Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Movie Review

Director: Pedro Almodóvar Year: 1988 Runtime: 90 minutes Rating: Rated R Language: Spanish Country: Spain IMDB rating: 7.6/10 Tomatometer: 88% Mujeres Al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) is a wild and ridiculous comedic drama written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. And by ridiculous, I mean in [...]

Tesis (Thesis) Movie Review

Director: Alejandro Amenábar Year: 1996 Runtime: 125 minutes Rating: Rated R for strong and perverse violent content, brief strong sexuality and strong and some drug content. Language: Spanish Country: Spain IMDB rating: 7.6/10 Tomatometer: 89% With his debut film, Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar came through with the psychological suspense thriller Tesis, showing his promise of [...]

Todo Sobre Mi Madre (All About My Mother) Movie Review

Director: Pedro Almodóvar Year: 1999 Runtime: 101 minutes Rating: Rated R for sexuality including strong sexual dialogue, language and some drug content. Language: Spanish Country: Spain IMDB rating: 7.9/10 Tomatometer: 93% Todo Sobre Mi Madre (All About My Mother) is an amazing film by the internationally acclaimed Spanish director, Pedro Almodóvar. He creates an environment [...]

Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside) Movie Review

Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside) tells the real life story of Ramón Sampedro, a paraplegic in Spain, who fought the courts for 30 years for his right to die. Ramon was involved in a tragic accident when he jumped into the ocean while the water was receding and broke his neck, rendering him paralyzed for [...]

Buena Vista Social Club Biography and History

The story of the Buena Vista Social Club dates back 1930s and 1940s Havana, Cuba. It was a fraternal social club where local musicians could gather to play, dance, and have fun with all sorts of activities. At the time, fraternal clubs were very popular in Cuban society and there were a variety of them [...]

Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes) Movie Review

Director: Alejandro Amenábar Year: 1997 Runtime: 117 minutes Rating: Rated R for some strong sexuality, language and some violence. Language: Spanish Country: Spain IMDB rating: 7.8/10 Tomatometer: 84% Abre Los Ojos is a command that translates in English to “Open Your Eyes”.  It is the original film that the remake Vanilla Sky is based off [...]

Maria Full of Grace Movie Review

Director: Joshua Marston Year: 2004 Runtime: 101 minutes Rating: Rated R for drug content and language. Language: Spanish Country: Colombia IMDB rating: 7.6/10 Tomatometer: 97% Maria Full of Grace tells the story of María Álvarez, an intelligent yet stubborn 17 year old girl living in a small village outside of Bogata, Colombia. The movie starts [...]

The Secret in Their Eyes Movie Review

Director: Juan José Campanella Year: 2009  Runtime: 129 minutes Rating: Rated R for a rape scene, violent images, some graphic nudity and language. Language: Spanish Country: Argentina IMDB rating:  8.3 /10  Tomatometer: 91%  The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) is an instant Argentine film classic and the Oscar winner of [...]

Nueve Reinas (Nine Queens) Movie Review

Director: Fabián Bielinsky Year: 2000  Runtime: 115 minutes Rating: Rated R for language Language: Spanish Country: Argentina IMDB rating:  7.8/10  Tomatometer: 93% Nueve Reinas (Nine Queens) is one of the great films to come out of the Argentine cinema. It’s sort of like a heist film that keeps you guessing and on your toes. The [...]

Amores Perros Movie Review

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Year: 2000  Runtime: 154 minutes Rating: Rated R for violence/gore, language and sexuality Language: Spanish IMDB rating:  8.2/10  Tomatometer: 92% Amores Perros spans socio-economic classes with three loosely interconnected stories in Mexico City with a common theme of how love can hurt. Although the film’s title was marketed as “Love’s a [...]