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Latin Beat: Mexico's Romantic Comedies, Plus CANTINFLAS; Peru's Apocalyptic Comedy JAPY ENDING
Mexico is in love with romantic comedies at the moment, according to Eric Ortiz Garcia, our correspondent in Mexico, and that includes the upcoming Casi Treinta and Amor de Mis Amores. He's already seen one, so he has comments on...
Guanajuato 2013 Review: CASI TREINTA (ALMOST THIRTY) Is A Dull And Forgettable Romantic Comedy
The Mexican movie Casi Treinta (Almost Thirty) had its world premiere on Sunday, July 21 at the 2013 Guanajuato International Film Festival. The director and the cast were there to walk the red carpet and introduce the film. One of...
Grimm Up North 2011: BY DAY AND BY NIGHT review
Alejandro Molina's By Day and by Night is the kind of bittersweet little fable that only an arthouse film could come up with. The plot does hinge on a patently ridiculous idea Molina could probably have done more to ground...
Dallas' Vistas Latino Film Festival Announces 2010 Line-Up
Dallas' Vistas Latino Film Festival is celebrating its eleventh annual appearance with a great line up of Latin American films and visits from several of the minds and faces behind them. Vistas runs from October 28th through the 31st and...
Mexican SciFi SERES: GENESIS Finds A North American Home
Like the headline says:Los Angeles, CA (August 27, 2010) -- 24 frames, LLC has announced that it has acquired all North-American rights to the Mexican science fiction box office sensation "SERES: GENESIS" from Huma Films. This action-packed alien invasion thriller...
It's Close Encounters Of The Mayan Kind In Mexico's SERES: GENESIS
Mexico is undergoing a surge in science fiction film right now and while most recent entries in the genre have failed to really find their footing, crippled by poor scripts and acting, the progress from project to project has been...
