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Jack Rico

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2013/10/05 at 12:29pm

New Trailer: ‘Out Of The Furnace’ starring Christian Bale

10.5.2013 | By |

Batman, er, Christian Bale, is starring in his first film since The Dark Knight Rises and it looks promising. ‘Out of the Furnace,’ the drama/thriller about the love between two blue-collar brothers, stars Bale along with Casey Affleck. The release date will be December 6, 2013 and is directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Get Low), produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Ridley Scott.

Also, the cast is rounded out by Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Dominican actress Zoë Saldana and Sam Shepard.

Synopsis: Here comes a gripping and gritty drama about family, fate, circumstance, and justice. Russell Baze (Christian Bale) has a rough life: he works a dead-end blue collar job at the local steel mill by day, and cares for his terminally ill father by night.  When Russell’s brother Rodney (Casey Affleck) returns home from serving time in Iraq, he gets lured into one of the most ruthless crime rings in the Northeast and mysteriously disappears. The police fail to crack the case, so – with nothing left to lose – Russell takes matters into his own hands, putting his life on the line to seek justice for his brother.

Jack Rico

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2013/10/02 at 1:44pm

12 Years A Slave (Movie Review)

10.2.2013 | By |

The “1-4-0″: 12 Years A Slave is one of the best and most emotionally arduous, punishing 2hrs you’ll experience in a movie theater this year. Its level of cruelty will break you. Read More

Jack Rico

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2013/10/01 at 6:59pm

The 10 Best Movies To See This October!

10.1.2013 | By |

October could very well be the single best month to watch movies of 2013. When you do a quick overview of the films being released this month, five of them are the frontrunners to win Best Picture at the Oscars 2014. Many of these movies possess all star casts, top flight directors and innovative and fresh stories. They are also coming fresh off of great reviews at Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York Film Festivals. Not to be ignored are the commercial fare which includes Arnold and Sly together in a full feature film as opposed to cameos and one of the greatest assembled cast of Hispanics in film history in ‘Machete Kills‘ and ‘The Counselor‘. Do yourself a service, if you haven’t been to the movies all year, this is the one month you should step out and watch one.

Here are 10 movies I recommend you watch…now! Read More

Jack Rico

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2013/09/27 at 12:57pm

Baggage Claim (Movie Review)

09.27.2013 | By |

The “1-4-0″: Paula Patton gave it a nice try, but Baggage Claim is no good. It is too formulaic, riddled with old clichés and ridiculous situations. Romance dies here. Read More

Jack Rico

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2013/09/26 at 10:46pm

New Trailer: Disney’s ‘Frozen’

09.26.2013 | By |

In a really, really, really bad year for animated movies, we finally get to see, perhaps, the frontrunner to the Best Animated Feature at the Oscars – Frozen – from Walt Disney Animation Studios (Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph). Its toughest competitor will most likely be The Wind Rises by legendary animation director Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle). That film had a soporific effect on me that almost lulled me to sleep.  Read More

Jack Rico

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2013/09/25 at 6:39pm

Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’: NY Premiere Pass Sweepstakes!

09.25.2013 | By |

GRAVITY “NY Premiere Pass” Sweepstakes

Here is your chance to win 1 pair of tickets to the New York Red Carpet Premiere of Alfonso Cuarón’s GRAVITY on Oct 1st from Warner Bros. Pictures.

To enter to win,  watch the GRAVITY trailer and tell us who directed, produced, wrote and edited the film.   Read More

Jack Rico

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2013/09/24 at 11:01am

Lengua, Cámara y Acción: Can China Be A Better Hollywood?

09.24.2013 | By |

In my weekly syndicated movie radio segment on the Luis Jimenez Show, “Lengua, Cámara y Acción,” on X96.3FM IN NY, I broke down how Italy’s cinema’s have become brothels because of megaplexes swallowing their businesses, a Chinese billionaire is opening up a Hollywood of his own and iPhones 5S’s are a huge hit, so why is Luis against buying one? Listen to the radio segment now! Read More

Jack Rico

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2013/09/24 at 12:55am

Don Jon (Movie Review)

09.24.2013 | By |

The “1-4-0”: Girls! Forget those dumb men books. Wanna know what most guys REALLY think like? Watch #DonJon once and you’ll get a PhD in the male psyche. Read More

Jack Rico

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2013/09/23 at 2:27pm

New Trailer: ‘Dom Hemingway’ Starring Jude Law, Demián Bichir

09.23.2013 | By |

Jude Law has never seemed to me like a leading star. A) He looks too pretty to me for me to take him seriously in a heavyweight role, B) He’s a tiny pinch of a man that looks like the wind would blow him away. Read More

Jack Rico

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2013/09/21 at 7:01pm

Interview: Alfonso Cuarón talks ‘Gravity’

09.21.2013 | By |

Alfonso Cuarón has come a long way from the streets of Mexico City. He’s now a three time Oscar nominee and has never won. But what I’m betting is that Cuarón will win one this year for his masterpiece film – Gravity.

When you see the film, you can easily see the movie being nominated for 7 Oscar awards – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best VFX and Best Sound Mixing.

Cuarón recently sat down for an interview in Los Angeles with DP/30 to talk about the conception of the film, the production, and the new technology that is so great that audiences won’t notice any seams in the magic.

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