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Alex Cox attacks the Reagan years with a political tale sung in the key of the Italo Spaghetti Western: expect plenty of slow motion shots of stylish pistolero mercenaries fighting for the historical ‘filibuster’ William Walker. Look him up, he’s the patron saint of every neocon and would-be soldier of fortune. Everybody on this show goes the whole 9 yards in commitment, with Ed Harris in the lead — they filmed in Nicaragua. It may be director Cox’s finest film, packed with vivid images and surreal anachronisms — and a terrific music score by Joe Strummer.

Walker

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The Criterion Collection 423

1987 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 94 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date April 12, 2022 / 39.95

Starring: Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois, Xander Berkeley, Peter Boyle, Marlee Matlin, Alfonso Arau, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Gerrit Graham, William O’Leary, Blanca Guerra, Miguel Sandoval.

Cinematography: David Bridges

Production Designer: Bruno Rubeo

Art Directors: Cecilia Montiel, Jorge Sainz

Film Editors: Alex Cox,...

It’s a big international action epic, filmed in Mexico with a French director. Anthony Quinn is an 18th-century bandit who liberates a Mexican hamlet from marauding Yaqui Indians and a villainous Charles Bronson. Quinn is good, and all the necessary elements are present: fights, handsome scenery and a big battle… but it’s fairly tepid stuff, simplified and prettified. Leave it to Ennio Morricone’s epic music score to bind it all together. With Anjanette Comer, Sam Jaffe, Silvia Pinal and the same fifteen or so well-connected actors that cornered roles in all big Mexican films made with foreign money.

Guns for San Sebastian

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Warner Archive Collection

1968 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 111 min. / La bataille de San Sebastian / Available at Amazon.com / Street Date June 15, 2021 / 21.99

Starring: Anthony Quinn, Anjanette Comer, Charles Bronson, Sam Jaffe, Silvia Pinal, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Jaime Fernández, Rosa Furman, Leon Askin, Ivan Desny, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.,...

The prize for best direction of 1991 ought to have gone to Alex Cox, whose visual economy in this show is to be applauded. Cox’s camera is fluid, expressive yet technically invisible and unencumbered with fancy tricks: the frame never goes static, yet the film has only a couple of hundred cuts! Filmed in Spanish in Mexico, we get a non-cynical image of a culture and a story that’s universally applicable. Mexican neorealism? Roberto Sosa is an idealistic young recruit, who learns that reality is pretty rough out on the lonesome, deadly highway.

Highway Patrolman

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Kl Studio Classics

1991 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 104 min. / Street Date April 16, 2019 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95

Starring: Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Vanessa Bauche, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Malena Doria, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Mike Moroff, Jorge Russek.

Cinematography: Miguel Garzón

Film Editor: Carlos Puente

Song: Zander Schloss

Written and produced by Lorenzo O’Brien...

As we head into the holiday season, Wamg brings you our list of the Best Non-Traditional Christmas Movies to watch after the Holiday ham, pretty presents, and multiple viewings of White Christmas, Home Alone and Miracle On 34th Street are a thing of Christmas Past.

Our choices are filled snarky mistletoe carnage and crafty comedy – Geek style. Santa Claus is coming to town in these “More Naughty Than Nice”. films.

We’ve made a list and checked it twice with our lineup of not just the 20 Best holiday films but the Top 21 Non-Traditional Christmas Movies. After the success of Krampus, we just had to add it!

We kick off our list with our Honorable Mention –

Jingle All The Way

Christmas; It’s the most magical time of the year. High powered businessman Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger), is hard at work taking last-minute orders from customers to whom he just can...

Nearly five years ago, a Los Angeles dog walker made a grisly discovery that rattled the residents of the Hollywood Hills: In January 2012, she found a man’s head along a popular hiking trail close to the famed Hollywood sign, and police found the man’s feet and hands nearby, buried in a shallow grave.

(Chunks of the victim’s flesh were later discovered by a city worker excavating around the Bronson Caves in L.A., a quarry that was used as the entrance to the Batcave in the superhero’s ’60s TV series.)

Evidence of the violence posed the...

Vin Scully, the voice of the Dodgers, is calling it a career this weekend after 67 years in the booth. If you will indulge me, I’d like to tell you about one of my favorite moments from Scully behind the microphone, and about one night at Dodger Stadium that will make me miss him even more.

But first, a little background. I was never a big baseball guy growing up, even though I played a couple of seasons on a local Little League team. (Our squad was called the Firemen.) During those days, when I wasn’t playing the game, either in Little League or somewhere on my grandma’s farm with my cousins, the presence of a baseball broadcast usually meant that something I’d rather have been watching on TV was unavailable to see because someone else wanted to watch the damn game. (I tried to sit down,...

When nuclear war threatens to obliterate life on Earth, an eclectic group of people are taken below the surface to preserve the human race. Things get complicated when they realize their shelter is under siege by bats… very hungry bats. An underground showdown ensues in 1974’s Chosen Survivors, which Kino Lorber will release on Blu-ray this October.

From Kino Lorber: “Coming October 4th on Blu-ray!

Chosen Survivors (1974) Starring Jackie Cooper, Alex Cord, Richard Jaeckel, Bradford Dillman, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Diana Muldaur, Lincoln Kilpatrick and Barbara Babcock – Directed by Sutton Roley.”

Synopsis (via Blu-ray.com): “A group of diverse individuals are suddenly taken from their homes and flown via helicopter to a futuristic bomb shelter in the desert, nearly two miles below the surface of the Earth. There they learn that a nuclear holocaust is taking place and that they’ve been “chosen” by computer to survive in the...

'Ben-Hur' 1959 with Stephen Boyd and Charlton Heston: TCM's '31 Days of Oscar.' '31 Days of Oscar': 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'Ben-Hur' are in, Paramount stars are out Today, Feb. 1, '16, Turner Classic Movies is kicking off the 21st edition of its “31 Days of Oscar.” While the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is being vociferously reviled for its “lack of diversity” – more on that appallingly myopic, self-serving, and double-standard-embracing furore in an upcoming post – TCM is celebrating nearly nine decades of the Academy Awards. That's the good news. The disappointing news is that if you're expecting to find rare Paramount, Universal, or Fox/20th Century Fox entries in the mix, you're out of luck. So, missing from the TCM schedule are, among others: Best Actress nominees Ruth Chatterton in Sarah and Son, Nancy Carroll in The Devil's Holiday, Claudette Colbert in Private Worlds. Unofficial Best Actor...

While the name Gabriel Figueroa may not be a familiar one to many, even those with a stronger affinity for filmmaking and the art behind it, New York’s own Film Forum is hoping to change that.

On June 5, the theater began a career spanning retrospective surrounding the work of iconic cinematographer and Mexican film industry legend Gabriel Figueroa. Taking a look at 19 of the photographer’s films, the series is running in conjunction with the new exhibition at El Museo del Barrio, entitled Under The Mexican Sky: Gabriel Figueroa – Art And Film.

Best known as a pioneer of Mexican cinema, primarily with his work alongside director Emilio Fernandez, Figueroa’s work was as varied as they come. His work with Fernandez is without a doubt this retrospective’s highlight, particularly films like Wildflower. One of the many times Mexican cinema’s “Big Four” worked together, the film saw the...

'San Andreas' movie with Dwayne Johnson. 'San Andreas' movie box office: $100 million domestic milestone today As the old saying (sort of) goes: If you build it, they will come. Warner Bros. built a gigantic video game, called it San Andreas, and They have come to check out Dwayne Johnson perform miraculous deeds not seen since ... George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road, released two weeks earlier. Embraced by moviegoers, hungry for quality, original storylines and well-delineated characters – and with the assistance of 3D surcharges – the San Andreas movie debuted with $54.58 million from 3,777 theaters on its first weekend out (May 29-31) in North America. Down a perfectly acceptable 52 percent on its second weekend (June 5-7), the special effects-laden actioner collected an extra $25.83 million, trailing only the Melissa McCarthy-Jason Statham comedy Spy, (with $29.08 million) as found at Box Office Mojo.* And that's how this original movie – it's not officially a remake,...

This Friday April 25th The Filadelfia celebrates its third annual edition with an impressive line up of the best of Latino film from Mexico to Chile to Colombia, The Us and even a film made with the youth of Philly. Opening night film will be the super 1943 classic ‘Maria Candelaria’ starring Dolores Del Rio. For those near the city of brotherly amor we’ve done ya homework and listed their films below!

Opening Night: Maria Candelaria (Mexico)

Starring Dolores del Rio and Pedro Armendáriz, Maria Candelaria was the first Mexican film to be screened at the Cannes International Film Festival, and the first Latin American film awarded the Gran Prix. Gabriel Figueroa, the film’s cinematographer, was nominated for an Academy Award for The Night of the Iguana, and is often referred to as “the Fourth Muralist” of Mexico.

A young journalist presses an old artist (Alberto Galán ) to show a portrait of a naked indigenous woman that he has in his study. The body of the movie is a flashback to Xochimilco, Mexico, in 1909. The film is set right before the Mexican Revolution, and Xochimilco is an area with beautiful landscapes inhabited mostly by indigenous people.

The woman in the painting is María Candelaria (Dolores del Rio), a young Indian woman who is constantly rejected by her own people for being the daughter of a prostitute. She and her lover, Lorenzo Rafael (Pedro Armendariz), face constant struggles throughout the film. They are honest and hardworking, yet nothing ever goes right for them. Don Damian (Miguel Inclán), a jealous Mestizo store owner who wants María for himself, prevents them from getting married. He kills a piglet that María and Lorenzo plan to sell for profit and he refuses to buy vegetables from them. When María falls ill with malaria, Don Damian refuses to give the couple the quinine medicine necessary to fight the disease. Lorenzo breaks into his shop to steal the medicine, and he also takes a wedding dress for María. Lorenzo goes to prison for stealing, and María agrees to model for the painter to pay for his release. The artist begins painting a portrait of María, but when he asks her to pose nude she refuses.

The artist finishes the painting with the nude body of another woman. When the people of Xochimilco see the painting, they assume it is María Candelaria and stone her to death.Finally, Lorenzo escapes from prison )to carry María's lifeless body through Xochimilco's canal of the dead.

Bad Hair/Pelo Malo (Venezuela)

The third film from the filmmaker and plastic artist Mariana Rondón, Pelo Malo stars Junior, a 9 year-old with "bad hair". He wants to have it straightened for his yearbook picture, like a fashionable pop singer. This puts him at odds with his mother Marta. The more Junior tries to look sharp and make his mother love him, the more she rejects him, until he is cornered, face to face with a painful decision.

To Kill A Man/Matar A Un Hombre (Chile)

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A thriller about a hardworking family man Jorge who is just barely making ends meet. When he gets mugged by Kalule, a neighborhood delinquent, Jorge's son decides to confront Kalule, only to get himself shot in the process. Sentenced to a scant 2 years in prison for the offense, Kalule, released and now intent on revenge, goes on the warpath, terrorizing Jorge's family. With his wife, son and daughter at the mercy of a thug, Jorge has no choice but to take justice into his own hands, and live with the emotional and psychological consequences.

Lines of class and masculinity ignite friction in this rugged thriller, adeptly shot with a discerning eye. Director Alejandro Fernández Almendras elevates raw grit to a new level with a tone that is both elemental and prophetic. Rife with unnerving tension, To Kill a Man is ultimately a surprising exploration of the heavy burden of what it takes to do what the title suggests.

Anina (Colombia)

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Anina Yatay Salas is a ten-year-old girl. All her names form palindromes, making her the butt of her classmates’ jokes, and especially of Yisel’s, who Anina sees as an “elephant.” One day, fed up with all the taunting, Anina starts a fight with Yisel during recess. The incident ends with the principal penalizing the girls and calling their parents.Anina receives her punishment inside a sealed black envelope, which she is told not to open until she meets with the principal again a week later.She is also forbidden to tell anyone about the envelope. Her classmates pressure her to find out what the punishment will be, while they imagine cruel physical torture.

Anina, in her anxiousness to find out what horrible punishment awaits her in the mysterious black envelope, will get mixed up in a series of troubles, involving secret loves, confessed hatreds, close friendships, dreadful enemies, some loving teachers, and also some evil teachers.Without her realizing it, Anina’s efforts to understand the content of the envelope turn into an attempt to understand the world and her place in it.

The Devil’S Music (USA)

When the new sound of jazz first spread across America in the early twentieth-century, it left delight – and controversy – in its wake.As jazz's popularity grew, so did campaigns to censor "the devil's music." This documentary classic has been hailed by the New York Times as a documentary that "addressing the complex interaction of race and class… engages viewers in a conversation as vigorous as the art it chronicles,” featuring timeless performances by artists such as Louis Armstrong and vocalist Rachelle Ferrelle, plus interviews with giants of social and musical criticism such as Albert Murray, Marian MacPartland, Studs Terkel, and Michael Eric Dyson. The Devil's Music is Written, Produced and Directed by Maria Agui Carter and Calvin A. Lindsay Jr., and Narrated by Dion Graham.

I, Undocumented/Yo, Indocumentada (Venezuela)

Yo Indocumentada (I, Undocumented) , exposes the struggles of transgender people in Venezuela. The film, Andrea Baranenko’s first feature-length production, tells the story of three Venezuelan women fighting for their right to have an identity.

Tamara Adrián, 58, is a lawyer; Desirée Pérez, 46, is a hairdresser; and Victoria González, 27, has been a visual arts student since 2009. These women share more than their nationality: they all carry identifications with masculine names that do not correspond to their actual identities. They are transgender women, who long ago assumed their gender and now defend it in a homophobic and transphobic society.

The House That Jack Built (USA )

Jack Maldonado is an ambitious Latino man who fueled by misguided nostalgia, buys a small apartment building in the Bronx and moves his family into the apartments to live rent-free. His parents, Carlos and Martha, sister Nadia, brother Richie and his wife Rosa, Grandmother/Abuela and cousins Hector and Manny, all under one roof. Tension builds quickly as Jack imposes his views on everyone around him, including his fiancée, Lily. All the while, he hides the fact that his corner store is a front for selling marijuana but soon has to deal with new unwanted competitive forces. It's only a matter of time before Jack's family and 'business' lives collide in tragic fashion.

Aqui Y Alla Crossing Borders (USA)

The “Aquí y Allá’ transnational public art project explored the impact of immigration in the lives of Mexican immigrant youth in Philadelphia in connection with youth in Chihuahua, Mexico. The documentary highlights the testimonials of the youth on both sides of the border working towards the creation of a collaborative mural in South Philadelphia.

Cesar’S Last Fast (USA)

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In 1988, Cesar Chavez embarked on what would be his last act of protest in his remarkable life. Driven in part to pay penance for feeling he had not done enough, Chavez began his “Fast for Life,” a 36-day water-only hunger strike, to draw attention to the horrific effects of unfettered pesticide use on farm workers, their families, and their communities.

Using never-before-seen footage of Chavez during his fast and testimony from those closest to him, directors Richard Ray Perez and Lorena Parlee weave together the larger story of Chavez’s life, vision, and legacy. A deeply religious man, Chavez’s moral clarity in organizing and standing with farm workers at risk of his own life humbled his family, friends, and the world. Cesar’s Last Fast is a moving and definitive portrait of the leader of a people who became an American icon of struggle and freedom.

La Camioneta (Guantemala)

Every day dozens of decommissioned school buses leave the United States on a southward migration that carries them to Guatemala, where they are repaired, repainted, and resurrected as the brightly-colored camionetas that bring the vast majority of Guatemalans to work each day. La Camioneta follows one such bus on its transformative journey: a journey between North and South, between life and death, and through an unfolding collection of moments, people, and places that serve to quietly remind us of the interconnected worlds in which we live.

Forbidden Lovers Meant To Be (USA)

Working with talented high school students from North Philadelphia at Taller Puertorriqueño’s Youth Artist Program, filmmakers Joanna Siegel, Melissa Beatriz Skolnick, and Kate Zambon sought to capture the personal and artistic journeys of the youth through film. While facilitating collaborative film workshops with the students, themes of race/ethnicity, cultures, language, and identity emerged. Throughout this process of engaging in story development and visual representation, the students created a video of their own, while the filmmakers documented the process using metafilm techniques. The students' short film, Forbidden Lovers Meant to Be, highlights the talent and creativity of these youth. Forbidden Lovers Meant to Be was created by the spring 2012 Youth Artist Program participants: Amy Lee Flores, Ricardo Lopez, Michael Mendez, Zayris Rivera, Tashyra Suarez, Nestor Tamayo, Yoeni Torres, Karina Ureña Vargas, and Kara Williams. (Amy Lee Flores, Ricardo Lopez, Michael Mendez)

Tire Die (Argentina)

The first film of the first Latin American documentary film school (The Escuela Documental de Santa Fe), this documentary focuses on the children in the neighborhood known as Tire Dié in the city of Santa Fe, Argentina, who wait daily for the passing train to ask for money from the passengers, shouting “Tire dié!” (Toss me a dime!).

Dubbed as the father of the New Latin American Cinema, Fernando Birriwas one of the first filmmakers to document poverty and underdevelopment. Tire Dié was part of the exhibition, Latin American Visions, produced by International House, 1989-1991.

The Illiterates/Las Analfabetas (Chile)

Ximena, played by the incomparable Paulina García (Gloria) is an illiterate woman in her fifties, who has learned to live on her own to keep her illiteracy a secret. Jackeline, is a young unemployed elementary school teacher, who tries to convince Ximena to take reading classes. Persuading her proves to be an almost impossible task, till one day, Jackeline finds something Ximena has been keeping as her only treasure since she was a child: a letter Ximena’s father left when he abandoned her many years before. Thus, the two women embark on a learning journey where they discover that there are many ways of being illiterate, and that not knowing how to read is just one of them.

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Written by Juan Caceres . LatinoBuzz is a weekly feature on SydneysBuzz that highlights Latino indie talent and upcoming trends in Latino film with the specific objective of presenting a broad range of Latino voices. Follow [At]LatinoBuzz on Twitter and Facebook...

Last year Wamg brought you our list of the 15 Best Non-Traditional Christmas Movies to watch after the Holiday ham, pretty presents, and multiple viewings of White Christmas, Home Alone and Miracle On 34th Street were a thing of Christmas Past.

Minus the warm and fuzzy, our choices are filled snarky mistletoe carnage and crafty comedy – Geek style.

We made a list and checked it twice with our new lineup of the Top 20 Non-Traditional Christmas Movies. You better believe that Santa Claus is coming to town in these “More Naughty Than Nice”. films.

We kick off our list with our Honorable Mention -

Jingle All The Way

Christmas; It’s the most magical time of the year. High powered businessman Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger), is hard at work taking last-minute orders from customers to whom he just can’t say no; like his son, Jamie (Jake Lloyd), asking for the hottest...

American character actor who appeared in seven westerns directed by John Ford, including The Searchers and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

The actor Harry Carey Jr, who has died aged 91, was the last surviving member of the director John Ford's stock company, which included John Wayne, Victor McLaglen, Ben Johnson, Anna Lee, Ward Bond, Andy Devine and Harry's own parents, Olive and Harry Carey Sr. They formed a cohesive group and contributed to the distinctive world of the Fordian western.

Carey Jr, nicknamed "Dobe" by his father because his red hair was the same colour as the adobe bricks of his ranch house, made seven westerns with Ford, typically in the role of a greenhorn soldier. The most characteristic of these was Lieutenant Ross Pennell in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), the callow rival of John Agar for the hand of Joanne Dru. After she opts for the more handsome Agar,...

Now that you’ve had your fill of peppermint, presents, and multiple viewings of AMC’s White Christmas and Miracle On 34th Street, how about a little snark to go along with that special Holiday movie – sans the warm and fuzzy. It’s time for some mistletoe carnage and crafty comedy Geek style. In our gift to you, Wamg presents our list of the 15 best non-traditional films. Lovers of It’S A Wonderful Life can consider yourselves excused cuz Santa Claus is coming to town in these “More Naughty Than Nice”. movies.

Black Christmas

Black Christmas (the 1974 version of course), generally acknowledged as the forerunner of the ‘slasher’. genre, is so graphic in its imagination that you don’t even need to see any gore or murder. Black Christmas, which holds up spectacularly well after almost 40 years, tells the tale of a group of sorority sisters that are hounded and...

Casa De Mi Padre

Stars: Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Pedro Armendáriz Jr, Genesis Rodriguez, Efren Ramirez, Nick Offerman | Written by Andrew Steele | Directed by Matt Piedmont

This latest offering from the perennially amusing Will Ferrell stars the talented comic as Armando Alvarez, the second son of a ranch owner in Mexico. Armando’s life is turned upside down by the return of his beloved but drug-dealing brother Raul (Diego Luna), who brings with him not only his mysterious new fiancé Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez), but the wrath of rival drug lord The Onza (Gael Garcia Bernal). Thus the stage is set for a grand tale of love, rivalry, violence and redemption. Saturday Night Live alumni Matt Piedmont makes his feature film debut as director.

Did I mention it’s all in the Spanish language? Beyond the initial novelty of watching the talented Ferrell speak flawless Spanish, Casa de Mi Padre...

Que? That.s .House of my Father. for those less schooled in Española. Will Ferrell and company gather around the campfire and decided to skewer telenovellas. Maybe not such a bad thing to do but it may have fit better in a short sketch format than a feature length movie. This is the tale of two brothers. Armando (Will Ferrell) loves the land and cares for his father Manuel.s (Pedro Armendariz, Jr.) ranch. Raul (Diego Luna) went away to the big city but is returning home and is Manuel.s favorite. The old man is delighted when Raul shows up, but he is not alone. Raul has brought his beautiful fiancé Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez). Armando feigns being annoyed with...

Chicago – You have to admire the commitment to a goofy concept that allowed “Casa de mi Padre” to exist in the first place. The idea that Will Ferrell would star in a Spanish-language film about drug dealers and land control in Mexico and that the result would not only be subtitled but often remarkably straight-faced in its melodrama is conceptually hilarious. The actual product? Not quite as funny.

Rating: 2.0/5.0

What would have been interesting as a short film on “Funny or Die” wears out its welcome when stretched to the running time of an actual feature. There are moments that work in “Casa de mi Padre” but I was more often bored than anything else. It feels elongated (even down to its lengthy opening credits) more than any film this year and that throws off the pacing of the entire operation. I admire Ferrell’s willingness to do something new and ridiculous instead of,...

Will Ferrell has been known to take on risky projects and ideas that he holds near to his heart. He’s mostly known for his roles in comedies like Anchorman and Step Brothers, but occasionally he’ll step out of his comfort zone and do something like Everything Must Go or Stranger Than Fiction, which are much more serious endeavors. Casa de mi Padre leans slightly more towards his experimental side, even though it is very much a comedy and not so much a drama. It’s a weird, slow-burn Spanish western that might just become a cult classic in the coming years.

Armando (Will Ferrell) is a Mexican rancher that lives with his father. Occasionally his brother Raul (Diego Luna) comes to visit, which brings a great deal of shame onto Armando, because he is without a woman and seen as a great disappointment to his father. What Armando...

Pick of the Week

"Singin' in the Rain" (1952)

Director: Stanley Donen

Cast: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds

Story: Hollywood, 1927: the silent-film romantic team of Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) is the toast of Tinseltown. While Lockwood and Lamont personify smoldering passions onscreen, in real life the down-to-earth Lockwood can't stand the egotistical, brainless Lina. He prefers the company of aspiring actress Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds), whom he met while escaping his screaming fans.

On the Disc:

The 60th anniversary edition comes with all the special features included on earlier releases, plus a new documentary on how the choreography of the film changed dance forever.

Reviews:

Rotten Tomatoes: 100%

Metacritic: N/A

Where to get it

Amazon: Blu-ray - $13.86, Digital Download - $9.99, Digital Rental - $2.99

Apple: Digital Download - $9.99, Digital Rental - $2.99 (HD: $3.99)

Netflix Instant: Not available

"Lockout" (2012)

Director: James Mather, Stephen Stain Leger

Cast: Guy Pearce,...

By Allen Gardner

The Samurai Trilogy (Criterion) Director Hiroshi Inagaki’s sprawling epic filmed from 1954-56 is an early Japanese Technicolor masterpiece, rivaling the scope of filmmakers like David Lean and Luchino Visconti. Toshiro Mifune, Japan’s greatest actor, stars as real-life swordsman, artist and writer Musashi Miyamoto, following his growth from callow youth to disciplined warrior. The three films: the Oscar winning “Musashi Miyamoto,” “Duel at Ichijoji Temple,” and “Duel at Ganryu Island” are an incredible story of human growth, tender love and sublime, blood-soaked action. Not to be missed. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson; Trailers. Full screen. Dolby 1.0 mono.

The 39 Steps (Criterion) Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 story of spies, conspiracies and sexual tension put him on the map on both sides of the Pond. Robert Donat stars as an innocent thrust into a deadly plot alongside a cool blonde (Madeleine Carroll...

I came across Mamitas (Producer Rep: Traction Media) as a short film version back in '07 and was struck by its charm. At the time there were few and far between coming-of-age stories set in L.A. about a budding romance in teenagers that didn't involve pregnancies or gang culture, yet Mamitas rang true in every sense. So, when Nick told me he was making the feature length version, I was anxious to read it, to see what journey he would take these two characters, Jordin and Felipa, on. I was pleasantly surprised by the elements he added to surround the core love story. These were teens with real life teen problems. Nick, clearly respected and cared for these characters. I was even more stoked to come home to a DVD copy of the completed film a year later. It was everything it was supposed to be. Jordin and Felipa, this time brought to life by Ej Bonilla and Veronica Diaz, were fully realized. Bonilla and Diaz were the perfect beat for the heart of this film. They each brought a radiant honesty and shone in their roles. I wasn't surprised this film and Veronica have recieved awards on its way to a theatrical release by Screen Media Films in Los Angeles, opening on Friday, April 27th.

LatinoBuzz:The film that made you say, "This is what I want to do"?

Nicholas Ozeki: This is a simple but tough question because I had so many films that inspired me throughout my youth. I would have to say the first film that really knocked me out was Alien by Ridley Scott. I think what really did it for me was his attention to detail. This firstly manifests itself through the immaculate production design of the spaceship Nostromo. I loved the weathered and dilapidated nature of the ships working areas contrast with the brightly lit and washed out living spaces of the crew. What really speaks to me though is Ridley Scott’s control of our emotions through out the movie. He builds the tension so gradually and precisely that by the time we are in the heart of the second act he has gotten the audience so scared that we are all on the edge of our seats. This is a great film because no matter how many times I watch it, I still find myself fully invested in the characters despite the fact I know what is coming. I think it was this type of mastery of storytelling and the ability of bringing the audience so completely into another world that made me want to become a director.

LatinoBuzz: Spike Lee's and Martin Scorcese's New York is rapidly disappearing/disappeared to gentrification were recapturing a time in New York is becoming increasingly difficult. Is that the case with La for you?

Nicholas Ozeki: I didn’t grow up in L.A. so I can’t really speak of this city as my own, but even living here for the better part of a decade I can see the changes spreading through the eastern part of the city. What I have noticed is that Eastern Los Angeles is similar to New York in that it is the oldest part of the city. It has some of the best architecture, oldest neighborhoods, and most importantly the oldest generations of true Angelinos, dating back to the early 1930s. I was surprised to learn that the silent era of the film industry started in the Los Feliz, Echo Park area where many of these movies were shot. That being said, I think Hollywood is more of a state of mind then a place. There are certainly iconic locations in L.A. but as far as the glitz and glamour of old Hollywood and the studio system, that’s all but faded away.

LatinoBuzz: Some have said the first feature you make is the story you've waiting to tell your whole life. Why did this story stay with you from a short film to a feature?

Nicholas Ozeki:I think the first feature of any director is going to hold a special place in their heart. It's kind of like a first kiss in that its highly anticipated and will be forever ingrained in your memory, but at the end of the day you’re just trying not to slobber all over the other person. For me this film was a wonderful experience but I would not say that it is my ultimate opus as a director. For some, they are lucky enough to be able to tell the story they have always wanted to tell as their first feature. However, I definitely felt extremely passionate about making Mamitas after I had completed the short film version in Graduate school because it was a story that really touched the audience. The film is not based directly from my life but I certainly tried to impart what limited wisdom I have gained in my 31 years into the characters of the film. I hope the audience finds truthfulness in the performances of the actors.

LatinoBuzz:So, what is the power of the short film in 2012?

Nicholas Ozeki: I think the power of the short film is incredibly underrated. I can tell you it is way easier to get someone to watch a 15-minute film then a full-length feature. In those 15 minutes you have the opportunity to express your voice as an artist and hopefully connect with your audience. If you are trying to be a first time feature director then a short film that demonstrates you have a grasp on the themes and concepts of the movie you want to direct is a no-brainer. Whether they are collaborators or potential investors, filmmaking is a visual art form so you obviously need visuals to show them!

LatinoBuzz:What's the dream?

Nicholas Ozeki:For me the dream is the freedom to make all the crazy ideas I have in my head into movies. I truly love directing and I think it is a privilege to have this as an occupation. Filmmaking is like playing in your imagination and getting paid to do it. How cool is that?! I guess I’ll ride this horse until it bucks me.

LatinoBuzz:You cast Mexican legend Pedro Armendariz Jr. who, God bless him, passed away this past December but had such an illustrious career in film including making appearances in personal faves of mine; Airwolf and The Love Boat. Tell us a story about him.

Nicholas Ozeki:Here is a great story of how beloved Pedro is. We were behind schedule one of the days of our shoot. It was a night scene and we were shooting in the backyard of a house. The biggest issue was that there was a huge party next door to us with a live metal band blasting music. Of course, this was creating havoc with our sound department. Then two local cops show up asking if we had permits to put lights out on the street. Of course, we didn’t so they were preparing to shut us down. Then one of the cops noticed Mr. Armendariz sitting patiently on the set. “Pedro!” He exclaimed. Luckily both cops were Mexican American and they instantly recognized one of Mexico’s most celebrated actors. Pedro very graciously went up to the cops and spoke with them for a few minutes. The next thing we new the officers were smiling and told us not to worry about the permit and then they went over to the house next door and shut the party down for us. I think that was the first time I saw how beloved Pedro was to the Hispanic community. He will be deeply missed. R.I.P.

LatinoBuzz:What traits should envelope the heart of a filmmaker as an artist?

Nicholas Ozeki: Vision –A filmmaker has to have great vision in order to tell a compelling story that is both distinctive and stylistic. I remember playing the movie in my head hundreds of times before it was ever made. You have to see it in your imagination. It has to be real to you.

Commitment –Making a film is like raising a child. You have to be there every step of the way, guide it, provide for it, and finally let it go into the real world and hope you have done a good job. If you don’t absolutely love your film then you will loss interest in it and the movie will suffer. At the end of the day, filmmaking is a sheer act of creative will. You have to be prepared to stick with your art no matter what comes your way.

The Eye of the Tiger –You have to believe in yourself and always strive for the best. Whether that is getting the best actor, the most talented cinematographer, or the best location for your story, you have to have the hunger to want it and be willing to do what it takes to get it. A filmmaker should never be satisfied with their work. There should always be something that they want to improve on.

LatinoBuzz:If you could pluck a character from any book and write a film around them, who is the character and where would you take them?

Nicholas Ozeki: One of my favorite books is The Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz), so I would have to take the main character Oscar De Leon and make a film that deals with his early adolescence. My only fear is living up to Junot Diaz’s incendiary prose. He is really such a brilliant an entertaining author.

LatinoBuzz: You were nominated for an Independent Spirit Awards ‘Someone To Watch Award’. Any pressure to exceed expectations and not become the next Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter) and fade to black. 'The End'.

Nicholas Ozeki: It’s interesting because I think awards and accolades are wonderful and validating but really my concentration has been on how the film will be received by the general public. I think this will be the biggest catalyst of expectations. I’m sure that if the film does well I will feel pressure to succeed and improve upon my work. But these are good problems to have.

LatinoBuzz:Mamitas touches on the topic of fatherhood - how has your upbringing affected your choices to pursue film?

Nicholas Ozeki:I came from a strong middle class home and I have parents that have always supported me finding a profession that I love. I can say that their insistence on a good education is what made me the person I am today. That is why I focus a lot on the theme of education in Mamitas. As for the theme of fatherhood, it is certainly not a personal story but I do think it is something that everyone can sympathize and relate with.

LatinoBuzz:Mamitas is a coming of age romance story with a sweetness to it. Do you have an onscreen romance that you are fond of and tell me about your charming actors, Ej Bonilla and Veronica Diaz. They had amazing chemistry.

Nicholas Ozeki:I have to say one of the sweetest onscreen couples is Audrey Heburn and Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday. It also happens to be my favorite romantic comedy. Ej Bonillia and Veronica Diaz were wonderful together on screen. I think it was out of a mutual respect for one another’s talent as well as a trust that they formed together very quickly. I also think they really got their characters and did the work they needed to in order to nail their scenes. Both amazing actors with bright futures ahead of them.

For more on Mamitas & screening times, dig Mamitasthemovie.com...

Casa De Mi Padre

Stars: Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Pedro Armendáriz Jr, Genesis Rodriguez, Efren Ramirez, Nick Offerman | Written by Andrew Steele | Directed by Matt Piedmont

This latest offering from the perennially amusing Will Ferrell stars the talented comic as Armando Alvarez, the second son of a ranch owner in Mexico. Armando’s life is turned upside down by the return of his beloved but drug-dealing brother Raul (Diego Luna), who brings with him not only his mysterious new fiancé Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez), but the wrath of rival drug lord The Onza (Gael Garcia Bernal). Thus the stage is set for a grand tale of love, rivalry, violence and redemption. Saturday Night Live alumni Matt Piedmont makes his feature film debut as director.

Did I mention it’s all in the Spanish language? Beyond the initial novelty of watching the talented Ferrell speak flawless Spanish, Casa de Mi Padre...

USC Student Nicholas Ozeki not only landed actress Jennifer Esposito and the late Pedro Armendáriz Jr. for his student film, but now he's seeing his thesis film Mamitas get a theatrical release in Los Angeles. Mamitas has garnered dozens of awards at film festivals and is now headed to distribution in movie theaters on April 27. Take a look at the movie trailer.

First-time filmmaker Nicholas Ozeki tells the story of Jordin, a cocky but charming Latino firebrand; at home he is a doting grandson who can’t seem to please his perpetually cranky father. On the day he’s suspended for insulting a teacher, Jordin meets Felipa, a bookish, no-nonsense New York girl who sees past the swaggering facade. The two immediately embark on an unlikely friendship that inspires Jordin to find out who

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At a recent test screening in New York for Will Ferrell's new film Casa de Mi Padre, opening this weekend nationwide, the director Matt Piedmont surprised the audience by inviting Will Ferrell into the room to say a few words. Ferrell, in a baseball cap and sweatshirt, deadpanned that he fulfilled a lifelong career goal "to make an entirely Spanish language film," before he cobbled together, "Mi pelicula es muy divertante." Staring undaunted into the theater, he added, "I actually don't speak Spanish. That's why this movie is so amazing... because I don't speak Spanish." Since 60% of the audience likely did not speak Spanish either, and those that did applauded his bona fide effort, everyone now itched to see what a souped-up satire of the Mexican telenovela world would look like with a 6-foot, English-speaking gringo at the helm. The lights dimmed, and trumpets sounded. Christina Aguilera, appearing only...

To Say Will Ferrell is an incredibly polarizing figure in comedy is to just point out something all our mothers already knew. Is he a comedy genius, or a man-sized enfant terrible? Is he one step ahead of us, or are we justified shaking our heads at his absurdity? This is the constant tango most movie-goers partake in when setting foot into one of his new films, never knowing for sure if Ferrell is going to leave us sated or enraged. While we all have our favorite (or not so favorite) Ferrell offerings, his newest film Casa De Mi Padre is so full of heart and balls that it is almost impossible to not see it taking a cult favorite status amongst film lovers. Set on a Mexican ranch with a nearly entire Spanish speaking cast, the film explores the tumultuous relationship between brothers Armando (Ferrell) and Raul Alvarez (Diego Luna) as they try to protect their...

New 'Casa de mi Padre' movie delivered crazy Spanish laughs & more with Will Ferrell. Pantelion Films released their new Will Ferrell branded,comedy/spanish language flick "Casa de mi Padre" into theaters this weekend. I just watched it,and I thought it was ok. I think I would have liked it better if it was in English,because I hate having to read subtitles,but it was still pretty funny. The movie stars: Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Genesis Rodriguez, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez, Pedro Armendariz Jr.,and Nick Offerman. In the flick,character Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. However, the ranch encounters financial difficulties,and Armando's younger brother Raul (Diego Luna), shows up with his sexy,new fiancée, Sonia (Génesis Rodríguez). The father clearly favors Raul over Armando,and always calls Armando dumb,...

Susan Sarandon, Jeff, Who Lives at Home Channing Tatum/Jonah Hill 21 Jump Street: Box Office At no. 2 on Friday, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax took in a spring-break-assisted $6.7 million (about $400,000 less than the "rough" estimates posted last night) according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. The widely panned animated 3D feature should reach around $26-$28 million for the weekend. Andrew Stanton's $250m-budgeted sci-fier / actioner John Carter is expected to plummet 55% from last weekend, after grossing $4m (-59%) on Friday and — according to early estimates — $13.6m by Sunday evening. John Carter's ten-day cume should be an underwhelming $53m. Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, and Willem Dafoe star. Rounding out the top six movies at the North American box office on Friday were the widely panned teen flick Project X with $1.53m, the just as widely panned Eddie Murphy comedy A Thousand Words with $1.15m, and the equally widely panned...

Chicago – Will Ferrell can never be accused of sitting on his comic laurels, nor repeating himself. “Casa de mi Padre” is a complete set-in-Mexico Spanish language film, including Ferrell’s dialogue. Although uneven, it delivers such a peculiar vibe that it can’t help but be admired, at least for the effort.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

Essentially a Mexican film satire of the 1960s and ‘70s – think late night on a Spanish language TV station – it exposes the filmmakers particular obsession with the narrow genre, but it’s such a noble endeavor and delivers enough freakish laughs to be interesting, if not downright intriguing. Everything that is loved and made fun of in those old Mexican films are honored, most especially the difficulties in story continuity that those guerrilla filmmakers of the era seemed never to get right. What took them five crew members and an editing bay, took “Casa de mi Padre...

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In Casa de mi Padre Will Ferrell plays Armando, a Mexican rancher who belongs to the wealthy and powerful Alvarez family. Armando’s father, Ernesto (the late great Pedro Armendáriz Jr.), thinks his son is something of a dunce – so it is with great pride that Ernesto welcomes home Armando’s brother Raul (Diego Luna) and his bride-to-be, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez).

At first Armando is happy to have his brother home, but things soon take a turn for the ugly: Armando learns that Raul and Sonia are mixed up in the drug trade, and have brought both shame and violence to the Alvarez doorstep. Not only is Raul at odds with ruthless cartel lord “La Onza” ...

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I watched more soap operas than I care to admit with my mother and grandmother when I was young, but it wasn't until I spent a college summer break in Costa Rica that I sat through an entire Spanish telenovela. Without exception, the acting was overly dramatic and the sets were cheaply constructed, yet I found myself hooked by the plight of heroes and heroines who were often at the mercy of a moustached villian. Plus, it was a great way to brush up on Spanish. If you've not watched a telenovela on Univision or another Spanish language channel, you can experience the melodrama on the screen with the parody movie Casa de mi Padre starring Will Ferrell in a Spanish-speaking -- and singing -- role.

Ferrell portrays Mexican rancher Armando Alvarez, the eldest of two brothers who must save his family's failing ranch while dealing with drug traffickers. His...

Actor Will Ferrell has tickled our funny bones in theaters for many years, and his new project proves he can do so in both English and Spanish. Casa de Mi Padre stars Will Ferrell as Armando Alvarez, a Mexican who has worked on his father's ranch for his entire life. The ranch is in financial trouble when Armando's younger brother Raul (Diego Luna) supposedly comes to the rescue, with his beautiful fiancee Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez). Things get out of hand when Armando falls for Sonia, and it is discovered that Raul isn't exactly the financial savior he claims to be. We were able to sit down exclusively with Will Ferrell, Diego Luna, Genesis Rodriguez, and Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) to discuss this Spanish-language comedy Casa de Mi Padre, and you can take a look at what they all had to say below.

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Casa De Mi Padre is at its best when it's at its silliest.  Before the movie even begins, it's built on a novelty since Will Ferrell spends the entire film speaking Spanish.  Ferrell's comic talent means he doesn't simply coast on "Yo soy habla Español!"  He knows how to play the melodrama, the faux-dramatic pauses, and other comic skills we've come to expect from a pro like Ferrell.  Director Matt Piedmont and writer Andrew Steele want to milk the cheesy 70s mexsploitation/peliculanovela for every ounce of comedy, but the biggest laughs come not from the concept but from the goofy little moments scattered throughout the movie. Armando Alvarez (Ferrell) is an honest Mexican rancher, but his father Miguel Ernesto (Pedro Armendáriz Jr.) and brother Raul (Diego Luna) think he's also an idiot and a coward.  Armando still loves his family, but when Raul brings home his new girlfriend Sonia...

Casa de mi Padre is sold on a concept of breaking the fourth wall and never looking back. All together it feels like a wink at film as a medium while also bringing the laughs. Oh, and the entire film is in Spanish. Last week I was lucky enough to sit down with the star, Will Ferrell, for a roundtable and we discussed butt models, the difficulties of ad-libbing in a foreign language, how he got financing and much more. Check it out below.

So we’ve been informed that you do not speak Spanish. However you did make it look really good. So, what did you do to get ready and do feel like you could have any sort of conversation now?

Yeah, I can have a basic conversation. My comprehension is pretty decent now, I would say. I could not work for the Un. I just had to...

Breaking the fourth wall is a daring choice to do a few times in a film. The minds behind Casa de mi Padre show that they are beyond bold, simply going for it again and again. This results in a very specific kind of comedy where you will either end up with a cramp from laughing or a feeling like everyone else around you is in on a joke you simply don’t get. This is a comedy that is utterly confident in it’s over-the-top direction. When you give Will Ferrell the star role and put the entire thing in Spanish, there appears to be no limits or control.

Armando (Will Ferrell) is a rancher in Mexico that receives little love or respect from his father, Miguel Ernesto (the late Pedro Armendáriz, Jr.). On the other hand, his brother, Raul (Diego Luna), is beloved by their father and when...

Hola, amigos! In celebration of Will Ferrell's Spanish language film Casa De Mi Padre, opening Mar. 16, we're giving away a limited-edition vinyl album of the Casa de mi Padre Unofficial Soundtrack. The best part is, it's signed by Will Ferrell, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Génesis Rodríguez and Nick Offerman.  Pretty cool, no? To enter our giveaway, simply post a comment to this blog post (one blog post comment per entrant please, and entrants must be 18+ and U.S. residents only) with your answer to the following: Who's your favorite actor in Casa De Mi Padre and why? Some of the actors include Will Ferrell, Diego Luna, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Génesis Rodríguez, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez and Gael García Bernal. Enter one...

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Will Ferrell, Diego Luna, Genesis Rodriguez talk Casa de mi Padre! Will Ferrell has played many outrageous characters in his career on “Saturday Night Live” and his hit films, but he probably outdid himself in his new comedy, Casa de mi Padre, where he plays a Mexican farm worker who is forced to save his father’s ranch from a deadly drug cartel. Armando Alvarez (Ferrell) is a gentle soul who has the intellect of the animals that he loves so much. He is a disappointment to his father (Pedro Armendariz, Jr.), which is magnified by the success of his brother, Raul (Diego Luna), a charismatic and successful international business, who brings home a beautiful fiancee, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez). Raul seems to be the only hope for his father’s ranch, which has fallen on hard times. But the Alvarez family will have a much more dangerous issue to deal with,...

Will Ferrell, Diego Luna, Genesis Rodriguez talk Casa de mi Padre! Will Ferrell has played many outrageous characters in his career on “Saturday Night Live” and his hit films, but he probably outdid himself in his new comedy, Casa de mi Padre, where he plays a Mexican farm worker who is forced to save his father’s ranch from a deadly drug cartel. Armando Alvarez (Ferrell) is a gentle soul who has the intellect of the animals that he loves so much. He is a disappointment to his father (Pedro Armendariz, Jr.), which is magnified by the success of his brother, Raul (Diego Luna), a charismatic and successful international business, who brings home a beautiful fiancee, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez). Raul seems to be the only hope for his father’s ranch, which has fallen on hard times. But the Alvarez family will have a much more dangerous issue to deal with,...

Will Ferrell, Diego Luna, Genesis Rodriguez talk Casa de mi Padre! Will Ferrell has played many outrageous characters in his career on “Saturday Night Live” and his hit films, but he probably outdid himself in his new comedy, Casa de mi Padre, where he plays a Mexican farm worker who is forced to save his father’s ranch from a deadly drug cartel. Armando Alvarez (Ferrell) is a gentle soul who has the intellect of the animals that he loves so much. He is a disappointment to his father (Pedro Armendariz, Jr.), which is magnified by the success of his brother, Raul (Diego Luna), a charismatic and successful international business, who brings home a beautiful fiancee, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez). Raul seems to be the only hope for his father’s ranch, which has fallen on hard times. But the Alvarez family will have a much more dangerous issue to deal with,...

Funny Or Die has released a new music video for "Yo No Se" from Casa De Mi Padre starring Will Ferrell. Watch the video, and check out the movie in theaters on March 16.

 

The film is directed by Matt Piedmont and stars Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Genesis Rodriguez, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez, Pedro Armendariz Jr., and Nick Offerman.

Synopsis: Armando Alvarez (Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch encounters financial difficulties, Armando's younger brother Raul (Luna) shows up with his new fiancée, Sonia (Rodriguez). It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over as he pledges to settle all debts his father has incurred. But when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul's business dealings turn out to be less than legit, all hell breaks loose as they find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord,...

Will Ferrell speaking Spanish for an entire movie? Yes, it's true folks.  In Casa De Mi Padre the Anchorman star  becomes Armando Alvarez in the novela-style comedy that has him acting opposite Latino heartthrobs Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal.  Watch two clips from the Will Ferrell-produced film.

Will lives out his dream of starring in a Spanish novela with Casa De Mi Padre and he does it with a little help from Mexico's favorite imports.  In two scenes from the movie, Will Ferrell reunites with his drug-dealing brother (Luna) in a funny scene that has Armando Alvarez being insulted by his own father played by the late, great Pedro Armendariz Jr.  In the second clip, Gael Garcia Bernal is a bad-ass drug dealer recruiting Armando to his business with his brother's disapproval.

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TV Spots and Clips from Casa de mi Padre, starring Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna! The uproariously funny-looking comedy from Pantelion Films opens on March 16th and is helmed by Matt Piedmont Also in the cast are Nick Offerman, Genesis Rodriguez, Mariann Gavelo, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez and Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Pic is rated R for bloody violence, language, some sexual content and drug use. In Casa de mi Padre, Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch faces financial strains, Armando's younger brother Raul (Diego Luna) shows up with his new fiancée, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez) and pledges to settle all his father's debts. It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over...

TV Spots and Clips from Casa de mi Padre, starring Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna! The uproariously funny-looking comedy from Pantelion Films opens on March 16th and is helmed by Matt Piedmont Also in the cast are Nick Offerman, Genesis Rodriguez, Mariann Gavelo, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez and Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Pic is rated R for bloody violence, language, some sexual content and drug use. In Casa de mi Padre, Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch faces financial strains, Armando's younger brother Raul (Diego Luna) shows up with his new fiancée, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez) and pledges to settle all his father's debts. It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over...

TV Spots and Clips from Casa de mi Padre, starring Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna! The uproariously funny-looking comedy from Pantelion Films opens on March 16th and is helmed by Matt Piedmont Also in the cast are Nick Offerman, Genesis Rodriguez, Mariann Gavelo, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez and Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Pic is rated R for bloody violence, language, some sexual content and drug use. In Casa de mi Padre, Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch faces financial strains, Armando's younger brother Raul (Diego Luna) shows up with his new fiancée, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez) and pledges to settle all his father's debts. It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over...

Funny Scorpion Beer Commecial for Casa de mi Padre, starring Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal. Diego Luna and Nick Offerman! The Pantelion Films release "From the "gringos" who bought you Anchorman. opens March 16th and is helmed by Matt Piedmont from the script by Andrew Steele. Also in the cast are Genesis Rodriguez, Mariann Gavelo, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez and Pedro Armendáriz Jr. In Casa de mi Padre, Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch faces financial strains, Armando's younger brother Raul (Diego Luna) shows up with his new fiancée, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez) and pledges to settle all his father's debts. It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over, but when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul's business dealings turn out to be less than legit, the Alvarez family finds...

Funny Scorpion Beer Commecial for Casa de mi Padre, starring Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal. Diego Luna and Nick Offerman! The Pantelion Films release "From the "gringos" who bought you Anchorman. opens March 16th and is helmed by Matt Piedmont from the script by Andrew Steele. Also in the cast are Genesis Rodriguez, Mariann Gavelo, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez and Pedro Armendáriz Jr. In Casa de mi Padre, Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch faces financial strains, Armando's younger brother Raul (Diego Luna) shows up with his new fiancée, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez) and pledges to settle all his father's debts. It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over, but when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul's business dealings turn out to be less than legit, the Alvarez family finds...

Funny Scorpion Beer Commecial for Casa de mi Padre, starring Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal. Diego Luna and Nick Offerman! The Pantelion Films release "From the "gringos" who bought you Anchorman. opens March 16th and is helmed by Matt Piedmont from the script by Andrew Steele. Also in the cast are Genesis Rodriguez, Mariann Gavelo, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez and Pedro Armendáriz Jr. In Casa de mi Padre, Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch faces financial strains, Armando's younger brother Raul (Diego Luna) shows up with his new fiancée, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez) and pledges to settle all his father's debts. It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over, but when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul's business dealings turn out to be less than legit, the Alvarez family finds...

Sound On Sight will once again be covering the SXSW Film Festival this year, making it our second time attending. 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas fest taking place March 9-17, including 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. As previously announced, Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon’s The Cabin in the Woods will have the honours of opening the festival, and now they have released the full list of films – and it’s looking pretty amazing. Enjoy!

Narrative Feature Competition

This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:

Booster

Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin

When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.

Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail (World Premiere)

Eden

Director: Megan Griffiths,...

Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry, shot by Bob Gruen in 1977

Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen

screens as part of 24 Beats per Second

SXSW Film has just announced its features lineup for the 2012 edition, running March 9 through 17. We already knew that the Opening Night Film would be Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods. For its Closing Night Film, the festival will host the world premiere of of Emmett Malloy’s documentary Big Easy Express (more below). The lineup, with descriptions from the festival:

Narrative Feature Competition

Booster

Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin. When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail. (World Premiere)

Eden

Director: Megan Griffiths, Screenwriters: Richard B. Phillips, Megan Griffiths, Story by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim.

With Sundance 2012 Film Festival over, the next big one on the horizon is South by Southwest, which we’ll be heavily covering. The biggest chunk of the line-up has been announced today, which has some great premieres including 21 Jump Street, Tiff and Sundance hit The Raid, Will Ferrell‘s Casa de mi Padre, the documentary Girl Model (which we liked at Tiff), as well as the next from Broken Lizard, The Babymakers. There are many other promising titles included and you can see them all below. Check back for our coverage for the fest, kicking off March 9th.

Narrative Feature Competition

This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:

Booster

Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin

When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.

Attendees of South by Southwest 2012 are in for a treat. 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas festival taking place March 9-17. Among them are 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. The organization already announced [1] Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods would open the festival (the movie is phenomenal [2]) and today the majority of the remaining line up has been revealed. One of the highlights is the unbelievably smart and hilarious 21 Jump Street, directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller. Both of those are World Premieres. Other highlights include The Hunter, Killer Joe, The Babymakers, frankie goes boom, God Bless America, The Imposter, The Raid, Bernie and Casa de mi Padre just to name a few. After the jump, read descriptions of all the films that have been announced so far. Before I copy and paste the rest of the list, a few minor notes.