Category: Film Reviews

By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) I have grown a bit lukewarm towards found-footage movies.  Modern filmmakers have increasingly flocked to this low tech, low budget style for all the obvious reasons.  Still, this gimmick has begun to wear out its welcome a bit.  Nevertheless, there have been some great movies in… Continue reading Review: AS ABOVE, SO BELOW

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3.5 (Out of 5 Reels) An ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect (IMDB). Pierce Brosnan (Devereaux) is best known for his role as 007 in… Continue reading Review: THE NOVEMBER MAN

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Smooth and debonair, Pierce Brosnan is best known for his portrayal of Agent 007 in four of the Bond movies.  While Daniel Craig, with his no-nonsense, grittier approach, has taken over that role, the 61 year-old Brosnan proves he can still hold his own as an… Continue reading Review: THE NOVEMBER MAN

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Fans of the first Sin City movie (including me) had to wait nine years for this film to finally hit theaters.  Back in 2009 at the Shorts movie premiere at Austin’s Paramount Theater, I asked director Robert Rodriguez if we could expect a Sin City sequel… Continue reading Review: SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3 (Out of 5 Reels) Life changes in an instant for young Mia Hall (Cloe Grace Mortez) after a car accident puts her in a coma. During an out-of-body experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than she had imagined (IMDB). Mortez has been… Continue reading Review: IF I STAY

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) While not as powerful or well written as The Fault in Our Stars, If I Stay still is an engrossing and poignant tearjerker of a movie that is certainly worth watching.  Based on the novel by Gayle Forman, screenwriter Shauna Cross and director R.J. Cutler’s film… Continue reading Review: IF I STAY

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Originally titled, The F Word, What If is a typical, but charming romantic comedy that answers the question, “What if close friends gamble with their relationship and become more than friends?” While the process of discovering the answers (within the context of this story and characters),… Continue reading Review: WHAT IF

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) The main theme of this near pitch black comedy can be summed up in one popular Christian adage: “What would Jesus do?” One doesn’t have to be a devout Christian, or  a Christian at all for that matter, to have a general understanding of Jesus’ story… Continue reading Review: CALVARY