This weekend Pixar returns to the box office to compete with the monster hit "Jurassic World" while a number of festival hits will open in wide and limited release.
This weekend Universal will unveil one of the most anticipated films of the year while Fox Searchlight will release one of the most acclaimed Indie features. Meanwhile, "San Andreas," " Spy" and "Entourage" will continue at the box office.
This week a number of February films will be released on DVD and on demand. Among these films include Will Smith's latest "Focus," the animated film "Spongebob," the Wachowski siblings' "Jupiter Ascending" and Kristen Stewart's Sundance film "Camp X-Ray." These films will offer an alternative to "Entourage," "Spy" and the horror flick "Insidious 3."
Back in 2012, Peruvian filmmaker Adrian Saba put together a small independent film called "El Limpiador (The Cleaner)." The film, set in post-apocalyptic Lima, not only made the rounds at prominent international film festivals but became a huge hit in his home country and was selected by the nation's film commission as its official submission for that year's Academy Awards' category for Best Foreign Language film.
"El Limpiador" never made the cut at the Oscars, but the film's success launched Saba's career and made him well-known in his country.
Almost three years since the success of "Limpiador" the filmmaker is at it again with his second feature titled "El Sonador (The Dreamer)." The film is set across a wider range of Peruvian locations including prominent sequences in the desert and ocean.
Saba is currently in New York working on the film with editor Justin Beach and spent some time talking with Latin Post about the grueling process that has been the making of "El Sonador" and how it differed from his first feature film.
All in all "San Andreas" will entertain audiences looking for escapism. However, that is all it is, a means of escaping reality and the difficulties of life. However, if an audience member had ever experienced a natural disaster, this is a movie that will surely infuriate and question why this even allowed to be made.
As the summer continues, Hollywood will limit the DVD releases and concentrate on the next big tentpole. This week two films that flopped in the winter will be released.
Latin Post had the opportunity of speaking with Gil Kenan, the director of "Poltergeist". He spoke about his favorite horror films, the experience of making a remake and what genres he hopes to direct in the future.
All in all this film is a disappointment. To come from the genius mind of Brad Bird who has made "The Incredibles," "Ratatouille" and "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol," this film feels flat. Perhaps audiences will enjoy the sheer spectacle and the action sequences but after a few seconds that will dry up and the only thing left the mind will be confusion.
