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Holiday Films Are in the Works!

One of my favorite time of the year is the holiday season. I love Christmas for many reasons, especially my grandkids and grandnephews. We always find time to watch our old and new favorite Christmas …

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Watch the Featurette Wicked on Singing Live

After two decades as one of the most beloved and enduring musicals on the stage, Wicked makes its long-awaited journey to the big screen as a spectacular, generation-defining cinematic event this holiday season. Synopsis: Wicked, …

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Another Love Story in Honor of Domestic Violence Awareness

In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, here’s an impactful new film Another Love Story, now available for streaming on TUBI. This timely film sheds light on the emotional and psychological journey of domestic abuse survivors …

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Despicable Me 4 with One of My Little Minions

We enjoyed it! 

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It Was A Twisters Night

My #1 grandson and I screened the new #TwistersMovie last night. And it was a long overdue date, too. The film was much better than we expected. It had its excitements that kept you on …

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Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration

If you are a fan of Joni Mitchell and her music, the upcoming film special, is a must see. I am a huge fan and wished I were at the taping of it. I found it, enjoyable. For more information, read on.

Joni Mitchell

Honoring one of the world’s most revered artists, Joni Mitchell, on her 75th birthday, The Music Center Presents Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration brings an incredible array of singers and musicians to cinemas across the US and Canada for a one-night-only celebration on February 7, 2019 in collaboration with global event cinema distributor Trafalgar Releasing and The Music Center, Los Angeles’ premiere performing arts center.

Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration

Captured live at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, this special event features Brandi Carlile, Glen Hansard, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, Kris Kristofferson, Los Lobos with La Marisoul, Cesar Castro & Xochi Flores, Graham Nash, James Taylor, Seal, and Rufus Wainwright, who will perform many of Mitchell’s songs including A Case of You, Both Sides, Now, Down To You, For The Roses, The Boho Dance, and Two Grey Rooms; among others. Co-musical directors, providing the musical arrangements for the show, are percussionist Brian Blade, who recorded three studio albums and toured extensively with Mitchell, and, pianist, composer, arranger producer Jon Cowherd.

Tickets for The Music Center Presents Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration are on sale now at joni75.com or at participating theater box offices.

Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration CD is available for pre-order now at Amazon.

Congrats to Director Alfonso Cuarón on His Wins and Nominations!

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We are now in award season and Oscar-winning director, Alfonso Cuarón’s film, Roma (Netflix), has received widespread acclaim thus far, 132 wins and 152 nominations (per IMDB). Most recently, Best Director and Best Foreign-Language Film at the 2019 Golden Globes and now, he’s nominated for the Academy Awards in the Best Director category, and Roma’s leading actress’, Yaltiza Aparicio is nominated in the Best Actress and Marina de Tavira in the Best Supporting Actress categories.

With all this excitement, we are happy to share an interview done by The Red Bulletin with Cuarón by Marco Payan. Here’s a portion of it, but it continues on the The Red Bulletin site. Enjoy!

The Mexican film director has no fear of the unknown. Upon the release of his new film, Roma, the Oscar winner shares how he overcame feelings of insecurity and why his curiosity to explore uncharted territory is what challenges him to unlock new levels of creative freedom.

Alfonso Cuarón does not like to repeat himself.

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Over the course of his nearly 30-year career, the acclaimed director has created eight distinctive universes, an octet of films not bound by genre or geography—from the enchanting fairy tale A Little Princess and the coming-of-age road trip Y Tu Mamá También to the apocalyptic nightmare of Children of Men and his Oscar-winning turn in space with Gravity. But despite all the obvious differences, Cuarón’s entire body of work is connected by a sense of exploration, one that pushes his creative boundaries, both technically and personally. In his follow-up to 2013’s Gravity—the box office smash starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney—Cuarón decided to make Roma, a black-and-white film rooted in 1970s Mexico City featuring a largely unknown cast (streaming on Netflix now). It’s a deeply personal story for the 57-year-old, who has said that 90 percent of the scenes came from his memory. Set during a time of political unrest, the film is a snapshot of one middle-class family told through the perspective of their housekeeper. Although it is not another technical marvel set in space, “Roma” still posed challenges for Cuarón. But as he explains, without challenging yourself, there is no payoff. There are no discoveries unless you have the courage to explore the unknown. Continues…

A Quick and Fast Giveaway, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms!

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We have THREE copies of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms for THREE lucky winners.

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), Saturday, February 2! To enter you must be a follower of our social media pages: Twitter, Facebook, and a subscriber to our YouTube channel.

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A Quick and Fast Giveaway, Hunter Killer!

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We have FIVE copies of Hunter Killer for FIVE lucky winners.

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 3P (PT), Thursday, January 31! To enter you must be a follower of our social media pages: Twitter, Facebook, and a subscriber to our YouTube channel.

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GIVEAWAY! Advance Screening Passes for Miss Bala!

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Giveaway! In the Los Angeles area, we have 30 pairs of an advance screening of Miss Bala, based on the Spanish-language film of the same name. Starring Gina Rodriguez, Ismael Cruz Córdova, and Anthony Mackie.

Gloria (Rodriguez) finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength. Rated PG13.

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A Quick and Fast Giveaway, Hell Fest !

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We have THREE copies of Hell Fest for THREE lucky winners.

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 3P (PT), Thursday, January 10! To enter you must be a follower of our social media pages: Twitter, Facebook, and a subscriber to our YouTube channel.

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GIVEAWAY! Advance Screening Passes for A Dog’s Way Home!

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Giveaway! In the Los Angeles area, we have 200 pairs of an advance screening of A Dog’s Way Home.

A Dog’s Way Home chronicles the heartwarming adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.

*Download a first-come, first-served screening pass by clicking on a link below. Screening will take place on Wednesday, January 9 @ 7:30P (Have your pass ready to show at the door).

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Meet Rio Morales, Spider-Man’s Mom in the Spider-Verse

Luna Lauren Velez, Angela María Ortíz S., Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Luna Lauren Velez
©2018 Angela María Ortíz S.

I had a wonderful time sitting down with la increible Luna Lauren Velez, who does an incredible job as the voice of Miles Morales’ mom–yes, the other Spider-Man, the Afro-Latino one from one of many alternate Earths–in the new animated feature, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Luna Lauren Velez, Angela María Ortíz S., Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Miles Morales and mom, Rio.

Luna Lauren Velez, Angela María Ortíz S., Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Luna Lauren Velez

You know Lana. She was Lieutenant–excuse me, Captain–Maria LaGuerta for years on Dexter; she was a huge part of New York Undercover and Oz, appeared in a long arc on How to Get Away with Murder last year and showed up in The First Purge this year. Now she’s getting more and more involved in live theater and feature films, with roles in four feature films in 2019, including playing a ‘bad guy’ in the next movie in the Shaft series, Son of Shaft (and that’s all she’ll tell us!).

Luna Lauren Velez, Angela María Ortíz S., Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Velez and Angela Ortíz

We spent a wonderful fifteen minutes talking about her career, the joys of Spanglish, the long-awaited emergence of Afro-Latinos in media (and comics!), and the challenge of her first work as a voice actor in an animated film. I say at the very beginning of this interview that I was “jazzed” to have a chance to talk to her…and I still am. Listen to our conversation…

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is in theaters December 14.

GIVEAWAY! Advance Screening Passes for Escape Room

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Giveaway! 30 Pairs, in TEN cities, advance screening of Escape Room, in theaters January19.

*Download a first-come, first-served screening pass by clicking on a link below. Screening will take place on Wednesday, December 12 @ 7:30P (Have your pass ready to show at the door).

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Anthony Gonzalez is Intense in HBO’s Icebox

Anthony Gonzalez in his first dramatic role for HBO’s Icebox. And he’s very impressive. This role is a far cry from the voice of Miguel in Disney•Pixar’s Coco.

Anthony Gonzalez

Anthony Gonzalez

Anthony Gonzalez

Anthony is always a fun interview. He’s so animated and lively, that you just enjoy watching him. And he’s only 14! Not listen in on the conversation about his role and future plans.

Gonzalez plays, Óscar, a 12-year-old Honduran boy, that is forced to flee his home and seek asylum in the United States, only to find himself trapped in the U.S. immigration system. As Oscar attempts to reach his uncle, Manuel (Omar Leyva), in Arizona, he is apprehended by Border Patrol and placed in “the icebox,” a processing center for Hispanic migrant children.

 The film also stars Johnny Ortiz, Matthew Moreno, Genesis Rodriguez, and Jessica Juarez.

Icebox on HBO December 7, 8P (PT).

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