AltWeeklies Wire
Found footage gimmick has lost its luster in 'Paranormal Activity 4'new
There’s not much paranormal activity in Paranormal Activity 4. As a matter of fact, there’s not much of anything in this most recent installment that is as frightening or interesting as the three previous movies.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
10-26-2012 |
Reviews
Director Ben Affleck delivers neatly packaged spy thriller 'Argo'new
Imagine what screenwriter Lionel Chetwynd must've been thinking when former CIA officer Tony Mendez released his book Master of Disguise in 1999.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
10-17-2012 |
Reviews
'Ruby Sparks' fizzles behind Zoe Kazan's tweepulsive screenplaynew
Vanity Fair had the right idea late last year when it started recapping episodes of the comedy series New Girl by categorizing each of Zooey Deschanel’s idiosyncrasies as either “adorkable” (a personality trait described as dorky and adorable) or “tweepulsive” (the same trait, but at a more cloying level).
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews
'Undefeated' not groundbreaking, but still inspirationalnew
Filmmakers Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin couldn't have hoped for a better underdog football story to track when they turned on their cameras to shoot a single season at Manassas High School in North Memphis, Tennessee, in 2004.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
05-28-2012 |
Reviews
'Dark Shadows' on losing end of newest Tim Burton, Johnny Depp collaborationnew
No matter if your family is as wholesome as the Cleavers from Leave it to Beaver or weirdly eccentric a la the Addams Family — kin, for better or worse, is eternal.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
05-18-2012 |
Reviews
Director Patricia Riggen: rebellious teen to Latina filmmakernew
After introducing herself to audiences in 2007 with the heartwarming drama Under the Same Moon (La misma luna), director Patricia Riggen, 41, returns to the big screen with a coming-of-age film about the conflict between a rebellious teenage daughter and her mother in Girl in Progress.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
05-11-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Despite likeable lead, 'Girl in Progress' retreats into formulaic coming-of-age flopnew
t's a term every high school freshman English class has covered since teachers started passing out copies of The Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
05-11-2012 |
Reviews
Satisfying geekdom's love affair with 'The Avengers'new
It happens in the second half of the highly-anticipated Marvel comic-book movie The Avengers, a precisely planned superhero assemblage that has been culminating since 2008's release of both Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk reboot
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
05-08-2012 |
Reviews
Bully is worth watching, but lacks one thing — bulliesnew
It was the end of the line in my search for the kid who, during my sixth-grade year, made gym a class I feared every day.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
04-20-2012 |
Reviews
Hecklevision Gives Movie Audiences Room to Ridiculenew
Usually designated for things like Dane Cook doing standup comedy, Rick Santorum speechifying at liberal universities, and LeBron James hitting the court in Cleveland, heckling is a lost art that can still make a strong statement if said squawker are quick-witted and unafraid to humiliate themselves in the spirit of mean-spirited entertainment.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
04-13-2012 |
Commentary
'Coriolanus' is a captivating, timely directorial debut by Ralph Fiennesnew
Social and economic inequality set the cinematic stage in Coriolanus, a highly-inspired adaptation of William Shakespeare's early 17th century play, which, in many ways, parallels the protest movement against governmental power tripping that began in New York City late last year and has since spread across the U.S.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
04-05-2012 |
Reviews
'21 Jump Street' sidesteps nostalgia for fresh take on buddy cop comedynew
Considering the handful of '80s TV shows adapted into films over the last decade, it's impossible not to dread the idea of Manimal or Magnum P.I. finding their way to the big screen anytime soon.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
03-18-2012 |
Reviews
SXSW Film Fest pulling in four proud San Antonio filmmakersnew
The road to the South by Southwest Film Festival stretched through San Antonio once again this year.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
03-09-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Can't Beat Love' bullying video contest gives students a voicenew
Flmmaker Emileigh Potter remembers the pain she felt when she was bullied by classmates in elementary.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
03-04-2012 |
Culture
Tags: The Youngs, Bullying
'Safe House' recycles typical good guy, bad guy farenew
The rules are fairly easy in Hollywood if you're a filmmaker wanting to direct a movie. Prove yourself a moneymaker like Michael Bay and budgets will usually swell.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
