Category: CineBlog

Top Ten Films of 2013

CineSnob.net film critics Kiko Martinez, Cody Villafana and Jerrod Kingery pick their favorite films of 2013!

Conflix Resolution – The Intouchables

Conflix Resolution is our updated blog of selections of what to watch on Netflix Instant Streaming. For this week’s edition of Conflix Resolution, I’m selecting a foreign film. Foreign films seem to be a tough sell for a lot of people, most of which who don’t seem to want to be bothered with subtitles. It’s […]

Conflix Resolution – Undefeated

Conflix Resolution is our updated blog of selections of what to watch on Netflix Instant Streaming. Welcome everyone to Conflix Resolution. This will be the only time I give any type of extended greeting, since I know all you’re waiting for is to get down to the actual recommendation. As a critic, people (naturally) constantly […]

Remembering Roger Ebert

Through the years I’ve admired your open-mindedness to the ever-changing cinematic landscape, your vast knowledge of film history, and the unflinching manner in which you could defend your opinion

They Nominated What?! – 2013 Edition

BEST PICTURE Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les Misérables Life of Pi Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty CODY: We got 9 out of a possible 10 nominees this year. I had a little bit more faith in THE MASTER than you, and it turns out that the Academy was […]

Top Ten Films of 2012

KIKO MARTINEZ – Editor-in-Chief 10. Killing Them Softly Criminals feel the effects of the 2008 financial crisis in this cynical and dialogue-heavy film by the director Andrew Dominik. Sure, it’s a bit heavy-handed, but also viciously funny. 9. The Imposter and Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (tie) With much respect for musician Sixto Rodríguez in “Searching for Sugar Man,” the most […]

CineSnob’s Top 10 Films of 2011

While it hasn’t necessarily been a stellar year in film (watching Adam Sandler, Martin Lawrence, and Tyler Perry in drag was enough to sideline the most intrepid moviegoer), there have been some diamonds in the rough. Enough, at least, to make slogging through 185 movies feel worth it. From a fuzzy red Muppet to the dissecting of baseball stats, here are the best films Hollywood (and Iran,France, and the U.K.) had to offer.

2011 Austin Film Festival – Day 3

Sunday provided no breaks in the festival action. In the morning I prepared questions and conducted my first interview with Jeremiah Jones and Marianna Palka from the film “Restive,” which I will get into later on. From there, a friend and I drove just out of town to get some lunch, and it was back to Austin to go see the buzzed-about relationship drama “Like Crazy.”

2011 Austin Film Festival – Day 2

It’s pretty much impossible to see everything you want to see at a the Austin Film Festival (AFF), even if you block out the entire week for movies. I’ve found out that there’s always going to be two movies that you’d really like to see playing at the same time, so you have to pick your battles. Fortunately, I was able to get a screener of the film “Sironia” and watched it a few days before the festival. As soon as it ended, I sent off an e-mail to try to schedule an interview with the director and lead actor.

2011 Austin Film Festival – Day 1

Austin Film Festival officially began for me on Saturday afternoon. After missing the first couple of days of the festival, I was eager to get started and pack as much as I could into every day. After getting checked in and taking care of some paperwork, a friend and I decided to go eat in the restaurant at the hotel, since we were too late to catch the Duplass brothers panel. There in the restaurant, I had my first celebrity sighting of the weekend: David Boreanaz from the TV show “Bones.”