Happy Cinco de Mayo to all who celebrate! 🇲🇽💃🏾🪅 The fifth of May is a holiday following Star Wars Day that marks the Mexican army's victory over France on May 5, 1862, at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War. So it's not the same as Mexican Independence Day. I'm a bit late to …
Tag: Eva Longoria
#MSPIFF42 Review: FLAMIN’ HOT – Eva Longoria’s directorial debut is a zesty feel-good movie with an empowering message
There have been an increasing amount of stranger-than-fiction origin stories lately… with AIR, Tetris, Blackberry, and even the popular Frito-Lay spicy snacks, Flamin’ Hot. I have to admit I can’t handle spicy stuff (yes I know, my fellow Indonesian friends make fun of me ALL the time), so I have never even tasted Flamin’ Hot …
FlixChatter Review: Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
Dora and the Lost City of Gold is a new family adventure live action film, based on the popular Nickelodeon animated television series Dora the Explorer. If you are like me (and you don’t watch Nickelodeon on a regular basis—OR AT ALL!!), you may have heard of Dora the Explorer from Saturday Night Live’s TV …
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Indie Review: Lake Bell’s debut film ‘In A World’
Two of the films I was impressed with at MSPfest happen to be directed by women. One was Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which is as far away from this one in terms of tone and subject matter, but I'd highly recommend both. I like the fact that this one is a comedy, it's quite …
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