When you look at the gorgeous landscape and tapestry surrounding Pixar's "Coco", it can almost feel like a very vivid dream. With beautifully vivid colors, crazy architecture, hairless dogs, and talking skeletons, I guess, it truly can feel like a fever dream. And, at least in the case of the alebrijes, it kinda is. When Disney invited a few bloggers up to Pixar to explore the world of … [Read more...]
REVIEW: THE FOREIGNER – You’re As Cold As Ice
Jackie Chan made a grief-revenge film. Unfortunately, it’s not as good as it sounds. He’s barely allowed to Liam Neeson the sh*t out of things in THE FOREIGNER. Director Martin Campbell’s cinematic adaptation of author Stephen Leather’s novel, The Chinaman, (which, as we all know from THE BIG LEBOWSKI, isn’t the preferred nomenclature) comes across less like the tense, character-driven page-turner … [Read more...]
How Pixar Gave Life To Skeletons in “Coco”
Sometimes, we take animation for granted. I know I always did until I started heading to early press days, like the one Disney invited me on, where I got to head to Pixar and learn about the making of Pixar's Coco. The amount of work that goes into a single shot of an animated film, is truly something to marvel over. But, imagine, having to create something that was, uh, dead-ish, and making it … [Read more...]
REVIEW: FLATLINERS Flatlines Due To Sheer Laziness
There are reasons to remake, reboot, or re-imagine pre-existing properties. Director Niels Arden Oplev’s FLATLINERS doesn’t give any. Well, maybe for the sole purpose of the studio retaining the rights, but we’ll never know. This rote “re-imagining” of director Joel Schumacher’s classic 90’s thriller is lazy, lifeless and, at times, laugh-out-loud ludicrous. Lacking the same smarts, sass and … [Read more...]
Felipe Esparza On His Journey from Boyle Heights To HBO
The first time I heard Felipe Esparza was completely by accident. I walked into a room at a small party to talk to a friend of mine when I heard loud laughter and in the background, "pour one out for the homies that couldn't be here today." That accent, was unmistakeable to me because he sounded like a male version of my mom. There was no way to confuse the fact that the comedian on the stage in … [Read more...]
DIY Felt Sugar Skulls and a Journey To The Land of The Dead with Pixar’s Coco
Dia de los Muertos is a long celebrated Mexican holiday that is a two day celebration on November 1st- "dia de los inocentes" which is to remember the children that have passed, and November 2nd- "all souls day". The days celebrate loved ones that have passed on and the holiday honors them by celebrating their memory. It's a gorgeous and joyful celebration of life, family and those we hold dear. … [Read more...]
REVIEW: You’ll Enjoy Picking Out The Layered Allegories in MOTHER!
“They understand it, but it affects them in different ways,” says Javier Bardem’s adored, renowned poet of his crowds of sycophants in writer-director Darren Aronofsky’s MOTHER! This is a glaring clue that what you’re watching isn’t meant to be viewed in any sort of superficial manner. No, it’s much deeper and complex. While this line holds all the subtlety of an anvil dropping, it doubles as the … [Read more...]
REVIEW: BRAD’S STATUS – Feeling Restless, Suffering From Midlife Malaise
It’s one of life’s complicated, dirty little secrets: It’s in our nature to be jealous of our friends’ achievements. Of course, you’re overwhelmingly happy for your friend. However, when they upgrade their lifestyle, it’s only natural to wonder how you too can make your hopes and dreams materialize. You’ll reflect on what you could’ve done – or what you should be doing – better, but ultimately … [Read more...]
Beyond Fest V Announces Its Killer Line-Up!
There’s nothing better than a good film festival to celebrate the best in film. One of the weirdest, wackiest and wildest genre festivals in Los Angeles is Beyond Fest. Over the past five years, this festival has brought us some crazy and clever films – and got the cinephiles out from their sleepy hibernation. Last year, we covered THE MONSTER, THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS and ARRIVAL and this year … [Read more...]
REVIEW: You Bet Your Fur IT Will Scare The Living Daylights Out Of You
“Sometimes it comes a little sooner, sometimes it comes a little later...but it always comes.” Puberty is scary enough, let alone if you have a malevolent entity shaped by your own personal set of fears terrorizing you. But welcome to the world of Stephen King’s IT! While the author’s twelve-hundred-page tome had previously been adapted as a menacing, albeit terribly truncated TV mini-series, … [Read more...]
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