An actor eager to make his mark in film takes a part offered by a more established actor who doesn’t feel like taking the job. This leads him down a very unexpected path.
Category Archives: Movie Reviews
Inquilinos (2018) [San Diego Latino Film Festival 2018]
A young couple, Luzma and Demian, having had to make some hard choices moves into their new place and things start getting weirder and weirder as they attempt to make this new place a home.
Justice Served (2017)
In a world where being a good person is suspicious and being punished, a man is on trial for pushing a little girl. Was he trying to kill her or save her?
Enthusiastic Sinners (2017) [CineQuest 2018]
Bruce and Shelley meet when the police are called on gunshots at her place. As there is no issue beyond misbehaving kids, they get to talking and lust quickly takes over. As they spend some times together getting to know each other, lust makes way to something much stronger.
Father’s Day (2017)
A recently widowed father visits his daughters in Los Angeles for Father’s Day with the hopes of saving them from their tortured artists’ lives.
Written and directed by Betty Ouyang, this short film explores family relations between two artist sisters and their more down to Earth father through one meal together. The family dynamics on display here are interesting to watch develop as more information is revealed about each member. Ouyang takes this subject and makes it distinctly hers by putting herself in the lead as well as in the writing and directing style. Here the subject is taken head-on and shown through intimate conversations. The way she approaches each discussion, each interaction is honest and done in a manner that is up close and personal for the characters thus pulling the viewer into their lives.
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998) [Blu-Ray]
Boyd Kirkland’s “SubZero” stands as not only one of the best animated Batman films of all time, but one of the best Batman films, period. In a time where Warner were handing us goofy films like “Batman Forever,” behind the scenes, Bruce Timm took the material seriously, delivering entertaining mature fare like “SubZero.” Something of a sequel to “Deep Freeze,” Kirkland’s film is also a stark contrast to last year’s “Batman and Harley Quinn,” choosing to expand on the hit episode, rather than repeat the same beats ad nauseum like the latter chose to.
Justice League (2017) [Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital]
At the end of the day I think “Justice League” is a very—okay movie, with glimmers of greatness. But that’s the problem, sadly. Fans waited and waited, and didn’t want an okay movie. We fans wanted a great movie, and despite bringing in Joss Whedon in the final hour, “Justice League” feels less like the beginning of an epic saga of superheroes, and more like a throwaway episode of a mediocre superhero series. And what with “mustache gate” and the continued controversy over the original cut of the film, “Justice League” will carry a lot of baggage with it forever. Which is sad, because I still didn’t hate it as much as I did “Batman v Superman.”