09.17.2023 | By Jack Rico |
I once met Gustavo Santaolalla around 2012 at a PR office in Manhattan where I had the chance to speak with him briefly about music and a potential Broadway musical run for Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth. Flash forward 11 years later, and I am having a one-on-one with a musical legend who, as you will hear in my podcast interview, had a tremendous influence on my youth. Read More
01.27.2023 | By Jack Rico |
As the dust settles on the 95th Annual Academy Award nominations, I had a chance to visit my friends at PIX11 News, Marysol Castro and Chris Cimino, to break it down. One thing is clear: the sci-fi epic, Everything Everywhere All at Once, is the film to beat. With a whopping 11 nominations, it has more than any other film this year. Top Gun received 7 nominations, but Tom Cruise was snubbed… again.
01.28.2022 | By Jack Rico |
This week on episode 170 of the Highly Relevant podcast, I welcome the beloved actress Justina Machado known to many as Penelope Alvarez in the Emmy-nominated hit comedy reboot of “One Day at a Time”. In the following Q&A, we discuss her new voice-acted film, “The Ice Age: Adventures of Buckwild,” and what her role as the zorilla ‘Zee’ means for Latino representation. Our conversation also covered several interesting subjects such as the world’s love for animated films, why Hispanic animated films succeed and real-life Latino films and television shows don’t, and why she stopped using the term Hispanic to describe herself. Catch the video interview on our YouTube channel below. Read More
04.23.2019 | By Jack Rico |
The 2-8-0: Though not a perfect film, #AvengersEndgame gives the proper ending fans deserve. It’s a farewell that hits all the right notes. As tradition already, the film balances well the drama, laughs, and tears, while always being overindulgent with our thirst-seeking, action-obsessed, action sequences. This one is not to be missed. Read More
04.1.2019 | By Jack Rico |
‘This Week In Movies’ is a weekly column that catches you up on all the new film releases coming out in theaters. This week, thirteen films make their debut which hopefully will try to inspire you, make you reflect, provoke and just plain ol’ entertain you. Read on! Read More
02.22.2019 | By Jack Rico |
Not sure if you noticed, but a Latina is the star of the #1 movie in America. Rosa Salazar, the star of “Alita: Battle Angel,” spoke to us about white-knuckling her way to this grand moment, why there was no pressure once the call came, why Latino representation matters, and why she’s proud of being Peruvian. Read More
01.6.2019 | By Jack Rico |
As 2019 is in full swing, I take a look at the 2018 movies that have either stirred or upended my consciousness, those that somehow made me look at life differently, perhaps changed my perception of something, or made me appreciate the things I had disregarded before. Here are my Top 10 favorite films of 2018
03.15.2018 | By Jack Rico |
This week on the Highly Relevant podcast, we ask the question: why do we like horror movies? Director Johannes Roberts from the new sequel The Strangers: Prey At Night joins the show to discuss why he feels horror movies are such a thrill for moviegoers and why his new movie is different than many others. Halloween is just around the corner so listen after the jump.
12.12.2017 | By Jack Rico |
Two tremendous stories are the talk of the nation this week. First is our Star Wars: The Last Jedi review. We talk to Adam Garcia (3:45), producer for Yahoo! Entertainment who lives and breathes Star Wars. Then we’ll get to our movie segment FIRST REACTION where we give you our first reaction to the movie, inside the theater with the credits rolling, with film critic Mike Sargent (17:00) from WBAI radio and seen on FOX News. Read More
08.25.2017 | By Jack Rico |
On this week’s Highly Relevant podcast, we talk to Latina icon Dolores Huerta and music legend, Carlos Santana. They spoke to me about their new documentary DOLORES, which focuses on the impact Huerta and Cesar Chavez had on the life of millions of Latino immigrants in the 1960s in this country. Read More
