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1.Men With Guns starring: Federico Luppi, Damián Delgado, Dan Rivera González, Tania Cruz, Damián Alcázar directed by: John Sayles August 25, 1998
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As the Peruvian's review indicates, there are certainly Latin Americans who don't want to face part of their political reality, just as there are US citizens who like to deny or rationalize the violence of the United States of North America. The "Indian Wars" of the US empire continue as this film on the oppression of Guatemalan Mayan Indians reveals. While President Clinton did offer a near-apology for our decades of funding and organizing Guatemala's dirty war that killed 200,000 people, our corporatocracy continues to exploit the region and to wage economic warfare via NAFTA, CAFTA and the World Bank. "Men With Guns" beautifully shows all who care the sort of brutal madness that has been taking place in Central America. I've shared this film with Guatemalan immigrants I know, and ... Read More

2.Danzon starring: María Rojo, Carmen Salinas, Tito Vasconcelos, Margarita Isabel, Víctor Carpinteiro directed by: María Novaro September 29, 1997
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I would advise any cinefile with a human heart and an appreciation of true art to disregard all reviews (including this one), watch the movie, and judge for himself; lest he miss a unique and uniquely profound experience. The film is a timeless thing of beauty, strikingly original, grounded in true human-ness, at times moving, at times bitter-sweet, but always real; and it leaves no trace of current cockamamie ideologies about women or other political korrectness: it is about real life, or sober fantasy. Directed by a woman, most definitely not a "chick flick". The furthest thing from a "romance novel", though many superficial viewers seem unable to tell the (huge) difference. I would also say that it is sex-neutral. It says as much to men as to women. (I am one of the ... Read More

3.Los Olvidados starring: Alfonso Mejía, Roberto Cobo, Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán, Alma Delia Fuentes directed by: Luis Buñuel August 03, 1989
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Spanish surrealist director Luis Bunuel's grim "Los Olvidados" is a stark, realistic depiction of the lives of a gang of impoverished street kids in the squalid slums of Mexico City. Doomed to their existence by indigence, lack of education and parental guidance these unfortunate street urchins resort to crime and violence to sustain themselves. Bunuel's dark commentary on society revolves around two boys, one basically good, Pedro played by Alfonso Mejia, and one bad, Jaibo played by Roberto Cobo. Jaibo has just escaped from a reformatory and takes up his place as the leader of the gang. He leads them in robbing and persecuting weak and defenseless people in the neighborhood. Pedro, born out of wedlock and abhored by his mother tries everything to win her affection but to no avail. ... Read More

4.El Bolero de Raquel starring: Cantinflas, Manola Saavedra, Flor Silvestre, Paquito Fernández, Daniel 'Chino' Herrera directed by: Miguel M. Delgado
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Es la primera pelicula del famoso cómico mexicano Cantinflas que es filmada a todo color. Creo que la trama es solamente una excusa estupida para que Cantinflas tenga la oportunidad de bailar junto a una bella bailarina esa pieza famosa titulada El Bolero de Ravel, la cual dura más de cinco minutos y en la pelicula la baila hasta el final, ridiculizando la obra maestra del gran compositor Maurice Ravel, con la absurda idea de hacer reir a espectador. El resto del filme es lento, aburrido y pesado hasta el final.

5.Julio Y Su Angel starring: Carmen Del Valle October 24, 1996
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Es la primera pelicula del famoso cómico mexicano Cantinflas que es filmada a todo color. Creo que la trama es solamente una excusa estupida para que Cantinflas tenga la oportunidad de bailar junto a una bella bailarina esa pieza famosa titulada El Bolero de Ravel, la cual dura más de cinco minutos y en la pelicula la baila hasta el final, ridiculizando la obra maestra del gran compositor Maurice Ravel, con la absurda idea de hacer reir a espectador. El resto del filme es lento, aburrido y pesado hasta el final.

6.Siete En LA Mira 2 starring: Agustín Bernal, Martha Gasque, Miguel Gómez Checa, Jonathan Kano, Jorge Reynoso directed by: Pedro Galindo III December 07, 1998
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IF PART ONE WAS GREAT,PART TWO IS OUTSTANDING.THE MAIN LEADERS OF THE GANG ARE DETERMINED TO AVENGE THE MEMBERS KILLED IN PART ONE AND THE TWIN BROTHER OF VIKINGO(LEADER FROM PART ONE) IS WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO AVENGE HIS BROTHERS DEATH, BY FINDING THE ONES RESPONSIBLE.THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT HE IS TO LATE,THE VENTURA BROTHERS ARE ALREADY DEAD AND HE BLAMES THE WITCHES WHO RAISED THEM LIKE THEIR OWN CHILDS.HE KILLS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM BUT HE IS UNAWARE THAT THERE IS STILL ONE VENTURA ALIVE AND WELL,THE COUSIN OF THE VENTURA BROTHERS.THE GANG PICKS 8 OF THE BEST MEMBERS TO ASSIST VIKINGOS BROTHER BUT THE VENTURAS COUSINS WIPES THEM ALL ONE BY ONE WITH THE AID OF 3 PRISONERS THE POLICE GAVE HIM TO ASSIST HIM.IF YOU CAN, BUY A COPY OF THIS MOVIE BECAUSE ITS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FIND IT ANYWHERE ... Read More

7.Rosa De Dos Aromas starring: Olivia Collins, Patricia Rivera, Ana Colchero, Wolf Ruvinskis, Teresa Velázquez directed by: Gilberto Gazcón March 16, 1992
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IF PART ONE WAS GREAT,PART TWO IS OUTSTANDING.THE MAIN LEADERS OF THE GANG ARE DETERMINED TO AVENGE THE MEMBERS KILLED IN PART ONE AND THE TWIN BROTHER OF VIKINGO(LEADER FROM PART ONE) IS WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO AVENGE HIS BROTHERS DEATH, BY FINDING THE ONES RESPONSIBLE.THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT HE IS TO LATE,THE VENTURA BROTHERS ARE ALREADY DEAD AND HE BLAMES THE WITCHES WHO RAISED THEM LIKE THEIR OWN CHILDS.HE KILLS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM BUT HE IS UNAWARE THAT THERE IS STILL ONE VENTURA ALIVE AND WELL,THE COUSIN OF THE VENTURA BROTHERS.THE GANG PICKS 8 OF THE BEST MEMBERS TO ASSIST VIKINGOS BROTHER BUT THE VENTURAS COUSINS WIPES THEM ALL ONE BY ONE WITH THE AID OF 3 PRISONERS THE POLICE GAVE HIM TO ASSIST HIM.IF YOU CAN, BUY A COPY OF THIS MOVIE BECAUSE ITS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FIND IT ANYWHERE ... Read More

8.Las Ovejas Descarriadas starring: Juan Valentín, Lorenzo de Monteclaro, Gerardo Reyes, Roberto Cañedo, Rosa Gloria Chagoyán directed by: Fernando Durán Rojas January 05, 1996
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IF PART ONE WAS GREAT,PART TWO IS OUTSTANDING.THE MAIN LEADERS OF THE GANG ARE DETERMINED TO AVENGE THE MEMBERS KILLED IN PART ONE AND THE TWIN BROTHER OF VIKINGO(LEADER FROM PART ONE) IS WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO AVENGE HIS BROTHERS DEATH, BY FINDING THE ONES RESPONSIBLE.THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT HE IS TO LATE,THE VENTURA BROTHERS ARE ALREADY DEAD AND HE BLAMES THE WITCHES WHO RAISED THEM LIKE THEIR OWN CHILDS.HE KILLS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM BUT HE IS UNAWARE THAT THERE IS STILL ONE VENTURA ALIVE AND WELL,THE COUSIN OF THE VENTURA BROTHERS.THE GANG PICKS 8 OF THE BEST MEMBERS TO ASSIST VIKINGOS BROTHER BUT THE VENTURAS COUSINS WIPES THEM ALL ONE BY ONE WITH THE AID OF 3 PRISONERS THE POLICE GAVE HIM TO ASSIST HIM.IF YOU CAN, BUY A COPY OF THIS MOVIE BECAUSE ITS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FIND IT ANYWHERE ... Read More

9.Homework (Spanish) (Sub) starring: Xanic Zepeda, Christopher, José Alonso, María Rojo directed by: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo September 24, 2002
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Odd satire on voyeurism (?) that has film student Virginia (Maria Rojo) wrapping up her film studies class with a video project that will require another person. She gets former boyfriend Marcelo (Jose Alonso) to come over for a drink and to talk. She plans on using him as an "experiment" in the project. She tries to seduce him but he discovers the camera, gets angry and leaves but returns later and agrees to help her. They get naked and have sex for the video project. "Homework" takes place on one set and from the angle of Virginia's camera. It's a two-person character study that turns out in the end not to be what it appears at all. The sex is lengthy and explicit and designed to turn you on (it takes place in a hammock) setting up the viewer for the twist at the end. The first part of the film is a tease ... Read More

10.Viridiana starring: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, José Calvo, Margarita Lozano directed by: Luis Buñuel September 24, 1996
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The criticism of intent is a killer on bad films that have no real depth and do not last a few years beyond their intent's purpose. Such was re-emphasized to me watching Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel's vastly overrated black and white 1961 `shock classic' Viridiana. Of course, all the alleged shock value had to do with Buñuel's puerile attempts to poke fun at and scandalize both the Roman Catholic Church and the regime of Fascist dictator Francisco Franco, and nearly five decades later it looks more like a college prank video than any serious cinema. Furthermore, it is not in the least bit subversive, as many poor critics claim, because its criticism of the Church, especially- and even then, was so manifest as to make one wonder if those who claimed it had subversive qualities even knew what the term meant. ... Read More

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