Category: Spanish Language
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Review: Who is Erin Carter? An action packed thriller
Who is Erin Carter? has action scenes galore, a butt-kicking woman lead, and a couple of women directors. Sounds perfect, but it was merely average or slightly above for the genre. It had its good points. One was the setting in Spain which was gorgeous. The other was the performance by Evin Ahmad in the…
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Review: The Lincoln Lawyer, season 2
The Lincoln Lawyer takes on a new case in season 2. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as defense attorney Mickey Haller knows “LA is a great big freeway” and works in the back seat of one of his Lincolns on many days. His style as a defense attorney is to use clever tricks and ploys to win a…
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The Valet: comedic look at fame and class
The Valet, a remake of a French comedy, is billed as a romcom. It has plenty of humor but not much romance. It’s more a look at topics like fame and riches vs. family and honest living.
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Rare Objects, exploring the broken
Rare Objects, a new film written, directed, and produced by Katie Holmes, explores the idea that people become more beautiful when they are broken and heal, even with scars still showing.
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Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico, yummy
Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico takes the actress on a long and delicious tour of Mexico from the perspective of great food. She finds the hot culinary capitals and the most renowned chefs to tell the story of Mexico.
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The Snow Girl (La chica de nieve), a Spanish drama
The Snow Girl (La chica de nieve) is a dreary Spanish drama about a kidnapped child. Most of the characters are suffering from a trauma of some kind. This dead serious series teems with depressed characters, an abundance of talk about evil men, grieving parents, sexual assault victims, and frightened women and children. There are…
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Flamin’ Hot, it’s okay to simply enjoy it
Flamin’ Hot has mixed reviews. It’s great or it’s terrible. It’s the truth or it’s a lie. Honestly, I had mixed feelings about it, too. But as the first film directed by Eva Longoria, I thought it was important to take a look for myself.
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With Love, season 2: big family, big love
With Love, season 2, from creator Gloria Calderón Kellett, continues the saga of the Diaz family. Brother and sister Jorge Diaz Jr. (Mark Indelicato) and Lily Diaz (Emeraude Toubia) continue to search for solid relationships. Season 2 premiered on Prime Video at the beginning of Pride month, which is fitting. The family and love stories…