10.10.2014 | By Jack Rico |
This week on the Enrique Santos Morning Radio Show, I review this week’s new film releases: ‘Addicted,’ ‘Dracula Untold,’ ‘The Judge,’ ‘St. Vincent’ and ‘Whiplash’. What should you watch tonight? Listen in! Read More
09.29.2014 | By Jack Rico |
“Inherent Vice,” is the seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaption of a Thomas Pynchon novel. Read More
09.22.2014 | By Jack Rico |
And another comic book adaptation comes our way next year. This time it’s not a superhero (well, kinda like a Batman type though), it’s a spy, actually, they are many spies who are training new spies. Read More
09.20.2014 | By Jack Rico |
The New York Film Festival, North America’s second oldest film festival is once again upon us. This is the 52nd edition, from Sept. 26 to Oct. 12, that brings some of the movies from around the world and some world premieres that have never been seen before. Read More
09.8.2014 | By Jack Rico |
Jennifer Lopez who seems to think it is the year 2000 all over again, is back making music and movies. In her latest film The Boy Next Door, very reminiscent of Beyoncé’s Obsessed, Lopez leads the cast in this psychological thriller that explores a forbidden attraction that goes much too far. Directed by Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) and written by Barbara Curry, the film also stars Ryan Guzman, John Corbett and Kristin Chenoweth. Release will be January 23, 2015. Read More
08.21.2014 | By Jack Rico |
The Conjuring was easily the best horror movie of 2013 and the best horror movie since Insidious back in 2010, all James Wan flicks. The film went on to gross over $137M with only a budget of $20M. With all the fun scares and screams the movie provided, the prequel to The Conjuring is now a reality and we have the first trailer to show you. Get scared, get very scared! Read More
08.17.2014 | By Jack Rico |
Since the beginning of the year, I’ve seen a plethora of cinematic pieces and only a scarce few have affected me in profound ways, while others, have transported me to universes only my imagination could understand. Considering that all movies cannot be compared equally, specially when Hollywood’s fingerprints are all over one film and an auteur’s vision is all over another, I have divided them into two categories, commercial and independent. So far, only 17 movies are at the very top of my personal list, those that I would go to battle to defend for its genius or high level of enjoyment. I’ve also ranked them in order to show you the degrees in which I have reveled in them. I hope you use this list as a guide to ascertain what to see in a moment of indecision or spontaneous fancy. Read More
08.17.2014 | By Jack Rico |
The “1-4-0″: #TheGiver is one of the more beautiful movies you’ll see all year, too bad it lacks the dramatic intensity to keep you engaged for 2hrs. Read More
08.15.2014 | By Jack Rico |
The “1-4-0″: @Expendables3 is a good ol’ fashion action film that delivers some fun, but whose welcome is quickly waining. Time to refresh and reboot. Read More
08.6.2014 | By Jack Rico |
The “1-4-0″: #IntotheStorm is a Twister knockoff that offers some great VFX natural disaster scenes, but ultimately falls short on story and acting. Read More
