“The Journey of a Female Comic” Paved With Laughter and a Few Tears
Opens Through AMC Theatres’ AMC Independent Program in L.A. and Diego on May 2nd (theater listing below) By Bel Hernandez...
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Bel Hernandez
Apr 27, 20142 min read
Richard Montoya’s Directorial Debut Evokes Chicano Film Noir
Opening May 2nd, Water and Power Casts Latino and Chicano film Community Icons By Christina Rosas Anastasiou The original play Water and...
Bel Hernandez
Apr 24, 20144 min read
Review: Rubén Salazar Death Re-Examined in LPB Documentary
Review by Edwin Pagan “I keep telling myself that it was an accident. The victim could’ve been any other guy who came off the street for...
Bel Hernandez
Apr 6, 20145 min read
Review: With Mike Flanagan at the Helm, American Horror is Making a Comeback
By Edwin Pagán (Special to Latin Heat Magazine – April 5, 20014) OCULUS – Release date: April 11, 2014 / USA / R / 104 mins Relativity...
Bel Hernandez
Mar 26, 20146 min read
Review: “Cesar Chavez” Only Part of The Untold Story
“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the...
Bel Hernandez
Jan 3, 20142 min read
Latinos Energize Paranormal Activity Franchise at Boxoffice
Jorge Diaz is a scene stealer Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones debuted in 1,600 theaters on Thursday, Jan. 2nd to a strong $1.2...
Bel Hernandez
Dec 30, 20133 min read
Paranormal Activity: Latinos Speaking English? In A Major Studio Motion Picture? Wuz Happenin̵
Releases on Friday, January 3rd by The Last Angry Chicana, Dyana Ortelli When my friend and cast member Silvia Curiel invited me to a...
Bel Hernandez
Dec 9, 20134 min read
Do Narcocorridos Glorify Drug Violence?: Narco Cultura Documentary Review
By Vanessa Erazo Twitter: @infoCinelandia Do “Mainstream” Film Critics Assertions that Narco Cultura “Glorify Murder” hold any water?...
Bel Hernandez
Dec 6, 20132 min read
Paul Walker’s Emotional Performance in His Last Film “Hours”
Opens Wide In Limited Release December 13th By Mary Chuy No one predicted the enormous damage hurricane Katrina would cause in New...
Bel Hernandez
Nov 13, 20133 min read
Olmos Brings New Insights to “Go For Sisters”
(L-R) LisaGay Hamilton, Edward James Olmos & Yolanda Ross search in Tijuana Photo: John Castillo/Variance Films By Kenneth A. Carrasco...
Bel Hernandez
Nov 1, 20132 min read
“Ender’s Game” Producer Roberto Orci’s Dream Film
Producer Roberto Orci first read Ender’s Game, the book written by Orson Scott Card when he was twelve years old and loved it. Flash...
Bel Hernandez
Oct 18, 20131 min read
“Sleeping With The Fishes” Starring Gina Rodriguez is Funny & Brilliantly Real
Director Nicole Gomez Fisher Family Comedy Strikes a Chord by Annabella Campos Rodriguez’s “Lexi” Fish is refreshingly realistic, the...
Bel Hernandez
Oct 15, 20131 min read
“Water & Power” Rich and Poetic
The film Water and Power which was adapted and directed by the very talented Richard Montoya premiered this past weekend at the 2013 Los...
Bel Hernandez
Oct 8, 20132 min read
Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills Opens October 11th In All it Gory
Danny Trejo returns as ex-Federale agent Machete in Machete Kills. This time Machete is on a mission from the president of the United...
Bel Hernandez
Sep 8, 20132 min read
Why Hollywood and Mainstream Critics Don’t Get “Mission Park”
#theCOOList Film Mission Park features some of Hollywood’s most talented actors, who just happen to be Latino. The producers shopped this...
Bel Hernandez
Jul 15, 20133 min read
“Vehicle 19”: Paul Walker’s Suspense Thriller Super Bad Day in Johannesburg
Vehicle 19 available on Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack and DVD on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 By Miguel Najera Have you seen Vehicle 19? It’s been out...
Bel Hernandez
May 10, 20132 min read
“The Great Gatsby” Review of American Classic
By Brittany Valadez Pomp and Circumstance. The Great Gatsby, a classic American novel by famed author F. Scott Fitzgerald, is brought to...
Bel Hernandez
May 1, 20131 min read
Cinco de Mayo, La Batalla – Historically Engaging
Opens in Los Angeles and Orange County on Friday, May 3rd Cinco de Mayo, La Batalla, the Spanish-language, English subtitled film about...
Bel Hernandez
Apr 15, 20132 min read
Tom Cruise’s “Oblivion” Opens Overseas With Impressive $61.1M
By Brittany Valadez International markets absolutely love Tom Cruise’s Sci-Fi Thriller Oblivion — which means the American release debuts...
Bel Hernandez
Aug 16, 20121 min read
Paranorman And Latino Audiences Match Made in Heaven?
The COOList Film This Weekend In ParaNorman, a small town comes under siege by zombies. The butt of everyone’s joke’s at school, the...
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