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 …
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 …
“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 …
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 …
I’m Still Here is an official Brazilian submission to the 97th Academy Awards. We really enjoyed this film. It’s a tough story with a lot of heart. And it has a great cast. Synopsis: …
Alec Tibaldi’s feature film debut of the powerful coming of age drama Spiral Farm, starring Piper De Palma (daughter of iconic film director Brian De Palma), Amanda Plummer (Ryan Murphy’s upcoming Ratched, Pulp Fiction, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Jade Fusco (Youth in Revolt, Wonder Valley), Cosimo Fusco (Angels & Demons, Gone in Sixty Seconds), Teo Halm (Earth to Echo, Memoria), Sara Anne (Public Disturbance, Open Season), and Landen Beattie (Jane the Virgin, The Box).
Synopsis: When two outsiders arrive at an isolated commune, seventeen-year old Anahita begins questioning her reality and what a future in the world would be like. Spiral Farm explores betrayal, passion, sensuality, our sense of family and how each of us struggles to find our place in the world whether that is in a closed environment or the world at large.
Indican Pictures is releasing Spiral Farm theatrically in multiple markets including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, among others beginning on December 13, 2019 with a VOD/Digital/DVD release set to immediately follow.
A special look at the friendships between the cast of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker debuted today to an enthusiastic audience during The Rise of Skywalker panel at Brazil’s Comic Con Experience 2019 (CCXP) held in São Paulo. Érico Borgo, the Content Director of Omelete.com.br, hosted the panel, which included director/writer J.J. Abrams, and actors Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac.
Lucasfilm and director Abrams join forces once again to take viewers on an epic journey to a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the riveting conclusion of the seminal Skywalker saga, where new legends will be born and the final battle for freedom is yet to come.
Enjoy this special look. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker opens in U.S. theaters on December 20.
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.
Laugh Out Loud with The Wayans Bros.: The complete series coming to DVD on February 4.
Premiering in 1995, The Wayans Bros. quickly became a fan favorite with its hilarious mix of family dynamics, quirky characters, and memorable one-liners. Following the misadventures of two distinctly different brothers sharing an apartment in New York City, the series was a cultural touchstone for ’90s television blending physical humor, clever wit, and heartfelt moments. The Wayans Bros. was created by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Leslie Ray, and David Steven Simon.
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° Regular Show: The Complete Series is coming to DVD. Enjoy the hit series on February 4.
About the series: Regular Show follows the lives of best friends Mordecai and Rigby, whose lazy afternoon adventures always seem to be interrupted by zombies and misadventures with their gang of friends Benson, Pops, Muscle Man, Hi-Five Ghost, Skips, Thomas, Margaret and Eileen or sometimes even dealing with Death himself.
Created by JG Quintel and produced by Cartoon Network Studios, the series originally premiered in September 2010 and remains to be a massive hit with new and old fans alike.
Regular Show: The Complete Series, includes all 245 episodes created over the years, including specials, and a movie.
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° The Last of Us: The Complete First Season available for the first time ever in a 4K Ultra HD Steelbook limited-edition collectable on March 18.
In anticipation of the Season 2 premiere of The Last of Us on HBO, catch up on all nine episodes of the critically-acclaimed first season, along with nearly 3 hours of special features!
Synopsis: The Last of Us takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° Moana 2 is now available at Digital retailers, and will be released on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD March 18.
Synopsis:Moana 2 reunites Moana (Auli’i Cravalho and Maui (Dwayne Johnson) three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced. Directed by David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, and Dana Ledoux Miller.
Kakamora Chronicles–Ever wanted to know more about the Kakamora? Gather
’round while Moni, everyone’s favorite Motunui historian, tells the tales from real
Solomon Island folklore surrounding the mysterious and unforgettable beings known as
the Kakamora. Fun in the Booth–Step inside the recording booth with the brilliant and talented actors of Moana 2 for some creative fun as they bring their characters to life. Deleted Scenes–Overall introduction to deleted scenes by directors.
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° Shameless The complete series. All 134 episodes from theEmmy® Award Winning series will be available to purchase on DVD March 18.
Synopsis: Meet Frank Gallagher (William H. Macy): proud, working-class patriarch to a motley brood of six smart, spirited and independent kids who, without him, would be…better off. In Frank’s booze-addled view, parenting just eats into his hard-earned bar-crawling time around Chicago–so he leaves it to eldest daughter Fionna (Emmy Rossum) to hold down the fort. Bearing the de facto parent badge/burden, she’s donned the proverbial apron and makes sure her younger siblings do their chores, keep a clean-ish home, and everyone (no matter how small) works to keep the house lights on, as well as food on the table. Brothers Lip (Jeremy Allen White), Ian (Cameron Monaghan), and Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) use their intellect to break every rule in the book to survive and make the bank, while younger sister Debbie (Emma Kenney) would sooner steal her share, Toddle Liam (Christian Isaiah), the youngest, is just happy to be along for the ride. The Gallaghers are irreverent, endearing, resilient–and they’re absolutely, wildly and unapologetically Shameless.
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