Adrian Torres, Author at Boom Howdy

New Star Wars Animated Series ‘Resistance’ Gets An Action-Packed First Trailer

Adrian TorresAugust 17, 2018

Outside of the movies, talk to anyone about the Star Wars franchise and they'll get excited about one thing: the animated serials. Both The Clone Wars and Rebels have proven to be popular additions to the cannon. Filling a gap left when the EU (expan... Read More...

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Review: ‘Mile 22’ is Less a Movie, More of an Endurance Test

Adrian TorresAugust 17, 2018

Over the last 5 years Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg have formed something of a symbiotic bond. Through Lone Survivor, Deep Water Horizon and Patriots Day, the two have doled out a series of films for a very particular subset of American audiences, one... Read More...

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Review: ‘Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich’ is the Wildest & Most Uneven Film Of The Year

Adrian TorresAugust 17, 2018

When thinking about the longest running film franchises, what comes to mind? Aliens? Star Trek? Star Wars? It may surprise you then that the Puppet Master series has endured for almost 30 years and 12 features. Sensing the series was running long in ... Read More...

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Toronto International Film Festival Set To Premiere Julia Roberts Lead TV Show ‘Homecoming’

Adrian TorresAugust 16, 2018

In a surprisingly big move, TiFF (Toronto International Film Festival), has announced it will showcase Amazon Studio's upcoming new series, Homecoming. The show, which features Julia Roberts in the lead role, is set to headline the festival's new tv ... Read More...

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The New ‘Widows’ Trailer Is Here To Set Your Day On Fire

Adrian TorresAugust 15, 2018

After only three full length features, it's kind of hard to bet against director Steve McQueen. Going from Hunger to Shame and then 12 Years A Slave doesn't exactly happen by accident. So, even without a stellar trailer, you could say expectations we... Read More...

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Review: Crowd-Pleasers Don’t Come More Earnestly Delightful Than ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

Adrian TorresAugust 15, 2018

Sincerity. That's what sets this film apart. It's easy for people to make yet another rom-com, but you add in the secret weapon of sincerity and magically Crazy Rich Asians becomes something truly special, the kind of movie that radiates joy over the... Read More...

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Taraji P. Henson’s Gender-Swapping ‘What Men Want’ Gets A Trailer

Adrian TorresAugust 14, 2018

The 2018 freight train that is Taraji P. Henson just keeps on rolling. Which is fine with us, as Henson is something of a badass and talented actress, even if some of the films she's in don't exactly get their time of day. Her latest feature to hit t... Read More...

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Review: ‘The Meg’ is Big, Dumb & Only a Little Bit of Fun

Adrian TorresAugust 10, 2018

After 20 years in development, Steve Alten's beloved novel, Meg, finally rises from the depths to explode onto the big screen...well, to a degree. Through various scripts drafts, Alten's airport paperback (which spans eons) has been pared down to the... Read More...

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Review: Spike Lee Mixes Mainstream Commercialism with Artistic Rage in ‘BlacKkKlansman’

Adrian TorresAugust 9, 2018

This is what happens when two Spike Lee's collide, one of the mainstream (Inside Man, Malcolm X, 25th Hour) and one of the indie (Chi-Raq, Pass Over), both filled with righteous anger and a desire to entertain, through a prism that may turn some off.... Read More...

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CW Has Tapped Ruby Rose To Be Their Batwoman

Adrian TorresAugust 7, 2018

When The CW wants something bad enough, they waste no time making it happen. After just announcing they were starting work on bringing a Batwoman series to their DCTV slate, they now have an actress to don the cowl. Ruby Rose (John Wick 2, The Meg) h... Read More...

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