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2018/07/31 at 9:16am

This Week In Movies: ‘Christopher Robin,’ ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me,’ ‘Never Going Back’

07.31.2018 | By |

This is a very good ‘This Week In Movies’. There’s a little bit for everyone from some family fair, comedy, documentaries and indie with some fresh faces and rising stars. First up is Disney’s Christopher Robin, essentially a live-action Winnie The Pooh movie. This one should choke on you up.  If you’re into politics, author Dinesh D’Souza compares Abraham Lincoln’s presidency to Trump’s in Death of a Nation, and indie film Never Goin’ Back stars Argentine actress Camila Morrone who is a star in the making harkening  back to Italy’s Sofia Loren.  See what else is here that you might like to see and GO SEE IT! And remember to listen to our podcast this Friday for our review of movies and interviews with filmmakers and other notable figures of American and Latino pop culture.

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Jack Rico

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2018/07/30 at 8:38am

Chabuco: A Colombian Innovating Vallenato Music with Latin Jazz

07.30.2018 | By |

Colombia is a country known for its salsa and vallenato. Vallenato is the folkloric, poetic music of its coast which its singer/songwriter Jose Dario Martinez Acosta, aka Chabuco, has been listening to since he was a child due to his father’s influence, the legendary guitarist Hugues Martinez. With his fourth solo album titled Encuentro, he mixes the sounds of vallenato from the Caribbean coast of Colombia, with jazz and bossa nova, resulting in a beautiful and unique sound of Latin Jazz.

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Jack Rico

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2018/07/16 at 10:45am

This Week In Movies: ‘Equalizer 2,’ ‘Mamma Mia 2,’ ‘Blindspotting’

07.16.2018 | By |

‘This Week In Movies’ we take a look at the new Hollywood releases and focus on one of America’s greatest actors – Denzel Washington. Though his film Equalizer 2 is not a prestige film, if it’s anything like the original, it should be fun. Another great American actor releasing a film is Meryl Streep. Her Mamma Mia sequel should target women and those looking for romantic stories to reinforce their belief in everlasting love. Finally, former Broadway Hamilton actor Daveed Diggs makes an Oakland film that should be talked about after you leave the theater. Enjoy the trailers and remember to listen to our podcast this Friday for our review of movies and interviews with filmmakers and other notable figures of American pop culture. Read More

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2018/07/09 at 8:48am

This Week In Movies: ‘Skyscraper,’ ‘Shock and Awe’

07.9.2018 | By |

‘This Week In Movies’ is back! As July turns to its second week, it has seen the tally of a record-breaking year in film releases, thanks to the superhero and action genre (Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Jurassic World 2). Read More

Jack Rico

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2018/06/29 at 7:26am

Podcast: Director Jim McKay Talks ‘En El Septimo Día’ Film

06.29.2018 | By |

Jim McKay, writer/director of the EN EL SEPTIMO DIA, the film that many top critics are calling “one of the best films of 2018 so far,” and a potential Best Picture Oscar nominee, joins us to discuss why as a Caucasian director he felt the need to make this Brooklyn comedy about undocumented Mexican immigrants having to decide between their jobs or a soccer game. Read More

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2018/06/08 at 1:31pm

Podcast: Blockchain For Latinos – Can They All Achieve Middle-Class Or More With It?

06.8.2018 | By |

For those of you who might have heard of Blockchain, but haven’t necessarily done enough research on it, Oscar Garcia, CEO of Uulala, a technology platform company that uses blockchain technology, helps us understand who should use blockchain, why they should use it and how he believes Uulala can elevate Latinos in this country to a middle-class economy and provide 6 trillion dollars to America. Read More

Jack Rico

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2018/06/02 at 6:12pm

Podcast: 2018 World Cup Preview, Telemundo’s Viviana Vila Makes History

06.2.2018 | By |

We’re days away from the biggest soccer event in the world, the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and we’re devoting the whole show to the World Cup. We’ll be speaking in Spanish to Argentine sports journalist Viviana Vila (2:46), who this year will become the first Latina to provide commentary for a men’s World Cup on Telemundo. I’ll discuss with her if her Argentine accent will be a problem for Mexican soccer fans, the struggles she had to endure to sit at the table of a male-dominated anchor team, and if we’ll ever see the first female play by play announcer anytime soon. Read More

Jack Rico

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2018/05/18 at 6:13pm

What The Univision and Telemundo Upfronts Told Us, Deadpool 2 Review

05.18.2018 | By |

In this new episode of Highly Relevant, it’s Upfronts Week in NYC and all the TV networks are making their annual pitches to sponsors with the intention of obtaining millions of dollars to advertise their programming. We speak with journalist/blogger Laura Martinez, about how Univision and Telemundo are trying to adapt to the demographic growth of US-born Latinos, if we’re ready for English-language novelas and why the next CEO of either network needs to be a woman. Then Mike Sargent joins us to review Deadpool 2 and why he thinks it’s better than the original – from its diversity down to its humor. Read More

Jack Rico

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2018/05/11 at 8:43am

PODCAST: How Should “Avengers: Infiniti War” Be Watched, Childish Gambino’s “This Is America”, “Breaking In” Review, Spam Calls

05.11.2018 | By |

Culture pundit Mike Sargent joins the show to help us discuss “Avengers: Infiniti War” and how it needs to be watched to maximize its experience, then we talk about Childish Gambino‘s “This Is America” music video with over 65M already, a review of Gabrielle Union‘s “Breaking In”. Is it like a Lifetime movie or a nice surprise? And an interruption that detoured the whole conversation onto the topic of spam/robo calls. Read More

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2018/05/05 at 11:28am

PODCAST: Ariana DeBose Talks Donna Summer Musical, Zetna Fuentes on Becoming a Latina TV Director

05.5.2018 | By |

This week we speak with triple threat star and freshly minted Tony nominee Ariana DeBose who is currently one of the three stars of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical on Broadway. We discuss the intense vocal preparation in becoming The Queen of Disco, why the show cast women in male roles, equal pay, pansexuality and Hispanic identity on Broadway. Then I chat with Zetna Fuentes, a Latina TV director who has directed some of the biggest shows currently on television – Marvel’s “Jessica Jones,” NBC’s “This Is Us,” ABC’s “Scandal” and Amazon’s “BOSCH” to mention just a few. We discuss why there are so few Latina directors in tv and film and what can be done to fix it, plus, how she uses her Hispanic heritage to influence her tv work. Read More

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