07.22.2017 | By Jack Rico |
This new WB trailer of the Justice League is really the second trailer for the film and it has no Superman… or does it? Watch new footage of one of the most anticipated movies of the year! Read More
07.22.2017 | By Jack Rico |
Steven Spielberg is behind the camera once again to bring us the virtual reality universe of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One. It’s the talk of the San Diego Comic-Con. Watch the trailer and let us know what you think.
07.21.2017 | By Jack Rico |
In episode 41, we ask the question: Will Despacito Open Floodgates For More Spanish Music Crossovers? We talk about Despacito with Senior Media Reporter from the NY POST, Claire Atkinson, to break down for me how the song became that big and how much $$ she thinks Justin Bieber made from this summer hit.
Also, Colombian director Tomas Reyes, who did an English-language documentary about healthy living called BEYOND FOOD, stops by to discuss how you can improve your health by making more educated decisions.
07.19.2017 | By Jack Rico |
Mexican director Guillermo del Toro is once again behind the camera, this time, with a fantasy romance film titled “The Shape Of Water” directed, written, and produced by him. The story is about an other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. Read More
07.7.2017 | By Jack Rico |
On today’s episode 39, we talk Spider-Man Homecoming with Grae Drake, Senior Editor of Rottentomatoes.com, who joins us to review and dissect the new reboot. We think its better than Wonder Woman. We also chat with Angelica Celaya, the star of Telemundo’s new Jenni Rivera biopic, Mariposa del Barrio, about the challenges in becoming Jenni, handling the love and hate from Rivera’s fanbase and how bilingual latino actors still have a hard time not being seen as real Latinos. And finally, the New York Latino Film Festival is back from the dead and Dennis Williams, Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Social Responsibility at HBO, joins us to talk about why they brought back the festival, what’s in it for HBO and can this Latino festival ever become as big as Sundance? Read More
07.1.2017 | By Jack Rico |
Today, we’re delving into the ending of ‘Beatriz at Dinner‘ as explained by Puerto Rican director Miguel Arteta in our exclusive Q&A. But before we address that big elephant in the room, I had the chance to interview Mr. Arteta, for our Highly Relevant podcast, and I asked him several questions, close to 20 minutes in total, which spawned some memorable answers about his Puerto Rican heritage, the Latino experience in America, Salma Hayek’s business prowess, that controversial movie ending, and how he believes without a doubt, The Matrix is the first multicultural blockbuster film created in Hollywood.
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06.30.2017 | By Jack Rico |
Thank you for listening to episode 38 of the Highly Relevant podcast. This week we’re focusing on Spider-Man: Homecoming and how everyone has been raving about how diverse it is. We’ll talk to our intern Andrea Huswan, who attended the press conference in NYC on our behalf and set off a chain of diversity questions that ultimately got us covered by NewYorkMagazine.com! Read More
06.29.2017 | By Andrea Huswan |
The 1-4-0: #SpiderManHomecoming is hands down the best Spider-Man reboot to date. Read More
06.27.2017 | By Andrea Huswan |
The newest reboot of the beloved Spider-Man tale is just around the corner! Spider-Man: Homecoming is already making quite a buzz worldwide, and for all the right reasons. Producers, Kevin Feige (Marvel) and Amy Pascal (Sony), and director Jon Watts, are making the right and overdue casting choices. Sony and Marvel Studio’s, Spider-Man: Homecoming, is the complete package, not only does it have a star-studded cast, but the cast is multiethnic! Representation is happening and not just as a scene stealer but as a whole, and cohesive narrative. Read More
06.27.2017 | By Andrea Huswan |
If you live in New York City, get ready to “travel” to Vatican City, Italy with the Up Close: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel art exhibit. Just a subway ride away to downtown Manhattan, this priceless exhibition inside one of the most expensive train stations in the world, just got more valuable. You’ll be able to see “up close” and appreciate some of Michelangelo’s famed masterpieces from the Sistine Chapel right in the heart of the city without, having to pay an arm and a leg for a plane ticket to Italy. Read More
