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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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I’m Still Here the Official Brazilian Submission to the Oscars

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: …

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Melina Matsoukas, Lena Waithe on Queen & Slim

A new featurette in support of the highly-anticipated film, Queen & Slim, has been released. The featurette includes an in-depth conversation about the film between the visionary filmmaker, Melina Matsoukas, and the Emmy-winning writer, Lena Waithe. Queen & Slim arrives in theaters November 27th.

Synopsis: While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man (Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya) and a black woman (Jodie Turner-Smith, in her first starring feature-film role), are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people across the country. 

As they drive, these two unlikely fugitives will discover themselves and each other in the most dire and desperate of circumstances and will forge a deep and powerful love that will reveal their shared humanity and shape the rest of their lives. 

Joining a legacy of films such Set It Off and Thelma & Louise, Queen & Slim is a powerful, consciousness-raising love story that confronts the staggering human toll of racism and the life-shattering price of violence.

From two-time Grammy award winning director Melina Matsoukas, the visionary filmmaker behind this generation’s most powerful pop-culture experiences, including HBO’s Insecure, the Emmy award-winning Thanksgiving episode of Netflix’s Master of None, and Beyonce’s Formation, and from trailblazing, Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe (Netflix’s Master of None), comes the unflinching new drama, Queen & Slim. The feature-film directorial debut from Matsoukas.

Cast: Bokeem Woodbine, Chloë Sevigny, Flea, John Sturgill Simpson, and Indya Moore.

FX Mayans M.C. Season 2: Behind the Cut: Antonio Jaramillo

Antonio Jamarillo
Mayans M.C. “Riz”

We’ve had some wonderful interviews with the talented actor, Antonio Jaramillo. Now FX Mayans M.C. has shared a behind the scene video featuring Jaramillo. The video is very insightful into Antonio Jaramillo himself and on the universal truths that inform his character, Riz. It’s an outsider looking for connection in the club.

Now watch the video below. Mayans M.C. Tuesdays at 10P ET/PT on FX.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Final Trailer

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, Billy Dee Williams, Lucasfilm, director J.J. AbramsLucasfilm and director J.J. 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.

The film stars Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, and Billy Dee Williams.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker releases in U.S. theaters on December 20.

GIVEAWAY! Advance Screening Passes for Playing with Fire

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Giveaway! In the Los Angeles area, we have 100 pairs of an advance screening of Playing with Fire.

When straight-laced fire superintendent Jake Carson (John Cena) and his elite team of expert firefighters (Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo, and Tyler Mane) come to the rescue of three siblings (Brianna Hildebrand, Christian Convery, and Finley Rose Slater) in the path of an encroaching wildfire, they quickly realize that no amount of training could prepare them for their most challenging job yet– babysitters.

*Download a first-come, first-served screening pass by clicking the Poster or the link below. Screening will take place on Saturday, November 2 @ 11:30A (Have your pass ready to show at the door).

Follow the instructions in your pass and share your excitement using #PlayingwithFire and #SeFijaOnline. ENJOY!

(*Each Pass is good for 2 seats)

Los Angeles (100 Pairs)
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Giveaway! The Addams Family and Addams Family Values

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In this giveaway, we have ONE Copy of The Addams Family and Addams Family Values 2-movie collection for ONE lucky winner. From Paramount Home Entertainment and just in time for HALLOWEEN!

Would you like to win a copy? Then just click here to send us an email with your name and address (no P.O. Box).

We’ll draw the winners at 6P (PT), Thursday, October 31! Please follow and share our social media pages: Twitter, Facebook, and subscribe to our YouTube channel.

**Disclaimer: U.S. Residents ONLY/NO P.O. Box. Only one entry per household. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed. We will not accept entries of contestants who have claimed a prize in the last 6 months.

*Blu-ray or DVD based on availability.

Mike Flanagan’s The Haunting of Hill House, Season One: Only the best

Mike Flanagan, The Haunting of Hill House, Season One, Shirley Jackson, Henry Thomas, Tim Hutton, Carla Gugino, Elizabeth Reaser, Michiel Huisman, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Kate Siegel, Victoria Pedretti, Brad MunsonPeople who love horror movies and thrillers are often looking for one thing more than any other: to feel something–whether it’s scared, excited, or simply grossed out. And it’s rare that a movie–or even more rarely, a TV series–can make a viewer feel as many things, as deeply and persistently, as Mike Flanagan’s re-imaging of The Haunting of Hill House.

The story began as a novel by Shirley Jackson back in 1959. It was adapted to film in 1963 and again in 1999–both versions fairly faithful to the original work. Flanagan’s Netflix series, however, is very different–a re-interpretation of the themes of Jackson’s novel, using ghosts and haunting as powerful symbols of memory and loss that weaves a whole new story. But for all its deviation from Jackson’s original plot, is a beautifully made, beautifully acted, disturbing and very moving work.

Don’t look for any plot or character similarities to the original novel or the two movies. This is a whole new story, about an apparently (at first) happy family moving into a decaying mansion called Hill House, determined to undertake a major renovation and re-selling–a “flip” on a major scale. But the ghosts they find inhabiting the hallways and the very walls of Hill House now seep into the new residents as well, young and old, challenging and changing them all and leading to the death of one parents. The rest of the family escapes–barely–but the fear and pain and suffering from their ordeal lingers for years, affecting the children as they become adults themselves, until they are finally forced, ready or not, to return to Hill House and confront what happened to them there, and what they have become since. Read the rest of this entry »

Little Shop of Horrors at the Pasadena Playhouse: A Special Visit from an Old Friend

Little Shop of Horrors, George Salazar, Mj Rodriguez, Amber Riley, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Roger CormanLittle Shop of Horrors–the odd Roger Corman movie about the extraterrestrial man-eating plant that invades Skid Row–is about to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary (it premiered in the summer of 1960). The musical version created by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman was a surprising Off-Off-Off Broadway hit more than 35 years ago, and then immortalized in 1986 by Frank Oz. The performances in that film, notably Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, and Steve Martin–with the impossibly perfect voice of Levi Stubbs as the alien plant, Audrey 2–still echo in the mind of any lover of musical theater, but you don’t see it revived very often. For good reason: it is a tough show to pull off. It takes creativity, brains, and not a little courage.

The nearly legendary Pasadena Playhouse didn’t let any of that stop them. They’ve mounted a five-week run of a brand new imagining of Little Shop, this time with a cast that’s so smart, professional, and racially and culturally diverse it’s almost dizzying. And everything about it works. Read the rest of this entry »

Giveaway! The Haunting of Hill House

Giveaway, The Haunting of Hill House, Blu-ray, DVD

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In this giveaway, we have ONE Copy of The Haunting of Hill House first season for ONE lucky winner.

All 10 Episodes debut on Blu-ray and DVD October 15, with exclusive bonus content including three extended episodes and director commentary from Paramount Home Entertainment. Just in time for HALLOWEEN!

Would you like to win a copy? Then just click here to send us an email with your name and address (no P.O. Box).

We’ll draw the winners at 6P (PT), Thursday, October 17! Please follow and share our social media pages: Twitter, Facebook, and subscribe to our YouTube channel.

**Disclaimer: U.S. Residents ONLY/NO P.O. Box. Only one entry per household. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed. We will not accept entries of contestants who have claimed a prize in the last 6 months.

*Blu-ray or DVD based on availability.

Giveaway! Crawl

Crawl, Angela Ortiz, Sam Raimi, Alexandre Aja, suspenseful, thrill ride

*Contest Closed. Thank you for participating, stay tuned for our next GIVEAWAY!

For this giveaway, we have ONE Copy of Crawl for ONE lucky winner.

Would you like to win a copy? Then just click here to send us an email with your name and address (no P.O. Box).

We’ll draw the winners at 6P (PT), Thursday, October 17! Please follow and share our social media pages: Twitter, Facebook, and subscribe to our YouTube channel.

Producer Sam Raimi (Evil Dead) and director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes) deliver “a suspenseful thrill ride” in CRAWL, coming to Digital September 24, 2019 and on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand October 15 from Paramount Home Entertainment. 

**Disclaimer: U.S. Residents ONLY/NO P.O. Box. Only one entry per household. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed. We will not accept entries of contestants who have claimed a prize in the last 6 months.

*Blu-ray or DVD based on availability.

The Casagrandes Premiering on Nick October 14!

Say “¡hola!” to The Casagrandes! From the world of The Loud House comes a brand new series starring Ronnie Anne. In this casa, familia is strong, amigas are fierce, and every adventure is grande!

We attended a special screening and panel for The Casagrandes. A reception with food and games for the whole family was enjoyed by all.

The Casagrandes, Izabella Alvarez, Carlos Alazraqui, Miguel Puga, Lalo Alcaraz, Michael Rubiner, animation, Angela Ortiz

The Casagrandes, Izabella Alvarez, Carlos Alazraqui, Miguel Puga, Lalo Alcaraz, Michael Rubiner, animation, Angela Ortiz

L-r: Lalo Alcaraz, Michael Rubiner, Miguel Puga, moderator, Carlos Alazraqui and Izabella Alvarez

Then I caught up with some of the talent of The Casagrandes, Izabella Alvarez the voice of Ronnie Anne Santiago, Carlos Alazraqui the voice of Carlos ‘tío’ Casagrande and Miguel Puga supervising director/creator. We talked about the influences for the show and their voice work. How a show like this is very important. I find that sometimes animation can be a great tool to expand real stories in a fun over the top way.

Afterwords we sat through a panel that included Lalo Alcaraz (Cultural consultant) and Michael Rubiner (Producer).

Check out this official trailer and be sure to stick around for an exclusive sneak peek at the end! Catch the premiere episode on Monday, October 14 at 1:30pm before moving to its regular time-slot on Saturdays at 11:30am, beginning on October 19 on Nick!

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