12.19.2013 | By Jack Rico |
Whenever I look at end-of-year best movies lists, writers usually list 10-25 films in ranking order. Even though that’s more than adequate, I thought of making my list by best in genres. This allows you to use this list as a reference for watching films depending on your mood. So let’s get to it! Read More
12.17.2013 | By Jack Rico |
Another bad comedy from Adam Sandler? After a string of some pretty bad movies, we see him uniting again with Drew Barrymore in “Blended“, which marks the third comedy collaboration between them. Read More
12.16.2013 | By Jack Rico |
They’re back! Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill go back to school to capture the bad guys again and this time they’re upping the stakes. I have the brand new RED BAND trailer for you to see, which means, there’s all type of cursing going on. Read More
12.14.2013 | By Jack Rico |
Christopher Nolan, the man behind ‘Memento,’ ‘The Dark Knight’ trilogy and the producer of ‘Man of Steel,’ has released his latest sci-fi trailer – ‘Interstellar’. It chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. Read More
12.13.2013 | By Jack Rico |
As a professional film critic, every week I review the latest movie releases for Telemundo NY. I do this with a focus on providing insightful commentary that can help Latino moviegoers decide whether or not to spend their hard-earned money at the movie theater.
This week, I review the following films: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,’ ‘American Hustle,’ ‘Hours,’ ‘Saving Mr. Banks’. Read More
12.12.2013 | By Jack Rico |
The 2013 Golden Globes nominations are here and Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity” nabbed 4 nods including Best Picture and Best Director. “12 Years a Slave†and “American Hustle†took 7 nominations each.
Here is the complete list of movie and TV nominees. Remember that Amy Poehler and Tina Fey will host on January 12, 2014 on NBC.Â
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Rush Read More
12.10.2013 | By Jack Rico |
I am mixed about this teaser trailer of Godzilla. One one end, WB has assembled a great cast of actors with serious cred like Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Juliette Binoche (The English Patient), Ken Watanabe (Inception), Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine) and Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) to name a few. On the other end, after watching what Guillermo del Toro did with the monsters from the sea in ‘Pacific Rim‘, can anyone else imagine surpassing those visuals? I get it, we now get the original sea monster, but WB should’ve gotten Del Toro to direct Godzilla because now, Godzilla looks like ‘Pacific Rim: The Sequel‘. The surprise factor is gone, but perhaps the acting and the gravitas of the film will make it a different experience. I’d have to see it to evaluate properly, but for now, I’m ambivalent. Read More
12.8.2013 | By Jack Rico |
New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) held its fourteenth annual awards meeting on December 8, 2013 in Lincoln Center’s Furman Gallery. Founded in 2000, NYFCO is our country’s most prestigious group of internet critics. Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave won three awards, including an extremely close Best Picture race with the Coen Brothers Inside Llewyn Davis; Best Actor went to Chiwetel Ejiofor and Best Supporting Actress to Lupita Nyong’o. Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity picked up two awards, with Cuarón winning Best Director and Emmanuelle Lubezki picking up Best Cinematography. Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Color also won two awards: Best Foreign Language Film and Breakthrough Performance for its star, Adèle Exarchopoulos. Read More
12.6.2013 | By Jack Rico |
If you’ve become a binge watcher, much like us, then you’ve probably got your eyeballs fused to Netflix’s ‘Orange is the New Black‘. You probably also know who Selenis Leyva is, the stand out and scene-stealing actress who plays evil eyebrow queen, Gloria Mendoza. She’s a guilty pleasure to watch and we had a chance to chat with her in this exclusive interview for ShowBizCafe.com about creating Gloria, the reasons for the shows popular fanbase and revisiting her old school roots in NY theater. Read More
12.5.2013 | By Jack Rico |
The “1-4-0″: As a revenge drama, @OutOfTheFurnace offers solid performances and an intriguing story, but its goal of greatness falls short. Read More
