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Liam Hemsworth is unfaithful?
This good looking actor was photographed recently getting cozy with Mexican singer Eiza Gonzalez in Las Vegas, over ‘less than faithful’ behavior. Long overdue so she obviously has much more class, is much prettier AND sexy!
A profound story told in a deceptively simple way: Bless Me, Ultima
Review by Jenny Alvarez
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Based on the best-selling Chicano novel of all time by Rudolfo Anaya, the mystical coming-of-age film BLESS ME, ULTIMA debuts on DVD September 17th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Written for the screen and directed by Carl Franklin, BLESS ME, ULTIMA is based on the novel by Rudolfo Anaya. This movie is a story about Antonio Marez (Ganalon), a young boy growing up in New Mexico during World War II. When a mysterious curandera (healer) named Ultima (Colon) comes to live with his family, she teaches him about the power of the spiritual world. As their relationship grows, Antonio begins to question the strict Catholic doctrine that he has been taught by his parents (Heredia and Martinez). Through a series of mysterious and at times terrifying events, Antonio must grapple with questions about his own destiny, the relationship between good vs. evil, and ultimately how to reconcile Ultima’s powers with those of the God of his church.
The success of the entire movie depends on child actor Luke Ganalon, and he does an excellent job in the title role. This movie is full of deliberate pace, reliance on Catholic symbolism, and sensitive wit certain topics as hypocrisy, family, life, death, religion with their failures. The story in general is very engaging, powerful and full of flashback structures and is consider a Brilliant, gentle and beautiful film of life in northern New Mexico in the mid 1940’s.
Singer Sharon Jones is fighting against Cancer
The soul star Sharon Jones and her band the Dap-Kings has embarked on a course of chemotherapy after undergoing surgery as part of her cancer battle
Good choices for the next and new American Idol
The contestants will sing more standards as they are what formulated the music business so Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and possible Harry Connick Jr. The last one has not confirmed yet for judges in “American Idol.”
Lady Gaga has to face serious health conditions
A real singer doesn’ t have to jump around the stage with smoke and mirrors.But this is not the case with Lady Gaga who was diagnosed with the condition synovitis, an inflammation of the joints. She recently revealed she had actually broken her hip during the trying time and faced a complete hip replacement if she didn’t heed doctors’ advice to cancel her shows and immediately undergo surgery. Hopefully she gets well soon.
"The Wind Rises," animator retires
By GalaTView Staff
Oscar-winning Japanese animator and film director Hayao Miyazaki is retiring. His latest project, “The Wind Rises,” which has been playing in Japanese theaters since late July, will be his last feature film.
Sir Paul McCartney has announced his new solo album
The ex-beatle will release its title single. The album, due for release in October, will be Sir Paul’s first solo album for six years since his 2007 record Memory Almost Full. He described the album as “very varied” and said he was concerned about its lack of continuity from his previous records.
“The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season” behind the scenes
Review by Alfonso De Elías
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This impressive set The Walking Dead: “The Complete Third Season” is richly developed characters, gripping action, and a good chunk of tragedy and gore. Perhaps there is something more powerful than the walkers and other humans that is coming after them but the writers and producers had the patience to make it interesting especially when a zombie bites things can be explained that it is not the bite that makes you into a zombie, it is just toxic and kills you and it is very possible that if someone were somehow “immune” to the pathogen that everyone seems to be infected with now that turns them into a zombie no matter how they die, the bite may still be toxic and kill them, but they wouldn’t turn into a zombie. There are several examples in science where one thing looked like it caused another thing and they were really unrelated when it was researched further but that is the magical part of this production and failed to disappoint all the fans, bringing the duo together for a fight that would end with Michonne (Danai Gurira) stabbing The Governor (David Morrissey) in the eye after killing his zombie daughter and smashing his zombie-head aquarium room to pieces. Many locations and scenes are incredible real and some zombies have their own personality and a past life in which you will figure out what happened to each other. Definitely two thumbs up for the upcoming series of The Walking Death 3 which must be part of your home entertainment collection will be available on August 27th in DVD and Blu-Ray.
Tragic end for Lee Thompson Young
Lee Thompson Young, the actor, 29, who committed suicide on Monday, will be honored by the ‘Rizzoli & Isles’ cast and crew in a special memorial service by Friday morning at Paramount Studios in Hollywood.
Cantinflas is alive!
Galatview : Staff
In honor of Cantinflas birthday on August 12, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is debuting with famous titles featuring the legendary comic through their Sony Pictures Choice Collection.
In case you’re unfamiliar, the Sony Pictures Choice Collection is a manufacture-on-demand service featuring never-before-released on DVD titles from more than 75 years of the Columbia Pictures film library.
The Cantinflas titles are:
Barrendero (1982)
Don Napo (Cantinflas, Around the World in Eighty Days) is a city maintenance worker, sweeping up dirt while dancing, singing and flirting with the maids in the neighborhood. One day, Don Napo comes across an abandoned baby in his garbage; the next day, a valuable painting appears in his trashcan. A series of wild events leads Don Napo to face crooked criminals, and he’ll need the help of all of his friends to take them down and save the day!
Conserje En Condominio (1974)
Úrsulo (Cantinflas, Around the World in Eighty Days) is a fast-talking wisecracker who finagles his way into a job as the manager of an upscale apartment building where each tenant is crazier than the last! Dealing with psychics, quarreling couples and young hipsters causing trouble throughout the building, Úrsulo handles everything with wisdom, creativity and humor. While dealing with many issues in the building, he meets Clodomira (Raquel Olmedo, Los Indolentes), a maid for one of the rich women in the building, and they find themselves falling for each other.
Don Quijote Cabalga de Nuevo (1973)
Loosely based on the legendary novel by Miguel de Cervantes, this film follows the adventures of Don Quijote (Fernando Fernán Gómez, All About My Mother) and his faithful sidekick, Sancho Panza (Cantinflas, Around the World in Eighty Days). Don Quijote goes from village to village with Sancho, often on a misguided quest to honor the knight’s confused sense of chivalry, thus leading them into hilarious situations and getting the duo into constant trouble.
ABOUT CANTINFLAS:
Mario Moreno, aka “Cantinflas” created a simple, universal character whose roundabout phrases and meaningless speeches confounded those around him, but delighted Spanish-speaking audiences for decades. “Cantinflas,” whom the legendary comedian Charlie Chaplin dubbed “the funniest man in the world,” began his career in the 1930s in the “carpas” (tent shows) in Mexico City. After early attempts to find his comedic voice, he embraced his own heritage as a lowly slum dweller and audiences enthusiastically endorsed this comic persona. With his tiny mustache tipping the corner of his mouth, a cockeyed cap over dark, disheveled hair, dirty vest and a rope for a belt, Cantinflas became the idol of the masses by satirizing the police and politicians.
As a pioneer in the Mexican film industry, he helped usher in its golden era. His foray into American cinema landed him a Golden Globe as Best Actor for his role in Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), but his comedic presence shined brightest in his Spanish language films. People everywhere identified with the struggles of this winsome ragamuffin, and when he died in 1993, thousands endured a violent downpour in order to touch his casket as it lay in state. His funeral was a national event, lasting three days and attended by the presidents of Mexico, Peru, and El Salvador, and the United States Senate held a moment of silence for him.
