By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) After continued success with animated shows Family Guy and American Dad!, and mixed reviews, and moderate box office success with western spoof, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Seth MacFarlane has returned to cinema with the sequel to his funny, but sometimes raucous teddy… Continue reading Review: TED 2
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Review: ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on the young adult novel (of the same name) by Jesse Andrews, this film does cover familiar emotional territory, but does so in such a fresh and inventive way. Going into this movie, without any knowledge about the novel, I expected another sob story about… Continue reading Review: ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL
Review: MAX
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3 (Out of 5 Reels) A dog that helped his trainer Kyle (Robbie Amell), a US Marine in Afghanistan, returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his family after suffering a traumatic experience (IMDB). Highly trained dogs have been used by the military for a very long time. They help… Continue reading Review: MAX
Review: TED 2
By Laurie Coker Rating: F Seth MacFarlane seems to love foul language and nasty crotch and potty humor. He masters the art of disgusting and try harder and harder in each of his film to shock his audiences. In is latest, the sequel to Ted, a story about a man and his teddy bear that… Continue reading Review: TED 2
Review: INSIDE OUT
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Pete Docter, the acclaimed Disney/Pixar writer/director is back and in great form. His latest movie for the computer animation giant, Inside Out ,may not be his best work with D/P so far, but it comfortably sits high up in second place after his brilliant and entertaining… Continue reading Review: INSIDE OUT
Review: INSIDE OUT
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) After young Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions – Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith) – conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house… Continue reading Review: INSIDE OUT
Review: DOPE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Having been a fan of 1990s “hood” movies like Menace II Society, Boyz n the Hood, and others, I enthusiastically jumped at the chance to review what I had originally thought to be a film that takes place in the 90s. To my pleasant surprise, this… Continue reading Review: DOPE
Review: INSIDE OUT
By Laurie Coker Rating: A+ Growing up is hard to do – no doubt. Middle school is particularly difficult and if you add to that a big life changes, like a big family move. Pixar takes viewers in to the preteen mind of Riley, an adorable, hockey loving young girl whose life is turned upside… Continue reading Review: INSIDE OUT
Review: JURASSIC WORLD
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3.5 (Out of 5 Reels) Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is… Continue reading Review: JURASSIC WORLD
Review: JURASSIC WORLD
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) In 1993 Steven Spielberg and visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic left movie audiences in awe with Jurassic Park, a summer blockbuster that most people consider a cinema classic. Spielberg followed this in 1997 with The Lost World: Jurassic Park and served as executive producer… Continue reading Review: JURASSIC WORLD