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The Best Latin Big Screen Bad Guys

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 07/19/2010 - 10:30 | 0 Comments

Alfred Molina is back to being bad! The half Spanish, half British actor, who memorably used creepy mechanical appendages to destroy half of New York City as mad Doc Ock in Spiderman 2, plays another villain in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, which opened over the weekend. As Maxim Horvath, Molina is a dark magician who wants...

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Independent Filmmakers Shine at the Latino Film Festival

By Verky Arcos | 07/14/2010 - 14:30 | 0 Comments

We are so excited that the 11th annual New York International Latino Film Festival is just a couple of weeks away!  The festival kicks off on Tuesday, July 27th with films featuring established actors like America Ferrera (starring in The Dry Land) and Michelle Rodriguez (starring in Tropico De Sangre). Taking place...

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New Machete Trailer Released

By Mariela Rosario | 07/12/2010 - 16:00 | 0 Comments

20th Century Fox just released a new trailer for Machete, the "Grindhouse" style film from Robert Rodriguez and co-director Ethan Maniquis scheduled to hit theaters this fall.

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Poll: What Should Guillermo del toro's Next Project Be?

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 07/12/2010 - 10:58 | 0 Comments

Guillermo del Toro may have broken many a heart by dropping out of directing The Hobbit (a decision he said was "the biggest heartbreak of his life professionally”), but make no mistake, the man is ready to move on.

Next week the Oscar-nominated Pan’s Labyrinth director visits Comic-Con to preview Don’t...

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Robert Rodriguez's Best Bad Girls

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 07/09/2010 - 16:00 | 0 Comments

Since filmmaker Robert Rodriguez produced Predators, the reboot of the 80s franchise dropping in theaters across the country tonight, we weren't at all surprised to learn that Alice Braga's character, Isabelle, is seriously badass. After all, Rodriguez loves to fill his films with strong women who wreak as much...

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Benjamin Bratt to Channel Guitar God Carlos Santana for Biopic

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 07/06/2010 - 16:00 | 0 Comments

Benjamin Bratt has built a career playing military men, cops and other tipos serios, but he's totally breaking type for his newest role! Word is that Bratt and his brother Peter, who directed him in the recent indie La Mission, are working with Latino guitar god Carlos Santana to shape a biopic—to be released in 2011—with...

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Rethinking 'Twilight: Eclipse' with a Latino Cast!

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 06/30/2010 - 17:00 | 3 Comments

We know that Washington State, where The Twlight Saga: Eclipse is set, is not exactly brimming with diversity, but we couldn’t help but imagine what the film, which comes out today, would be like if it were a little bit browner.

Here are the results of our all-Latino recast of the latest Twilight movie. Enjoy, then let us know what you think...

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Buzz Lightyear's Killer Paso Doble

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 06/28/2010 - 16:00 | 0 Comments

When we heard that in Toy Story 3, Buzz Lightyear, the charmingly self-deluded, overconfident toy space ranger does a Spanish-style dance and woos Jessie the doll with unabashed romanticism, all while speaking silky Spanish, we thought, ‘Uh-oh, here we go: Hollywood’s Latin lover stereotype strikes again.’

Then we watched the movie, and Buzz’s Spanish...

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