Mexican cinema

What to Watch: Saving Private Perez

What to Watch: Saving Private Perez

By Angie Romero | 09/02/2011 - 15:05 | 0 Comments

The Iraq War and that other war—the one much closer to home, the Mexican war on drugs— collide in Beto Gomez’s action-comedy Saving Private Perez, in limited theaters starting today from Pantelion Films. Julian Perez (Miguel Rodarte), the most notorious drug lord in all of Mexico, is summoned by his estranged, dying mother to go to...

What to Watch: No Eres Tu, Soy Yo

What to Watch: No Eres Tu, Soy Yo

By Angie Romero | 08/26/2011 - 18:08 | 0 Comments

With all these natural disasters, it’s only right we take some time out to laugh. No Eres Tu, Soy Yo, new to DVD from Pantelion Films (a joint venture between Lionsgate and Televisa), is just the kind of comic relief we need.

Mexico’s leading comedian and TV personality Eugenio Derbez (who stole our hearts in 2007’s Under The Same Moon...