By Liz Lopez Rating: B The eight days of the Austin Film Festival wrapped this week and among the multiple films were sixteen in the Marquee Features category. On the second day of the festival, director/executive producer, Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Thirteen, Lords Of Dogtown) was to be in attendance at the Austin Film Festival for… Continue reading AFF 2015 Review: MISS YOU ALREADY
Category: Reviews
Review: OUR BRAND IS CRISIS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) After returning to his indie roots with Prince Avalanche, Joe, and Manglehorn, director David Gordon Green has made another Hollywood comedy. This time, however, Green tackles a political satire rather than some of his more juvenile wacky comedies (Pineapple Express, Your Highness). Loosely based on the… Continue reading Review: OUR BRAND IS CRISIS
Review: BURNT
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Welcome to Hell’s Kitchen, Hollywood style. Well, Bradley Cooper isn’t exactly portraying the infamous Gordon Ramsay in Burnt, but he may as well be. Writers Steven Knight, Michael Kalesniko, director John Wells and actor Bradley Cooper obviously drew some inspiration from the fiery tempered chef, which… Continue reading Review: BURNT
Review: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2 (Out of 4 Stars) This week I caught up on all of the previous Paranormal Activity movies I had previously missed. When I reviewed the last film titled The Marked Ones, I had only seen the very first film of the series. The Ghost Dimension is the sixth and supposedly… Continue reading Review: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION
Review: JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) When the Jem animated series first aired in 1985, I was twelve years-old and only into Transformers and G.I. Joe cartoons. Every time this gaudy and girlish cartoon would air I couldn’t change the channel fast enough. It just wasn’t cool for a pre-teen boy to… Continue reading Review: JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS
Review: THE LAST WITCH HUNTER
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2 (Out of 4 Stars) Despite its interesting premise and the badassery of Vin Diesel, this action/horror movie has so very little to offer. With dull, uninspired writing, The Last Witch Hunter may not be the worst film I have seen this year so far, but it might just be the… Continue reading Review: THE LAST WITCH HUNTER
Fantastic Fest 2015 Review: BONE TOMAHAWK
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) The closing night film for Fantastic Fest 2015 is a genre hybrid flick that starts off as a classic John Wayne Western and then delves into the shock and awe gruesomeness of a horror movie. Kurt Russell stars as Sheriff Franklin Hunt, the chief law officer… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2015 Review: BONE TOMAHAWK
Review: ROCK THE KASBAH
By Liz Lopez Rating: B- Bill Murray stars as Richie Lanz, is an aging rock manager in Rock the Kasbah, based on the script by Mitch Glazer and directed by Barry Levinson. In the first few minutes of the film, when Lanz is busy half- listening to someone audition for him in a not very glamorous… Continue reading Review: ROCK THE KASBAH
Review: BRIDGE OF SPIES
By Laurie Coker Rating: A Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies is a subtle, yet emotionally stirring, historically-based film. Co-writers Joel and Ethan Coen, from an original script by Matt Charman, weave a watchable tale of cold war espionage, but perhaps more importantly, they offer up sharp dialogue and rich characters that clearly represent the theme of honor… Continue reading Review: BRIDGE OF SPIES
Review: FREEHELD
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) In 2015 the United State Supreme Court, in the landmark case of Oberfell v. Hodges, ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry. This decision not only legalizes civil unions between couples of all sexes, but it now impacts the legal benefits that come with… Continue reading Review: FREEHELD