Tag: ernestodíazespinoza

Fantaspoa 2015: First Wave Of Films Includes SCHERZO DIABOLICO, TURBO KID And More!

Brazil's Fantaspoa festival revealed the first wave of films for its upcoming eleventh edition (May 15 to 31), prior next weekend's announcement of the full lineup (which will consist in more than 100 movies). 14 titles were confirmed, aside of...

Latin Beat: Upcoming In Mexico, HEROES In Chile, PAPELES In Argentina

We begin the new year with an extended look at what's coming to Mexican theaters in 2015, courtesy of our correspondent Eric Ortiz Garcia. We also have a trailer for Heroes, a lighthearted new film that's opening in its native...

The 10 Best Chilean Films of 2014

Ah, 2014. It was an interesting and conflicting year for Chilean cinema. While it was one of the years with most Chilean film on Chilean screens, it was also one of the few in which there was little to none...

SANTIAGO VIOLENTA Brings Pistolas And Piscolas In The New Theatrical Trailer!

Mirageman and Mandrill director Ernesto Diaz Espinoza is having himself quite a year with the premieres of both Redeemer - his latest collaboration with frequent star Marko Zaror - and his long in post action-comedy Santiago Violenta. The story of...

Watch The Trailer For Espinoza's SANTIAGO VIOLENTA

[Now with English subtitles.] It's been a busy time for Chilean writer-director Ernesto Diaz Espinoza. Just last month Espinoza had the world premiere of Redeemer - his latest collaboration with martial artist Marko Zaror - at Fantastic Fest while just...

Valdivia 2014 Review: SANTIAGO VIOLENTA, A Pleasant Surprise And A New Era For Díaz Espinoza

Though there are still three months left in the year and To Kill a Man has already been chosen for the Oscars as the Chilean representative (and rightfully so) I might say that the latest film by action-oriented director Ernesto...

Noah Segan To Get Punched By Marko Zaror In REDEEMER

Ernesto Díaz Espinoza's next with fellow Chilean, and rising martial arts star, Marko Zaror is continuing to shape up with the casting of American Noah Segan. Most recently seen at SXSW in psychological horror Starry Eyes, and best known to...

Santiago 2013 Review: MAKNUM GONZALEZ Plays It Safe And Wins

Ernesto Díaz Espinoza is a beloved figure on ScreenAnarchy. He even wrote a review here (while extremely drunk) of his own film Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman, which was the first of what he labelled LatinXploitation. That...

The Machine Gun Woman Does Not Want You To Clean Her Window, Thanks.

Ernesto Diaz Espinoza's Bring Me The Head Of The Machine Gun Woman is freshly out in Chilean cinemas and the titular character wants you to know one thing. She's aware that her car is dirty. And she's fine with that....

Film4 FrightFest 2013 Glasgow Announces Line-Up

FrightFest returns to Glasgow this February with another weekend of scares, including UK premieres of Neil Jordan's Byzantium, Eli Roth's Aftershock and much talked of anthology The ABCs Of Death. There's also a retrospective screening of a restored edition of...

By The Time You Say It, She's Shot Yours Off. First BRING ME THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE GUN WOMAN Trailer!

Ernesto Diaz Espinoza's Machine Gun Woman arrived at Fantastic Fest with her guns blazing, prompting our own Ryland Aldrich to proclaim the latest from the director of Mandrill and Mirageman a dose of "wildly sexy violence". A should you be...

Fantastic Fest: Ernesto Diaz Espinoza Drunkenly Reviews Ernesto Diaz Espinoza's BRING ME THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE GUN WOMAN

Hello. My name is Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, just five short of TEQUILA swallow, and I'm the director of the stunning, beautiful, sexy, hot, crazy, fun to blow your brain, and LATINXPLOITATION masterpiece of the genre, the now famous movie esquicita...

Fantastic Fest 2012 Review: BRING ME THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE GUN WOMAN is Sexy Violent Fun

There are few filmmakers who know how to create as much onscreen fun with as small of a budget as Chilean writer/director Ernesto Diaz Espinoza. With 70s cinematic sensibilities, funk-filled soundtracks, and always awesome action, Mirageman and Mandrill were fun-packed...

Ernesto Diaz Espinoza Demands You BRING ME THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE GUN WOMAN

The machine-gun woman is coming. The question is whether she will be alive or dead when she arrives. Chile's Ernesto Diaz Espinoza - director of Marko Zaror star vehicles Kiltro, Mirage Man and Mandrill - is bringing a new hero...

Blu-ray Review: MANDRILL

Chilean action star Marko Zaror kinda looks like a jock and certainly doesn't fit the profile for a martial arts hero of his caliber. Most of the really big names in martial arts are smallish men with lightning speed and...

Marko Zaror's MANDRILL Comes To Blu-ray/DVD February 28th!

We're big fans of Chile's Marko Zaror. Ever since we started seeing the first footage from the film Kiltro back in 2006, we've been following his career very closely.  It seems his 2009 action film, Mandrill is finally hitting US...

The Director Of MANDRILL And MIRAGE MAN Returns With SANTIAGO VIOLENTA!

For the first time in his career writer-director Ernesto Diaz Espinoza is in production on a film that was not written for his close friend Marko Zaror. The Espinoza-Zaror duo have been a potent one thus far, together producing international...

Fantasia 2010: MANDRILL Review

[Mack's review of Mandrill originally ran with the film's premiere at Fantastic Fest but with it screening on the opening night of Fantasia - we present it to you now.]Mandrill marks the return of martial artist actor Marko Zaror and...

Magnet Releasing adds 'Mandrill' to its lineup

It's a good thing I am not a betting man because I would have lost this one. I would have thought for sure after last September's enthusiastic reception of Mandrill, the third film with martial artist Marko Zaror and director...

Action Fest 2010: MANDRILL Review

[Mack's review of Mandrill originally ran with the film's premiere at Fantastic Fest but with it now screening at Action Fest - with star Marko Zaror in attendance - we present it to you again now.]Mandrill marks the return...