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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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Juan Pablo Di Pace on FOX’s Rosewood

Juan Pablo Di Pace

Juan Pablo Di Pace

Check out my exclusive conversation with Juan Pablo Di Pace, who’ll be a guest-star on an episode of FOX’s Rosewood. We talked about his character, Antonio Navarro a telenovela star and working with the show’s two leads, Jaina Lee Ortiz and Morris Chestnut.

Juan Pablo Di Pace on Rosewood

Juan Pablo Di Pace on Rosewood

He’s also on Fuller House on Netflix and he’s about to start shooting their second season. I messed up with the new name and called it by its original, Full House. He sounds like he’s having fun on the show. And I had to ask him about taking on the role of the great Tango singer, Carlos Gardel.

Juan Pablo Di Pace

Di Pace

To listen in on our conversation, just click on the audio box.

The Rosewood episode, “Silkworms y Silencio” is on tonight at 8P. — A.O.

Criminal: The Story of the Right Man in the Wrong Body

Criminal

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner

I thought Criminal was a pretty good film, and Kevin Costner gives a wonderful performance. His character in this film is very different than what we are accustomed to seeing. The story goes like this: in a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets, and skills are implanted into an unpredictable and dangerous death-row inmate (Costner) in hopes that he will complete the operative’s mission. And that’s not as easy as it sounds.

Ariel Vromen

Ariel Vromen

David Weisberg

David Weisberg

It has a story line that’s a bit familiar, but with a new take and some humor that wasn’t expected.

We talked with Costner, who spoke at length about why he took this role and the process he went through. Writer David Weisberg was very frank about the whole process of getting your project through the studios and hoping for the best, and director Ariel Vromen was a lot of fun to listen to, especially since he was directing three other experienced directors and a few hopefuls.

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner

David Weisberg

David Weisberg

Ariel Vromen

Ariel Vromen

One of the challenges of doing roundtables is that sometimes you have one journalist that dominates the questions; in the audio links you’ll notice it but we got some good stuff for you to listen to.

The other stars of the film include: Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Gal Gadot, Alice Eve, Michael Pitt, Jordi Mollà, Antje Traue, Scott Adkins, Amaury Nolasco, Danny Webb, and Colin Salmon. And it was fun to watch them.

Photos: ©2016 Angela María Ortíz S.

A Down and Raw Green Room

Jeremy Saultier and Anton Yelchin

Jeremy Saultier and Anton Yelchin

We call it a Punk Rock horror film, but writer/director Jeremy Saultier (Blue Ruin) has another description of how he sees the film and you can listen to him and actor Anton Yelchin (Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness) tell us about it, just click on the audio button.

Green Room

Green Room

Synopsis: Green Room is a fun horror-thriller with Patrick Stewart as a diabolical club owner who squares off against an unsuspecting but resilient young punk band.

Down on their luck punk rockers The Ain’t Rights are finishing up a long and unsuccessful tour, and are about to call it quits when they get an unexpected booking at an isolated, rundown club deep in the backwoods of Oregon. What seems merely to be a third-rate gig escalates into something much more sinister when they witness an act of violence backstage that they weren’t meant to see.

Saultier & Yelchin

Saultier & Yelchin

The film stars Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, Callum Turner, Mark Webber, Erid Edelstein, Macon Blair, and Kai Lennox.

Green Room opens in Los Angeles and New York on April 15, expanding on the 22 and nationwide on April 29.

Hands of Stone Trailer

hands of stoneA biopic on Panamanian boxer Roberto Duran, played by Édgar Ramírez. Directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz and starring Ana de Armas, Robert De Niro, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rubén Blades, Usher Raymond, Óscar Jaenada, Ellen Barkin, and John Turturro.

The film is coming this August, 2016.

Hostile Border Opens April 15

Hostile Border posterWhen first released, this independent film was known as Pocha: Manifest Destiny, and it did the film festival circuit. Now with a new title of Hostile Border, we meet a small-time criminal named Claudia (Veronica Sixtos), who was raised in the U.S., she’s an undocumented immigrant living beyond her means in a twisted version of the American dream. When the FBI arrests her for credit card fraud, Claudia is quickly deported to Mexico. Speaking no Spanish and lost in her foreign “homeland,” she reluctantly takes refuge at her estranged father’s cattle ranch. And that’s when this crime thriller takes off.

Directed by Michael Dwyer and also starring Julio Cedillo, Roberto Urbina, Jorge A. Jimenez, and Jesse Garcia.

The film opens in a limited release on April 15. Check your local theaters to find time and location.

Marvel’s Doctor Strange Teaser Trailer

Doctor Strange Poster-1Check out the first teaser trailer for Doctor Strange. Directed by Scott Derrickson and stars Benedict Cumberbatch (Dr. Stephen Strange), Tilda Swinton (Ancient One), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Baron Mordo), and also Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, and Mads Mikkelsen.

In theaters November 4.

THE BIGGEST (AND FASTEST!) GIVE-AWAY EVER!

the-huntsman-winter-s-war-HTM_LoversTsr1Sht_RGB_1116_1_WEB_rgbWe have FREE, FRONT-OF-THE-LINE TICKETS for special screenings of The Huntsman: Winter’s War in SEVEN DIFFERENT CITIES…but only if you act RIGHT NOW!

The fantastical world of Snow White and the Huntsman expands to reveal how the fates of The Huntsman Eric and Queen Ravenna are deeply and dangerously intertwined. Chris Hemsworth and Oscar® winner Charlize Theron return to their roles in The Huntsman: Winter’s War, an epic action-adventure. And this time they’re joined by Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain. It promises to be a beautiful and exciting return to a dangerous world of magic and adventure, and you’re invited!

…and this give-away is happening even faster than last time! WE NEED TO GET AN E-MAIL FROM YOU BY 5P PACIFIC TIME WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 TO QUALIFY! Yeah, that fast!

ALL ABOUT THESE SPECIAL SCREENINGS:

We have TWO PAIRS OF TICKETS for screenings in SEVEN DIFFERENT CITIES: Chicago • Dallas • El Paso • Houston • Los Angeles • Miami • New York City…all at 7:30P local time on Wednesday, April 20! (And winners* must arrive by 7P!)

Important note: Screening tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable, and have a cash value of $0.00

What do you have to do to enter the contest? Just click here and send us an email with your name and location by Wednesday, 5P Pacific Daylight Time! That’s all there is to it. We’ll pull the winners names, let you know, and make all the arrangements!

It’s going to be a fantastical experience…and all you have to do is click here!

**Each winner can bypass all lines and will be guaranteed 2 seats as long as they arrive by 7P. Seats are forfeited to general winners after this time.

Answer a Question—Win a Fear of the Walking Dead Tote Bag!

FearTWD Tote

Fear of the Walking Dead season two premiered on April 10 and if you watched it, you could win this tote bag.

Would you like to win it? Then just click here to send us an e-mail with your answer to the question below:

What is the name of the yacht owned by (character) Victor Strand?

We’ll draw the winner from all correct answers at 6P (PT) on Tuesday, April 12.

Fear the Walking Dead New Season Begins

L-r: Dave Alpert, Dave Erickson and Robert Kirkman

L-r: Dave Alpert, Dave Erickson
and Robert Kirkman

The season premiere of Fear the Walking Dead is Sunday, April 10 at 9/8c on AMC. Catch up on all six episodes from Season 1 also on Sunday, at 2P, leading into Season 2 that will make fans happy with fifteen new episodes.

T-b: Frank Dillane, Alicia Debnam Carey, Lorenzo James Henrie, Mercedes Mason, Colman Domingo and Kim Dickens

T-b: Frank Dillane, Alicia Debnam Carey, Lorenzo James Henrie, Mercedes Mason, Colman Domingo and Kim Dickens

We caught up with the creator Robert Kirkman and producers Dave Alpert, Dave Erickson, and a few of the actors on the show, who told us what it takes to put a show like this together. Coming up with the storylines and having the right players for each role—now you can listen in on the conversations, just click on the audio boxes.

Colman Domingo & Kim Dickens

Colman Domingo & Kim Dickens

Lorenzo James Henrie & Mercedes Mason

Lorenzo James Henrie & Mercedes Mason

Frank Dillane & Alicia Debnam Carey

Frank Dillane & Alicia Debnam Carey

Alpert, Erickson & Kirkman

Alpert, Erickson & Kirkman

The show stars Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Lorenzo James Henrie, Rubén Blades, Mercedes Mason, and Colman Domingo. — A.O.

There are monsters everywhere… Photos: ©2016 Angela María Ortíz S.

Melissa McCarthy is The Boss

The Boss 2You know when it’s a Melissa McCarthy comedy some of it is going to be over the top. And The Boss doesn’t disappoint—they are some really funny scenes. And I had my share of laughter watching the film.

T-b: Kristen Bell and Ben Falcone

T-b: Kristen Bell and Ben Falcone

Michelle Darnell is a character that has been part of McCarthy’s life for about 15 or 16 years and she talks about her to us, so make sure to listen in on the conversation. She liked that a group of us had on red berets that were given to us. I even had her laughing at my beret that I just placed on top of my AFRO (see photo).

Angela M. Ortíz

Angela M. Ortíz

The Boss, directed by Ben Falcone (McCarthy’s husband) talked to us about his second directorial job.

Here’s a little synopsis: wealthy mogul Michelle Darnell (McCarthy) always gets her way, until she’s busted for insider trading and sent to federal prison. After leaving jail, Darnell finds herself broke, homeless and hated. Luckily, she tracks down former assistant Claire (Kristen Bell), the only person who’s willing to help.

Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy

Ben Falcone

Ben Falcone

Kristen Bell

Kristen Bell

The Boss was written and produced by McCarthy, Falcone and longtime partners. The cast also includes Peter Dinklage and Kathy Bates.

Melissa, Kristen and the rest of the cast were fun to watch and the conversations were fun. — A.O.

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