01.30.2017 | By Jack Rico |
This morning on the TODAY Show with Kathie Lee & Hoda, I discussed Armie Hammer and Elizabeth Chambers announcing their son’s name, “Split” by M. Night Shyamalan leading the box office for another week, and Dolly Parton’s appearance at the SAG Awards. Read More
01.7.2017 | By Jack Rico |
There is a Spanish-language version to me. I do a weekly Spanish-language Movie and Broadway segment on NY’s Telemundo 47. So let’s flip into Spanish… Si le gusta consumir sus noticias de cine y Broadway en español, entonces ‘Viernes de Estrenos’ es para usted. Esta semana les traigo 3 películas: ’20th Century Women’, ‘Hidden Figures’, ‘Fences’ – todas dignas de ganar oro en los premios Oscar. Veame cada viernes a las 10am por Telemundo 47 NY.
12.29.2016 | By Jack Rico |
It’s hard to look back at 2016 and not think how tragic it was to lose our beloved artistic icons. But when it comes to motion pictures, there were a couple of silver linings one can sanguinely lean on as bright spots. Though this was by far the year of superheroes and animated films, it was also the year where we witnessed the Golden Age of African-American storytelling. With remarkable films such as Moonlight, Hidden Figures, Fences, Birth of a Nation, Kicks, Loving, 13th and I Am Not Your Negro in theaters, the outlook for black cinema finally looks hopeful. Women and multiculturalism were also front and center on screen and behind the scenes and no film was more demonstrative of those attributes than Rogue One. Movies, in general, impact people differently and I believe the Top 10 Movies I have selected above not only reflect those qualities but provide the standard of excellence in cinema this year. Read More
08.15.2016 | By Jack Rico |
I’m watching the Olympics last night as Usain Bolt bolted by all his so-called competitors, including Justin Gatling, and right after his win, NBC aired a TV trailer spot for the film Hidden Figures. The movie stars Taraji P. Henson and tells the incredible untold true story of three brilliant African-American women working at NASA in the 1960s where they served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. What most stood out to me was my reaction… it was bizarre to see a prestige period Hollywood movie about accomplished black women at the highest levels. And you know why…? Read More
