Congratulations on the Imagen Award nomination
Congratulations to Tinabeth Piña, on their Imagen Award nomination. For the episode, Latinos on Broadway. Piña, is the co-director of production creator, executive producer and host, at LATiNAS CUNY TV.
In this special CUNY TV presentation of LATiNAS and Theater: All the Moving Parts, Tinabeth Piña and Patrick Pacheco host a half-hour special exploring the past, present, and future of Latinos on Broadway. Joined by correspondents Juan Torres Falcón, Isabel Ortiz and Anny Ruiz Huayamambe, the program highlights Latino contributions to the Great White Way and the voices shaping its future.
Watch at the link below. It’s a good episode.
Spidey Review by JimmityCritic
Spider-Man Brand New Day is arguably the best Spider-Man film that the MCU has released. It has such a heartfelt story that gives a reminder that all heroes have to deal with issues as much as a normal person.
Every actor in this film nailed their role perfectly, and it felt like everyone worked so well together. In my opinion, this film is the definition of a Spider-Man story, with incredible action, great humor, and gut wrenching moments that bring the story together.
Overall this movie was a 10/10 highlighting the best aspects of superhero films.
In theaters now.
Latino Heritage Month is HERE!
The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Latino Heritage calendar is now available. In time to celebrate Latino Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15).
We are excited that our publisher, Angela María Ortíz S. is one of the artist who’s work is included in it. And also being one of the six artists featured in Artists Interviews, a new addition to the 2025 Guide.
The calendar is 188 pages, it features works by an array of Latino artists. This special digital publication contains art, poetry, and a listing of online and in-person Latino Heritage-related events.
The Woolgatherer is Fine Theater
UPDATE: This weekend, the last two shows, September 6 and September 7.
I enjoy live theater any chance I get. A week ago, I got to experience The Woolgatherer, at a great little place in Burbank, Ca, The Victory Theater.
The Woolgatherer starring Antonio Jaramillo and Ashley Alvarez. Jaramillo five page monologue was flawless to me. Props to all of their scenes. Which can be tough when you are dealing with characters with so many angst.
Synopsis: Rose and Cliff search for connection in William Mastrosimone’s first play. Haunted by the past, one prone to daydreaming and fantasy, the other dodging discomfort left and right. Can two lonely hearts, damaged but hopeful, find love with each other?
The play is directed by Rob Nagle and runs until September 7, 2025.
Support live theater, you won’t regret it!
Tickets: jaramilloproductions.com
This November Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on Netflix
We can’t wait to watch this new adaptation of Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro of Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
Written and directed by del Toro, Frankenstein is on Netflix this November. Starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, with Charles Dance, and Christoph Waltz.
Renée Victor Has Passed Away, and We Will All Miss Her
Renée Victor has–will always have–one of those faces. You will recognize her immediately…and not just her face, but her voice, the characters she played, and the strong, brave spirit she always embodied.
For almost forty years, in almost a hundred different appearances, we all had the real joy of seeing Renée perform as a truly memorable dancer, singer, actress, and voice actor. In many of those roles she stepped into characters who were maids, madams, and especially abuelitas, but she was never the stereotype. The characters she played were always something more, something special and richer than we had a right to expect.
She is probably best remembered for her voice performance as Abuelita in Pixar’s Coco, and for many episodes as the no-nonsense maid to Mary Louise Parker on Weeds. But she was also the voice of all the lizard people in the wildly popular video game Skyrim, the Abuelatron on Futurama, and the kind, brave, and doomed abuela in the cult horror classic Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones. And that’s barely the beginning.
LOCKED Is Intense and Entertaining A talk with the Director
Director David Yarovesky
©2025 Angela María Ortíz S.
We caught up with the director of LOCKED David Yarovesky (Brightburn, Nightbooks), just before we screened the film with no spoilers. The film took nineteen days to shoot. Watch our quick interview.
Synopsis: No escape. No mercy. Just survival. A petty thief (Bill Skarsgård) breaks into a state-of-the-art SUV, only to find himself trapped inside. Controlled remotely by its vengeful owner (Anthony Hopkins), the vehicle becomes a deadly prison, hurtling him into a high-speed battle for survival. From producer Sam Raimi (Evil Dead, Drag Me to Hell). The film is in theaters on March 21.
At a Screening of Dog Man the Movie
It was an enjoyable screening with two of the grandsons. The five year old said it was happy and sad at the same time. And he loved it! The twelve year old who has read most of the books, thought it was GREAT!
Dog Man is in theaters this Friday, January 31.
Jimmy, Milo, and Angela
Synopsis: When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve—and fetch, sit and roll over.
As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief (Lil Rel Howery), he must stop the pretty evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat (Pete Davidson). Petey’s latest plan is to clone himself, creating the kitten Lil Petey, to double his ability to do crime stuff. Things get complicated, though, when Lil Petey (Lucas Hopkins Calderon) forges an unexpected bond with Dog Man.
The rest of the cast includes Isla Fisher, Poppy Liu, Stephen Root, Billy Boyd, and Ricky Gervais. Dog Man is directed by Peter Hastings (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness).
The film is based on the Dog Man book series by Dav Pilkey. The author and award-winning illustrator of the Captain Underpants books.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 The Speed to the BoxOffice
“Sonic 3 will beat out Mufasa, for sure!”
— JimmityCritic (12)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3, what a fun evening with the grandkids it was. When you have a 12, 10 and 5 year-old clap their hands at the end of a film, I think you have a hit.
Sonic 3 has fun with the audience and even within the filmmakers with their own story plot. All in all, it has something for everyone.
Synopsis: Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen this holiday season in his most thrilling adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.
Director Jeff Fowler returns along with the all-star cast of Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Idris Elba, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Natasha Rothwell, Shemar Moore, Adam Pally, Lee Majdoub, and newcomers Alyla Browne and Krysten Ritter, with Keanu Reeves joining the franchise as Shadow the Hedgehog.
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Favorite Shot of the Day
