Just the mere mention of Cartoon Saloon should be enough to grab your attention. The Academy Award-nominated animation studio behind some of the best films, let alone animated ones, of the last decade have just announced that their next fantastical fable My Father’s Dragon is heading to Netflix, and have released this image to celebrate. […]
SXSW Film Festival 2022 Review – The Prank
The Prank, 2022. Directed by Maureen Bharoocha. Starring Rita Moreno, Kate Flannery, Connor Kalopsis, Ramona Young, Keith David, Meredith Salenger, Jonathan Kimmel, Nathan Janak, Betsy Sodaro, and Romel de Silva. SYNOPSIS: Ben and his slacker friend, Tanner play a prank on their high school physics professor. When she fails them on a test, they teach […]
Movie Review – West Side Story (2021)
West Side Story, 2021. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Rita Moreno, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, Josh Andrés Rivera, Mike Faist, Ana Isabelle, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Maddie Ziegler, Andrea Burns, Kyle Allen, Curtiss Cook, Jamie Harris, Iris Menas, Sean Harrison Jones, Patrick Higgins, Julius Anthony Rubio, Ricardo Zayas, […]
Video Review – Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is a delight, even with its cringe story
EJ Moreno offers up his take on Spielberg’s West Side Story… This holiday season, West Side Story is back in cinemas, and legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg is tackling the iconic musical. Can his stellar direction overcome the film’s profoundly flawed story? Spielberg sure tries to razzle-dazzle you enough to forget the horrid love story at […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It, 2021. Directed by Mariem Pérez Riera. Featuring Rita Moreno. SYNOPSIS: A look at the life and work of Rita Moreno from her humble beginnings in Puerto Rico to her success on Broadway and in Hollywood. Whether you know her from West Side Story, Oz, […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It, 2021. Directed by Mariem Pérez Riera. Featuring Rita Moreno, Norman Lear, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Justina Machado, Whoopi Goldberg, Gloria Estefan, and Morgan Freeman. SYNOPSIS: The film follows Rita Moreno, focusing on her early life and career. There are few living Hollywood legends quite like Rita […]
New images from Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story include Rita Moreno
Steven Spielberg’s next cinematic task is updating West Side Story for a modern audience, and by the looks of these news photos, it looks like he’s achieving the impossible. One of the film’s stars, Ariana DeBose, took to her Instagram to share some new photos from the upcoming movie. In these photos from People en […]
Rita Moreno returning to West Side Story for Steven Spielberg
As casting continues on West Side Story, Rita Moreno – who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Anita in the 1961 movie – has now signed on to appear in the Steven Spielberg-directed remake. “Never in my wildest dreams did I see myself revisiting this seminal work,” says Moreno. “And to […]
