The Dora the Explore pilot first aired twenty years ago on June 12, 1999. The series centered around Dora, a seven-year-old Latina girl, who along with her cute monkey Boots and talking purple backpack go on travels where young viewers join the show by solving puzzles and riddles while learning the Spanish language, colors, counting and more. Many generations have grown … [Read more...] about Dora and the Lost City of Gold Hits Theaters August 9, 2019
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Cinequest Movie Review and Interview: Clean Hands
By Eydie Mendoza A documentary filmed in Nicaragua, tells the story of a family who works and lives off the dumpsite in Managua. The children’s innocence is not gone. They play, laugh and get into mischief but they also work long hard hours. In Clean Hands we see the world through the parent’s eyes, the children’s’ eyes and not just that of the camera. Filmmaker … [Read more...] about Cinequest Movie Review and Interview: Clean Hands
Cinequest Movie Review: American Muscle
By Eydie Mendoza “You’re out of options. Go home. Now!” Words like that make some people quit but drive others to preserver, and those words did just that for Claire, played by Ashley Platz, a street mechanic, aiming to beat her brother’s nemesis on the tar. American Muscle, a short by Nick Martinez a local film producer and writer, is showing at Cinequest now. Not … [Read more...] about Cinequest Movie Review: American Muscle
Cinequest Movie Review: Princess of the Row
By Eydie Mendoza “You are strong … stubborn … creative … and the world wants you to forget that.” Alysha (Tayler Buck), known as Princess and The Sergeant, her father (Edi Gago) are houseless, living in a tent in Los Angeles. Princess is no damsel in distress and this is no fairytale. Growing up hard-knocks, she is an aspiring teen writer, who in this coming of age … [Read more...] about Cinequest Movie Review: Princess of the Row
Gina Rodriguez stars in Miss Bala
Gina Rodriguez stars in Miss Bala– in theaters February 1. Gina kicks some ass in her latest movie #MissBala. She plays Gloria who finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength. Visit Site: http://www.missbala.movie/ Follow Us on … [Read more...] about Gina Rodriguez stars in Miss Bala