Category: Film Reviews

By Liz Lopez Rating: A The highly anticipated film, Snowden, the biographical political thriller by filmmaker Oliver Stone that was to have been released last year, arrives in U.S. theaters after the presentation last week at the Toronto International Film Festival. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as the U. S. government’s National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower, Edward… Continue reading Review: SNOWDEN

By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ If you have a child, grandchild, niece or nephew that is (or has recently) attended a college or a university, or is even considering attending an institution of higher education, I recommend viewing the documentary that premiered at the SXSW Film Festival this year, Starving the Beast: The Battle to… Continue reading Review: STARVING THE BEAST

By Liz Lopez Rating: B-/C+ For all the Bridget Jones fans, she is back with the third installment of the sequel, Bridget Jones’s Baby, and there are several reasons to laugh, but not entirely through the whole film. After seeing the trailer so many times, I was not quite sure what to expect from the… Continue reading Review: BRIDGET JONES’S BABY

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4 (Out of 5 Reels) Bridget Jones’ (Renee Zellweger) focus on single life and her career is interrupted when she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch … she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her baby’s father (IMDB). The original film of this series, Bridget Jones… Continue reading Review: BRIDGET JONES BABY

By Mark Saldana Rating: 2 (Out of 4 Stars) Daniel Defoe’s novel about fictional castaway Robinson Crusoe has inspired multiple sequels and interpretations in cinema and television.  The latest one is a Belgian-French produced animated film that tells a version of Crusoe’s story from the perspective of the animals he befriends on the island.  Despite… Continue reading Review: THE WILD LIFE

By Liz Lopez Rating: A As soon as I learned that Tom Hanks was to portray Capt. Chesley Sullenberger in Sully, a Malpaso production directed by Clint Eastwood (who also is a producer), there was no doubt in my mind that this was going to be a well told story of Sullenberger’s actions as he… Continue reading Review: SULLY

By Liz Lopez Rating: B There are generations over three centuries that have heard the name of Robinson Crusoe, aside from those of us who have read books about this character, as well as seen television programs and films about the man who was a castaway. I tend to think anyone that has ever landed… Continue reading Review: THE WILD LIFE

By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ Many people have stories about their childhood when their life was altered by the departure of a parent and the impact it has on their life, either then or in later years. Filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda (Nobody Knows, I Wish, and 2013 Cannes jury prizewinner Like Father, Like Son) has written,… Continue reading Review: OUR LITTLE SISTER

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) The remarkable true story of US Airways Flight 1549 and it emergency crash landing in the Hudson River is not only one for the history books, but is tailor-made for a feature film treatment.   On January 15, 2009, this incident made a media celebrity of… Continue reading Review: SULLY