My fancast for the upcoming American adaptation of “Train to Busan” (Last Train to New York):
1) Robert Pattinson as Thomas Greene, a fund manager whose wife left him because of his selfishness (Seok-woo)
2) Violet McGraw as Joyce Greene, Thomas’ daughter (Su-an)
3) Tenoch Huerta as Javier Guerrero, an expecting father and Maria’s husband (Yoon Sang-hwa)
4) Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Maria Guerrero, Javier’s pregnant wife (Seong-kyeong)
5) Aramis Knight as Sameer Khan, a high school baseball player (Min Yong-guk)
6) Amybeth McNulty as Kara Parker, a cheerleader and Sameer’s love interest (Kim Jin-hee)
7) Michael McElhatton as John Barnes, a ruthless, arrogant business executive (Yon-suk)
8) Rob Morgan as the homeless man
9) Ross Butler as Raymond, the train attendant (Ki-chul)
10) Angela Bassett as Marcia, Cora’s older sister (In-gil)
11) Vanessa Estelle Williams as Cora, Marcia’s younger sister (Jong-gil)
12) Jacob Vargas as the train conductor
13) Gong Yoo makes a cameo appearance as the captain of the soldiers who save the remaining survivors at the end of the movie
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National Treasure: Edge of History Teaser
National Treasure: Edge of History is a Disney+ series based on the films in which treasure hunters seek of discover secrets hidden in historical artifacts.
National Treasure: Edge of History stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, Justin Bartha, Lisette Olivera, Jordan Rodrigues, Zuri Reed, Jake Austin Walker, Antonio Cipriano, Lyndon Smith, Jacob Vargas, and Harvey Keitel. MIra Nair directs from scripts by Marianne Wibberley and Cormac Wibberley, two of the scriptwriters for the films.
Also check out the Behind-the-Scenes featurette for National Treasure: Edge of History here.
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The 33 (2015)
The 2010 Copiapó mining accident was practically made for a feature-length film adaptation. Of course, there are a few liberties taken here and there but the essentials remain. Though you will find some familiar - some would say clichéd - elements in The 33, it works as a straightforward inspirational disaster story.
In Chile, the San José mine collapses, trapping 33 men deep underground. Though they made it to the mine's rescue chamber, they have little food and water. Determined to survive, they band together under the leadership of Mario Sepúlveda (Antonio Banderas) while their families above pressure the government to begin an extensive rescue operation.
Besides Mario Sepúlveda, you might not remember everyone’s name, but enough time is spent with key people for you to recognize who’s who. That one’s the Bolivian (Tenoch Huerta) who's worried the Chileans won't accept him - particularly when food runs out. There’s the one who loves Elvis Presley (Jacob Vargas), the pastor (Marco Treviño), the alcoholic (Juan Pablo Raba) who never got the chance to reconnect with his sister (Juliette Binoche), the one whose wife is pregnant with their first child, the one everyone is laughing at because up on the surface, he has two women fighting over him - his wife and his mistress. In addition to the 33 miners, there are many characters on the surface to keep track of: the Minister of Mining of Chile (Rodrigo Santoro as Laurence Golborne), the driller who supervises the rescue operation (James Brolin), several of the wives or sisters and more. This could've been a major issue, and director Patricia Riggen keeps this in mind. The 33 structures itself in a way that if you’re confused about who’s who, it will only be for a half-second. The editing and dialogue - more so than the characters’ faces, which become increasingly dirty and thin as more time is spent underground - ensure you know who you’re dealing with in each scene. That's practically a miracle in itself.
Though some of the story does exactly what you expect it to, it does these scenes well. The mine's owner has to roll his eyes when the initial safety concerns are brought up. The miners have to ration their food and figure out plans while waiting to be rescued. Their families have to make sure their voices are heard. The government has to worry about what the voters will say if the operation fails. A better film would have more scenes like the miner’s “last supper”, when they use their imaginations to bring in all of their loved ones to transform an omen of dread into a beacon of hope but there really any bad scenes in the entire running time.
The 33 makes you feel the feels you expect, makes you wonder what you would do if you were put in this exact scenario, keeps you guessing enough that you remain invested all the way through and leaves you pleased because all of your expectations were met. I don’t think it’s a picture you’ll come back to over and over again, but that’s fine. While it lasts, The 33 tells an interesting story you’ll be glad to have seen and as a rental, you'll get more than your money's worth. (On Blu-ray, September 30, 2021)
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Found on Facebook this seems to be a script read through of
Moonlight (2007) Episode 16 "Sonata"
From left to right
David Blue
Jacob Vargas
Jason Dohring
Alex O'Loughlin
Sophia Myles
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SATANIC HISPANICS (2022) Reviews of horror anthology - release date
Satanic Hispanics is a 2022 horror anthology film consisting of five short films from leading Latin filmmakers in the horror genre that spotlight Hispanic talent both in front and behind the camera.
Directed by Mike Mendez (Big Ass Spider!), Demián Rugna (Terrified), Gigi Saul Guerrero (Bingo Hell), Alejandro Brugues (Juan of the Dead) and Eduardo Sánchez (The Blair Witch Project). Written by…
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