Author: Gig Patta

Gig Patta

Gig Patta is a journalist and interviewer for LRM and Latino-Review since 2009. He was a writer for other entertainment sites in the past with Collider and IESB.net. He originally came from the world of print journalism with several years as a reporter with the San Diego Business Journal and California Review. He earned his MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management and BA in Economics from UC San Diego. Follow him on Instagram @gigpatta or Facebook @officialgigpatta.

HBO NOW Has A Good Lineup to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Although it’s almost halfway over, it is still not too late to recognize Hispanic Heritage Month with multiple Latino-themed films. HBO NOW announced earlier this month with a new slate of Estrenos premiering in September,

Exclusive Trailer: Doubting Thomas Raises Questions After Black Baby’s Birth to White Parents

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uYq8M9f4IU&feature=youtu.be Who’s child is it? Every child is a miracle. But, when a white couple receives a black baby—it either a true miracle or even something more. Based on a true story, Doubting Thomas is

Netflix’s The Last Kids On Earth: Nick Wolfhard on Popular Kids Series and Love of Voiceover [Exclusive Interview]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvB7VwapZ68 The apocalypse just happened. There are gigantic monsters. Zombies everywhere. And all the adults fled the city. What is there to do? Survive and most importantly—still be a kid. Based off the best-selling kids

CW’s Warigami: Kai Bradbury on Action, Stunts And Deadly Paper Weapons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfPTLLh46Gg Talk about deadly paper cuts. From the mind of Eddie Kim, Warigami takes a playful paper-folding concept of origami and turned it into a deadly weapon kung-fu art. The concept of Warigami was concepted

Freaks: Directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein On A Suspense With Superpowers [Exclusive Interview]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nEPPpoo_js&feature=youtu.be Big budget comic films are making the big splashes this year with Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel and Spider-Man: Far From Home. However, the smaller indie films this year are using its creativity to present

El Norte: Director Gregory Nava on The Undocumented Immigrants Plight Message 35 Years Later [Exclusive Interview]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaB9Xn2Wl_8&feature=youtu.be Guatemalans escaping their home country for better lives. Refugees seeking Mexican coyotes to cross the border. Undocumented immigrants working in factories and restaurants fearing deportation some day. Sound familiar? The same story had resonated

Markie in Milwaukee: Red Carpet Interviews With Subject and Crew [Exclusive Interview]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQgD2l7Q2As Although the LGBTQIA community has made certain strides in civil rights in recent years, the transgender community is still the most misunderstood and discriminated against. Documentarian Matt Kliegman (Feral, Bomb Fetish) hopes his film

Riot Girls: Madison Iseman on Playing Something Different With the Look and Character [Exclusive Interview]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QyiF_QjW_M&t=9s After Goosebumps 2, Annabelle Comes Home and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Madison Iseman is ready for something entirely different. She easily found it with the action film Riot Girls, in which she plays

Freaks: Amanda Crew, Lexy Kolker and Bruce Dern on Family Dynamics with Superpowers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkRNUwe7Iv4 A family full of freaks are still a family. In Freaks, the film isn’t about humans hunting people with freakish super-human powers. It is more of a family trying to survive and hide from

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum: Mark Dacascos on Prepping and Dance-Like Fight Choreography [Exclusive]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWQOYrTUu3E&feature=youtu.be No one questions the legend of John Wick. Everyone knows John Wick and every assassin wants to cash in on that bounty. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum is out on 4K UHD, Blu-ray