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Four out of four tokes.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73051974Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:24:19 +0000Ray SalazarChristopher Nolan's vision of "The Odyssey" is the epitome of EPIC. A great cast, cinematography, entertaining story, and visual journey- shows us the brutality of man and how to get home from the chaos only to find chaos within ourselves. Four out...
Four out of four tokes.
]]>1933film,greek,homer,imax,loyalty,movies,nolan,odyssey,review,warfalse157fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/good-will-hunting-156--71013794
Four out of four tokes]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71013794Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:00:02 +0000Ray Salazar"Good Will Hunting" is a 1998 Oscar Award-winning drama film written by Ben Affleck & Matt Damon and directed by visionary Gus Van Sant. It stars Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Robin Williams, Minnie Driver, and many more in this film about a guy who is...
Four out of four tokes]]>1616abuse,filmmaking,friendship,growth,insecurities,mentorship,oscar,therapyfalse1156fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scream-07-155--71055408
Two and a half out of four tokes]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71055408Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:40:02 +0000Ray Salazar"Scream 7" is a film where it takes Gen X, millennials, and Gen Z to kill the overpowered killers that are out to get them. A fun film to watch overall. You get to see OG cast members of the original franchise reprise themselves in creative ways....
Two and a half out of four tokes]]>1194horror,scream,whodunitfalse1155fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-harry-met-sally-on-a-micro-dose-154--69363781
Four out of four tokes]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69363781Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:54:31 +0000Ray Salazar"When Harry Met Sally..." is one of the best rom-coms ever made written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner. This type of film did set the standard for other filmmakers to take note and make their versions of two people falling for each other...
Four out of four tokes]]>1383courtship,dating,friendship,love,nyc,nye,reiner,romancefalse1154fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-battle-after-another-is-the-film-of-2025-153--69273934
Four out of four tokes
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69273934Fri, 02 Jan 2026 01:34:18 +0000Ray SalazarPaul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" is a wild and wacky film. PTA wrote and directed the film and much like his other films, it's a smash hit that mixes action, neo-noir and even black comedy. It's about life or death, saving the future...
Four out of four tokes
]]>894elites,elitism,filmmaking,immigration,oscars,ptafalse1153fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/casino-152-ft-e-zone-xg-and-chiclets--68272944
Four out of four tokes.

E-Zone
http://flavorsbyezone.com

XG
http://instagram.com/xgmarksthespot

Chiclets
https://www.instagram.com/chiclets_los.angeles/
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68272944Sat, 25 Oct 2025 05:27:21 +0000Ray SalazarI am joined by E-Zone, XG, and Chiclets on this review of "Casino" directed by Martin Scorsese. This film is great and will stand the test of time. I like that the film sheds light on how casinos operate and get its' fill. We put man there and see...
Four out of four tokes.

E-Zone
http://flavorsbyezone.com

XG
http://instagram.com/xgmarksthespot

Chiclets
https://www.instagram.com/chiclets_los.angeles/
]]>3086casino,crime,deniro,scorsese,vegas,wdststrue1152fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/selena-151--68255932
Three and a half out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68255932Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:09:39 +0000Ray SalazarGregory Nava's "Selena" is a good biography-genre film about the life of Tejana musician/songwriter Selena Quintanilla-Pérez famously played by Jennifer Lopez. This film showcases the chase of the American Dream that we all strive for. Selena's life...
Three and a half out of four tokes.]]>1960america,family,jlo,latino,music,nava,selena,success,tejano,texasfalse1151fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/friday-ft-shaun-vizzy-150--66207968
Shaun Vizzy
https://linktr.ee/shaunvizzy
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66207968Fri, 23 May 2025 00:05:42 +0000Ray SalazarB-Real TV alumni, has photographed bands such as Korn and Slipknot, and loves pro wrestling -  Shaun Vizzy and I discuss his favorite film "Friday" directed by F Gary Gray who stars Ice Cube and Chris Tucker. It's a slice-of-life style of a film...
Shaun Vizzy
https://linktr.ee/shaunvizzy
]]>3438craig,cube,friday,la,smokeytrue1150fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fat-girl-ft-xg-guerrero-149--66004721https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66004721Sat, 10 May 2025 16:10:07 +0000Ray SalazarXG and I review "Fat Girl" (À ma sœur!) written and directed by Catherine Breillat that was released in 2001. It's a coming-of-age film from France. The French do coming-of-age films very differently from the USA. This is a film that's meant to break...1149breillat,cinema,frenchtrue1149fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/opening-night-148--65791094
Four out of four tokes.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65791094Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:00:08 +0000Ray Salazar"Opening Night" is a film about acting and a film about aging. Trying to make sense of a role is hard when you are drowning yourself in alcohol. It's hard to cope with loss when your career is on the line. Gena Rowlands, who plays the lead character,...
Four out of four tokes.
]]>1366acting,aging,cassavetesfalse1148fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/flow-147--65761053
Four out of four tokes.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65761053Sun, 27 Apr 2025 16:00:07 +0000Ray Salazar"Flow" is an Academy Award-winning animated film directed by Gints Zilbalodis. He earned it, plain and simple. Shout out to him and the country of Latvia. It's Latvia's first Academy Award, respectfully. This is a film created with the application...
Four out of four tokes.
]]>866animals,animation,blender,cats,disney,dreamworks,empathy,environment,film,flow,latviafalse1147fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-me-ft-fabb-999-146--63915399
Four out of four tokes.

#americanme #edwardjamesolmos]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63915399Sun, 26 Jan 2025 18:37:35 +0000Ray SalazarI'm joined here with fabb_999 on this episode reviewing "American Me" directed and produced by Edward James Olmos who shows us a life of a man who's spent half his life in the prison system, trying to reclaim himnself in society after he gets out....
Four out of four tokes.

#americanme #edwardjamesolmos]]>2112american,crime,eastlos,eme,gangs,latinos,mafia,prisontrue1146fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cameraperson-145--63771446
#cameraperson #kirstenjohnson]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63771446Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:00:08 +0000Ray Salazar"Cameraperson" is a documentary directed by Kirsten Johnson that treats the film as a memoir of her life. In this day and age with ties to social media, almost no moment is lost. We share everything and not all of it is worth sharing. Let's just be...
#cameraperson #kirstenjohnson]]>792bosnia,cameraperson,cinematography,crime,motherhood,narrative,warfalse1145fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/batman-returns-144--63542638
three out of four tokes.

#batmanreturns #timburton]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63542638Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:00:09 +0000Ray SalazarTim Burton directed "Batman Returns", the sequel to the first Batman film of the iconic franchise that came out of a comic book created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. This sequel had an all-star cast that included Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton and...
three out of four tokes.

#batmanreturns #timburton]]>843batman,burton,catwoman,comics,crime,dc,gothic,legacy,love,penguin,romancetrue1144fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/goodfellas-ft-e-zone-and-xg-of-we-don-t-smoke-the-same-podcast-143--63406006
Four out of four tokes.

E-Zone
http://flavorsbyezone.com

XG
http://fullytoxic.com

#goodfellas #film]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63406006Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:26:20 +0000Ray SalazarMartin Scorsese directed a brilliant film that will stand the test of time. It's film that we all love and enjoy and we don't care that the characters are bad guys, like, really BAD guys. Scorsese has that visual power where we get to see, envy, the...
Four out of four tokes.

E-Zone
http://flavorsbyezone.com

XG
http://fullytoxic.com

#goodfellas #film]]>1414gangs,goodfellas,mobsterstrue1143fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-dinner-with-andre-142--63289259
Four out of four tokes.

#mydinnerwithandre #louismalle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63289259Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:01:43 +0000Ray Salazar"My Dinner With Andre" is beautiful simple film directed by Louis Malle. A legendary filmmaker decided to film two theater guys talk about life while they eat in what looks like to be a fancy restaurant in New York. This film is unqiue due to the fact...
Four out of four tokes.

#mydinnerwithandre #louismalle]]>751entertainment,life,malle,performing,philosophy,simplicity,struggle,theaterfalse1142fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/steve-jobs-141--63183632
Three and a half out of four tokes.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63183632Fri, 06 Dec 2024 07:35:39 +0000Ray SalazarDanny Boyle directed a good film that was written by Aaron Sorkin called "Steve Jobs". It's a biographical film depicting Apple Computers Co-Founder and Visionary Tech Giant, Steve Jobs. The film centers around three key moments in Jobs' life and in...
Three and a half out of four tokes.
]]>867apple,biography,computers,imac,jobs,macintosh,tech,technology,wozniaktrue1141fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mona-lisa-smile-140--63071435
Three out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63071435Sat, 30 Nov 2024 17:00:08 +0000Ray Salazar"Mona Lisa Smile" is a universal film that aimed towards people who thnk they have their futures written in stone. A film directed by Mike Newell, stars Julia Roberts as this free-spirited teacher who travels over to the east coast to teach at an...
Three out of four tokes.]]>487art,film,monafalse1140fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paddington-2-139--62689294
Four out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62689294Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:00:09 +0000Ray Salazar"Paddington 2" is the most positive reviewed film in the history of cinema and it came out in 2017, beating "Citizen Kane" directed by Orson Welles. Imagine that? Anyways, I love this film. I didn't mention it in the review but this a "perfect" family...
Four out of four tokes.]]>916brexit,goodness,kane,loyalty,paddington,positivityfalse1139fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/as-tears-go-by-138--62644375It's great film in it's style of filmmaking and a story that's engaging and doesn't spoon feed you

#astearsgoby
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62644375Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:55:36 +0000Ray Salazar"As Tears Go By" is the debut of filmmaker Wong Kar-wai. It's his love letter to the film "Mean Streets". He shares a tragedy where love is lost, both of the romantic and of the brotherly. I was amazed to see a style of filmmaking and it came out in...It's great film in it's style of filmmaking and a story that's engaging and doesn't spoon feed you

#astearsgoby
]]>810crime,drama,karwai,romance,scorsesetrue1138fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-new-world-137--62205598
Four out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62205598Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:40:01 +0000Ray SalazarTerrence Malick gives us "The New World", a visual epic of the story of America, but in a romance between John Smith and Pocahontas. It's a really good film depicting the settlement of Jamestown in what is know as Virgina at the time. We see how it...
Four out of four tokes.]]>926america,americans,filmmaking,jamestown,malick,native,pocahontastrue1137fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ponyo-136--61281050
Four out of Four tokes.

#ponyo #hayaomiyazaki]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61281050Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:00:02 +0000Ray SalazarHayao Miyazaki's "Ponyo" is a colorful sight of a film to see with a beautiful way to tell a story of how the test of friendship can LITERALLY disbalance the earth. What a way to tell a film without having a bad guy, it's all about something for the...
Four out of Four tokes.

#ponyo #hayaomiyazaki]]>604anime,cinema,family,freedom,growing,miyazaki,ponyo,unityfalse1136fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/melancholia-135--60964524
Four out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60964524Fri, 09 Aug 2024 05:44:13 +0000Ray SalazarLars von Trier is a controversial filmmaker with his work and as a person himself. Due to his depression that, he creates films with dark characters with, sometimes, dark storylines. But his films are great. Some are beautifully shot with referneces...
Four out of four tokes.]]>852anxiety,community,dark,depression,family,filmmaking,illness,melancholiatrue1135fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/autumn-tale-134--60782922
I give it four out of four tokes.

#ericrohmer #filmreview #autumntale]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60782922Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:00:04 +0000Ray SalazarÉric Rohmer ends his famous "Tales of the Four Seasons" with "Autumn Tale". It's a French romance comedy about a woman who operates a vineyard, thinks about the idea of dating again and it focuses on the middle age folks, which is a bit different from...
I give it four out of four tokes.

#ericrohmer #filmreview #autumntale]]>619autumn,comedy,drama,french,loneliness,love,melodrama,rohmer,romance,romcom,seasons,talesfalse1134fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inland-empire-133--60713914
Three and a half out of four tokes.

#davidlynch #inlandempire #filmreview]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60713914Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:15:02 +0000Ray SalazarDavid Lynch's "Inland EMpire" is a crazy psychological thriller that I had the pleasure of watching. I three hour film shot on a sony digital camcorder and it makes perfect sense as to why he choose to shoot a film like this. A film that barely has a...
Three and a half out of four tokes.

#davidlynch #inlandempire #filmreview]]>1203drama,experimental,film,lynch,psychological,violencetrue1133fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-serious-man-132--60585901
Four out of four tokes

#coenbrothers #aseriousman]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60585901Thu, 04 Jul 2024 13:30:03 +0000Ray SalazarThe Coen Brothers are incredible filmmakers. They are known for their screenwriting and direction. From wacky comedies to serious dramas, they always go for the heart and it gets us to wonder about life and the meaning of it. "A Serious Man" is a 2009...
Four out of four tokes

#coenbrothers #aseriousman]]>1006bullies,coen,film,god,introvertedness,introverts,jewish,judaism,life,marriage,minnesota,questioning,serioustrue1132fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/todo-sobre-mi-madre-131--60482301
Four out of four tokes.

#allaboutmymother #pedroalmodovar #filmreview]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60482301Sun, 23 Jun 2024 20:32:17 +0000Ray Salazar"Todo Sobre Mi Madre" is one of Pedro Almovodvar's great films especially of the 90s. It's a complex drama surrounding a mother dealing with her only son's death and actually doing something about it. She goes into a spiral of events that eventually...
Four out of four tokes.

#allaboutmymother #pedroalmodovar #filmreview]]>772almodovar,anguish,drama,film,filmmaking,future,melodrama,moms,motherhood,past,red,spainfalse1131fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lamb-dyrid-130--60375657Dýrið", is a crazy folk horror film and there is a twist and a couple of turns. The director did a pretty good job showing us the effectiveness without spoon feeding like American horror films. it's a about a couple who discover a lamb that has features of a human. You have to see it to not only believe it, but to see how it plays out. The ending is unexpected. The way the characters play out the story seems plain but there's a lot of dark pain in it and it slowly unfolds. It's a not a simple and the cinematography backs that up. It may be beautiful in Iceland, but what surrounds it is the scary part. Fogs, mountains and unpaved roads represents the film. It's vast and you can easily get lost with little hope. I dug the screenplay of this film. It's precise as to how the characters operate and slowly develop. We care about them, trying to live a simple farm life but circumstances were not in their favor. Please watch this film, it's available on Prime Video FOR FREE, you will not be disappointed.

Three and a half out of four tokes.

#lamb #lambfilm #noomirapace]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60375657Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:39:21 +0000Ray Salazar"Lamb" or natively "Dýrið", is a crazy folk horror film and there is a twist and a couple of turns. The director did a pretty good job showing us the effectiveness without spoon feeding like American horror films. it's a about a couple who discover a...Dýrið", is a crazy folk horror film and there is a twist and a couple of turns. The director did a pretty good job showing us the effectiveness without spoon feeding like American horror films. it's a about a couple who discover a lamb that has features of a human. You have to see it to not only believe it, but to see how it plays out. The ending is unexpected. The way the characters play out the story seems plain but there's a lot of dark pain in it and it slowly unfolds. It's a not a simple and the cinematography backs that up. It may be beautiful in Iceland, but what surrounds it is the scary part. Fogs, mountains and unpaved roads represents the film. It's vast and you can easily get lost with little hope. I dug the screenplay of this film. It's precise as to how the characters operate and slowly develop. We care about them, trying to live a simple farm life but circumstances were not in their favor. Please watch this film, it's available on Prime Video FOR FREE, you will not be disappointed.

Three and a half out of four tokes.

#lamb #lambfilm #noomirapace]]>608custody,dark,family,film,folk,iceland,lamb,taletrue1130fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-summer-s-tale-feat-xavier-guerrero-of-wdsts-tinfoil-hat-george-perez-stories-129--60252942
Four out of Four Tokes

XG
http://fullytoxic.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60252942Thu, 06 Jun 2024 13:00:03 +0000Ray SalazarXavier Guerrero is my guest for this episode reviewing the film "A Summer's Tale" of "A Tale of Smmer"--however you want to pronounce it--is a comedy film by Éric Rohmer. He is a beast in comedy, witty and impactful philosophical writing and direction...
Four out of Four Tokes

XG
http://fullytoxic.com]]>1292careers,comedy,éric,faith,france,love,rohmer,romcom,summertrue1129fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/128-ghostbusters-frozen-empire--60222517https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60222517Thu, 30 May 2024 16:14:05 +0000Ray Salazar"Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire", a fun film with a lame plot where somehow we had to revolve it around an existential crisis from a teenager that I feel doesn't work. I don't mind the film getting to the roots of demons and how it ties into ghosts. That...490adolescence,comedy,death,demons,drama,empire,existentialism,family,filmmaking,ghostbusters,ghosts,murray,rudd,scifitrue1128fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lost-in-translation-feat-e-zone-127--59950782
E-Zone
http://flavorsbyezone.com

#lostintranslation #sofiacoppola #film]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59950782Thu, 09 May 2024 19:39:00 +0000Ray Salazar"Lost In Translation" is an iconic film written & directed by Sofia Coppola. It's one of the first films in her career that is very visual with a simple but profound plot where two travelers from America are missing something. One just graduated...
E-Zone
http://flavorsbyezone.com

#lostintranslation #sofiacoppola #film]]>1044ambition,balance,coppola,depression,displacement,found,japan,life,love,philosophy,tokyo,translation,traveltrue1127fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dawn-of-the-dead-2004-126--59658039
Overall,

two and a half out of four tokes

#dawnofthedead #zacksnyder]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59658039Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:38:38 +0000Ray SalazarWe all know Zack Snyder and what he's known for. He's definitelty a celebrated filmmaker. Has made numerous superhero films in the DC Comics universe and the iconic "300". But before all that, he re-made "Dawn of the Dead". Now, I didn't compare the...
Overall,

two and a half out of four tokes

#dawnofthedead #zacksnyder]]>447community,death,distopia,filmmaking,films,humanity,life,snyder,survival,zombiestrue1126fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/irish-wish-125--59128199
Two and a half out of four tokes.

#irishwish #netflix]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59128199Thu, 21 Mar 2024 18:11:06 +0000Ray SalazarJaneen Damian once again directs Lindsey Lohan in the film "Irish Wish", a rom com about an editor who is in love with her boss who is the author of books that get published. Guess what, a fairy godmother of sorts grants Lohan's character's wish to...
Two and a half out of four tokes.

#irishwish #netflix]]>869careers,comedy,destiny,fate,goals,ireland,irish,lohan,purpose,romance,romcomtrue1125fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/124-the-zone-of-interest-will-it-win-best-picture--58973944
Three and a half out of four tokes.

#thezoneofinterest #filmreview #morningreel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58973944Fri, 08 Mar 2024 19:17:50 +0000Ray SalazarJonathan Glazer is a trailblazer of a filmmaker. "The Zone of Interest" is another win for him and filmmaking in general. He was able to use sound to highlight the horrors of the holocaust. He chose to not show any kind of violance whatsoever and the...
Three and a half out of four tokes.

#thezoneofinterest #filmreview #morningreel]]>914biopic,drama,filmmaking,genocide,holocaust,höss,humanity,morale,nazis,ww2true1124fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/123-priscilla--58874005
Three and a half out of four tokes.

#priscillafilm #filmreview #sofiacoppola]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58874005Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:00:02 +0000Ray Salazar"Priscilla" shows a very mature and talented Sofia Coppola exploring the exodus of Elvis and Priscilla Presley's life as romantic partners. The caasting is pretty good. We definitely see how Priscilla grows up on screen played by the same actress....
Three and a half out of four tokes.

#priscillafilm #filmreview #sofiacoppola]]>649biopic,coppola,drama,elvis,feminism,music,presley,priscilla,relationshipstrue1123fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/122-zack-and-miri-make-a-porno--58786502
Three out of four tokes.

#zackandmirimakeaporno #kevinsmith #filmreview]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58786502Thu, 22 Feb 2024 19:56:15 +0000Ray SalazarKevin Smith wrote, directed, and edited "Zack Miri Make a Porno" which is an ambitious film about people who get together and make something especially when you gotta make quick money. But life is about more than money and that's where this film...
Three out of four tokes.

#zackandmirimakeaporno #kevinsmith #filmreview]]>707ambition,comedy,filmmaking,friendship,goals,love,romance,smith,struggle,strugglingtrue1122fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/121-the-silence-of-the-lambs--58770351
Four out of four tokes

#thesilenceofthelambs #jonathandemme #filmreview]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58770351Wed, 21 Feb 2024 20:51:36 +0000Ray SalazarJonathan Demme is a master filmmaker and he shows us his storytelling prowess with "The Silence of the Lambs". The film is not only great because of its premise and engaging plot but the power of the close up. That close up is a very powerful use of...
Four out of four tokes

#thesilenceofthelambs #jonathandemme #filmreview]]>523crime,demme,foster,hopkins,indentity,justice,killers,lambs,murder,silencefalse1121fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/120-a-ghost-story--58613262
Three and a half out of four tokes

#aghoststory #a24 #love]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58613262Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:42:28 +0000Ray Salazar"A Ghost Story" is a film all about time as it states in its poster. And it is. It's a strong film written & directed by David Lowery who casted Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara about two people who love each other and they eventually lose each...
Three and a half out of four tokes

#aghoststory #a24 #love]]>613affleck,death,existentialism,ghosts,humans,life,loneliness,loss,love,lowery,mara,time,valentinesfalse1120fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/119-leave-the-world-behind-feat-xg-of-wdsts-podcast-tinfoil-hat-with-sam-tripoli-gps-podcast--58480564
Three out of Four tokes.

Thank you XG for being a part of the podcast episode. Y'all can chek him out on:

http://fullytoxic.com

#leavetheworldbehind #filmreviews #morningreel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58480564Sun, 28 Jan 2024 18:42:26 +0000Ray SalazarXG joins me on this episode for the film "Leave the World Behind". He requested it so we did it. Funny because I was gonna review this film down the road. The film isn't bad, it's just a bit too long and there's not much of a plot to work with which...
Three out of Four tokes.

Thank you XG for being a part of the podcast episode. Y'all can chek him out on:

http://fullytoxic.com

#leavetheworldbehind #filmreviews #morningreel]]>13005g,apocalyptic,conspiracy,drama,humans,invasions,roberts,technology,worldtrue1119fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/118-selma--58352623
Three and a half out of four tokes.

#selma #avaduvernay #injustice]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58352623Thu, 18 Jan 2024 18:15:51 +0000Ray SalazarAva DuVernay directed "Selma" that deals with the marches of Selma in 1965 led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This actually happened that led to an official to pass signed by President Lyndon B Johnson. A dramatized film of course but it's...
Three and a half out of four tokes.

#selma #avaduvernay #injustice]]>700america,duvernay,family,filmmaking,god,lbj,liberty,mlk,rights,selma,unity,unjustice,votingtrue1118fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/117-anatomy-of-a-fall--58299180
Three and a half out of four tokes.

#anatomyofafall #morningreel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58299180Sun, 14 Jan 2024 20:36:55 +0000Ray Salazar"Anatomy of a Fall" is a gripping courtroom dramam directed by Justine Triet. The film is literal in it's title. We are looking at a fall that resulted death to the husband/father of a family that secretly failing. We don't know if the fall was ruled...
Three and a half out of four tokes.

#anatomyofafall #morningreel]]>928ambition,blind,fall,family,france,goals,kids,lgbtq,life,love,marriage,romance,trustfalse1117fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/116-juice--58200243
Three out of four tokes.

#juicemovie #tupac #hiphop]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58200243Thu, 04 Jan 2024 18:57:02 +0000Ray Salazar"Juice" is a good film. It could have been greater if Tupac's character "Bishop" wasn't written to be so James Cagney and it's funny that the film ended in the fashion of "White Heat" but it's because of that film Tupac decided to go deep into the...
Three out of four tokes.

#juicemovie #tupac #hiphop]]>812cagney,dickerson,epps,filmmaking,hiphop,juice,newyork,ny,school,teens,tupac,violencefalse1116fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/115-killers-of-the-flower-moon-feat-fabiola-soto--58137003
Four out of four.

#killersoftheflowermoon #martinscorsese #killersoftheflowermoonreview]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58137003Thu, 28 Dec 2023 15:00:02 +0000Ray SalazarThis is a film Roger Ebert would have loved. He loved Martin Scorsese and this film, "Killers of the Flower Moon" is just another notch on the belt. This is a western epic that deals with history in the United States. What I loved about the film is...
Four out of four.

#killersoftheflowermoon #martinscorsese #killersoftheflowermoonreview]]>1503america,americans,deniro,dicaprio,drama,epic,genocide,history,murders,osage,scorsese,usa,westerntrue1115fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/114-jingle-all-the-way--58117333
Three out of four tokes.

#jinglealltheway #christmas #arnoldschwarzenegger]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58117333Mon, 25 Dec 2023 20:58:50 +0000Ray Salazar"Jingle All the Way" is a fun and sometimes wacky film about consumerism and how to keep up with your word. My faovrite Christmas film because it shows toys, toys, and more toys. Especially the Turbo Man doll that's the "It Doll" of the year. Imagine...
Three out of four tokes.

#jinglealltheway #christmas #arnoldschwarzenegger]]>1001business,christmas,consumerism,family,filmmaking,materialism,minneapolis,minnesota,promisesfalse1114fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/113-black-christmas-1974--58111382
Two and a half out of four tokes.

#blackchristmas #slasherfilm]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58111382Sun, 24 Dec 2023 20:41:52 +0000Ray Salazar"Black Christmas" is one the earliest slasher films of the horror game and who would have thought it would come straight from Toronto, Canada? Well it did and it is iconic in its style and the dabbling of the plot where we don't know who the killer...
Two and a half out of four tokes.

#blackchristmas #slasherfilm]]>409abortion,christmas,filmmaking,holidays,horror,music,sisterhood,torontotrue1113fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/112-knocked-up-feat-e-zone-and-xg-of-we-don-t-smoke-the-same-podcast--58069423
Three and a half out of four tokes.

We Don't Smoke the Same Podcast
Website

E-Zone
Website

XG
Website

#knockedup #juddapatow]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58069423Wed, 20 Dec 2023 15:00:03 +0000Ray SalazarJudd Apatow's "Knocked Up" is a national treasure of a romantic comedy film that is still as relevant as ever due to the fact of Apatow's knack of wiriting witty dialogue and had a dream team of a cast that knew their roles to the tee and weren't...
Three and a half out of four tokes.

We Don't Smoke the Same Podcast
Website

E-Zone
Website

XG
Website

#knockedup #juddapatow]]>1845apatow,comedy,kids,life,pregnancy,raising,responsibility,romance,romcomtrue1112fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/111-barbie-and-will-it-win-best-picture--58054703
Three and a half out of four tokes.

#barbiereview #barbiefilm]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58054703Tue, 19 Dec 2023 14:00:03 +0000Ray SalazarGreta Gerwig is a woman who stars and directs film where the characters are dealing with an existential crisis, or rather, dealing with their identities and questioning life and our pupose in it. "Barbie" is the film that was meant for her to direct...
Three and a half out of four tokes.

#barbiereview #barbiefilm]]>1206barbie,existentialism,gerwig,gosling,hollywood,identity,la,life,oscars,purposetrue1111fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/110-a-i-artificial-intelligence-feat-rock-samson--57993781
Four out of four tokes.

Rock Samson
Official Instagram
Spotify]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57993781Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:00:03 +0000Ray SalazarSteven Spielberg's "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" is a modern day masterpiece that will always stand the test of time due to it's subject of humans vs A.I. and can we play God amongst them. The film couldn't paint a better picture and it's told in two...
Four out of four tokes.

Rock Samson
Official Instagram
Spotify]]>2472ai,animatronics,creation,dystopia,family,god,humanity,kubrick,pinocchio,society,spielbergtrue1110fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/109-princess-mononoke--57975573
Four out of four tokes.

#princessmononoke #hayaomiyazaki #studioghibli]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57975573Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:39:41 +0000Ray Salazar"Princess Mononoke" is Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece. It's an adventure film that's filled with vibrant colors and deep morals and they're all tied to how we humans treat our environment and it doesn't look good. It's tough to make a feel look...
Four out of four tokes.

#princessmononoke #hayaomiyazaki #studioghibli]]>749animation,environmentalism,ghibli,humanity,life,miyazaki,mononoke,societyfalse1109fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/108-orphan-and-orphan-first-kill--57858228
These two films overall have blood, there's brutal kills and somehow there is a heart in the film. More in the first than the second, the second was more of a filler film. They tried to find a way to seek more of Esther's story. There could have been a bit more. I wish there wasn't of that "daddy issue" trope for her in the second film. I can see why they would do it. But I still question it overall. I wish both parental characters can be pushed for Esther's issues of family.

Overall, both films are two and a half tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57858228Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:00:03 +0000Ray SalazarWhat? A double featured review? Yes. I ended watching two "Orphan" films. I didn't there was a prequel in this very limited film series. I saw the first one. Then I found out about the second one. And by watching it, I might as well double them up....
These two films overall have blood, there's brutal kills and somehow there is a heart in the film. More in the first than the second, the second was more of a filler film. They tried to find a way to seek more of Esther's story. There could have been a bit more. I wish there wasn't of that "daddy issue" trope for her in the second film. I can see why they would do it. But I still question it overall. I wish both parental characters can be pushed for Esther's issues of family.

Overall, both films are two and a half tokes.]]>1157adoption,demons,evil,family,orphan,scamstrue1108fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/107-hereditary--57835594
Four out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57835594Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:59:47 +0000Ray Salazar"Hereditary" is a great horror film that I tried my best to stay away from but a lot of people wanted me to talk about it. I'm glad that my mind was changed about seeing this film that deals with loss and the disfunction of family. It's not your...
Four out of four tokes.]]>752a24,covens,family,hereditary,horror,spirituality,therapy,witchcraftfalse1107fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/106-five-nights-at-freddy-s--57546356
What more freaky do you need? It's there. But it's not for me. It's too easy.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57546356Tue, 07 Nov 2023 18:46:30 +0000Ray Salazar"Five Nights at Freddy's" is a film I never thought would ever be made especially at the fact it's from a famous video game and even more so that Blumhouse made it. All right, well, you did it. It's a success in the box office coming out during the...
What more freaky do you need? It's there. But it's not for me. It's too easy.]]>670blumhouse,children,freddys,gaming,ghosts,guilt,halloween,horror,hutcherson,souls,traumatrue1106fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/105-before-midnight-2013--57537120
Four out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57537120Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:35:13 +0000Ray Salazar"Before Midnight" is the third and final installment of the "Before" Trilogy directed by Richard Linklater. We all know his work of "Dazed and Confused", "A Scanner Darkly", "School of Rock" and "Boyhood". His film tackles existentialism between...
Four out of four tokes.]]>825ai,delpy,existentialism,families,family,greece,life,linklater,love,midnight,relationships,romancetrue1105fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/104-a-nightmare-on-elm-street-03-dream-warriors--57460515
Three out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57460515Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:10:37 +0000Ray Salazar"A Nightmare on Elm Street 03: Dream Warriors" is a solid slasher film that actually has depth compared to other films of the genre and for its time the special effects are very good. The film has a balanced screenplay with great characters that carry...
Three out of four tokes.]]>629dreams,englund,freddy,halloween,nightmare,scary,slashertrue1104fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/103-the-shining--57382888https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57382888Wed, 25 Oct 2023 18:39:34 +0000Ray Salazar"The Shining" is a great horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick that's adapted by Stephen King's "The Shining". I never read the book and don't care too much of it so I couldn't compare and I wouldn't, to be honest. I'm reviewing films and this film...931colorado,evil,fiction,health,horror,king,kubrick,murder,novels,psychological,shining,slashertrue1103fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/102-hausu--57310498
Three out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57310498Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:54:03 +0000Ray Salazar"House" is one of the wackiest but complex horror films of all time. It's not your typical psychological horror film, you really need to look past what is presented to you. It has symbolism deals with innocence and the loss of a loved one be it a...
Three out of four tokes.]]>468comedy,evil,family,hausu,horror,house,innocence,japanese,obayashi,war,witchcrafttrue1102fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/101-friday-the-13th-1980--57231085
Two out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57231085Sat, 14 Oct 2023 03:07:38 +0000Ray SalazarThe iconic slasher film didn't have Jason Voorhees as the major character but the major catalyst in "Friday the 13th". Stupid teens were warned by locals to stay away from Camp Crystal lake. Shit happens and all of a sudden nobody knows what to do. A...
Two out of four tokes.]]>428halloween,horror,jason,slasher,voorheestrue1101fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/100-jennifer-s-body--57182761Twilight that was catered to emo/goth teens and alike, and lets face it, those who graduated from high school. It's called "Jennifer's Body" and it's about hot chick who becomes possessed after hanging with a band she was obsessed to see. She starts killing dudes from her high school and her best friend is trying to figure out what to do and she can't trust no one becomes no one takes her seriously which is pretty weird. I had problems with this film, such as character development especially with Needy's characters. Like, man, smarten up! These characters overall are dumb! I felt the film would have been better if that subplot of sexual tensions between the two major characters. I really like the cinematography of the film, they set up pretty good killing scenes, the visuals are not merciless. That's about it. I wished these characters weren't so much like "Juno" characters, but hey, it's Diablo Cody. She has great work overall.

Two and a half out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57182761Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:40:47 +0000Ray SalazarDiablo Cody teamed up with Karyn Kusama and they came up with a Twilight that was catered to emo/goth teens and alike, and lets face it, those who graduated from high school. It's called "Jennifer's Body" and it's about hot chick who becomes possessed...Twilight that was catered to emo/goth teens and alike, and lets face it, those who graduated from high school. It's called "Jennifer's Body" and it's about hot chick who becomes possessed after hanging with a band she was obsessed to see. She starts killing dudes from her high school and her best friend is trying to figure out what to do and she can't trust no one becomes no one takes her seriously which is pretty weird. I had problems with this film, such as character development especially with Needy's characters. Like, man, smarten up! These characters overall are dumb! I felt the film would have been better if that subplot of sexual tensions between the two major characters. I really like the cinematography of the film, they set up pretty good killing scenes, the visuals are not merciless. That's about it. I wished these characters weren't so much like "Juno" characters, but hey, it's Diablo Cody. She has great work overall.

Two and a half out of four tokes.]]>763cody,comedy,fox,halloween,hell,horror,romance,satanic,schooltrue1100fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/99-the-exorcist-believer--57128107
two out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57128107Fri, 06 Oct 2023 22:30:44 +0000Ray SalazarDavid Gordon Green co-wrote "The Exorcist: Believer" with Danny McBride but ultimately directed this attempt of horror that deals with spiritual/demonic possession. It's a subgenre that he hasn't been too. This film has a simple plot where overall...
two out of four tokes.]]>709believer,burstyn,exorcist,green,halloween,horror,october,religion,spirituality,voodootrue199fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/98-boyz-n-the-hood--56995467
Four out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56995467Fri, 29 Sep 2023 17:45:15 +0000Ray SalazarJohn Singleton showed us 1991 America in less than two hours and he was relentless. The f-ed up part of it all is that even though it's a fictional film, what you see in the film happens everyday. What sucks even more is that it still happens to this...
Four out of four tokes.]]>1282america,comingofage,drugs,gangs,gentrification,parenthood,peace,singleton,society,teenhood,violence,youthtrue198fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/97-i-love-you-man-feat-xg-of-tin-foil-hat-gps-wdsts--56973974
XG
http://fullytoxic.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56973974Thu, 28 Sep 2023 13:30:02 +0000Ray Salazar"I Love You, Man" is a great bromance film. It's a rom-com made for everyone when usually it's aimed for women. We all know how Hollywood works. Is it hard to say "I Love You" to a good friend, expecially if he's a best man for your wedding? XG is my...
XG
http://fullytoxic.com]]>1169bravery,bromance,brotherhood,chocolat,friendship,love,men,trust,weddingstrue197fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/96-old--56879682
Three out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56879682Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:00:02 +0000Ray SalazarM. Night Shyamalan loves mystery and science fiction. He definitely is a filmmaker who loves to mix those genres together and push boundaries. He's known for twists and turns. Sometimes, he likes to put that twist almost at the end of the film. He...
Three out of four tokes.]]>826ethics,family,island,medicine,morals,mystery,noir,old,shyamalan,society,time,unitytrue196fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/95-the-exorcist-1973--56801723
Four our of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56801723Thu, 14 Sep 2023 16:17:15 +0000Ray SalazarWilliam Friedkin is an underrated filmmaker and he took "The Exorcist" and gave the film its own spiritual cleanse on screen. He made a film that's iconic and will stand the test of time. It's very in-depth, the characters show great sense of purpose...
Four our of four tokes.]]>337blair,drama,exorcist,faith,friedkin,god,horror,quija,religion,thrillerfalse195fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/94-one-night-in-miami--56739080
Three and half tokes out of four.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56739080Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:53:23 +0000Ray SalazarRegina King debuted "One Night In Miami..." in various film festivals and have received nothing from praise, adapting a play into a visual experience of four legends all in one screen and in the same area. It's very impressive. I dig the film for its...
Three and half tokes out of four.]]>1233brown,cassius,cook,drama,film,history,king,malcolmx,miami,muhammedali,rightsfalse194fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/93-eastern-promises--56651139
Three out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56651139Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:04:15 +0000Ray SalazarDavid Cronenberg is a great filmmaker, a legend in sci-fi film community but he also makes these dark, undertone thrillers where little action goes in the film but the one big violent scene is suppose to make it up for it all. In some cases, it works....
Three out of four tokes.]]>1215cassel,code,crime,cronenberg,family,fsb,kgb,mobs,mortensen,promises,russia,thrillertrue193fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/92-the-virgin-suicides--56580867
Three and a half tokes out of four.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56580867Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:10:30 +0000Ray SalazarSofia Coppola, daughter of Francis Ford Coppola, started her directing film career with "The Virgin Suicides". She created a good film about teen sisters growing up in a very strict and religious household. Their parents are weird and it's their fault...
Three and a half tokes out of four.]]>1029coppola,death,depression,drama,filmmaking,horomones,love,parenting,religion,romance,suicide,teens,virgintrue192fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/91-fargo-film--56552558
Four out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56552558Tue, 22 Aug 2023 13:30:02 +0000Ray SalazarThe Coen Brothers are master of filmmaking. They can make a crime film funny but at the same time they don't hide the bleakness of what can happen when a insecure/beta car salesman purposely sets up to have his wife kidnapped for ransom. What can't go...
Four out of four tokes.]]>849alpha,buscemi,coen,comedy,crime,fargo,filmmaking,mcdormand,men,minnesota,societytrue191fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/90-biutiful--56464837
Four out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56464837Mon, 14 Aug 2023 15:25:52 +0000Ray SalazarAlejandro González Iñárritu created a beautiful film called "Biutiful" but as beautiful as it is, it's dark, sad and relentless. We follow a man who's involved in the counterfit business as well as guiding lost/broken spirits into the next life as a...
Four out of four tokes.]]>1026bardem,biutiful,cannes,drama,family,film,mediums,spain,spirituality,traffickingtrue190fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/89-past-lives--56363248
Four out of four tokes.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56363248Fri, 04 Aug 2023 01:10:04 +0000Ray SalazarA24 finally released a normal film called "Past Lives" about the re-connection and absolution of two people who, at one point, were in love with each other although time and distance were not in their favor. it's hard to tell where relationships can...
Four out of four tokes.
]]>732a24,connections,dating,film,filmmaking,korea,lost,love,marriage,ny,romancefalse189fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/88-interstellar--56255169
Four out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56255169Thu, 27 Jul 2023 23:57:58 +0000Ray SalazarChristopher Nolan's 2014 "Interstellar" is the perfect film and I consider it the best film of last decade. The perfect film where all aspects of filmmaking blend very well together to deliver a great film. It has a great story, a lot of information...
Four out of four tokes.]]>1049drama,filmmaking,gravity,interstellar,love,nolan,physics,science,space,technologyfalse188fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/87-oppenheimer--56176100
Four out of four tokes.

#oppenheimer #christophernolan #oppenheimerreview]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56176100Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:03:27 +0000Ray SalazarChristopher Nolan is back and he's back with "Oppenheimer", and adapted biographical film abut J. Robert Oppenheimer, the "father" of the atomic. It's wild film both visual and audio. It's a film made to be experienced in the theater and the...
Four out of four tokes.

#oppenheimer #christophernolan #oppenheimerreview]]>953atomic,drama,filmmaking,loyalty,neonoir,nolan,nuclear,oppenheimer,ptsd,trust,war,ww2false187fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/86-manchester-by-the-sea--56173300
Four out of four tokes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56173300Fri, 21 Jul 2023 04:05:08 +0000Ray SalazarKenneth Lonergan wrote and directed "Manchester by the Sea" A great film that earned Best Original Screenplay and Best Male Lead Actor and the film deserves. It's a film that heavily deals with guilt and grief due to a tragic loss of family. As heavy...
Four out of four tokes.]]>1091acting,affleck,cold,coping,death,drama,family,filmmaking,grief,guilt,loss,manchester,ptsd,screenwritingfalse186fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/85-tar--56165400
I give this film four out of four tokes.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56165400Thu, 20 Jul 2023 14:00:02 +0000Ray Salazar"Tár" is a film driven by paranoia from the titular character. I liked the theme about being the talk of the town to almost a half-recognized talent. And all of it is due to allegations to where we see this character scramble for some type of...
I give this film four out of four tokes.
]]>583accusation,blanchett,classical,drama,film,filmmaking,hypocrisy,tárfalse185fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/84-kajillionaire-feat-mildred-fernandez--54537959
Four tokes out of Four

Mildred Fernandez
http://instagram.com/tender_claws]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54537959Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:30:01 +0000Ray SalazarMiranda July is known to weird out, to stretch what we call normalcy. I feel like she is David Lynch's daughter. She'd be the comedy version of him. Anyways, Mildred Fernandez and I reviewed "Kajillionaire" about Old Dolio who never had a chance in...
Four tokes out of Four

Mildred Fernandez
http://instagram.com/tender_claws]]>2090cinema,filmmkaing,happiness,kajillionaire,lgbt,lgbtq,loneliness,love,money,nature,nuture,queer,romance,woodtrue184fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/83-flamin-hot-feat-e-zone--54451053
E-Zone - 4.5 out of 5
Ray - 3.5 out of four tokes

E-Zone
http://instagram.com/flavorssbyezone

#flaminhot #flaminhotmovie #evalongoria]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54451053Thu, 15 Jun 2023 21:00:43 +0000Ray SalazarE-Zone asked me the other day is we can review this film. Of course we can and we did. Eva Longoria in directorial debut, released "Flamin' Hot", the story of how Richard Montañez made the hot cheetos that eveybody in the world knows about and loves....
E-Zone - 4.5 out of 5
Ray - 3.5 out of four tokes

E-Zone
http://instagram.com/flavorssbyezone

#flaminhot #flaminhotmovie #evalongoria]]>1091ambition,cheetos,filmmaking,flamin,latinos,longoria,montañez,socal,struggle,traumatrue183fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/82-moonlight--54316610
Four out of four tokes.

#moonlight #barrjenkins #filmreview]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54316610Tue, 13 Jun 2023 04:33:25 +0000Ray SalazarA24 put out a great film with a great cast that rightfully earned "Best Picture" at the Oscars n 2017. "Moonlight" is a coming-of-age film written & directed by Barry Jenkins. It's a gay film about identity that centers around Chiron, who grew up...
Four out of four tokes.

#moonlight #barrjenkins #filmreview]]>1214addiction,filmmaking,health,identity,jenkins,lgbtq,lgbtqia+,masculinity,moonlight,oscarsfalse182fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/81-coraline--54062423
I give it three and a half out of four tokes.

#coraline #stopmotion #filmreview
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54062423Thu, 01 Jun 2023 07:08:03 +0000Ray Salazar"Coraline" is full of spunk but not for your average child, it's too edgy for it. It's a stop motion film that goes for a quasi-horror spooky film that's centered with the idea of unification as a family and the struggle of identity. It's a film that...
I give it three and a half out of four tokes.

#coraline #stopmotion #filmreview
]]>708animation,coraline,family,fanning,film,filmmaking,identity,motion,portland,spooky,unityfalse181fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/80-the-piano-teacher--54037972Four out of four tokes.

#thepianoteacher #michaelhaneke #filmreview
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/54037972Tue, 30 May 2023 05:37:46 +0000Ray SalazarMichael Haneke wrote and directed "The Piano Teacher" with precision and brutal honesty. It's about a woman who is living through being a total lie. She takes life to other people and sadly to herself but there are reasons for it. It's a film about...Four out of four tokes.

#thepianoteacher #michaelhaneke #filmreview
]]>924conservatory,depression,feminism,filmmaking,haneke,huppert,independence,motherhood,perfection,pianist,piano,repression,toxicitytrue180fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/79-jeanne-dielman-23-quai-du-commerce-1080-bruxelles-the-greatest-film-of-all-time--53961570
Overall, four out of four tokes.

#jeannedielman #chantalakerman]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53961570Mon, 22 May 2023 18:02:33 +0000Ray Salazarin 1975, arthouse queen Chantal Akerman wrote & directed "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles", a film about a widower turned into a prostitute to make ends-meet. That's it. That's the plot but there's so much that goes into this...
Overall, four out of four tokes.

#jeannedielman #chantalakerman]]>9531975,akerman,bruxelles,cinema,dielman,feminism,film,filmmaking,housewife,loneliness,prostitution,slowcinematrue179fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/78-some-like-it-hot--53824396
Four out of Four tokes.

#somelikeithot #billywilder #comedy]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53824396Thu, 11 May 2023 16:47:26 +0000Ray SalazarBilly Wilder's "Some Like It Hot" is the perfect comedy film and it came out in 1959 that stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon. This trio can make life together and how many lives have they uplift and brought laughter to our faces. I...
Four out of Four tokes.

#somelikeithot #billywilder #comedy]]>1222cinema,comedy,crime,curtis,jazz,lemmon,monroe,romance,slapstick,suspense,wilder,womentrue178fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/77-star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith--53742533
Overall - three tokes out of four

#starwars #revengeofthesith #maythefourth]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53742533Thu, 04 May 2023 17:24:33 +0000Ray SalazarMay the fourth be with you. Today I reveiw the best "Star Wars" prequel film, "Episode III - Revenge of the Sith". It's probably the most balanced film of them all that gives us thoughts of life & death, coping and moving forward with loss, and...
Overall - three tokes out of four

#starwars #revengeofthesith #maythefourth]]>943coping,filmmaking,galaxies,headstrong,jedi,loss,lucas,opera,revenge,science,sciencefiction,sith,skywalker,space,star,warstrue177fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/76-moonage-daydream-feat-dj-c-minus--53735532
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#moonagedaydream #davidbowie]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53735532Thu, 04 May 2023 02:13:45 +0000Ray SalazarDJ C-Minus joins me on this review on Brett Morgen's "Moonage Daydream", an artistic collage of David Bowie's musical career to where it begins at the beginning of his "Ziggy" era. We go a little deep into the film, discussing aspects of the...
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#moonagedaydream #davidbowie]]>1859bowie,cminus,filmmaking,glam,masculinity,morgen,music,rock,starman,uk,ziggytrue176fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/75-pineapple-express--53596940
2 1/2 out of 4 tokes.

#pineappleexpress #420 #sethrogan]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53596940Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:17:11 +0000Ray SalazarDavid Gordon Green released 2008's "Pineapple Express" and since then has become a cult following to all stoners and would-be stoners and it's thanks to Cheech & Chong's infliuence of their comedy and association to the vibrant plant known as...
2 1/2 out of 4 tokes.

#pineappleexpress #420 #sethrogan]]>678420,buddies,cannabis,comedy,filmmaking,frano,marijuana,rogan,stonertrue175fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/74-the-super-mario-bros-movie--53556160
3 out of 4 tokes

#thesupermariobrosmovies #morningreel #animation]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53556160Mon, 17 Apr 2023 07:37:33 +0000Ray Salazar"The Super Mario Bros. Movie" is a great starter film for everyone to get into the franchise. The legacy has made it to the big screen in animation and they got it for the most part. I praise the film for Jack Black as Bowser, the best Bowser...
3 out of 4 tokes

#thesupermariobrosmovies #morningreel #animation]]>479bowser,filmmaking,fun,identity,luigi,mario,nintendo,strength,survival,universaltrue174fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/73-sound-of-metal--53464741
#soundofmetal #morningreel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53464741Thu, 06 Apr 2023 18:55:54 +0000Ray Salazar"Sound of Metal" teaches us a lesson. Sometimes we gotta accept what we have and move forward, especially to live a fufilling life. Ruben in the film was like, "F that, I want my hearing back". You pay the price for the things you want and sometimes...
#soundofmetal #morningreel]]>347acknowledgement,asl,communication,community,dariusmarder,deafness,depression,derekcianfrance,determination,filmmaking,language,life,metalfalse173fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/72-everything-everywhere-all-at-once--53424201
I'd give the film four out of four tokes.

#everythingeverywhereallatonce #thedaniels #morningreel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53424201Mon, 03 Apr 2023 14:00:02 +0000Ray Salazar"Everything Everywhere All At Once" is the perfect film as much as it's not my favorite film, it deserves most of the Oscars (and you'll hear why). Overall it's gerat, action-packed, drama goes all over the place and this film in general does go all...
I'd give the film four out of four tokes.

#everythingeverywhereallatonce #thedaniels #morningreel]]>690a24,absurdism,comedy,daniels,depression,everythingeverywhereallatonce,existentialism,film,filmmaking,hsu,iac,multiverse,neuodivergence,nihilism,quan,yeohtrue172fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/71-he-got-game--53318326
#spikelee #hegotgame #basketball]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53318326Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:38:46 +0000Ray SalazarSpike Lee directed "He Got Game" in 1998 and although it didn't meet the budget as far as sales go, he taught us things that money can't buy and that's being a man. In this film, being a man is everything, even more than basketball and it's funny...
#spikelee #hegotgame #basketball]]>591basketball,business,college,fame,forgiveness,hegotgame,lee,men,nba,ncaa,responsibility,spikeleetrue171fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/70-the-banshees-of-inisherin--53150167
#thebansheesofinisherin #martinmcdonagh #morningreel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53150167Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:58:41 +0000Ray Salazar"The Banshees of Inisherin" is a great written and directed film by Martin McDonagh, who takes black comedy to the ficitonal place called Inisherin fille with a unique cast of characters whom are very interactive. Some of the cast add great purpose to...
#thebansheesofinisherin #martinmcdonagh #morningreel]]>760comedy,existentialism,filmmaking,friendship,guinness,inisherin,liking,loneliness,mcdonagh,pints,remembering,screenwriting,successfalse170fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/69-cocaine-bear--52845135
#cocainebear #morningreel #cocainebearreview]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52845135Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:58:50 +0000Ray Salazar"Cocaine Bear" is Elizabeth Banks' best film to date. She was able to show us a thriller, a comedy and a crime film all in and hour 30 mins. That's a little hard to do even if it leans towars the comedy side of things. It's a pretty solid script,...
#cocainebear #morningreel #cocainebearreview]]>387bears,cocaine,cocainebear,comedy,crime,drugs,filmmaking,icecube,nature,thrillertrue169fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/68-if-beale-street-could-talk--52730623
#ifbealestreetcouldtalk #barryjenkins #love]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52730623Tue, 14 Feb 2023 20:12:29 +0000Ray Salazar"If Beale Street Could Talk" is great film that deals with injustice and how to get through it out. The tale is embodied by Tish & Fonny, who are beyond in love, separated by bars due to a crime Fonny was wrongfully convicted of. Tish is carrying...
#ifbealestreetcouldtalk #barryjenkins #love]]>1043beale,injustice,jenkins,law,love,mississippi,romance,tennessefalse168fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/67-love-basketball--52730257
#love&basketball #valentinesday #film]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52730257Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:27:20 +0000Ray Salazar"Love & Basketball" shows the life of two people who are not only in love with each other but in love with basketball. The ticket to freedom, success and being wanted for them is basketball but they later realize what they have is far much...
#love&basketball #valentinesday #film]]>705basketball,careers,college,epps,family,life,love,sports,success,usc,valentinesfalse167fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/66-elvis--52622176
#elvis #morningreel #bazluhrmann]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52622176Fri, 03 Feb 2023 00:28:42 +0000Ray Salazar"Elvis" is a wild ride. It definitely complimented the craziness of Elvis through it's elaborate editing, sound design, to the sloppiness of the screenplay itself along with casrting choices. I enjoyed the film for it's beauty of cinematography,...
#elvis #morningreel #bazluhrmann]]>871blues,butler,depression,elvis,family,gospel,king,luhrmann,music,oscars,r&b,rock,tifftrue166fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/65-the-fabelmans--52556540
#thefabelmans #stevespielberg #morningreel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52556540Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:33:35 +0000Ray SalazarSteven Spielberg has done it with this film called "The Fabelmans" which is roughly his autobiography. Everyhting he cherishes about filmmaking and being vulnerable is right here. I briefly talk about why this film is a masterclass in filmmaking, I...
#thefabelmans #stevespielberg #morningreel]]>669arriflex,art,careers,comedy,drama,dramedy,fabelmans,family,film,filmmaking,kodak,passion,spielbergfalse165fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/64-matilda-1996--52487021Matilda, who gave us a lot to think about and a lot to be grateful of. It's visually striking, the dialog is very snappy and a bit dark at times, especially with Principal Trunchbull, she's a riot. Matilda is a smart girl, almost too smart for your own good and a lot of power of the film comes from that understanding. We all want to belong, believe it or not. I briefly talk about DeVito's visual style in this film in particular, the character development of Matilda and some of the characters, and lastly the comparison of fantasy and reality.

#matilda #dannydevito #morningreel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52487021Thu, 19 Jan 2023 19:17:06 +0000Ray SalazarDanny DeVito directed Matilda, who gave us a lot to think about and a lot to be grateful of. It's visually striking, the dialog is very snappy and a bit dark at times, especially with Principal Trunchbull, she's a riot. Matilda is a smart girl, almost...Matilda, who gave us a lot to think about and a lot to be grateful of. It's visually striking, the dialog is very snappy and a bit dark at times, especially with Principal Trunchbull, she's a riot. Matilda is a smart girl, almost too smart for your own good and a lot of power of the film comes from that understanding. We all want to belong, believe it or not. I briefly talk about DeVito's visual style in this film in particular, the character development of Matilda and some of the characters, and lastly the comparison of fantasy and reality.

#matilda #dannydevito #morningreel]]>786children,development,devito,drama,fantasy,filmmaking,magic,matilda,prodigy,psychokinesis,wilsonfalse164fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/63-waking-life--52443984

Waking Life is Richard Linklater's love letter to his whole filmography: the meaning of life. Is there magic in the world? Are we actually alive? Linklater various films explore those themes, of existentialism, reality, in a lot of his films and he doesn't really go deep on them but in this film in particular, he goes BALLS DEEP and I like that. This is not your typical drama or action film. It's a film that demands your attention and your mind because it does take you to an animated world where it obviously looks incomplete, but much like how we dream, the reversal or reality is limitless and almost shapeless at best. Listen to why I like the film as far as how it's ideas are explored especially with the people involved in them. I also briefly talk about its box office sales and how the timing of this film resonates it. Enjoy!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52443984Sun, 15 Jan 2023 04:13:07 +0000Ray SalazarThis film review was a request by orlyb2012 Thank you orlyb2012 ! Waking Life is Richard Linklater's love letter to his whole filmography: the meaning of life. Is there magic in the world? Are we actually alive? Linklater various films explore...

Waking Life is Richard Linklater's love letter to his whole filmography: the meaning of life. Is there magic in the world? Are we actually alive? Linklater various films explore those themes, of existentialism, reality, in a lot of his films and he doesn't really go deep on them but in this film in particular, he goes BALLS DEEP and I like that. This is not your typical drama or action film. It's a film that demands your attention and your mind because it does take you to an animated world where it obviously looks incomplete, but much like how we dream, the reversal or reality is limitless and almost shapeless at best. Listen to why I like the film as far as how it's ideas are explored especially with the people involved in them. I also briefly talk about its box office sales and how the timing of this film resonates it. Enjoy!]]>745animation,consciousness,dreaming,existentialism,life,linklater,lucid,meaning,reality,self-worth,texasfalse163fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/62-a-little-princess--52363489A Little Princess in which I enjoyed especially with the cinematography and great acting from the cast that you wouldn't expect to see. You can tell that Cuaron has a knack for visuals and it shows in the dream sequences that the set has created that looks very inviting, fluid, and imaginative, which is the subtext of the film, belieivng in reality's magic. Enjoy!

#alittleprincess #alfonsocuaron #morningreel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52363489Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:26:51 +0000Ray SalazarAlfonso Cuaron started his studio film career with A Little Princess in which I enjoyed especially with the cinematography and great acting from the cast that you wouldn't expect to see. You can tell that Cuaron has a knack for visuals and it shows in...A Little Princess in which I enjoyed especially with the cinematography and great acting from the cast that you wouldn't expect to see. You can tell that Cuaron has a knack for visuals and it shows in the dream sequences that the set has created that looks very inviting, fluid, and imaginative, which is the subtext of the film, belieivng in reality's magic. Enjoy!

#alittleprincess #alfonsocuaron #morningreel]]>381children,cuaron,family,imagination,race,school,sisterhood,unity,war,ww1false162fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/61-new-year-s-eve--52330792New Year's Eve is a Garry Marshall directed film and somehting happened to where stories don't go no where but somehow captivate the heart. Not mine, that's for sure. Here's a film where an ensemble cast could have done better if the treatment was better for them in the first place. FInd out why I gave this film TWO tokes in terms of story selection, writing in general and the cheesiness of it. Enjoy.

#newyearseve #garrymarshall #morningreel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52330792Mon, 02 Jan 2023 06:44:55 +0000Ray SalazarNew Year's Eve is a Garry Marshall directed film and somehting happened to where stories don't go no where but somehow captivate the heart. Not mine, that's for sure. Here's a film where an ensemble cast could have done better if the treatment was...New Year's Eve is a Garry Marshall directed film and somehting happened to where stories don't go no where but somehow captivate the heart. Not mine, that's for sure. Here's a film where an ensemble cast could have done better if the treatment was better for them in the first place. FInd out why I gave this film TWO tokes in terms of story selection, writing in general and the cheesiness of it. Enjoy.

#newyearseve #garrymarshall #morningreel]]>575destiny,ensemble,filmmaking,love,marshall,ny,nye,opportunities,romancetrue161fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/60-aftersun--52312497Aftersun is a brave film written & directed by Charlotte Wells that focuses on the dynamic between single parents and their children especially when dealing with depression coming from the parent. It's a simple in its plot but complex as to what the characters go through in an emotional and physiological level. I love it for the writing, the acting and stage direction Wells was able to successfully accomplish, as well as how the cinematography presents the dynamics. Enjoy!

#aftersun #charlottewells #a24]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52312497Fri, 30 Dec 2022 07:54:20 +0000Ray SalazarAftersun is a brave film written & directed by Charlotte Wells that focuses on the dynamic between single parents and their children especially when dealing with depression coming from the parent. It's a simple in its plot but complex as to what...Aftersun is a brave film written & directed by Charlotte Wells that focuses on the dynamic between single parents and their children especially when dealing with depression coming from the parent. It's a simple in its plot but complex as to what the characters go through in an emotional and physiological level. I love it for the writing, the acting and stage direction Wells was able to successfully accomplish, as well as how the cinematography presents the dynamics. Enjoy!

#aftersun #charlottewells #a24]]>719a24,adolescence,aftersun,anxiety,cannes,depression,filmmaking,meditation,parenting,tiff,turkey,vacationing,wellnesstrue160fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/59-a-charlie-brown-christmas--52281003A Charlie Brown Christmas is the first TV special of the Peanuts gang and it's great for kids and adults to watch. The short is still reltable to today's time especially how it mentions commercialism and greed, especially from a child's perspective. I loved the humor, seeing Charlie Brown as a play director is great and Snoopy steals the cel throughout. Watch it on Apple +, sadly it's not broadcasted to the public audience, but do please see it whenever it's on your screen.

#acharliebrownchristmas #morningreel #charlesmschulz]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52281003Mon, 26 Dec 2022 07:44:41 +0000Ray SalazarA Charlie Brown Christmas is the first TV special of the Peanuts gang and it's great for kids and adults to watch. The short is still reltable to today's time especially how it mentions commercialism and greed, especially from a child's perspective. I...A Charlie Brown Christmas is the first TV special of the Peanuts gang and it's great for kids and adults to watch. The short is still reltable to today's time especially how it mentions commercialism and greed, especially from a child's perspective. I loved the humor, seeing Charlie Brown as a play director is great and Snoopy steals the cel throughout. Watch it on Apple +, sadly it's not broadcasted to the public audience, but do please see it whenever it's on your screen.

#acharliebrownchristmas #morningreel #charlesmschulz]]>3911965,animation,christmas,commercialism,greed,peanuts,santa,schulz,snoopy,snowfalse159fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/58-elf--52276220Elf is directed by Jon Favreau and he did a great job guiding a cast to cheer and jubulation. It's a well balanced film that I would consider a modern Christmas film and at this point it is a classic. Listen to me talking about the team between James Caan and Will Ferrell, how develop from each other, how music embodies Christmas, and how to relates to certain people who think they got it all but if family ain't there, you got nothing.

#morningreel #elf #willferrell]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52276220Sun, 25 Dec 2022 02:20:30 +0000Ray SalazarElf is directed by Jon Favreau and he did a great job guiding a cast to cheer and jubulation. It's a well balanced film that I would consider a modern Christmas film and at this point it is a classic. Listen to me talking about the team between James...Elf is directed by Jon Favreau and he did a great job guiding a cast to cheer and jubulation. It's a well balanced film that I would consider a modern Christmas film and at this point it is a classic. Listen to me talking about the team between James Caan and Will Ferrell, how develop from each other, how music embodies Christmas, and how to relates to certain people who think they got it all but if family ain't there, you got nothing.

#morningreel #elf #willferrell]]>894caan,christmas,elf,family,favreau,ferrell,filmmaking,ny,snow,spirit,unity,yorktrue158fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/57-home-alone-and-home-alone-2-lost-in-new-york--52234234Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a Christmas gift provided by John Hughes to us. Now, in this review, I don't go in-depth to the how this franchise stood the test of time. I simply talk about how I like the first film aginst its adventurous sequels but they are great to watch and enjoy for all kinds of people to see and it's great to see this film due to its constant culture it continues spray to our younger generations. Enjoy.

#homealone #homealone2 #johnhughes]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52234234Tue, 20 Dec 2022 07:12:57 +0000Ray SalazarHome Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a Christmas gift provided by John Hughes to us. Now, in this review, I don't go in-depth to the how this franchise stood the test of time. I simply talk about how I like the first film aginst its...Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a Christmas gift provided by John Hughes to us. Now, in this review, I don't go in-depth to the how this franchise stood the test of time. I simply talk about how I like the first film aginst its adventurous sequels but they are great to watch and enjoy for all kinds of people to see and it's great to see this film due to its constant culture it continues spray to our younger generations. Enjoy.

#homealone #homealone2 #johnhughes]]>1249alone,christmas,comedy,hughes,nytrue157fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/56-it-s-a-wonderful-life--52145187
#morningreel #itsawonderfullife #frankcapra]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52145187Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:15:28 +0000Ray SalazarIt's a Wonderful Life" is wonderful for many reasons - the production design, the well written script adapted from "A Christmas Carol", the acting and ensemble cast you get, plus more from the premise itself of making the best of life, especially when...
#morningreel #itsawonderfullife #frankcapra]]>462angels,capra,christmas,dickens,dreams,family,goals,monopoly,suicide,unityfalse156fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/55-the-philadelphia-story--52096107
#thephiladelphiastory #morningreel #lsd]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52096107Mon, 05 Dec 2022 05:37:52 +0000Ray SalazarTrue love! In this LSD review, I talk about why I think "The Philadelphia Story" is a great film, almost the perfect film to be more descriptive. The cast filled with beautiful and talented actors and how they certainly bring the script alive on its...
#thephiladelphiastory #morningreel #lsd]]>4491940,cinema,comedy,filmmaking,golden,grant,hepburn,romcom,romedy,screwball,stewartfalse155fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/54-a-charlie-brown-thanksgiving--52015389
#morningreel #acharliebrownthanksgiving]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52015389Sat, 26 Nov 2022 05:30:39 +0000Ray SalazarThis Peanuts classic shows us kids and adults what Thanksgiving is about in a cute, comedic and wholesome way. A simple plot didn't go a long way but I enjoyed Snoopy making food for his friends and all comes from the bottom of his heart. A film to...
#morningreel #acharliebrownthanksgiving]]>401animation,children,emmys,family,filmmaking,peanuts,schulz,snoopy,thanksgiving,union,woodstockfalse154fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/53-to-the-wonder--51935254
#morningreel #tothewonder #terrencemalick]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51935254Fri, 18 Nov 2022 02:08:08 +0000Ray Salazar"To the Wonder" written & directed by Terrence Malick is a love letter to love and it's brutal. It's not a graphic film but the passion that the actors put into the film is no where near numb. An explosion at being free and feeling free in a space...
#morningreel #tothewonder #terrencemalick]]>518art,couples,existentialism,filmmaking,malick,oklahoma,paris,passion,relationshipsfalse153fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/52-equals-feat-fabiola-soto--51847457
#morningreel #equals #romance]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51847457Thu, 10 Nov 2022 14:00:02 +0000Ray SalazarMy wife briefly joins on this episode for the review of "Equals" which I thought is a good hearted film that did is best to use romance and fuse it with minimalist science fiction themes such as dystopian societies where emotions are taboo. I really...
#morningreel #equals #romance]]>574aliens,blue,cinematography,dystopia,emotions,equals,filmmaking,minimalism,romance,sciencefalse152fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/51-clerks-iii--51783516
#clerks3 #kevinsmith #morningreel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51783516Fri, 04 Nov 2022 08:37:15 +0000Ray Salazar"Clerks III" concludes the "Clerks" trilogy that Kevin Smith has created. This film is probably the most emotional of the three. Not the most powerful, it almost feels like mockumentary of sorts but Smith did a good job choosing which scenes are...
#clerks3 #kevinsmith #morningreel]]>929ambition,clerks,comedy,death,filmmaking,life,smith,workingfalse151fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/50-clerks-ii--51783304
#clerks2 #kevinsmith #morningreel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51783304Fri, 04 Nov 2022 08:37:02 +0000Ray SalazarWe're back with "Clerks II", the raunchier, more in-depth sequel to Kevin Smith's "Clerks II". I dig this sequel more than the first, it has more dialog that works with the overall story of the film. I talk the strengths of how the characters push the...
#clerks2 #kevinsmith #morningreel]]>784age,clerks,comedy,filmmaking,jersey,life,mewes,older,smith,worktrue150fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/49-clerks--51783099
#clerks #kevinsmith #morningreel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51783099Fri, 04 Nov 2022 08:36:49 +0000Ray Salazar"Clerks" is Kevin Smith's debut in cinema and what an explosive film it is. After this film, the rest was history for this talented man. I talk about how the film reminds me of Jean-Luc Godard in terms how it's organized visually speaking. It's in...
#clerks #kevinsmith #morningreel]]>564cinema,clerks,filmmaking,friendship,godard,indie,jersey,life,mewes,midlife,ohalloran,smith,workingfalse149fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/48-halloween-1978--51746226
#halloween #johncarpenter #horror]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51746226Tue, 01 Nov 2022 05:33:01 +0000Ray SalazarJohn Carpenter's "Halloween" is a great attempt at American Horror Slasher cinema. The man who is known for writing, scoring, and directing; takes us to suburbia where in Halloween, no teenager is safe and Michael Myers doesn't care who gets sliced. I...
#halloween #johncarpenter #horror]]>610carpenter,feminism,filmmaking,halloween,horror,myers,review,scary,slasher,voyeurismfalse148fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/47-haxan--51697858https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51697858Wed, 26 Oct 2022 20:07:29 +0000Ray Salazar"Häxan" is probably one of most spookiest/horror films of the day and that time is 1922. Imagine watching this film at that time? That's what I briefly explore in this episode. It's a documentary-style film that informs us witchcraft since Middle Ages...572halloween,haxan,horror,spooky,sweden,witchcraft,witches,womenfalse147fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/46-the-blair-witch-project--51651177https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51651177Sat, 22 Oct 2022 03:28:04 +0000Ray Salazar"The Blair Witch Project" is an example of an indie masterpiece and at the same time being a horror film. The decision to make the film feel realistic led partially to the power of the film, the acting is incredible that it makes you feel like you're...507blair,burkittsville,filmmaking,halloween,hiking,horror,indie,lost,maryland,mockumentary,success,woodstrue146fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/45-hocus-pocus-and-hocus-pocus-2--51577500
#morningreel #hocuspocus #hocuspocus2]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51577500Fri, 14 Oct 2022 18:40:26 +0000Ray SalazarA GRINDHOUSE FEATURE - "Hocus Pocus" and "Hocus Pocus 2" both great for kids and adults to watch. I talk about how the films puts representation on women in leading roles, the complexity of the characters especially Bette Midler's. I also talk about...
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#morningreel #jaws #stevenspielberg]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51272721Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:17:42 +0000Ray Salazar"Jaws" and among other early '70s films made what is called the "blockbuster" today. "Jaws" is an iconic film beautifully directed by Steven Spielberg. He went the Hitchcock/new wave route with his choice of cinematography and how the characters...
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#morningreel #thespectacularnow]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51122587Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:38:54 +0000Ray SalazarOne of my favorite sub-genres of filmmaking is the "coming of age" where young folks figure themselves out, whether it be a situation or time in their life. "The Spectacular Now" is a gem in this modern day romance/drama genre. The film does the...
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#morningreel #daysofbeingwild #wongkarwai]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51059731Sun, 28 Aug 2022 20:57:24 +0000Ray Salazar"Days of WIld Being" is Wong Kar-wai's debut film about missed connections of the romantic and parental. The absence of those who birthed us creates to be a certain, missing the peace that we can forever yearn for. I talk about how his choice of...
#morningreel #daysofbeingwild #wongkarwai]]>612cinema,filmmaking,green,hongkong,karwai,parenthood,romance,screenwritingtrue1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/39-the-rehearsal-season-01--51007182https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51007182Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:37:14 +0000Ray SalazarNathan Fielder's "The Rehearsal" that's on HBO, is one of the most original reality television programs today where all the stops are off. In full Fielder mode, he goes on to helping people in his way but goes almost to God-like stages. One of the...479choices,comedy,confrontations,fielder,hbo,life,probabilities,reality,rehearsal,scenarios,televisionfalse1bonushttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/38-irma-vep-1996--50943839
#irmavep #maggiecheung #morningreel]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50943839Thu, 18 Aug 2022 07:00:03 +0000Ray SalazarOlivier Assayas wrote and directed "Irma Vep" that portrays the state of French cinema at the time by placing the audience in the middle of making a film. A film about a film like how Assayas did is very invasive in an artful way. I briefly explain...
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"Gravity" is the film Alfonso Cuaron finally got some serious recognition because of the numerous awards its earned back in 2013. I explain why by praising his writing, the team that made the sound design and the team who did the CGI for this film--which looks great. It's a sci-fi adventure led by mainly Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. It's a film of the triumph of the human will. There are actions that leave you no choice but to succeed, no exceptions. How Bullock's character progresses in the film from beginning to the final shot is almost a masterclass of storytelling. Simple is all you need sometimes.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50770297Thu, 04 Aug 2022 07:00:02 +0000Ray SalazarRequested by Anthony Soto "Gravity" is the film Alfonso Cuaron finally got some serious recognition because of the numerous awards its earned back in 2013. I explain why by praising his writing, the team that made the sound design and the team who...
"Gravity" is the film Alfonso Cuaron finally got some serious recognition because of the numerous awards its earned back in 2013. I explain why by praising his writing, the team that made the sound design and the team who did the CGI for this film--which looks great. It's a sci-fi adventure led by mainly Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. It's a film of the triumph of the human will. There are actions that leave you no choice but to succeed, no exceptions. How Bullock's character progresses in the film from beginning to the final shot is almost a masterclass of storytelling. Simple is all you need sometimes.]]>682bullock,cuaron,earth,environment,filmmaking,gravity,nasa,scifi,space,thrillerfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/35-bringing-out-the-dead-mushroom-pov--50734192https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50734192Thu, 28 Jul 2022 07:08:19 +0000Ray SalazarI know why Martin Scorsese casted Nic Cage to be in "Bringing Out the Dead", he knew that this man can unravel such as that and he knew he can. This film is a wild trip into the dangerous streets of New York but in that ugliness is beauty that changes...557cage,death,emt,filmmaking,hospitals,life,mushrooms,nyc,psychedelics,schrader,scorsesetrue1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/34-little-miss-sunshine--50673682https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50673682Fri, 22 Jul 2022 00:31:03 +0000Ray SalazarThe debut film of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. This is a solid film with a great screenplay and a great cast to knock it off the pageant floor. I dig the strengths these cast of characters do and aren't afraid to show their weakness which is...259carrell,family,faris,film,littlemisssunshine,pageants,roadtrip,travelfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/33-lost-highway--50594124https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50594124Sat, 16 Jul 2022 17:31:11 +0000Ray Salazar"Lost Highway" is one David Lynch's quasi-pyschosexual neo-noir masterpiece where the screenplay leaves your head scratching but at the same time it gets you to watch more. I talk about the strengths of the film in how its visuals not only create a...781arquette,california,crime,highway,lynch,murder,mystery,neonoir,noir,pullman,screenwriting,whodonitfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/32-child-44--50492913https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50492913Thu, 07 Jul 2022 14:00:02 +0000Ray Salazar"Child 44" tried it's best to centralize corruption and murder in early Soviet Union era but it's confusing plot and heavy burden on Russian accents rather than actual spoken dialog left me searching for more. The actors did their best on this film...383corruption,filmmaking,hardy,murder,mystery,politics,rapace,russia,soviettrue1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/31-big-eyes--50400641https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50400641Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:00:02 +0000Ray Salazar"Big Eyes" is Tim Burton's passion project about artists Walter and Margaret Keane but more primarily on Margaret for she is a pioneer in modern art of the time with her paintings that have the signature "big eyes" on the subjects. It's a fairly...38950s,art,burton,feminism,keanefalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/30-beautiful-boy--50312045https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50312045Thu, 23 Jun 2022 20:30:19 +0000Ray Salazar"Beautiful Boy", a dramatic bio film based on David and Nic Sheff's memoirs about meth addiction. The film looks into it, bringing the true story to life in a character-driven way with the swells of music that adds to emotions of the film. It's harsh...561addiction,california,drama,family,fathers,filmmaking,meth,rehab,sheff,struggling,unitytrue1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/29-saving-private-ryan--50228529https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50228529Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:26:58 +0000Ray Salazar"Saving Private Ryan" is the perfect war film directed by Steven Spielberg that even today still stands strong due to all kinds of aspects that the man visioned and set in stone. I talk about those aspects such as direction, cinematography, acting and...570filmmaking,innocence,kaminski,ptsd,savingprivateryan,spielberg,war,ww2,wwiitrue1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/28-tokyo-story--50137151https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50137151Thu, 09 Jun 2022 07:39:11 +0000Ray SalazarYasujirō Ozu's "Tokyo Story" is considered one of the best--IF NOT--the best film of all time. THE BEST FILM OF ALL TIME. Like, if Stranger Things went on 20 more seasons, "Tokyo Story" would be still probably the best film of all time and I don't...934adulthood,children,cinema,family,honor,japan,life,loneliness,love,ozu,parenting,parents,selfishness,selflessness,tokyofalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/27-chungking-express--50035849https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50035849Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:00:03 +0000Ray SalazarWong Kar-wai could be your introduction to Hong Kong cinema and his "Chungking Express" is the keys to it. If you dig crime and romance with quirky moods, this is the film. I briefly explain how Kar-wai sets mood with music and visuals such as rolling...316chungking,cinema,crime,faye,filmmaking,films,hongkong,karwai,leung,quirky,romance,romcomfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/26-brokeback-mountain-feat-xg-of-tin-foil-hat-gps-wdsts--49949479
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DJ C-Minus is from a Hip Hop DJ group called Fantastik 4our, has toured world wide with such bands like Kid Rock, Korn, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age and more. The man is an encyclopedia of music and the culture within it. Follow him at:

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http://djcminus.com]]>1351concert,funk,love,peace,prince,review,sheilaefalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/03-twilight-and-the-twilight-saga-new-moon--48567823https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48567823Thu, 03 Feb 2022 16:02:45 +0000Ray SalazarMy film review of "Twilight" and "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" from the famous book series created by Stephenie Meyer. I briefly talk about Bella's mouth always open in almost every shot, the ambitions these characters could have & how it applies to...381bella,cullen,film,jacob,lautner,love,meyer,moon,pattinson,romance,stewart,triangle,twilight,valentines,vampiresfalse1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/02-the-power-of-the-dog--48462529https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48462529Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:00:03 +0000Ray SalazarReview of Jane Campion's "The Power of the Dog" that's based on the 1967 novel written by Thomas Savage. In some part of this podcast episode, I describe how the cinematography plays a big role. I also chime in why critics think it's one best films of...341campion,cinematography,drama,film,filmmaking,gay,jane_campion,psychological,review,westernfalse12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/01-licorice-pizza--48358884https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48358884Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:49:32 +0000Ray SalazarMy Intro to Morning Reel and the review for Paul Thomas Anderson's "Licorice Pizza"408drama,film,filmmaking,haim,licoricepizza,oscars,pizza,pta,reviewsfalse11full