Hidden Figures
by Felipe Rosa
Hidden Figures: Theodore Melfi’s film manages to tell a story that is
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic, drama
Author Archives: Felipe Rosa
Casting a ballot – Annie Awards 2016
by Felipe Rosa
The 44th Annie Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, February 4th, 2017. As I have been doing for a few years, as we get into the awards season, I’ll post the fictional ballots for some of the guild awards, showing what my vote would be if I had one. I will, as a rule, abstain from my fictional vote if I haven’t seen at least half of the nominees. And to be perfectly clear, I’m not a member of […]
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2016
Kung Fu Panda 3
by Felipe Rosa
Kung Fu Panda 3: Alessandro Carloni and Jennifer Yuh Nelson’s entry to the franchise is very
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: adventure, animation, fantasy
The Idol (Ya Tayr el Tayer)
by Felipe Rosa
The Idol: no matter what is unique to this particular story, Hany Abu-Assad’s film is
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic, drama, musical
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
by Felipe Rosa
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi: Michael Bay essentially skips the story and the context and jumps directly
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: war
April and the Extraordinary World (Avril et le Monde Truqué)
by Felipe Rosa
April and the Extraordinary World: directors Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci have an original, intriguing steampunk
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: adventure, animation, sci fi
13th
by Felipe Rosa
13th: Ava DuVernay’s documentary is powerful, thematically relevant in this day and age,
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: documentary
Casting a ballot – SAG Awards 2016
by Felipe Rosa
The 23rd Annual SAG Awards will be handed on Sunday, January 29th, 2017. As I have been doing for a few years, as we get into the awards season, I’ll post the fictional ballots for some of the guild awards, showing what my vote would be if I had one. I will, as a rule, abstain from my fictional vote if I haven’t seen at least half of the nominees. And to be perfectly clear, I’m not a member of […]
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2016
Hacksaw Ridge
by Felipe Rosa
Hacksaw Ridge: war is hell, and there is an incredible number of stories that prove that point; Mel Gibson’s film,
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic, war
Fifth about The Seventh 