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LOCKED Is Intense and Entertaining A talk with the Director

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 …

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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 …

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Unstoppable Streaming on Prime Video

Unstoppable is the inspiring true story of Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome) who was born with one leg but whose indomitable spirit and unbreakable resolve empowered him to defy the odds and pursue his dreams. With the …

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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 …

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Mufasa: The Lion King the Prequel

Mufasa: The Lion King was entertaining and the production value was amazing to watch. Set in Africa, all-new film blends live-action filmmaking techniques with photoreal computer-generated imagery.  My 12 year-old grandson thought it was one …

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Guest Stars and Standout Performances from Latinos on a Full Friday

Philip Anthony-Rodriguez

Not just the regulars, but some surprising guest stars seven times over:

  • Otto Sanchez guests on Unforgettable, finally returning to CBS at 8P
  • Hector Elizondo is Tim’s best friend on Last Man Standing, 8P on ABC
  • John Ortiz is a solid best friend on the hugely underappreciated Rake, 8P on FO

    Otto Sanchez

  • Jorge Garcia’s already on board Hawaii Five-O, 9P on CBS
  • Philip Anthony-Rodriguez, soon to be seen on Gang Related, guest stars on Grimm, 9P on NBC
  • Marisa Ramirez is righting wrongs, as always, on Blue Bloods, 10P on CBS
  • Raúl Esparza continues to be crazy good (maybe literally?) on Hannibal, 10P on NBC

Friday, April 4

Guest stars and standout performances from Latinos on a full Friday. More on the complete listing…

For the National Geographic Types, “Island of Lemurs Madagascar”

We enjoyed the film, it was beautiful to watch and informative. I only wished they had elaborated more on how the Lemurs evolved into so many different species. In IMAX and IMAX 3D theaters now.

Demián Bichir Grabs a Drink at the Bar and Talks about “The Bridge”

Demian Bichir

The entertainment trade website The Wrap has become a major source of info for Hollywood…and it does a good job on straight interviews, too. Of course, alcohol helps…

We’ve only recently run across a cool little video series that The Wrap keep tucked away in a corner of its web site. In one recent edition, The Wrap’s Jeff Sneider talked with Academy Award nominee Demián Bichir at La Casita Mexicana in Bell, California (Hey, we’ve been there!), about this work on the FX bordertown cop show The Bridge, which has finished its first season and is set up for a second. As always, Demián’s charming as hell (if not very forthcoming with Bridge spoilers) and generous to a fault with his co-stars. Best of all, the format gives us a chance to see what this powerful actor is like when he’s actually just, you know, hangin’ out. Here you go:

Bichir is also part of Dom Hemingway, an eccentric little British pic starring Jude Law that’s premiering this week as well. And you can see a lot of great videos here, at the home of “Uploads from the Wrap.”

“In the Blood,” with a Ton of Latino Action Stars All Over the Place on Friday

Gina Carano and Luis Guzmán

Amaury Nolasco, Danny Trejo, Luis Guzmán star in an all-out beat’em-up with Gina Carano

Captain America: The Winter Soldier may be dominating the headline and the movie screens on Friday, April 4, but a gang of our best action heroes are staging an insurrection of their own with In the Blood, premiering on iTunes, On Demand, and in theaters on the same day.

Danny Trejo

The basic premise: Simply and solid: Gina Carano stars as Ava, a trained fighter with a dark past. When her new husband (Cam Gigandet) vanishes during their Caribbean honeymoon, Ava uncovers a violent underworld of conspiracy in the middle of an island paradise. Armed with a deadly set of skills, Ava sets out to discover the truth–and to take down the men she thinks are responsible for his abduction, one by one.

You’ll find Ismael Cruz Cordoba, Treat Williams, Cam Gigandet, our buddy Yvette Yates, and the guy who tried to kill an entire species–Stephen Lang, of Avatar–in this violent little thriller. And best of all, you can see it on any screen you want, since it’s simultaneously releasing on iTunes, VOD, and in theaters. Buy your popcorn and take your pick.

Yvette Yates

And here’s the coolest little bit: it’s directed by John Stockwell, who also directed Paz Vega in the action fave Cat Run (and will do it again in an upcoming sequel) as well as the hyper-violent horror film Turistas. But he’s best known for something older and truly classic: he was (and still is, sometimes) an actor, best known as “Cougar” in Top Gun and the “nice guy” who nearly dies ten times over in the John Carpenter adaptation of Stephen King’s Christine, way back in 1983. (His co-star in that film, nerdy Keith Gordon, has become a respected director as well, with credits like The Chocolate War and A Midnight Clear, along with multiple episodes of Dexter, The Killing, and many others.

Enjoy the trailer…then enjoy the action!

“Rake,” with John Ortiz and Greg Kinnear, End this Saturday–yes, Saturday

John Ortiz

It began with high hopes, then got a weird start, and never got any traction at all. Now Fox is burning off the last two episodes Saturday.

Rake, the serio-tragic story of an excellent lawyer with a gambling addiction, a broken practice, and the worst luck ever had a lot going for it: Greg Kinnear and John Ortiz, Ortiz fresh from the unintended wreckage of the HBO series Luck, were doing some of the best work of their career, portraying a charming “rake” and his solid best friend. And Fox, who’d had luck with “unlovable” character in the past, from Married With Children to House, were high on it, too: it debuted on Thursdays at 9P in January, in the coveted post-American Idol spot.

John Ortiz and Greg Kinnear

But the best laid plans and all that: ratings were anemic from the beginning, and Fox soon shoved it to Fridays at 8P where it did even worse. Now Fox has announced it will burn off the last two episodes this Saturday, April 5, from 8-10P.

What exactly went wrong? Excellent question. Certainly its weird debut date, even out of Idol, robbed it of any of the “Fall Season” momentum. And–in a move that’s all too typical these days–Fox didn’t give the show any time to grow an audience; it was shipped off to the graveyard before it even had a chance to take a deep breath. But that’s all water under the proverbial bridge at this point; at least we’ll get a chance to see Ortiz and the rest of the truly excellent cast in its last two episodes. And maybe we’ll finally find out what’s in that ratty paper bag Kinnear is always carrying around…

Seven Shows and a Movie for One Terrific Thursday Night

Medicine, politics, parenthood, machete and more. A little something for everyone’s

  • Aubrey Plaza is deadpan hilarious on Parks & Recreation, 8:30P on NBC
  • Sara Ramirez is brilliant on Grey’s Anatomy, 9P on ABC
  • Jennifer Lopez presides over the American Idol half-hour results show, 9P on FOX

    Guillermo Díaz

  • Gina Torres terrified and intrigues on a new Suits, 9P on USA
  • Kevin Hernandez is front and center on the new FOX sitcom Surviving Jack at 9:30P
  • Guillermo Díaz really is mysterious as hell on Scandal, 10P on ABC
  • Xolo Maridueña is growing up right before our eyes on Parenthood, 10P on NBC

…and if you just want to have some high-octane action, catch Machete at 9P on SyFy

Thursday, April 3

Seven shows and a movie on a terrific Thursday night. Get the details on the full post!

Wednesday, April 2

Eight separate chances to see Latinos at work on TV this Wednesday. Check out our full post!

Nine Separate Chances to See Latinos at Work on TV this Wednesday

Cristina Cibrian The Middle

Modern-day classics, up-and-comers, and musical

  • J.D. Pardo, Mat Vairo and Gonzalo Menendez are, well, revolting on Revolution, 8P on NBC
  • Jennifer Lopez judges the hopefuls on American Idol, 8P on FOX
  • We found Eddie Cibrian’s cousin, Cristina Cibrian guest starring on The Middle, 8P on ABC

    L-r: Ty Burrell and Soledad St. Hilaire Modern Family

  • Guest stars Elena Campbell-Martinez, Soledad St. Hilaire, Zilah Mendoza and Karolin Luna join Sofía Vergara and Rico Rodriguez on Modern Family, 9P on ABC
  • Lindsey Morgan is beautiful and challenging on The 100, 9P on the CW
  • Danny Pino and Raúl Esparza enforce and prosecute on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 9P on NBC
  • Adan Canto and Alexis Carra keeps drinkin’ and jokin’ on Mixology, 9:30P on ABC
  • Aimee Carrero continues her arc on The Americans on FX at 10P
  • Jon Seda is a hero and a hunk on Chicago PD, 10P on NBC

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