Author: Mark Salcido

Halloween Kills has been racking up a significant box-office draw since being released in theaters and Paramount last month. Despite its low score with critics and mediocre reviews from audience members, we’ll still be getting a conclusion to David Gordon Green’s take on the Halloween franchise with Halloween Ends. The collaboration between Green and Halloween star Jamie Lee Curtis has been a fruitful one – and the two might be working together again – this time on the latest The Exorcist movie. Curtis and Green spoke to the people over at Entertainment Weekly to discuss the success and behind-the-scenes info…

The folks behind Marvel Studios have spent over a decade fine-tuning their formula for a guaranteed box office return with each installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There has been some questionable choices when certain movies are announced (looking at you Guardians of the Galaxy) and the Eternals falls under that category. Nearly every MCU movie has garnered high Rotten Tomatoes scores from audience and critics, however, it seems that Chloé Zhao’s Eternals might be the one that exclusively produced Marvel Studios movie making a misstep. Eternals, directed by Zhao, is filled to the brim with talented actors. The cast featuring…

Ridley Scott has come back into the sword and shield genre with his latest movie, The Last Duel, but adds a bit more than epic battles scenes and sweeping landscape shots. The true story that is played out during the film dates back to 1386 but much of the topic can easily resonate with today’s audience. The plot that follows closely to stories related to the Me-Too movement is expertly displayed by Scott but it’s the message powered by writers Nicole Holofcener, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck. During a recent press junket for The Last Duel, Holofcener, Damon, Affleck, with…

Most moviegoers know what they’re getting from a Ridley Scott big-budget film. Epic shots of the world the plot inhabits, top-level actors, and sometimes a good story. His latest film, The Last Duel, has all that and a bit more with an underlying message that fits into the ‘Me Too’ era. If that last put you at unease, good. The movie earns the attention it wants and uses some stellar performances from its cast to hit the point home. The Last Duel, director by Scott, stars Matt Damon (Sir Jean de Carrouges), Adam Driver (Jacques Le Gris), Jodi Comer (Marguerite…

A24 has been known to produce sometimes weird, sometimes thought-provoking, and sometimes WTF movies ever since the studio was formed. Valdimar Jóhannsson—who is known as a visual effects artist—decided to try his hand at directing and has created a movie that fits in A24’s WTF category with Lamb. I’m going to go ahead and mention that I am a sucker for A24 films. The studio tends to push the envelope in creative filmmaking, but I didn’t know what I was getting into with Jóhannsson’s feature debut. Fortunately, Lamb becomes a story that teeters on the line of horror that transitions…

ATTENTION! ATTENTION! It’s 2021 and this year’s Beyond Fest is upon us! Los Angeles’s biggest genre film festival is back and the event isn’t pulling any punches. The Beyond Fest film festival has been a staple in Los Angeles for some time and every year is a blast. This humble film reporter has been going to said festival for several years and I can contest that. The people over at Beyond Fest finally announced their very impressive line of classic cinema genre films, world premieres, and great Q&As feature film industry legends. The 10-day event will begin on Wednesday, September…

Blue’s Clues Steve entered back in our lives and so has The Matrix. What year is this again? All jokes aside, the long-awaited trailer for The Matrix Resurrections finally premiered online. Fans of the franchise are more than likely flipping out right now—especially the one currently writing this article. There is so much to unpack from this two-minute and fifty-eight-seconds trailer that introduces and reintroduces us to this world. Keanu Reeves is back as Neo/Thomas Anderson, Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity, and newcomers Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jonathan Groff, and Neil Patrick Harris. Here’s the part where…

Michael K. Williams has sadly passed away. The actor, who had been staying busy on the big and little screen, was 54 years old. Officials over at the New York Police Department told The Wrap that the Williams’ body was found in his Brooklyn Apartment. Williams starred in such HBO programs Boardwalk Empire as well as The Night Of and had been nominated five times for an Emmy award. His rise to fame came in the form of Omar from The Wire back in 2002. You’re probably hearing “here comes Omar” like many of the characters yelled out during the…

Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is finally upon us. The first Asian-led Marvel Studios movie is set to be a big hit at the box office and it rightfully deserves to be. The top-tier cast is filled with veteran actors Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh, and Sir Ben Kingsley alongside rising stars Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and Meng’er Zhang. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the movie is a refreshing look into the MCU that steps away from the overtly cosmic side that has been the norm for some time. Liu, Zhang, Cretton, Kingsley, and Awkafina were joined with…

Marvel Studios has been expanding the MCU on a multiverse scale. The Disney+ show Loki opened the door to those notions with the introduction of the Kang the Conquer and what might be the Multiverse War. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings on the other hand brings us back to a more personal and earthbound story to help introduce new characters. Something that was done in their Phase One lineup that helped the audience connect with the characters. It may be true that this trope could be seen as old or tiresome – but with this movie, it…