By Laurie Coker Rating: C- Just in time for the holiday season, Free Birds, starring the voice talent of Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler and a host of others, comes to theatres. Just in case, we don’t get our fill on Thanksgiving, co-writer, director Jimmy Hayward brings us more. The kids will LOVE it,… Continue reading Review: FREE BIRDS
Category: Film Reviews
Review: LAST VEGAS
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3 (Out of 5 Reels) It was the combination of veteran actors that made me want to see this film. Paddy, (Robert De Niro), Archie (Morgan Freeman) and Sam (Kevin Kline) throw an over the top bachelor party for Billy (Michael Douglas) in Las Vegas.
Review: ENDER’S GAME
By Laurie Coker Rating: B- Now part of many high school freshman English class curriculums, Orson Scott Card’s short story turned novel Ender’s Game finally comes to the big screen in a big (IMAX) way. Director Gavin Hood, who adapted Card’s novel for screen, manages to stay true enough to the story and some of its… Continue reading Review: ENDER’S GAME
Review: ENDER’S GAME
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4.5 (Out of 5 Reels) As my readers know, I am a total and complete science-fiction junkie and nothing would have prevented me from seeing this film. I had never read the book and didn’t know much about the plot which is exactly the position I like being in going to… Continue reading Review: ENDER’S GAME
Review: LAST VEGAS
By Laurie Coker Rating: C+ Director Jon Turteltaub’s Last Vegas, starring Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline, plays out like a melding of Hangover and The Bucket List, but is not quite as entertaining as the first or as endearing as the latter, but likable nonetheless. While, upon the word of… Continue reading Review: LAST VEGAS
AFF 2013 Review: DRONES
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Writer Matt Witten’s script was originally written as a stage play, but before audiences would see it performed in a theater, his intense, disturbing and thoughtful story was quickly made into a film. Director Rick Rosenthal and actors Eloise Mumford and Matt O’Leary do outstanding work… Continue reading AFF 2013 Review: DRONES
AFF 2013 Interview: RICK ROSENTHAL AND ELOISE MUMFORD OF DRONES
By Mark Saldana Two drone pilots, operating out of a trailer in a Nevada desert, have acquired a target in Afghanistan and are faced with a moral dilemma. They must follow their orders and terminate with extreme prejudice or face punishment for disobedience. This is the premise of the AFF film entry title Drones.
AFF 2013 Review: BIG SUR
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Call it perfect timing or strange coincidence, but just last week, I finally watched Walter Salles’ film adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s iconic book On the Road. As much as I liked the movie, I felt that it isn’t quite the adaptation that Kerouac’s novel deserves. Still,… Continue reading AFF 2013 Review: BIG SUR
AFF 2013 Review: THE ART OF THE STEAL
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) After the utter disappointment with Coffee, Kill Boss, I was so incredibly grateful that my next film turned out to be a fun, clever, witty and entertaining heist film in the vein of Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven. The Art of the Steal obviously borrows some of… Continue reading AFF 2013 Review: THE ART OF THE STEAL
AFF 2013 Review: COFFEE, KILL BOSS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 1.5 (Out of 4 Stars) My Austin Film Festival got off to a funky start with their opening night film that often left me exasperated and baffled. I had initially planned to give this film a higher rating as it did occasionally make me laugh; however, I came to the conclusion… Continue reading AFF 2013 Review: COFFEE, KILL BOSS