Interview: TAMBIEN LA LLUVIA Director

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Created: Thursday, 10 February 2011 05:51

Published: Thursday, 10 February 2011 05:51

Written by Lupe Haas

Director Iciar Bollain's political drama También La Lluvia is up for fourteen Goya Awards, Spain's equivalent of the Academy Awards, and now American audiences will be able to see the must-see Spanish import.

Spanish director Bollain tells CineMovie, Alejandro Gonzales Iñarritu was attached to the project before he left to direct and write the Oscar nominated Biutiful and how she came to the project as well as casting Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal in her first big budget film. 

Watch our video interview with the Spanish director.

Movie Clip:  Gael Garcia Bernal in También La Lluvia

También La Lluvia's Goya nominations include Best Picture and Best Director for Bollain, and Best Actor for the film's Luis Tosar who will compete with Javier Bardem's performance in Biutiful.  Bolivian and first-time actor Karra Elejalde also received a nomination for Best New Actor for his performance as the Indian actor who heads the indigenous uprising in Cochabamba.  The Spanish Film Academy will award the Goya winners at Los Premios Goya February 23.

Interview: Ving Rhames on Finding Good Side of Villains

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Created: Tuesday, 25 January 2011 16:17

Published: Tuesday, 25 January 2011 16:17

Written by Lupe Haas

Ving Rhames, star of DEATH RACE 2, plays one of the villains in the DEATH RACE (2008) prequel now on DVD and Blu-ray but he doesn't approach his character as a bad guy.

Known best for his role in Pulp Fiction and Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible franchise, Ving Rhames has had his share of good and bad guy roles but he tells CineMovie there is no difference between playing both a protagonist and antagonist.  "We all have good and evil within us and sometimes we use a little more evil, or a little more good," said the native New Yorker.  "I look at characters as human beings that need to be flushed out, " he explains as his approach to acting.

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Sneak Peek: Jamie Foxx, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez at RIO Movie Preview

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Created: Wednesday, 02 February 2011 18:39

Published: Wednesday, 02 February 2011 18:39

Written by Lupe Haas

Jamie Foxx, Anne Hathaway, and George Lopez flocked to the 20th Century Fox lot for an advance preview of RIO, a 3D animated film in which the stars showcase their singing abilities.

Jamie Foxx, Anne Hathaway, and George Lopez lend their voices and musical talents to RIO as feathered friends along with Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro (300) and Tracy Morgan (30 Rock). In RIO, Blu (Jesse Eisenberg), a domesticated Macaw who never learned to fly, travels to Rio de Janeiro to mate with the only other surviving Macaw named Jewel (voiced by Anne Hathaway). Once in Brazil, Jewel and Blu are on the run from animal smugglers with help from a group of wise-cracking and smooth-talking city birds.

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Interview: Danny Trejo On Cruising and His Lowrider Cars

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Created: Wednesday, 19 January 2011 06:47

Published: Wednesday, 19 January 2011 06:47

Written by Lupe Haas

Danny Trejo stars in DEATH RACE 2 now on DVD and Blu-ray.  The leading man from Robert Rodriguez's Machete talks to CineMovie about his love of classic cars, lowriders, and the one vehicle from Death Race (2008) he would love to have.  

Danny Trejo plays a mechanic in DEATH RACE 2 and in real life, he knows a thing or two about cars.  The star of the Death Race prequel admits he's a cruiser and loves fixing up cars.  He is the proud owner of a 1936 Touring Sedan, 1952 Chevy Pick-Up and a '76 Cadillac Seville which have all been lowered for cruising and not racing.  His love of lowriders started in his youth when rode on street cars in Downtown Los Angeles a long time ago when he was four, he said jokingly.

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INTERVIEW: Wilmer Valderrama and Alex Vega

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Created: Thursday, 27 January 2011 18:21

Published: Thursday, 27 January 2011 18:21

Written by Lupe Haas

Wilmer Valderrama (That 70's Show) and Spy Kids' Alexa Vega reconnect with their Latino heritage in the new comedy FROM PRADA TO NADA and they sit down with CineMovie's Zay Zay in Miami.

FROM PRADA TO NADA follows two spoiled sisters when they are left penniless after the sudden death of their father.  Forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles, this is a fish-out-of-water story where the girls ultimately find romance, as well as a love for their culture.

The FROM PRADA TO NADA stars tell CineMovie how making the movie made them connect with their own heritage.  The half-Columbian Alexa Vega admitted she had forgotten most of her Spanish but soon reconnected with the language working on the film.  Like her character, Mary Dominguez, she was inspired to re-learn Spanish and reconnect with her heritage.  Her Miami born co-star  Wilmer, however, has kept in touch with his roots.  The FROM PRADA TO NADA star created and executive produces the animated Disney TV show Handy Mandy with bilingual characters. The half-Columbian and half-Venezuela actor also lived in Venezuela as a child. 

FROM PRADA TO NADA opens in movie theaters January 28, 2011.

Tanit Phoenix - The Next Wonder Woman?

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Created: Wednesday, 12 January 2011 10:24

Published: Wednesday, 12 January 2011 10:24

Written by Lupe Haas

South African actress and model Tanit Phoenix has been rumored to be the next Wonder Woman for a television series by David E. Kelley.  The actress who will next appear in DEATH RACE 2 with Ving Rhames, Sean Bean, Danny Trejo and Luke Goss (Hellboy 2, Blade 2), sat down with CineMovie and addressed the rumors.

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