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Basada en las experiencias reales de agentes encubiertos en la lucha antiterrorista. © Netflix

Netflix ha compartido las primeras imágenes de Un fantasma en la batalla, un thriller político inspirado en las vivencias de varios miembros de la Guardia Civil que estuvieron directamente involucrados en la lucha antiterrorista.

Un fantasma en la batalla cuenta la historia de Amaia, una joven guardia civil que permanece más de una década trabajando como agente encubierta dentro de Eta con el objetivo de localizar los zulos que la banda tenía escondidos en el sur de Francia.

La película está protagonizada Susana Abaitua (El bus de la vida), Andrés Gertrúdix (Volveréis), Iraia Elias (Amama), Raúl Arévalo (El caso Asunta) y Ariadna Gil (El laberinto del Fauno).

Su director, Agustín Díaz Yanes (Alatriste), cuando comenzó el rodaje de la película, comentó lo siguiente: «Hace unos cinco años Belén Atienza me propuso que escribiera una historia sobre Eta.

Tubi has seen its user base grow significantly over the last few years thanks to offering an incredible array of movies completely free of charge thanks to ads. Initially launching in 2014, Tubi is the Fox Corporations free-to-access streaming platform, and as of 2024 has over 80 million users.

The best movies on Tubi include some incredibly well-known and blockbuster titles, with the library of available films constantly changing to include fresh titles for users to enjoy free of charge thanks to ad sponsorship. With the movies available on Tubi always changing, its always worth checking in to see what the best films on the platform are, as theres always a solid selection of top-tier titles within the 200,000+ available.

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Netflix Spain unveiled two new film projects at the San Sebastian International Film Festival that it is producing with Spanish filmmakers and production companies.

Carlos Sedes’ La Viuda Negra (which translates as The Black Widow) is being produced by Ramón Campos’ film and TV outfit Bambú Producciones, whose credits include Cable Girls and Isaki Lacuesta’s One Year, One Night.

The race-against-time thriller is about a body found in a parking lot in Valencia and the unexpected suspect the investigation digs up. It is now in pre-production.

Sedes is best known for TV series Fariña and, more recently, The Asunta Case.

Netflix launched two new film titles and shared details on several projects currently in development at a buzzy showcase this afternoon at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

The streamer announced at the event that it will back two new genre projects, Cortafuego directed by David Victori (Cross The Line), and The Black Widow from filmmaker Carlos Sedes (The Summer We Lived).

The Black Widow will be produced by Ramón Campos, Bambú Producciones. The official synopsis shared by the streamer reads: August 2017. The body of a man appears in a parking lot in Valencia, stabbed seven times. Everything points to a crime of passion. The city’s Homicide Group, led by a veteran inspector, begins an investigation against the clock that soon leads them to a suspect that no one expected: Maje, the young widow, sweet and serene, who had been married to the victim for less than a year.

Cortafuego,...

San Sebastian — At one of the biggest industry gatherings at this year’s San Sebastián Festival, Netflix has announced new Spanish movies from “Cable Girls” showrunner Ramón Campos and “Cross the Line” director David Victori, as it unveiled new talent details on four other banner titles.

Produced by Ramón Campos at his Madrid-based label Bambú Producciones, also behind “Grand Hotel,” “Velvet” and “Fariña,” and directed by Carlos Sedes “The Asunta Case,” “Cable Girls”), murder mystery “La Viuda Negra” begins with a body stabbed seven times is discovered in a car park in Valencia. The prime suspect for the city’s Homicide Group is Maje, the dead man’s Maje, young and kind widow to whom the deceased had been married for less than a year.

Billed as a psychological thriller, Victori’s “Cortafuego” is produced by Anxo Rodríguez y Ferrán Tomás of ESpotlight Media and stars a topnotch cast of Joaquín Furriel,...

Land of Women is a comedy-drama thriller series created by Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira, Teresa Fernández-Valdés, and Paula Fernández. The Apple TV+ series is inspired by a bestselling novel titled La Tierra de las Mujeres by author Sandra Barneda, the incredible has everything you could want in this type of slice-of-life series including romance, a small town, beautiful scenery, and a little touch of thriller.

The Apple TV+ series follows the story of Gala, a middle-aged woman living a high life in New York, but her life turns completely upside down when she finds out that her husband is in huge debt to some dangerous people who are coming to collect. Her husband vanishes, and to save herself from the criminals, she flees with her mother and her young daughter to a small town in Spain from where her mother fled 50 years ago. So, if you love the romance,...

"We're family. And families stick together." Apple TV has unveiled an official trailer for a series titled Land of Women, inspired by Sandra Barneda’s best selling novel "La tierra de las mujeres." No better place to hide from your missing husband's loan sharks than a charming vineyard in Spain. Streaming later in June this summer. Land of Women is a dramedy starring Eva Longoria as Gala, a well-to-do New Yorker, who has her life turned upside down when her husband fails to repay a debt to the wrong people. With dangerous criminals searching for her family and now vanished husband, Gala is forced to leave the city with her aging mother Julia (Carmen Maura) and teenage daughter Kate (Victoria Bazúa) to her mother's hometown in northern Spain called La Muga — a place that Julia fled 50 years ago and vowed never to return — to start life anew & keep their identities hidden.

Susana Abaitua y Raúl Arévalo lideran el elenco de esta historia basada en las experiencias reales de agentes encubiertos en la lucha antiterrorista.

Netflix ha anunciado el comienzo del rodaje de “Un Fantasma en la Batalla”, un thriller político inspirado en las vivencias de varios miembros de la Guardia Civil que estuvieron directamente involucrados en la lucha antiterrorista.

“Un Fantasma en la Batalla” cuenta la historia de Amaia, una joven guardia civil que permanece más de una década trabajando como agente encubierta dentro de Eta con el objetivo de localizar los zulos que la banda tenía escondidos en el sur de Francia.

La película está protagonizada Susana Abaitua (“Compulsión”), Andrés Gertrúdix (“El Orfanato), Iraia Elias (“Amama”), Raúl Arévalo (“Tarde para la ira”) y Ariadna Gil (“El Laberinto del Fauno”).

Su director, Agustín Díaz Yanes (“Alatriste”), ha comentado lo siguiente: «Hace unos cinco años Belén Atienza me propuso que escribiera una historia sobre Eta.

Netflix has released information on two Spanish features it has punished into production including the political thriller Un Fantasma en la Batalla produced by Society of Snow filmmaker J.A. Bayona.

Directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes, the film stars Susana Abaitua, Andrés Gertrúdix, Iraia Elias, Raúl Arévalo, and Ariadna Gil. Producing along Bayona are Belén Atienza and Sandra Hermida.

The film’s synopsis reads: Inspired by the lives and experiences of several members of the Guardia Civil directly involved in the fight against terrorism and grounded in the historical, political, and social context of the 1990s and 2000s, Un fantasma en la Batalla tells the story of Amaia, a young civil guard who spends more than a decade working as an undercover agent within Eta, with the aim of locating the band’s hideouts in the South of France.

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Guillermo del Toro’s affable smile can win anyone’s heart. Not to mention, his movies as well. The Mexican filmmaker has given us a sleuth of cult classics over the years. Though not one of the most dominating personalities out there, del Toro has quietly sneaked in quite a number of remarkable works over the span of his illustrious career. With three Academy Awards and just as many Golden Globes, there can be no doubt about his impact on the industry. But things could have turned out better if he had chosen another movie over Hellboy 2.

Guillermo del Toro’s rise to fame

Guillermo del Toro rose to fame in the 2000s

At the turn of the millennium, Guillermo del Toro was not the icon he is today. A director with a couple of films to his name, he was still looking to find his feet in the industry.

Since the wake of the 21st century in 2000, there have been several movie releases globally, with a few hits and misses. The film industry has progressed much, but some intermittent drawbacks have occurred. And as we draw near to the first quarter of the 21st century, we find it quite thrilling to look at some of the best movies of the 21st century so far.

Related: 10 Best Movies of All Time, Ranked by Viewers

What is the yardstick for this sort of selection? A few articles are already online ranking either the top 50, 75, or 100 greatest movies of the 21st century, but we thought to go with the viewers’ voice. Therefore, this result is compiled based on two IMDb articles listing the top 75 greatest and top 50 movies of the 21st century. We picked the 25 best movies that viewers consider the best through their votes and ratings.

That way, this is not our list per se.

This article contains spoilers for "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio."

Even when adapting others' stories, Guillermo del Toro always puts a personal thumbprint on his movies. He remixed Mike Mignola's "Hellboy" as a superhero spin on Beauty and the Beast, reframing the relationship between the eponymous hero (Ron Perlman) and Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) as a love story. In his 2021 remake of "Nightmare Alley," he eschewed the ghostly black-and-white color scheme of the original film. Courtesy of cinematographer Dan Laustsen, del Toro's film mixed lurid, snowy blues with golden yellow hues; the blood really pops in both colors.

The filmmaker's most recent feature, the stop-motion "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" was released on Netflix, to critical acclaim. The tale of the wooden boy is a classic that's been retold many times, but del Toro found a fresh way to spin the story and make it feel a piece with his films...

First they conquered Hollywood film shoots, now they’re aiming to drive up local production, adding a new local edge to one of Europe’s most popular big shoot locales.

A decade ago, Spain’s Canary Islands started to become a top shoot destination for big international films, offering wide-ranging landscapes and unique tax advantages.

An influx of international film and TV shoots served to establish an industrial base, nurturing high-profile crew talent and sparking the creation of competitive production services companies.

Now in second stage growth, the Atlantic Ocean islands are raising the ante, boosting local industry’s production subsidies and their international exposure.

Early fruit of new ambitious measures, the Canary Islands Audiovisual Cluster is introducing at next week’s virtual Berlin European Film Market an 80-minute promo reel dubbed Canarias Unleashed which offers a sneak preview of six upcoming features produced on the Islands by local companies tapping into local talent.

Last year, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth, the beloved film was added to the Criterion Colleciton with a new Blu-ray, and this fall the celebration continues with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's 4K Ultra HD release of Pan's Labyrinth on October 1st:

From the Press Release (via Why So Blu?): "Written and directed by del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival where it received a 22-minute standing ovation, followed by its North American premiere at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. The critically-acclaimed film won multiple awards, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, the Ariel Award for Best Picture, the Saturn Award for Best International Film, and the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form. The film also appeared on more than 20 critic’s top ten lists for 2006.

Produced by del Toro, Bertha Navarro, Alfonso Cuaron,...

Burbank, CA, September 5, 2019 – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced today that Pan’s Labyrinth, the highly-acclaimed 2006 modern day dark fairy tale written and directed by Academy Award-winner Guillermo del Toro, will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital on October 1.

Written and directed by del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival where it received a 22-minute standing ovation, followed by its North American premiere at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. The critically-acclaimed film won multiple awards, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, the Ariel Award for Best Picture, the Saturn Award for Best International Film, and the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form. The film also appeared on more than 20 critic’s top ten lists for 2006.

Produced by del Toro, Bertha Navarro, Alfonso Cuaron, Frida Torresblanco, and Alvaro Augustin, the film stars Serio Lopez, Maribel Verdu, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil,...

Cannes–A poet, a romantic, and a stranger in a strange land, Adrian is a Romanian immigrant working as a night watchman at a car dealership in Cordoba. After leaving his old life behind, he falls in love with a Spanish singer who offers him a shot at reinvention. But when a money-making scheme by his shifty boss goes awry, Adrian himself has to face the consequences, threatening to put his very life in jeopardy.

“Parking” is the latest feature from Tudor Giurgiu, the veteran Romanian director and founder of the Transylvania Intl. Film Festival. Inspired by Marin Mălaicu-Hondrari’s “Apropierea” (Closeness), which was a bestseller after its 2010 release in Romania, it stars Mihai Smarandache, along with rising Spanish star Belén Cuesta, Ariadna Gil (“Pan’s Labyrinth”), and two-time Goya Award winner Luis Bermejo. “Parking” will open the 18th edition of the Transilvania fest, which bows May 31 in Cluj, Romania.

Like father, like son!

Viggo Mortensen brought his son Henry to the Aarp Movies for Grownups Awards on Monday night, where the actor was honored for his work in the Oscar-nominated movie Green Book.

Mortensen, 60, shares Henry, 31, with his ex-wife, singer Exene Cervenka. Mortensen is now in a longterm relationship with Spanish actress Ariadna Gil and Henry is his only child.

The actor also brought his son to the Oscars in 2017, when he was nominated for his role in Captain Fantastic.

The Green Book star received the best actor award at the annual awards ceremony. Other winners at the Aarp...

Location shooting is underway in Mexico and Argentina for Season 2 of Fox Premium’s “Here on Earth”, the multi award- winning series created by Gael Garcia Bernal, Kyzza Terrazas and Jorge Dorantes.

Mexican actors Adriana Barraza, Kristyan Ferrer and Natasha Dupeyron join the Season 1 cast toplined by Bernal, Alfonso Dosal, Daniel Giménez Cacho –who will also helm an episode – along with Tenoch Huerta, Colombian actress Paulina Dávila and Spanish actress Ariadna Gil.

The political drama-thriller series of eight one-hour episodes has already picked up a clutch of awards including at Canneseries, the Zurich Film Festival, and most recently at the Fenix Film Awards held in Mexico City in its Outstanding Ensemble Cast category.

In this new season of “Here on Earth,” lead character Carlos Calles (Dosal), begins to perceive certainties about the death of his father while his stepfather, Governor Mario Rocha (Giménez Cacho), tries to keep the truth hidden...

Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s “Birds of Passage,” Colombia’s official entry to the Oscars’ Foreign-Language category, took home the best picture Fenix Award in a glittering ceremony held in Mexico City on Nov. 7. Its lead actress, Carmiña Martínez, clinched the best actress Fenix.

However, Argentine period drama “Zama” by Lucrecia Martel snagged the most awards, including cinematography, editing, sound and art design.

In a nod to the boom in premium TV series, the Fenix have included included television nominees since last year. Alex Pina’s Atresmedia-produced Netflix heist thriller series, “La Casa de Papel” (“Money Heist”), nabbed best series while Gael Garcia Bernal and Kyzza Terraza’s “Here on Earth” won best ensemble cast for a family drama-thriller series which toplines some of the most renowned actors in the Spanish-speaking world, such as Mexico’s Daniel Giménez Cacho, Chile’s Luis Gnecco and Spain’s Ariadna Gil.

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Santiago De Compostela, Spain — Gael García Bernal’s political thriller “Aquí en la tierra” (“Here on Earth”), a searing indictment of Mexico’s ruling elite, has been re-upped for a second season by Fox Networks Group Latin America.

The announcement of the renewal comes as, at Spain’s Conecta Fiction, Fngla senior vice president Mariana Pérez unveiled a new thriller, “Buenas Intenciones,” whose development is set up at Fox Telecolombia, confirmed a third season of “Sitiados” (Besieged) and sneak peeked “The Host,” an innovative non-scripted format starring Adrián Suar, one of Fox’s first two non-scripted shows in Latin America.

Pérez’s presentation underscores various trends at Fox Networks Group Latin America, a driving force behind new generation TV in the region:

*Fng Latin America is upping the volume. It has 10 series in production for 2018, more than last year, said Pérez, and “three-to-four times” as many series in development. Fox needs ever more contents,...

The event launches in Cannes this April.

Canneseries, the international TV festival launching in Cannes this April (7-11), has revealed the ten series in its official competition selection.

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The titles include Killing Eve created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) and starring Sandra Oh and Fiona Shaw, and Aquí En La Terra, created by Gael García Bernal with Kyzza Terrazas and Jorge Dorantes.

The titles were selected by Canneseries artistic director Albin Lewi.

The festival was founded by David Lisnard, mayor of Cannes and presided by former French culture minister Fleur Pellerin. It will run alongside Miptv.

BBC America’s “Killing Eve” has been selected for this year’s first-ever Canneseries TV festival competition — making it the only U.S. show in a field of ten international productions. “Killing Eve” will be up for one of six awards handed out on April 11, along side new series from Belgium, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Norway, South Korea, and Spain.

The ten shows will be vying for Best Music, Best Screenplay, Special Performance Prize, Best Performance and Best Series trophies.

As previously announced, author and producer Harlan Coben has been named jury president for the competition, which takes place April 7 to 11. The U.S.-based Coben will be joined on the panel by actress Paula Beer (Germany), screenwriter and director Audrey Fouché (France), actress Melisa Sözen (Turkey), composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer (Chile/Canada) and actor Michael K. Williams (USA).

Coben’s new series “Safe,” which will air in France...

Exclusive: Chavela Vargas documentary sells to Us and France.

Madrid-based sales agent Latido has scored key territory deals on Chavela, the documentary by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi which premiered at this week’s Berlin Film Festival in the Panorama strand.

The documentary about iconic Mexican singer Chavela Vargas has gone to Bodega Films in France and The Film Collaborative in the Us. A deal has been closed with Portugal (Leopardo Filmes), and Latido is reporting interest from Israel and Germany.

A bidding war is underway between two companies in Spain, which comes as no surprise considering the popularity of Chavela Vargas’ music in the country. Her songs are closely related to Pedro Almodóvar’s films and the director had personal involvement in the singer’s revival in the later years of her career.

Further titles on Latido’s line-up to have inked deals include Spanish war film Rescue Under Fire, which is set...

A new trailer for Zona Hostil (aka Rescue Under Fire) is a reminder that not all military heroes come from Hollywood. Heading for release in its native Spain on March 10, Zona Hostil is based on events that took place in Afghanistan in August 2012, revolving around military personnel in need of rescue during a time of warfare. Ariadna Gil stars as a medical officer with the Spanish army; she arrives by helicopter and then becomes trapped in a very bad situation. Raul Merida, Robert Alamo, and Antonio Garrido also star. Adolfo Martinez Perez directed. He's worked as a storyboard artist on Hollywood productions such as The Jungle Book and Oblivion; this is his feature debut and the action looks striking and very fierce. No...

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Our countdown of the top 100 films of the 21st Century (so far) concludes here with the top 25.

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The first decade and a half of the 21st century has brought a lot of changes to the landscape of film. The advancement and sophistication of computers has made realistic computer generated effects a mainstay in both big-budget and small-budget films. The internet and streaming technologies have given big Hollywood new competition in films produced independently and by non-traditional means. We went from purchasing films on yards of tape to plastic disks, and now we can simply upload them to the cloud. Advertisements for films have reached a higher, more ruthless level where generating hype through trailers and teasers is crucial for a film’s commercial success. Movie attendance has fluctuated along with the economy, but that hasn...

In Patrick Süskind’s novel “Perfume” (which was turned into a film back in 2006 by German helmer Tom Tykwer) the central character is born with no body odor and becomes fascinated with the scent of others. This defining trait affects his relationship with the world around him terribly hindering his social skills. Even though tonally both stories couldn’t be more disparate, filmmaker Analeine Cal y Mayor’s debut feature “Treading Water” revolves around a protagonist who suffers from essentially the opposite problem: his body secretes a fetid smell, which resembles that of fish, and there is nothing he can do to change it. And just like the murderous protagonist in the German tale, the hero here is also shaped negatively by his unique relationship with bodily aromas.

Born to a Mexican mother, Sophie (Ariadna Gil), and an American, mostly absent father, Richard (Don McKellar), curly-haired boy Mica (played by Brian Bridger and Douglas Smith) learns very early on that people are repulsed by him. Though it’s clear this reaction is nothing personal, it has an atrocious effect on his self-esteem. As if such strange physiological condition wasn’t enough to make him feel abnormal, Mica and his family live in a house that’s actually a museum honoring legendary Mexican singer Guillermo Garibai (Gonzalo Vega) – a fictional character that appears to be based on classic performers from a bygone era. Sophie is the defacto tour guide, but not surprisingly Mica’s smell becomes a problem for the visitors - a clientele made up almost entirely of elderly women. Isolated and wearing a tree-shaped air freshener around his neck, grade-school-age Mica gets used to navigating life on his own having his therapist Catherine (Carrie-Anne Moss) as his only friend.

Cal y Mayor’s visual and tonal approach, particularly in the opening sequences, is reminiscent of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s “Amelie,” even with in the darkly comedic way that a tragic death is handled. The quirky nature of the world allows for the filmmaker to showcase its eccentricities in all aspects of the story. Ostentatious portraits of Garibai, colorful wallpapers, a vintage gramophone, and many other bizarre objects and mementos conform the delightfully elaborate production design. A unique narcissistic shrine like this is fitting for this often irreverent coming-of-ager.

Fast-forwarding a few years, teenage Mica has become a skillful swimmer, as he knows that while underwater his smell isn’t as noticeable. Used to his lonesome path, he has decided not to go to college and instead runs the house/museum by himself. The only source of care and human interaction he knows is Catherine, who has definitely gone beyond her professional duties to help him. Unavoidably, this cycle is broken when a love interest emerges. Running into each other at the local pool, Laura (played by charismatic “Divergent” actress Zoë Kravitz), and Mica begin a romance that is not dictated by his uncommon stink or her secret life as a janitor.

Laced with magical realist elements, “Treading Water” suffers from an uneven use of its collection of odd qualities that loses sight of what makes it special and relies on safe genre conventions for leverage. It centers on an abruptly conceived relationship that drives the attention away from the initial self-discovery premise and introduces an easy solution to the lead character’s core issue. Mica doesn’t really overcome his struggle with his unchangeable “curse,” but instead hopes that by finding someone who likes him enough to ignore, he might also accept it – the familiar “love cures all” card comes into play.

Interestingly enough, even if the film rushes to find a feel-good conclusion, there are multiple instances in which Cal y Mayor confronts her characters with more somber truths. Mica is perpetually depressed and craves companionship so much that he confuses platonic love with sexual attraction. Cynicism consumes him. When Catherine tries to reassure him, he explicitly calls himself a “freak” and attacks her for what he considers default, empty statements to make him better. These responses read as sincere from a person who has experienced alienation from birth, and it’s here that the film conveys engaging sincerity.

Exuding genuine emotions while in such singular surroundings, fresh-faced Douglas Smith is a talented discovery. His receptive demeanor and gullible personality blend with the surreal reality and weird fairytale–like occurrences: renowned Mexican actor Gonzalo Vega has one scene in which he is basically a funny fairy-godfather dealing with high cholesterol. Despite it all, Smith is promising and was able to carry “Treading Water” by making such an unordinary concept into something relatable, and occasionally moving. An added bonus is the subtle way the director imbued the film with her Mexican roots through the use of traditional music, even if the story doesn’t reflect it as much thematically.

Aesthetically amusing and with a handful of notable components, “Treading Water” is hit-and-miss, yet enjoyable offbeat romantic comedy. With this imaginative tale, Cal y Mayor establishes her fondness for idiosyncratic storytelling, and though this might not be a perfect example of her abilities, it sure smells like her work promises to have a memorable fragrance

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Treading Water is a modern-day fairytale complete with hero and heroine, seemingly insurmountable obstacles, a fairy godfather (of sorts) and an unexpected all-dancing / all-swimming finale.

Mica (Douglas Smith) faces a number of challenges. He’s grown up in a house that’s actually a museum celebrating the renowned Mexican crooner Guillermo Garibai (Gonzalo Vega). Mica’s mother Sophie (Ariadna Gil) is the guardian and tour guide of this wildly over-the-top shrine. And then there’s the fact that Mica smells like fish…

Mother and son are both too much (or not enough) for Mica’s father Richard (Don McKellar), who ends up abandoning them. No one around Mica, not even his therapist Catherine (Carrie-Anne Moss), is able to get him on track, until his childhood crush Laura (Zoë Kravitz) swims back into his life. For the first time in his life he feels happy, but Mica ends up losing her as well.

Originally, Treading Water was called The Boy Who Smells Like Fish — a more accurate title, though the new one is more appropriately generic. Set in a faceless, timeless suburb, Analeine Cal y Mayor's bland, faux-quirky dramedy's most distinguishing set piece is a kitschy historic house museum dedicated to an erstwhile Mexican crooner named Guillermo Garibai. This is where Mica (Douglas Smith) lives with his mother (Ariadna Gil), who receives money from the singer's foundation to give tours of the preserved Garibai home, and his father (Don McKellar), who excuses himself from the family early and only returns later to steal their television. Much of the drabness of Mica's life can be blamed on one "particularity," as he calls it — he suffers f...

Trimethylaminuria is an uncommon metabolic disorder first described in 1970 that affects the body’s ability to produce the enzyme flavin, which monooxygenase 3 (FMO3). This causes trimethylamine to build up and release in excess through a person’s sweat, urine and breath. Trimethylamine gives off a strong, fishy body odor, which is why the disease is more colloquially referred to as, “fish malodor syndrome.” While the disorder is incurable, those afflicted can reduce the fishy smell by avoiding foods like beans, red meats and, understandably, fish.

Trimethylaminuria is the cause of our protagonist’s condition and the starting point for writer/director Analeine Cal y Mayor’s debut film. Although the titular boy, Mica (two child actors, then Douglas Smith), doesn’t learn the specifics of his illness until young adulthood, his life is altered from birth as the doctor in his delivery room takes a quick, unpleasant sniff of his...

Witching And Bitching The London Spanish Film Festival returns for its 10th birthday with a diverse programme running from September 25 to October 5.

Crowd-pleasers inlcude the latest films by Álex de la Iglesia and Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, along with the surprise Spanish box office hit from the end of last year, Three Many Weddings (Javier Ruiz Caldera, 2013). But the returning Basque and Catalan sidebars also offer the chance to discover films - representing a range of genres - that might otherwise slip under the radar given the paucity of Spanish titles that make it to these shores.

The retrospective of the often-controversial Vicente Aranda includes several UK premieres, most notably Freedom Fighters (1996), which boasts a cast including Ariadna Gil, Victoria Abril, Ana Bélen, and Loles Léon. Abril will be interviewed before the screening of Lovers (Vicente Aranda, 1992) on Saturday October 4 - Abril is always...

Alberto Rodríguez, Carlos Vermut, Jon Garaó and Jm Goneada will premiere their new titles.

The 62nd San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 19-27) has revealed the three Spanish titles that will compete for the Golden Shell at this year’s event.

Filmmaker Alberto Rodríguez will screen Marshland (La isla mínima), a thriller set in post-Franco Spain about the disappearance of two teenage girls that combines dark thriller elements with the trauma of a country freshly out of a dictatorship. José Antonio Félez (Cousinhood, Family United) produces.

Carlos Vermut hit big with his self-produced debut, Diamond Flash, a personal film about a mysterious superhero.

His second feature, Magical Girl, is more mainstream and tells the story of an unemployed father who will do anything to buy his daughter her dream dress. Legendary actor José Sacristán is cast in the film, which deals with the current economic crisis impacting Spain.

A surprise came with the selection of Loreak - the Basque...

She's the go-to girl for Goop-tastic goods, lifestyle advice and now… hair care! Blo Blow Dry Bar announced that Gwyneth Paltrow will team up with the brand's creative branch. Joining the Goop guru is celebrity hairstylist David Babaii, the Vogue-crowned "king of curls." And rest assured, the new additions to the boutique blowout brand know their way around a blow dryer—Babaii has worked with A-listers from Angelina Jolie to Sarah Jessica Parker and, well, just look at Gwyneth's hair. "I cannot wait to grow Blo with Gwyneth and David. They are the perfect fit for our company," Blo Blow Dry Bar's CEO Ari Yakobson wrote of the collab. Blo, the self-proclaimed first...

Well hello, my Wildlings! Yes, our Crown Prince has heard your pleas and we will, indeed, be recapping the second season of HBO's dragontastic Hair Opera Game of Thrones. You may know me from my liveblogs of As the World Turns or recaps of American Horror Story, the combination of which makes me uncannily well-suited for covering such a complex, melodramatic, and patently batsh*t series. And I am well-versed in the ins and outs (and ins and outs) of the series, so never fear - I will have no trouble keeping my Bannisters straight from my Targomuffins.

We didn't recap the first episode, but I can sum it up in one animated Gif:

"You Get A King! And You Get A King! And You Get A King!"

That's right - since Gossip Girl Baratheon decided to spill the Lannisters' sister-lovin' beans via raven text, everyone has decided that Lady...

Mike Huckabee's remarks about Natalie Portman's out-of-wedlock pregnancy weren't incendiary-until Eric Hananoki got his hands on them and found just the right snippet to get the media fired up. Howard Kurtz on how partisan groups are deploying sound bites to discredit public figures.

Mike Huckabee, whose nonstop book-flacking is keeping him on the political radar, was doing a routine radio interview when the talk briefly turned to Natalie Portman.

Related story on The Daily Beast: Al Sharpton: Obama's Go-To Black Leader

Seattle host Michael Medved questioned how the 29-year-old actress could tout her pregnancy at the Oscars when she had not yet married her fiancé. The once-and-maybe-future presidential candidate replied that it was "troubling" to see "a Natalie Portman or some other Hollywood starlet who boasts" of having a child out of wedlock, because "there aren't really a lot of single moms out there who are making millions...

Apologies for the delay this week. Technical issues. It’ll be worth the wait, I promise.

Studies have shown that Hidden Gems of the Week, EW.com’s collection of reader-submitted ridiculata, is the best way to enjoy Dancing With the Stars without ever having to turn it on. It’s a visual feast of sparkles, fringe, and flesh. Ready to go down the rabbit hole? Behold this bountiful smattering of Visible Gems!

Gem Mystery of the Week: What Was Hidden in Brooke’s Ridiculous Gown?

Oh, my! So many of you DANCMSTRs nominated this blatant yet phantom gem — and with so many creative ideas!

El Laberinto Del Fauno / Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Direction and screenplay: Guillermo del Toro Cast: Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo, Manolo Solo Oscar Movies Recommended Ivana Baquero, Pan's Labyrinth "If you expect to get laid after this screening," Guillermo del Toro told the midnight (actually, closer to 1 a.m.) audience at the AFI Fest Los Angeles 2007 premiere of Pan's Labyrinth, "it ain't gonna happen." Indeed, del Toro's "adult fairytale" is hardly the sort of fable that would induce either sexual or romantic yearnings. The story of a young girl who attempts to escape the brutal repression of General Francisco Franco's Spain by creating her own dark fantasy world, Pan's Labyrinth is movie magic at its most visceral. [Note: Spoilers ahead.] Set in 1944 Spain, where isolated groups of rebels were still fighting Franco's totalitarian right-wing government, Pan's Labyrinth starts with a prologue about a [...]...

Miley Cyrus has been kept busy by her latest movie project "So Undercover" recently. As the shooting comes closer to an end, the "Can't Be Tamed" singer made time to update her fans on what has been happening and which "Entourage" star will be making a cameo in the film by posting a special video blog from the set.

" 'Sup guys? It's Miley in my trailer hanging out on the set of 'So Undercover,' " said the 18-year-old songstress in the beginning of her video message. "This is actually our last week and a half, which is crazy." She continued to share, "We actually just had a wrap party because the girls are leaving 'cause now it's getting into the relationship of me and my dad [Mike O'Malley]."

At some point of the video, the star of "The Last Song" dished that Jeremy Piven has a secret part in the movie.

Perhaps the producers of Entourage should get in touch with Miley Cyrus. Sounds like she can have a great storyline on the show with Ari Gold. Why? Well, Jeremy Piven says he and the former Hannah Montana star hit it off right away while filming the upcoming action movie So Undercover. Cyrus stars as a private eye hired by the FBI to infiltrate a sorority. Piven plays the Fed. "I think I must be an 18-year-old girl because we got along really well," Piven told me while promoting his new drama I Melt With You at the Sundance Film Festival's Bing Bar. "It was just so much fun. I had so much fun with her and we had great chemistry. It was really really weird—we're like polar...

And HollywoodLife.com will be there too! Here’s a sneak peek at the fun, celeb-filled events at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah this year!

Every winter, stars flock to the mountains in Utah for one of the most fun and prestigious film festivals of the year, the Sundance Film Festival. In addition to screenings, cast discussions and premieres, Sundance is also known for its wild nightlife and luxurious gifting suites — and HollywoodLife.com wants to give You a taste of the hottest places where all the celebs will be hanging out this year!

Friday, January 21

Chefdance After-party at Thor Lounge celebrating:

Three’s Company: The Drama starring James Franco

Pete Small is Dead starring Steve Buscemi, Peter Dinklage, and Pete Roth

Ralph Lauren Big Pony Fragrances Party: Featuring a live performance by OneRepublic

Who: Liv Tyler, Terrence Howard, 50 Cent, Hugh Dancy, Floyd Mayweather, Lizzie Olsen, Carmen Electra,...

Join us in celebrating the achievements of Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro and other film artists of Hispanic descent with our Hispanic Heritage Month film fest only On Demand starting September 15. Own them all by visiting iTunes.com. Academy Award Winning “Pan’s Labyrinth” from visionary director Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein, Cronos) stars Doug Jones (Hellboy, Carnies), Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu and Ariadna Gil. Synopsis: In 1944 fascist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in [...]...

The seventh season of "Entourage" kicks off this Sunday, but star Jeremy Piven has a peek of what's to come for you in today's Daily TwitPic. Piven, who of course plays agent to the stars and colossal D-bag Ari Gold, poses here with rock star Lenny Kravitz, who is wearing a tallis.

Kravitz is actually half-Jewish, as Piven notes in his tweet, so the tallis is not so out of the ordinary. What I'm more curious about here is the context. Will Kravitz be having his Bar Mitzvah on this season of "Entourage"? We can only hope, right? All will be made clear soon enough. Check out the image after the jump.

Remember to check out Brian Warmoth's Twitter-Wood column every day for an early jump on your Daily TwitPic.

As we enter the eighth week of the IMDb250 Project it’s becoming clear that the experience has completely changed our tastes, our appreciation and our knowledge of movies and movie making in general after only 20 films viewed each so far, that is something truly incredible for us personally and a real positive for attempting this project which could easily have become a chore watching so many movies in such a short period.

If you want to check out the previous weeks 1 – 7 click here for a rundown of our previous progress in the project but for now I bring you my next five films for the project of which three I had never seen before, one I haven’t seen since I was very very young and the final one is such a phenomenal a personal favourite movie of mine that I wish I could watch it again for the...

February is in full swing and this week brings a host of new movies and some great classics hitting Blu-ray for the first time. This week’s releases include the first time on Blu-ray Casablanca, Unforgiven, Gangs of New York, Pan’s Labyrinth and The Godfather I and II.

There are also several Dr. Who TV movies, a couple seasons of TV’s Dynasty, Volume 3 of Batman: The Brave and the Bold and the Blu-ray release of Zombieland with Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin (pictured above).

Check out this week’s new releases:

Movies

Adam ~ Hugh Dancy, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving (Blu-ray and DVD)

Amelia ~ Hillary Swank, Richard Gere (Blu-ray and DVD)

Casablanca ~ Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains (Blu-ray)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ~ Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire (Blu-ray)

Gangs of New York (Remastered) ~ Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day Lewis, John C. Reilly...

So, it’s been a busy month with votes coming in by the thousand but now that New Years Day has arrived we’ve been able to collate all your votes to give you the definitive list of movies that you believe defined the decade.

I’ll be looking at the top 10 in more depth below but you can download the entire list of movies by opening this Pdf. So, read on to find out which movies you believe most defined the decade.

Let us know your thoughts on the top 10 in the comments below. One question I have: If Avatar has come out earlier in the decade, would it have made your top 10 films of the past 10 years? Personally it would make it into my top 10 of 2009. Possibly even be number one.

10. There Will Be Blood (2007)

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis / Mary Elizabeth Barrett / Paul Dano / Dillon Freasier...

The Panorama section will comprise a total of 50 titles with about a third of those being documentaries and here's the first 21 of the list. Oddly enough Dominic Murphy's White Lightnin' will be playing although it's having it's premier at Sundance. Another film we reported on, Uli Lommel's Absolute Evil starring David Carradine will also be playing, and I'm still wondering how the hell they got that in there.

You can check out the list of all 21 titles after the break.

Absolute Evil by Ulli Lommel, USA (world premiere)

With David Carradine, Carolyn Neff, Ulli Lommel, Chris Kiesa

Ander by Roberto Castón, Spain (directorial debut and world premiere)

With Josean Bengoetxea, Cristhian Esquivel, Mamen Rivera, Pilar Rodríguez, Leire Ucha

At Stake by Iwan Setiawan, Muhammad Ichsan, Lucky Kuswandi, Ucu Agustin, Ani Ema Susanti, Indonesia

Panorama Dokumente

Coyote by Chema Rodríguez, Spain (world premiere)

Panorama Dokumente

Der Knochenmann (The Bone Man) by Wolfgang Murnberger,...

This review was written for the festival screening of "Pan's Labyrinth."The bizarre beasts in a young girl's phantasmagorical imagination are nothing compared to the ruthless brutes that populate her day-to-day reality so it's no wonder she wishes to escape in Guillermo del Toro's engrossing fable "Pan's Labyrinth."

The story is set in Spain in 1944 as Franco's victorious fascist forces bear down with punishing weight on any who resist. The film's extraordinary fantasy sequences, in which the girl must complete three arduous tasks, offer a semblance of hope and salvation compared to the short life expectancy in a merciless military state.

Definitely not for children and in fact more of a horror film, "Pan's Labyrinth" will thrive on the festival circuit and should find appreciative audiences in art houses everywhere.

Rooted in the grim pessimism of totalitarian Spain, the film begins with a prologue about the fate of a long-lost princess and the promise of her return. As the tale is told, a pregnant and sickly woman, Carmen (Ariadna Gil) and her daughter Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) arrive at a military outpost commanded by Carmen's officious new husband, Capt. Vidal (Sergi Lopez).

Ofelia still pines for her late father while her mother entreats her to embrace the stiff and unpleasant captain although it soon becomes apparent that he is more interested in fathering a son than in being a husband or father to the girl.

Worse than that, he reveals himself as a monster who kills captured rebels with extreme brutality and utter disdain for their existence. The camp is threatened by a gathering number of guerillas aided secretly by their leader's sister, Mercedes (Maribel Verdu), who is the captain's chief housekeeper. As Carmen's health deteriorates, a humane doctor (Alex Angulo) becomes a regular visitor although where his sympathies lay remains to be seen.

As Vidal's merciless character is revealed, Ofelia finds herself captivated by fairies that lead her to an ancient maze leading down to a labyrinth where she encounters a fearsome but talkative faun (Doug Jones). He claims she is a legendary lost princess and she must pass three tests in order to claim immortality.

These involve tackling a monstrous toad that has swallowed a key; braving a faceless creature with eyes in his hands who sets out a tempting banquet and devours anyone who tastes a single morsel; and a classic dilemma that requires spilling the blood of an innocent.

As Ofelia faces these challenges, her mother struggles with an increasingly difficult pregnancy and the captain devises ever more gruesome ways to torture captive resistance fighters. The girl's adventures are as real to her as the surrounding horrors and Del Toro's great accomplishment is in weaving the two together so convincingly.

The visual effects are mesmerizing and the harsh drama of the military camp has its horrific moments of torture and death, as well as when the captain sews together his cheek after being slashed by an assailant.

The performers are all good with Baquero poised and beautiful as Ofelia and Verdu vital and spirited as the rebellious Mercedes. Lopez gives an extraordinary performance as the bestial captain, an irredeemable villain to rank with Ralph Fiennes' Nazi in "Schindler's List."...

The bizarre beasts in a young girl's phantasmagorical imagination are nothing compared to the ruthless brutes that populate her day-to-day reality so it's no wonder she wishes to escape in Guillermo Del Toro's engrossing fable "Pan's Labyrinth".

The story is set in Spain in 1944 as Franco's victorious fascist forces bear down with punishing weight on any who resist. The film's extraordinary fantasy sequences, in which the girl must complete three arduous tasks, offer a semblance of hope and salvation compared to the short life expectancy in a merciless military state.

Definitely not for children and in fact more of a horror film, "Pan's Labyrinth" will thrive on the festival circuit and should find appreciative audiences in art houses everywhere.

Rooted in the grim pessimism of totalitarian Spain, the film begins with a prologue about the fate of a long-lost princess and the promise of her return. As the tale is told, a pregnant and sickly woman, Carmen (Ariadna Gil) and her daughter Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) arrive at a military outpost commanded by Carmen's officious new husband, Capt. Vidal (Sergi Lopez).

Ofelia still pines for her late father while her mother entreats her to embrace the stiff and unpleasant captain although it soon becomes apparent that he is more interested in fathering a son than in being a husband or father to the girl.

Worse than that, he reveals himself as a monster who kills captured rebels with extreme brutality and utter disdain for their existence. The camp is threatened by a gathering number of guerillas aided secretly by their leader's sister, Mercedes (Maribel Verdu), who is the captain's chief housekeeper. As Carmen's health deteriorates, a humane doctor (Alex Angulo) becomes a regular visitor although where his sympathies lay remains to be seen.

As Vidal's merciless character is revealed, Ofelia finds herself captivated by fairies that lead her to an ancient maze leading down to a labyrinth where she encounters a fearsome but talkative faun (Doug Jones). He claims she is a legendary lost princess and she must pass three tests in order to claim immortality.

These involve tackling a monstrous toad that has swallowed a key; braving a faceless creature with eyes in his hands who sets out a tempting banquet and devours anyone who tastes a single morsel; and a classic dilemma that requires spilling the blood of an innocent.

As Ofelia faces these challenges, her mother struggles with an increasingly difficult pregnancy and the captain devises ever more gruesome ways to torture captive resistance fighters. The girl's adventures are as real to her as the surrounding horrors and Del Toro's great accomplishment is in weaving the two together so convincingly.

The visual effects are mesmerizing and the harsh drama of the military camp has its horrific moments of torture and death, as well as when the captain sews together his cheek after being slashed by an assailant.

The performers are all good with Baquero poised and beautiful as Ofelia and Verdu vital and spirited as the rebellious Mercedes. Lopez gives an extraordinary performance as the bestial captain, an irredeemable villain to rank with Ralph Fiennes' Nazi in "Schindler's List".

PAN'S LABYRINTH

Estudios Picasso, Telecinco, Tequila Gang, Esperanto Filmoj

Credits: Writer, director, producer: Guillermo del Toro; Producers: Bertha Navarro, Alfonso Cuaron; Frida Torresblanco; Alvaro Augustin; Director of photography: Guillermo Navarro; Production designer: Eugenio Caballero; Editor: Bernat Vilaplana; Music: Javier Navarette. Cast: Captain Vidal: Sergi Lopez; Mercedes: Maribel Verdu; Ofelia: Ivana Baquero; Pan: Doug Jones; Doctor: Alex Angulo; Carmen: Ariadna Gil; Pedro: Roger Casamajor; Serrano: Cesar Bea; Casares: Frederico Luppi; Garces: Manuel Solo.

No MPAA rating, running time 112 mins.

MADRID -- Mariano Barroso's Ants in the Mouth, a political thriller, will open the eighth Malaga Spanish Film Festival, which runs April 22-30, organizers said Monday. Set in prerevolutionary Cuba, the film stars Ariadna Gil, Eduard Fernandez and Jorge Perugorria. Ants, which made a strong market debut at the Lanzarote Spanish Film Screenings in February, will inaugurate the competition section at what has become Spain's biggest showcase of national fare. Actress Veronica Forque will receive the Malaga Award for lifetime achievement, while artistic director Gerardo Vera will receive the Ricardo Franco award at the festival, held on Spain's southern Mediterranean coast.

MADRID -- A political thriller based on idealism, love and deception Mariano Barroso, will open the 8th Malaga Spanish Film Festival, which runs April 22-30, organizers said Monday. Set in pre-revolutionary Cuba, the film stars Ariadna Gil, Eduard Fernandez and Jorge Perugorria. Ants, which made a strong market debut at the Lanzarote Spanish Film Screenings in February, will inaugurate the competition section at what has become Spain's biggest showcase of national fare.

A weepy, soapy Spanish melodrama about a romantic triangle involving a married couple and the male surgeon with whom the husband has a torrid affair, "Second Skin" is most notable for demonstrating the relative sophistication of European vs. American movie stars. As the hunky doctor, Spain's Javier Bardem engages in the sort of torrid, explicit erotic gay couplings that you won't find Tom Cruise or Mel Gibson participating in any time soon.

The chief protagonist of Gerard Vera's film is Alberto (Jordi Molla), an engineer both married to the beautiful Elena (Ariadna Gil) and dallying with Diego (Bardem), the sort of impossibly handsome surgeon who would be a natural for the cast of "ER." The hopelessly confused Alberto loves his wife dearly but is irresistibly drawn to Diego, who has no idea that his new lover has a wife. Most of the film's narrative is concerned with Alberto's desperate attempts to keep both his wife and lover as Elena becomes aware that her husband is having an affair and Diego becomes increasingly suspicious of Alberto's frequent unavailability.

Earnest and nearly devoid of humor or the spark of spontaneity, "Skin" is the sort of picture in which, whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do, they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset. Not helping matters is that lead actor Molla lacks the appeal or charisma to make palatable his character's behavior, nor his appeal to such genuine stunners as Gil and Bardem. While the film does manage some moments of genuine emotion and is refreshingly frank in its depiction of the physicality of the relationship between the two male leads, it is undone by a resolution that ties up the plot all too neatly.

SECOND SKIN

Menemsha Films

Credits:

Director: Gerard Vera

Screenwriter: Angeles Gonzalez Sindre

Producer: Andres Vicente Gomez

Director of photography: Julio Madurga

Editor: Nick Wentworth

Music: Roque Banos

Art director: Ana Alvargonzalez

Cast:

Diego: Javier Bardem

Alberto: Jordi Molla

Elena: Ariadna Gil

Eva: Cecilia Roth

No MPAA rating

Color/stereo

Running time -- 100 minutes...