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Movie Reviews & News

From a science fiction sequel to a puzzling whodunit, which holiday film releases make the grade?

Check out these seven blurb reviews of new movies debuting at San Antonio theaters or on streaming services from December 16-30.

By Kiko Martinez
Dec 16, 2022

Tags: Movie Reviews & News, movie reviews, film, Avatar, The Way of Water, Nanny, Puss in Boots, The Last Wish, The Whale, Babylon, Glass Onion, A Knives Out Mystery, White Noise, movie theaters, Netflix, Amazon Prime, streaming
Movie Reviews & News

San Antonio native Marcella Ochoa penned the screenplay for horror film Madres, now streaming

By Kiko Martinez
Oct 8, 2021

Tags: Movies, San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio native, Marcella Ochoa, Madres, streaming, horror movie, horror, new movie, new release, Latinos, Latinx, screenplay, screenwriter, Hollywood, folklore, La Llorona, El Cucuy, Mexican American, Tenoch Huerta, Ariana Guerra, Amazon, Amazon Prime, Blumhouse, Welcome to the Blumhouse, farm work, migrant farmworkers
Movie Reviews & News

Wesley Snipes chats about his scene-stealing character in Coming 2 America, now on DVD

By Kiko Martinez
Jun 18, 2021

Tags: Film, movie, film, comedy, Coming to America, Coming 2 America, Wesley Snipes, interview, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, sequel, Amazon, Amazon Prime, Amazon Studios, DVD, Blu-Ray, Woody Harrelson, White Men Can't Jump, Prince Akeem, Nextdoria, Zamunda, General Izzi, Demolition Man, Wildcats, Goldie Hawn, Eriq La Salle, Michael Jackson, Mike Epps
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San Antonio chef Adán Medrano will participate in panel discussion of Truly Texas Mexican film

By Nina Rangel
Mar 29, 2021

Tags: Adán Medrano, documentaries, Mexican Food, Tex-Mex, Texas Tech Press, Don't Count the Tortillas: The Art of Texas Mexican Cooking, San Antonio CineFestival, The Roots of Texas Mexican Food, public television, home cooking, Amazon Prime, Google TV, Apple TV, PBS, Truly Texas Mexican, director, Aníbal Capoano, producer, Virginia Díaz, Christine Ortega
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Documentary by chef-filmmaker with San Antonio roots streaming on Amazon Prime, other services

By Nina Rangel
Mar 10, 2021

Tags: Adán Medrano, documentaries, Mexican Food, Tex-Mex, Texas Tech Press, Don't Count the Tortillas: The Art of Texas Mexican Cooking, San Antonio CineFestival, The Roots of Texas Mexican Food, public television, home cooking, Amazon Prime, Google TV, Apple TV, PBS, Truly Texas Mexican
Arts Stories & Interviews

Romanian paean to investigative journalism, Collective, is year's best documentary

By Sam Allard, Cleveland Scene
Nov 26, 2020

Tags: Collective, 2020, documentary, Amazon Prime, Romania, Journalism, Catalin Tolonton, foreign films, foreign documentaries
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San Antonio’s Hard Rock Cafe to hold unfortunately named ‘Packed Weekend’ as COVID rates rise

By Nina Rangel
Nov 16, 2020

Tags: Downtown San Antonio, Hard Rock Cafe, Amazon, Amazon Original, Amazon Prime, The Pack, patio, dog-friendly, COVID-19, COVID 19, pandemic, social distancing, outdoor event, packed weekend, #PackedWeekend
Movie Reviews & News

Cinematic Spillover: Short reviews of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Rebecca and more

By Kiko Martinez
Oct 26, 2020

Tags: Film, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Sagdiyev, Maria Bakalova, Mike Pence, Rudy Giuliani, Amazon Prime, Borat sequel, On the Rocks, Sofia Coppola, Bill Murray, Rashida Joes, Marlon Wayans, Apple TV, Over the Moon, Netflix, Glen Keane, Cathy Ang, Rebecca, Rebecca remake, Armie Hammer, Lily James, Maxim de Winter, Manderley, Ben Wheatley, Totally Under Control, COVID-19 documentary, Donald Trump, Alex Gibney, pandemic, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin, White Noise, Richard Spencer, Lauren Southern, Mike Cernovich, Daniel Lombroso, alt-right documentary, The Witches, The Witches remake, Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Roald Dahl
Movie Reviews & News

Batshit crazy 'Bullets of Justice' leads a new round of Halloween movies you can stream right now

By John W. Allman, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Oct 24, 2020

Tags: Film, Horror movies, halloween movies, streaming horror movies, scary movies, Don't Look Back, The Mortuary Collection, Shudder, Bullets of Justice, The Deeper You Dig, Love and Monsters, Broil, Teen Wolf, Maze Runner, Dylan O’Brien, Nocturne, Evil Eye, Welcome to the Blumhouse, Amazon Prime, Painter, Carmilla, John Adams, Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, Jeffrey Reddick, Final Destination, Jonathan Lipnicki, Valeri Milev, cult movies
Arts Stories & Interviews

San Antonio stand-up Cleto Rodriguez debuts comedy special on Amazon Prime Video

By Kelly Nelson
Sep 25, 2020

Tags: San Antonio, Texas, stand-up, stand-up comic, stand-up comedy, comedy special, Devil Get the Heck Outta Here, Cleto Rodriguez, Best Stand-Up Comic, Best of San Antonio, Amazon Prime, Amazon, Amazon Prime Video, what to watch, new release, distribution deal, streaming service, streaming
Movie Reviews & News

Cinematic Spillover: Short reviews of The Devil All the Time, Kajillionaire, Antebellum and more

By Kiko Martinez
Sep 18, 2020

Tags: Film, All In: The Fight for Democracy, Liz Garbus, Lisa Cortes, Stacey Abrams, Amazon Prime, Antebellum, Janelle Monae, Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz, The Devil All the Time, Antonio Campos, Bill Skarsgård, Riley Keough, Sebastian Stan, Mia Wasikowska, Jason Clarke, Eliza Scanlen, Old Dolio, Kajillionaire, Miranda July, Debra Winger Richard Jenkins, Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Sean Durkin, The Nest, Jude Law, Carrie Coon
Arts Stories & Interviews

TPR Cinema Tuesdays Continues Online Watch Party Series with '80s Classic WarGames

By Dana Nichols
Sep 4, 2020

Tags: TPR, Cinema Tuesdays, Texas Public Radio, cinema, movies, movie screening, virtual calendar, virtual event, Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, 80s, '80s, Texas, Netflix, Amazon Prime, WarGames, San Antonio, Texas, things to do in San Antonio, things to do online, watch party, online watch party
Movie Reviews & News

Cinematic Spillover: Short reviews of Unhinged, The One and Only Ivan, Tesla and more

By Kiko Martinez
Aug 24, 2020

Tags: Film, Richard Tanne, Chemical Hearts, Krystal Sutherland, Our Chemical Hearts, Lili Reinhart, Austin Abrams, Coral Peña, Kara Young, Amazon Prime, The One and Only Ivan, Disney+, Sam Rockwell, Chaka Khan, Mike White, Ron Funches, Helen Mirren, Angelina Jolie, Bryan Cranston, Danny DeVito, Nikola Tesla, Telsa biopic, Tesla, Telsa movie, Ethan Hawke, Michael Almereyda, Thomas Edison, Tears for Fears, Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Unhinged, Russell Crowe, Derrick Borte, Carl Ellsworth, Caren Pistorius, road rage movie
Movie Reviews & News

Cinematic Spillover: Short reviews of Radioactive, The Rental, Retaliation and more

By Kiko Martinez
Jul 24, 2020

Tags: Film, Radioactive, Rosamund Pike, Marie Curie, Pierre Currie, Sam Riley, Marjane Satrapi, Jack Thorne, radium, polonium, Amazon Prime, The Rental, Dave Franco, debut film, Joe Swanberg, Retaliation, Orlando Bloom Paul Shammasian, Ludwig Shammasian, Geoff Thompson, revenge film, Catholic church, Yes God Yes, Karen Maine, Natalia Dyer, movie about masturbation, religious retreat
Movie Reviews & News

Time-Capsule Cinema: The Homefront Is a San Antonio Movie Nine Years In the Making

By Kiko Martinez
Jul 24, 2020

Tags: Film, San Antonio, Texas, Fidel Ruiz-Healy, Tyler Walker, Amazon Prime, Prime, The Homefront, streaming, Rachel Povse, release
Movie Reviews & News

Cinematic Spillover: Short reviews of The Painted Bird, The Homefront and Showbiz Kids

By Kiko Martinez
Jul 17, 2020

Tags: Film, The Homefront, shot in San Antonio, San Antonio film, Fidel Ruiz-Healy, Tyler Walker, Rachel Povse, Gerry Eddins, David Laurence, Lindsey Van de Kirk, John Wirt, Chris Ruenes, Margaret Parus, Amazon Prime, The Painted Bird, Czech Republic, Czech film, Vaclav Marhoul, Jerzy Kosinski, WWII film, Vladimir Smutny, Petr Kotlar, Stellan Skarsgaard, Udo Kier, Harvey Keitel, Julian Sands, Barry Pepper, Showbiz Kids, HBO, HBO documentary, Henry Thomas, Wil Wheaton, Evan Rachel Wood, Mara Wilson, Cameron Boyce
Arts Stories & Interviews

Texas Public Radio's Cinema Tuesdays Returns in Online 'Watch Party' Format

By Dana Nichols
Jul 9, 2020

Tags: texas public radio, TPR, cinema tuesdays, san antonio, movies, cinema, classic film, tootsie, his girl friday, once upon a time in the west, netflix, amazon prime, streaming
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San Antonio Chef Rico Torres to be Featured on Padma Lakshmi's New ‘Taste the Nation’ Series

By Nina Rangel
Jun 16, 2020

Tags: Rico Torres, chef-owner, Mixtli, San Antonio, Taste the Nation, Top Chef, Padma Lakshmi, Hulu, Olmos Park, modernist Mexican, cuisine, dinners, cocktails, Diego Galicia, streaming, Netflix, Sling, Amazon Prime, original series
Movie Reviews & News

Lifelong Friendship: Local filmmaker Duane Graves Looks Back 20 Years on His Directorial Debut Up Syndrome

By Kiko Martinez
May 1, 2020

Tags: Film, San Antonio, Texas, Up Syndrome, Amazon Prime, Duane Graves, Rene Moreno, Down Syndrome, lifelong friendship, childhood friends, documentary, uplifting movies, what to watch, 20th anniversary, directorial debut
Movie Reviews & News

Cinema by Subscription: Stream These Movies with San Antonio Ties While You’re Staying Safe at Home

By Kiko Martinez
Apr 17, 2020

Tags: Film, San Antonio, Texas, what to watch, movies to watch, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Disney plus, streaming, streaming movies, films to watch online, shelter in place, things to do at home, Rich Kids, Spy Kids, Sin City, Hell or High Water, Mr. Roosevelt, Robert Rodriguez, Gil Birmingham, Noël Wells, The Imposter, Southwest of Salem, kids movies, family friendly movies, true crime, documentaries, Up Syndrome, Duane Graves, Blank Check, Stephen Herek, The Mighty Ducks, The Three Musketeers, Mr. Holland’s Opus, 101 Dalmatians, Paul Briggs, Big Hero 6, The Princess and the Frog, Frozen, Frozen II

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Everything we saw as Kill Iconic's A Home Away from Home Festival came to San Antonio

Record label Kill Iconic is presenting its A Home Away from Home Festival in several locations around the country this month. San…

By San Antonio Current Staff

Sep 15, 2024

Everything we saw as Kill Iconic's A Home Away from Home Festival came to San Antonio

Creed took San Antonio crowd higher during Frost Bank Center show

Nineties post-grunge hitmakers Creed announced a reunion and new tour late last year to much anticipation. Almost a year later, the band…

By Jaime Monzon

Sep 14, 2024

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The hottest San Antonio restaurants and bars that have opened so far in 2024

At a time when San Antonio bars and restaurants seem to be closing with alarming regularity, it's nice to take a moment…

By Stephanie Koithan, San Antonio Current Staff

Sep 13, 2024

Pullman Market
221 Newell Ave., (210) 759-0086, pullmanmarket.com
The high-end market that opened at the Pearl in April includes more than local produce and food items. It houses four separate dining concepts: Fife & Farro, Mezquite, Isidore and Nicosi. We'll get to more on each of those shortly.

Former San Antonio Spur Doug McDermott's house is now for sale

Former San Antonio Spurs small forward Doug McDermott, who was traded to the Indiana Pacers earlier this February, has listed his Terrell Hills…

By San Antonio Current Staff

Sep 13, 2024

Former San Antonio Spur Doug McDermott's house is now for sale

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