Foster, and Jeff Bridges. It is not often that a film hits all the points so well and that instantly… Continue reading Review: HELL OR HIGH WATER

By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ There are many people who think they can sing and indeed will try out for any of the local or national vocal competitions to be considered for a shot at the big time. If you have ever watched all or even parts of the televised vocal talent shows, you will… Continue reading Review: FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Taylor Sheridan, the writer of Sicario which is one of my top favorite movies of last year, penned the screenplay for this film which also happens to be one of my favorites of this year so far.  Sheridan and director David Mackenzie have made a terrific… Continue reading Review: HELL OR HIGH WATER

By Liz Lopez Rating: B- The title for the film Anthropoid might initially have Sci-Fi fans wondering if this is a new summer blockbuster, but in fact, it is about Operation Anthropoid, the code name for the 1940’s mission to assassinate a top-ranking Nazi officer, Reinhard Heydrich in Prague. Sean Ellis directs the film based… Continue reading Review: ARTHROPOID

By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) During the 1940s, an American socialite and wealthy patron of the arts named Florence Foster Jenkins became famous for her opera recordings.  Jenkins developed a bit of a cult following among the troops fighting overseas in World War II.  At the age of 76, Jenkins sold… Continue reading Review: FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS

By Mark Saldana Rating 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) I have said it before, and I will say it again; if filmmakers can offer a fresh take on a previously made movie, I will give it a chance with an open mind and heart.  Though I am not a huge fan of remakes, I am… Continue reading Review: PETE’S DRAGON (2016)