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Film Review: Mortal Kombat [2021] (7/10)
Mortal Kombat struggles with pacing, focus, and character development, leading to a film that feels rushed or under explored.
Sep 29, 20253 min read
Ask Pappy #1: A movie doesn’t have to be short to be good, it just has to respect your time.
Well now, that’s a fine question — and one I’ve been asking myself somewhere around the two-hour mark of every blockbuster since 2018.
Sep 28, 20252 min read
U.S. States Race to Lure Hollywood Productions
With streaming-budgets tightening and global production hubs mounting pressure, U.S. states are pulling out the big guns.
Sep 25, 20253 min read
Film Review: A Man Called Otto (7/10)
An exploration of community, compassion, and the impact one individual can have on the lives of others.
Sep 24, 20253 min read
The Market or the Movement?
Is the New York Latino Film Festival still growing Latino filmmakers, or has it become another corporate marketing event that only looks like opportunity?
Sep 23, 20253 min read
Stand-Out Trends at the 25th New York Latino Film Festival
Every September, New York hums a little louder. Not from taxis or tourists, but from stories — in Spanish, English, Spanglish, and sometimes in silence that says everything.
Sep 20, 20252 min read
Hollywood Finally Reaches an AI Peace Deal
After nearly two years of standoffs and existential anxiety, unions and studios finally codify the rules for synthetic performance and AI-generated scripts — setting a global precedent for creative labor. The Age of Consent — Redefined for the Digital Era After months of gridlock and years of looming dread, Hollywood’s creative class has finally carved order out of the algorithm. The new SAG-AFTRA and DGA agreements, ratified in tandem with the Alliance of Motion Picture and
Sep 18, 20254 min read
Film Review: Fade (4/10)
An exploration of community, compassion, and the impact one individual can have on the lives of others.
Sep 17, 20253 min read
5 Films That Should’ve Been 90 Minutes (But Thought They Were Shakespeare)
Not everything’s an epic, folks. Sometimes, it’s just a story that forgot to go home.
Sep 13, 20252 min read
Paramount–Skydance Merger Closes, Reshaping Hollywood & News
he deal, valued at about $8.4 billion, marks a major shift in the Hollywood landscape and flags both opportunity and concern for creative talent.
Sep 11, 20252 min read
The Box Office Didn’t Bounce Back, It Evolved
Moviegoing returns worldwide as Asia and Latin America drive record summer totals — proof that the box office isn’t dying, it’s diversifying.
Sep 8, 20253 min read
Film Review: Blue Beetle (8.5/10)
Director Ángel Manuel Soto and writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer do something Hollywood rarely lets Latino filmmakers do in the superhero lane — make the movie about us without turning it into a cultural checklist.
Sep 6, 20253 min read
Film Review: Oppenheimer (8/10)
An exploration of community, compassion, and the impact one individual can have on the lives of others.
Sep 5, 20253 min read
The Caribbean Beat Is Coming for Hollywood — and It’s Bringing Joy With It
Some stories speak. Some sing. But the ones I can’t stop thinking about — they move.
Sep 4, 20253 min read
10 Movie Endings That Should’ve Rolled Credits Sooner (and 3 That Should’ve Kept Going)
Hollywood’s gotten addicted to “one more scene.” Somewhere between emotional closure and the thirty-seventh drone shot, filmmakers forgot that sometimes a fade-to-black is the bravest choice of all.
Sep 3, 20255 min read
Film Review: James Gunn's The Suicide Squad (9/10)
Gunn, known for his work on the "Guardians of the Galaxy" series, directs and writes this iteration, bringing a fresh and dynamic perspective to the DC antiheroes.
Sep 2, 20253 min read
Streaming Mid-Year Report: The Summer Slowdown Myth
The Summer That Wasn’t Supposed to Work
Sep 1, 20252 min read
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