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A Western Story with Some Complex Hearts

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 …

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Unsung Hero Based on A Remarkable True Story

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. …

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Upcoming Documentaries Worth Watching

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 …

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FURIOSA is On Her Way!

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 …

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Shirley Fearless. Fierce. First.

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 …

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Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ May 27

To kick off Star Wars Day, Disney+ released a brand-new key art for Obi-Wan Kenobi, offering a riveting look at the highly anticipated limited series.

Obi-Wan Kenobi will premiere exclusively on Disney+ on Friday, May 27, with the first two episodes. Following the premiere, the series will stream weekly on Wednesdays, until the finale on Wednesday, June 22.
 

The story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat—the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. 

The series stars Ewan McGregor, reprising his role as the iconic Jedi Master, and also marks the return of Hayden Christensen in the role of Darth Vader. Joining the cast are Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell, and Benny Safdie. 

Obi-Wan Kenobi is directed by Deborah Chow and executive-produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Deborah Chow, Ewan McGregor and Joby Harold.

It’s Green Ghost, NOT Gringo!

Good to see so many familiar faces in this comedic anti-hero action-filled adventure. Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone in theaters April 29 and rated PG13.

L-r: Renée Victor, Kuno Becker and Danny Trejo

Synopsis: In a Texas border town, car salesman Charlie (Charlie Clark) moonlights as a masked Lucha libre wrestler going by the name “Green Ghost.” When unknown assailants arrive seeking an otherworldly emerald, Charlie discovers that he has super powers. As he learns to fight from the unconventional Master Gin (action film legend Danny Trejo), Charlie is told that he’s part of a secret warrior “triad of light” with his childhood friend Marco (Kuno Becker) and Marco’s sister Karina (Sofia Pernas) led by La Nana (Renée Victor). Together, they’ve been chosen to protect humanity from Drake (Marko Zaror), the embodiment of the Mayan apocalypse. As a stargate is opened in a Mexican pyramid, Drake seeks the power to destroy humankind—and Charlie, linked to the power of the emerald, is the only one who can stop him. Charlie must harness both his physical and mystical strength to save humanity and go from Gringo to Green Ghost. 

In the style of comedy-horror martial-arts movies of the 1970s and 80s, director Michael D. Olmos’ (Filly Brown, Mayans) Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone is a comedic anti-hero action movie filled with adventure for the entire family.

The Bad Guys is Fun for Everyone

The Bad Guys is a very good movie with high quality graphics and very funny jokes. It also has, one key element of surprise. Overall, it is a very good movie and recommended for all ages. — JimmityCritic, age 10

We had fun watching The Bad Guys. It makes us want to go back and read the illustrated children’s graphic novel series by Australian author Aaron Blabey. They are fourteen with a fifteen book being release in Summer of 2022.

Synopsis: In the new action comedy from DreamWorks Animation, based on the New York Times best-selling book series, a crackerjack criminal crew of animal outlaws are about to attempt their most challenging con yet—becoming model citizens. 

Never have there been five friends as infamous as The Bad Guys—dashing pickpocket Mr. Wolf (Sam Rockwell), seen-it-all safecracker Mr. Snake (Marc Maron), chill master-of-disguise Mr. Shark (Craig Robinson), short-fused “muscle” Mr. Piranha (Anthony Ramos) and sharp-tongued expert hacker Ms. Tarantula (Awkwafina), aka “Webs.” 

But when, after years of countless heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, the gang is finally caught, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal (that he has no intention of keeping) to save them all from prison: The Bad Guys will go good. 

Under the tutelage of their mentor Professor Marmalade (Richard Ayoade), an arrogant (but adorable!) guinea pig, The Bad Guys set out to fool the world that they’ve been transformed. Along the way, though, Mr. Wolf begins to suspect that doing good for real may give him what he’s always secretly longed for: acceptance. So when a new villain threatens the city, can Mr. Wolf persuade the rest of the gang to become…The Good Guys? 

Nobody has ever failed so hard at trying to be good as The Bad Guys! The film is in theaters now! — A.O.

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is A Must See!

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, starring Nicolas Cage and Pedro Pascal is hilarious! So much fun to watch. It is on my best film list for the year already. The film opens on Friday, April 22.

Pedro Pascal as Javi and Nicolas Cage as Nic Cage.
Photo: Katalin Vermes/Lionsgate

Synopsis: Cage stars as…Nick Cage in the action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pascal). Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish) and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones. With a career built for this very moment, the seminal award-winning actor must take on the role of a lifetime: Nick Cage.

Also starring Sharon Horgan, Ike Barinholtz, Alessandra Mastronardi, Jacob Scipio, Lily Sheen, with Neil Patrick Harris and directed by Tom Gormican.

Watch the Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Trailer Now!

When a town of cats is in danger, an unlikely hero rises: a dog named Hank! Check out the trailer below.

This family film features an A-list voice cast of Michael Cerra along with comedian and actor Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, Samuel L. Jackson, Ricky Gervais, George Takei, Michelle Yeoh and Aasif Mandvi. The film is directed by Rob Minkoff and Mark Koetsier and is loosely inspired by Mel Brooks’ timeless classic, Blazing Saddles.

Synopsis: A hard-on-his-luck hound Hank (Cera) finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain’s (Gervais) evil plot to wipe their village off the map.  With help from a reluctant teacher (Jackson) to train him, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day. The only problem…cats hate dogs! 

Also starring Mel Brooks, Djimon Hounsou, Michelle Yeoh, Kylie Kuioka, and Cathy Shim. 

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank pounces into theaters July 15, 2022.

My Oscar Picks by Angela M. Ortíz

The 94th academy awards has come and gone. And I don’t think it meant to be so unforgettable. But we won’t dwell on that here. My only focus was on the honored films released in 2021.

Ariana DeBose, West Side Story

Here, we just want to have a little fun in seeing how many of the honorees we got correct. Because we love movies of all genre’s and hope you do too. Back in February, we posted our first choices and runner ups for movies, documentaries, and animations. You can check them out here.

Below are our picks. The ones in red, are the ones we got correct. Read the rest of this entry »

Paramount Pictures‘ The Lost City Premiere’s March 25

Check out this funny trailer featurette for the upcoming, The Lost City: Journey of a Jumpsuit.

starring Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Oscar Nuñez, Patti Harrison, and Bowen Yang.

Synopsis: Brilliant, but reclusive author Loretta Sage (Bullock) has spent her career writing about exotic places in her popular romance-adventure novels featuring handsome cover model Alan (Tatum), who has dedicated his life to embodying the hero character, “Dash.” While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta is kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire (Radcliffe) who hopes that she can lead him to the ancient lost city’s treasure from her latest story.

A Song For Cesar In Theaters March 11

A Song For Cesar: Beware Of A Movement That Sings, premiering in theaters during Cesar Chavez Month, March 2022.

A unique view of the life and legacy of American labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez and the artists whom he inspired.
 
Through stunning archival photographs, footage, performances, and interviews with icons that include Carlos Santana, Joan Baez, Cheech Marin, Edward James Olmos, Maya Angelou, Chavez’s United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta, and so many more.
 
This affectionate documentary reveals the inspirational power of  Chavez and captures the emotional and political power of the Chicano Movement.
 
We recommend this documentary very much. It reminds us, that we should always remember and never forget.
 
In theaters this Friday March 11. To celebrate Cesar Chavez Month.

Awards Season is On!

It’s that time of the year. When we start looking back at the last year and going over the films, documentaries, animations, foreign, etc. that we got to watch.

Here at Se Fija!, we have fun choosing our favorites from the actual films we got to watch. With the pandemic, its been tricky. In spite of that; here are our top picks.

We hope you like our choices and if you haven’t seen them, try and check them out. You can find many of them on the streaming networks.

Jurassic World Dominion! Summer of 2022!

Jurassic World Dominion arrives in theaters June 10, 2022.

This original 5 min prologue to Jurassic World Dominion, directed by Colin Trevorrow, rockets audiences back 65 million years into the past to experience the world before humans existed—and offers a glimpse of a world in which dinosaurs are living among us. The story will continue in theaters in the Summer of 2022.

The usual suspects are back, Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard star as Owen Grady and Claire Dearing and are joined by Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum, who reprise their roles as Dr. Ellie Sattler, Dr. Alan Grant and Dr. Ian Malcolm. The film also features BD Wong as Dr. Henry Wu, Mamoudou Athie (Oh Jerome, No), Dichen Lachman (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), and DeWanda Wise (She’s Gotta Have It).

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