We liked this western. The story and the complexity of the main characters kept you captivated. The Dead Don’t Hurt is a powerful and profoundly personal cinematic western written and directed by Viggo Mortensen. In theaters nationwide May …
Coming to theaters on April 26. Tickets available now. Unsung Hero is a deeply moving story about an immigrant family that arrived in the USA in the 1970s, braving the unknown to pursue a better future. …
A Thousand Pines, the documentary is directed and produced by Sebastián Díaz and Noam Osband, follows a season of Oaxacan tree planters traveling the United States and explores the hidden world of guest workers regrowing …
Ready for some action? Check out the trailer with Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth in Academy Award-winning mastermind George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the much-anticipated return to the iconic dystopian world he created more than …
Being old enough to remember when Shirley Chisholm ran for president and the feeling it left you with was, boy, she had guts! Her slogan was “Unbought and Unbossed.” —A.O. Regina King stars as Shirley …
Synopsis: In No Time To Die, Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Cast: Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes as “M,” Rory Kinnear, Ana de Armas, Dali Benssalah, David Dencik, and Billy Magnussen. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga.
This holiday season, discover the unlikely friendship that launched a legend. Klaus, a new animation with some unexpected warmth and one to watch with the family.
Voice actors Jason Schwartzman, Rashida Jones, Joan Cusack, J.K. Simmons, Will Sasso, and Norm MacDonald. The film is based on an original story and screenplay by Sergio Pablos (voiced Pumpkin/Olaf), who co-directed it with Carlos Martínez López.
Martin Pedreira is a Freelance Senior VFX Artist originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, currently based in the heart of Berlin, Germany, since 2014.
I had a great interview with him through “WhatsApp.” And talk about technology, the sound isn’t too bad and you can listen in on it below (Audio box). We talked about his work on Angel Has Fallen and a few other of his projects that many of you will recognize right away. Listen to some of our talk about some of the explosions in the film.
Martin Pedreira
VFX is his passion, he started as a Motion Graphics Designer back in 2006, and further developed into a CG Generalist until he became a full time Digital Compositor. Since then, he has successfully worked for more than 15 different studios across 2 continents, 6 countries and 10 cities. He also a teacher for L’IDEM Animation University in Barcelona, giving intensive courses on Compositing for 3rd year students.
Here’s a short list of some of the films and series he has worked on: Hellboy 2019, Angel Has Fallen 2019, The Girl in the Spiders Web 2018, Godzilla: King of Monsters 2019, The House with a Clock in its Walls 2018, Ant-Man and the Wasp 2018, Black Panther 2018, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. II 2017 (Nominated for an Oscar 2018 on Best Visual Effects), Spiderman: Homecoming 2017, Game of Thrones Final Season, Game of Thrones season 7, WestWorld season 1 (Winner Emmy Outstanding Special Visual Effects 2017), Black Sails season 4 (Nominee Emmy Outstanding Special Visual Effects 2017), Berlin Station (USA/GER).
He looks forward to his next work adventure. You can check him out here on his personal website.
Angel Has Fallen arrives on Digital November 12 and on 4K Ultra HD™ Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray™ Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and On Demand November 26 from Lionsgate. Filled with edge-of-your-seat action set pieces, explosive moments, and jaw-dropping hand-to-hand combat.
Synopsis: When there is an assassination attempt on U.S. President Allan Trumbull (Morgan Freeman), his trusted confidant, Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler), is wrongfully accused and taken into custody. After escaping from capture, he becomes a man on the run and must evade his own agency and outsmart the FBI in order to find the real threat to the president. — A.O.
On Saturday morning, November 9th, we covered the DisneyFrozen 2 press junket. There was plenty of laughter in the room because the talent present were so much fun to listen to. (Click on Audio)
Top: Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez Bottom: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
Top: Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell.
The press conference included the talented duo of Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Music and Lyrics), Evan Rachel Wood (Queen Iduna), Jonathan Groff (Kristoff), Josh Gad (Olaf), Idina Menzel (Elsa), Kristen Bell (Anna), Chris Buck (Director), Jennifer Lee (chief creative officer, director, and writer), and Peter Del Vecho (producer). Each one, shared their stories of how they came to be part of the beloved Frozen and now Frozen 2.
Frozen 2
Our view of Frozen 2: If you haven’t seen the first Frozen, you can still follow along once Olaf gives you a fast-track story review. Since this was Frozen, I personally wasn’t expecting anything more than an enjoyable family film—which it was. There was lots of laughter, cuteness, and definitely some inside jokes for the adults (spoiler alert in audio).
Generally, Frozen 2 wasn’t as dark as it could have been and I came away with a new heroine: Anna.
What an Impossible Mission to take on: adapting Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining, the mixed-reception Doctor Sleep, as a major movie that somehow straddles the considerable space–critical and stylistic–between King’s original novel (and horrible TV miniseries) and the legendary Stanley Kubrick anti-adaptation of the book. Sure, writer/director Mike Flanagan may be amazing–look at anything he’s done, from Gerald’s Game to Oculus to the truly amazing Haunting of Hill House–but come on. That’s crazy.
And yet…he pulls it off. Doctor Sleep is beautifully made, incredibly well-acted, suspenseful and fast-moving for something as complex and involving (and often meta) as it is, and yet it is still somehow respectful to both the original source and the much-loved Kubrick version Ewan McGregor. gives us his usual nuanced and effective performance (it’s hard not to take this guy for granted), and relative unknown Rebecca Ferguson as Rose the Hat is hypnotic and charismatic and hard not to watch every damn second (can’t wait to see her as Lady Jessica in her next big movie: Dune). And youngKyliegh Curran, who plays Abra Stone, who actually Shines brighter than Danny Torrance, is equally impressive.
It’s rare that high expectations are actually fulfilled, but this time only the most hidebound or nit-picky are going to get hung up on the differences between book and film or the (understandable) questions that get left unanswered. As a work of storytelling and adaptation both, this is an awesome achievement from one of the best filmmakers working today–not just in horror and suspense, but in American film in general. (Yeah, come at me, Midway.)
You can hear more spoilerific celebration of Stephen King, Doctor Sleep, and horror in general on the weekly podcast, “The Dark Multiverse of Stephen King.” Clickhere to learn more… — B.M.
“Sometimes love is the only answer” — Ernesto Quintero
Ernesto Quintero
About the film: When one brother is diagnosed with a shattering illness, another brother is forced to face his demons as the family struggles to pick up the pieces and stay together in this powerful portrait of love and what it means to truly care for each other.
The Quintero Family
A young Quintero family
Director/Producer Ernesto Quintero strongly believes in projects of social relevance and utilizes his skill in video and film to advocate positive change. Quintero has been documenting A Sacred Journey, a story of his brother’s fight with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) since his diagnosis in 2005. In 2013, he decided to edit this heartfelt journey locking picture in May 2019 and winning Best Film at DOCUTAH International Film Festival 2019. In addition to pointing the camera on his brother, Quintero most recently traveled the world working with Jennifer Lopez (JLo) on Dance Again a documentary featuring JLo on her first ever world tour. As second unit director, Quintero got to see the world through his lens, traveling to 40 countries in 4 months. On this same tour Ernesto, directed JLo’s ten dancers and came back to produce six episodes of A Step Away, a docu-series for NUVO TV.
Juan and Ernesto Quintero
On a personal note, I’ve watched Ernie and his family’s passion of taking care and being there for his brother Juan, over the years. It’s tough being a caregiver but once you commit to being one, life as you know it stops to exist. Then a strength you never knew you had takes over.
This is National Family Caregivers Month and there will be a Los Angeles screening of A Sacred Journey on November 23.
Next summer, Joe Gardner will discover his brilliant, passionate self. Watch the new trailer for Disney and Pixar’s Soul now.
In the film, just when Joe thinks his dream might be in reach, a single unexpected step sends him to a fantastical place where he’s is forced to think again about what it truly means to have soul. That’s where he meets and ultimately teams up with 22, a soul who doesn’t think life on Earth is all it’s cracked up to be. Jamie Foxx lends his voice to Joe, while Tina Fey voices 22.
The film also features the voices of Phylicia Rashad, Ahmir Questlove Thompson, and Daveed Diggs.
A new featurette in support of the highly-anticipated film, Queen & Slim, has been released. The featurette includes an in-depth conversation about the film between the visionary filmmaker, Melina Matsoukas, and the Emmy-winning writer, Lena Waithe. Queen & Slim arrives in theaters November 27th.
Synopsis: While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man (Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya) and a black woman (Jodie Turner-Smith, in her first starring feature-film role), are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people across the country.
As they drive, these two unlikely fugitives will discover themselves and each other in the most dire and desperate of circumstances and will forge a deep and powerful love that will reveal their shared humanity and shape the rest of their lives.
Joining a legacy of films such Set It Off and Thelma & Louise, Queen & Slim is a powerful, consciousness-raising love story that confronts the staggering human toll of racism and the life-shattering price of violence.
From two-time Grammy award winning director Melina Matsoukas, the visionary filmmaker behind this generation’s most powerful pop-culture experiences, including HBO’s Insecure, the Emmy award-winning Thanksgiving episode of Netflix’s Master of None, and Beyonce’s Formation, and from trailblazing, Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe (Netflix’s Master of None), comes the unflinching new drama, Queen & Slim. The feature-film directorial debut from Matsoukas.
Cast: Bokeem Woodbine, Chloë Sevigny, Flea, John Sturgill Simpson, and Indya Moore.
We’ve had some wonderful interviews with the talented actor, Antonio Jaramillo. Now FX Mayans M.C. has shared a behind the scene video featuring Jaramillo. The video is very insightful into Antonio Jaramillo himself and on the universal truths that inform his character, Riz. It’s an outsider looking for connection in the club.
Now watch the video below. Mayans M.C. Tuesdays at 10P ET/PT on FX.
True Detective: Night Country new season is on Digital now. It will be available on Blu-ray™ and DVD July 9, with bonus features. You can purchase online and in-store at major retailers. Pre-order your copy now.
True Detective: Night Country is available now to purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more.
Set in Alaska, True Detective: Night Country follows detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), as they investigate the disappearance of eight scientists. When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace. To solve the case, detectives Danvers and Navarro will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.
In addition, the season also stars John Hawkes, Christopher Eccleston, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett, Anna Lambe, Aka Niviâna, Isabella Star Lablanc, and Joel D. Montgrand.
Issa López is the showrunner, writer, director, and executive producer.
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Synopsis: In No Time To Die, Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology. 
