Checa LA Movie: Zach Snyder’s Latest “Sucker Punch”

Checa LA Movie: Zach Snyder’s Latest “Sucker Punch”

Mary Mata March 18, 2011

Nacida de la visión creativa del cineasta Zack Snyder (“Watchmen”, “300”), “Sucker Punch” presenta un reparto coral de estrellas jóvenes, que incluye a Emily Browning (“The Uninvited”), Abbie Cornish (“Bright […]

Checa LA Movie: “The Lincoln Lawyer” Features Latinos

Mary Mata March 16, 2011

En esta atrapante película de suspenso titulada “The Lincoln Lawyer,” Matthew McConaughey encarna el personaje de Michael “Mick” Haller, un carismático e inteligente abogado criminal de Los Angeles que tiene […]

Checalamovie: Red Riding Hood, A Modern Retelling

Mary Mata March 11, 2011

Para el público contemporáneo el título “Red Riding Hood” (“Caperucita roja”) puede traer a la mente imágenes del cuento de hadas, de una niña inocente con una capa roja, camino […]

Checa La Movie: Take Me Home Tonight

Mary Mata March 9, 2011

Si te gusta la onda retro o de plano eres “modelo ochentero original” te va a gustar. Muy buena la ambientación, la música, el vestuario y el maquillaje, tanto,  que […]

Two Powerful Latino Films You Need To Watch

Mary Mata March 7, 2011

Okay everybody, if you’re like me, you love going to the movies. Here are a few films that look really intense, but look like super good movies. One is about […]

Checalamovie: Rango No Sólo Para Los Niños

Mary Mata March 4, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following is a movie review for “Rango” by Teresa Garza from her blog Checalamovie.] La película de Rango se estrena este viernes. Para el lector desesperado aquí […]

“Unknown,” Una Película Con Aire De Hitchcock

Mary Mata February 18, 2011

[Editor’s Note: Teresa Garza writes a very cool movie blog called Checalamovie. She’s from Monterrey, Mexico, and is currently based in Los Angeles where she has awesome access to the […]

Why Do Latino Movies Suck?

Mary Mata February 1, 2011

Latino films created by Hollywood for popular consumption are terrible. That is a fact, but it’s also the subject of an interesting post by Alonso Duralde for Slate.com. What he […]

Latino Filmmakers Use Social Media To Fund Projects

Mary Mata January 19, 2011

Latino filmmakers who find themselves outside of the mainstream industry have taken to social media to get their films made. Two young Latino filmmakers, Fanny Véliz and Ralph Lopez (who […]

Racial Segregation And Latino Film Stereotypes

Mary Mata January 12, 2011

An interesting interview appeared in A Latino Point of View in Today’s World this week about why and how Latinos and Latinas were stereotyped in early Hollywood films. By “early” […]