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Lauded Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return) won the Best Screenplay prize at Cannes for this painterly, primordial tale about a proud patriarch fighting to protect his family home from a corrupt local official. Kolia (Alexey Serebryakov) lives in a small fishing town near the stunning Barents Sea in Northern Russia. He owns an auto-repair shop that stands right next to the house where he lives with his young wife Lilya (Elena Lyadova) and his son Roma (Sergueï Pokhodaev) from a previous marriage. The town’s corrupt mayor Vadim Shelevyat (Roman Madyanov) is determined to take away his business, his house, as well as his land.

No interviews or narration are involved on this great sea film. It’s about North American fishing industry especially when you see prolonged scenes of the deep-sea, severed fish, and seagulls. At 141 minutes, and spoken in Russian, this one. attacks on the state of Russian society today, and the endemic and cynical corruption of all levels and the victims are a poor man with his family.

By Jenny Alvarez

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 Big Eyes is based on the true story of Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz) and Margaret (Amy Adams).A film that was directed and produced by Tim Burton and the main subject is intellectual property theft, and the subjugation of women. However, the sincerity of the artist is fascinating and Alexander and Karaszewski’s Big Eyes script has a tendency to be heavy-handed at times (especially in its use of voiceover narration). Despite of the development of the story that begins in the late ‘50s, California; this reflects many social issues such as abusive marriage, repression, lies and ambition for money. Obviously this films makes it more interesting through a series of sequences that shows how Amy Adams’ Margaret life and work, before and after her marriage with Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz). She keeps quiet while her husband takes all her glory, keeping that secret for over a decade; secret about her career, talent and great sensibility for art.

Burton’s films always have fantasy but this one particularly surprises with respect and passion for a woman that reflects great talent in her art work and quality that intrigue viewers. Margaret can’t explain her paintings beyond saying that they express a part of her being in the deepest way. Definitely is a great movie season in which emotions, the absurdity and comedy are elements that makes it entertaining for 106 mins.

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Christmas is a time when friendship glows in winter snows and human beings try to reflect all the best for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. GalaTView has to bless all year through for all the ups and downs; love and frustration, sweetness and bitterness, all part of our life. But never forget that we have a mission and the best thing you can do is accomplish without harming others. Never give up your dreams and hope will always be part of nature shows. All the best for our readers just not the same desire for some  PR and representatives of the entertainment world but no bitterness towards them. Merry Christmas to all!

By Jenny Alvarez

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 A vibrant and accomplished college professor Alice (Julianne Moore) disappears in front of her friends, family and herself as Alzheimer’s disease slowly destroys her mind. From Director Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland and a great cast Kristen Stewart as Lydia Howland Julianne Moore as Dr. Alice Howland, Kate Bosworth as Anna, Hunter Parrish as Tom Howland, Alec Baldwin as Dr. John Howland. During 101 mins, this film will make you feel the worst suffer and drama that Alice (Julianne Moore) reflects the mental decline in middle aged woman. Julianne’s performance is great because once you still feeling the emotional sucker punch an hour or so after leaving the screening. Even there are some crucial moments especially when her family has to deal with their mother as she faded away, both physically and mentally where Alice is a victim of the worst illness that shows the dangerous side of Alzheimer; likewise the news that it’s genetic, and likely to be passed on to their children. Definitely, you will live her worst moments since she starts losing items around the house and forgetting scheduled events until she has trouble articulating herself and it’s heartbreaking to watch. The script and scenes are very well structured and her talent as well. It was always there, she just has had the right roles.