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 Entertainment
Now Playing! Around Banderas Bay
The recent explosion of movie theaters in Puerto Vallarta give movie-goers a broad range of choices. From ultra-modern cinemas with up to 14 screens playing first-run films in English [with Spanish sub-titles] to combination coffee and movie houses playing art, international and independent films from over the years, going to the movies in Puerto Vallarta is a lot cheaper than back home . . . and a great way to learn a little Spanish, too.
 Versalles
Av. Francisco Villa #799
Tel: 225-8766
Cinépolis
Av. Francisco Villa #1642 - El Pitillal
Tel: 293-6763
Cinemark
Plaza Caracol - Av. de los Tules No. 178
Tel: 224-8927
MMCinemas
Francisco Medina Ascencio #2920 Centro Comercial Galerías Vallarta
Tel: 221-0095
Click HERE for current movie listings 
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 Democracy and Capitalism Are NOT One and the Same
 Glynn Wilson
If Michael Moore had arrived on the film scene as a conservative Republican activist in 1989, he might be heralded by Fox News today as a major American hero, and he might even be able to get a fair review in the so-called "liberal" New York Times.
Antichrist
 Ryan Barnett
From its opening love scene to its closing title card, Antichrist is visually arresting. There is an atmosphere of unease that permeates the film and as events grow stranger and characters more desperate, that atmosphere becomes palpable.
To Wong Foo Playing at SETAC October 27th
 PVNN
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, starring Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo as 3 fabulous female impersonators, will be playing at the SETAC-GBLT Community Center on the south side of Vallarta on Tuesday, October 27th at 7:30 pm. Admission is free.
Revising the Image of Jackson’s Final Days
 Ben Sisario
Despite four months of lurid coverage in the news media over Mr. Jackson’s final days and his death at age 50, it is the image of a physically vigorous and mentally focused Michael Jackson that Sony Pictures and the Jackson estate are eager to convey with “This Is It,” a new film opening around the world for a two-week run.
The Man Is Steel, the Tank Is Only Iron
 Matteo Fracassi
"War is not made by heroes or Hollywood studs," says director Samuel Maoz. "War is mostly made by young and inexperienced guys. Children that are sent to go after and kill the ones they used to play with." Maoz should know. He was just 20 when he was conscripted into the Israeli army and wounded in the 1982 war with Lebanon – the subject of his first feature film.
"Mississippi" Tops Chicago Film Festival Awards
 Hollywood Reporter
Tina Mabry's "Mississippi Damned" took home the top prize, the Gold Hugo for best film, at the 45th annual Chicago International Film Festival on Saturday. The drama's writer-director, Tina Mabry, claimed the best screenplay prize.
The Young Honduran Revolution
 Johannes Wilm
In this documentary, Johannes Wilm shows his conversations with students fighting against the military coup in Honduras.
Lawyers-Turned-Filmmakers Aim Cameras at Injustice
 John Hecht
When two lawyers were filming a retrial of a Mexico City street vendor falsely imprisoned for murder, Mexico's archaic judicial system had no place to hide.
Doomsday 2012: The End of Days
 speculative2012
A History Channel 2007 documentary on various accounts of the end of the world called 'Decoding the Past - Doomsday 2012: The End of Days' says a galactic alignment or magnetic disturbances could somehow trigger a "pole shift."
Lucy Liu Drawn to Mexican "Nomads"
 John Hecht
Lucy Liu is starring in the Mexican-produced "Nomads," an English-language drama. Written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Ricardo Benet, the story centers on a documentary filmmaker (Liu) who is making a picture about subway suicides.
Group Sues in Mexico to Stop Garcia Marquez Movie
 Catherine E. Shoichet
Efforts to film Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez's latest novel are meeting resistance in Mexico, where an anti-prostitution group is seeking to block production, charging the movie will promote child prostitution.
Lula, Brazil's President, is Focus of Upcoming Film
 The News
Rio de Janeiro's landing of the 2016 Olympics last week gave Brazilians reason to cheer for Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, their popular president. Now they'll applaud his image on the big screen.
Mexico U-Turn Over Film Fund Cuts
 James Young
Mexican president Felipe Calderon is apparently backing down on a proposed 46% cut to the funding of the National Film Institute (Imcine) in the 2010 budget.
New Film Blames Drug Firm for Plight of Honey Bees
 Michael McCarthy
Vanishing of the Bees suggests that neonicotinoid pesticides may be behind the disappearance of honey bees in America.
Michael Moore Tells Democrats: "Find Your Spine" on Health Care
 Markham Heid
Sans video camera, filmmaker Michael Moore on Tuesday turned his megaphone on the current health care system and those Blue Dog Democrats he claims are "dogging" the health care debate.
Prison For Polanski?
 AskMen.com
76-year-old director Roman Polanski - who fled the USA in 1978 for France after being convicted of unlawful sex with a minor - was finally arrested by Swiss police in Zurich on Saturday night, on his way to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival.
Mexico Selects "Backyard" for Oscar Consideration
 Reuters
Mexico has selected Carlos Carrera's crime thriller "Backyard" as its foreign-language Oscar contender for the 82nd Academy Awards.
Michael Moore's Movie "Capitalism, a Love Story" a Must See
 Stewart A. Alexander
Last night, my wife Vicki Alexander and I attended the screening of Michael Moore's movie "Capitalism, a Love Story" at the Mann Bruin Theater in Los Angeles, and my gut impression of the movie is that it reveals many truths about capitalism and how the system only benefits the super rich.
Todos Somos Guerreros: A Documentary on Political Hip-Hop in El Alto, Bolivia
 Eli Breitburg-Smith & Meredith Webb
The following is a documentary made by Eli Breitburg-Smith and Meredith Webbin in 2006 in the city of El Alto, Bolivia, telling of the success that hip-hop has had in helping the youth voice be heard.
"Final Destination" Stays on Top Overseas
 Frank Segers
Deathly premonitions ruled the overseas boxoffice during the weekend as "The Final Destination" led the field for a second consecutive round, extracting $17.3 million from 28 territories.
A Feature Length Documentary about September 11th
 zero911movie.com
ZERO: An Investigation into 9/11, has one central thesis - that the official version of the events surrounding the attacks on 9/11 can not be true.
"Capitalism is Evil," Says New Michael Moore Film
 Mike Collett-White
Capitalism is evil. That is the conclusion U.S. documentary maker Michael Moore comes to in his latest movie "Capitalism: A Love Story," which premieres at the Venice film festival Sunday.
The Sequel Is So Derivative
 Francis X. Clines
Gordon Gekko is coming back, and not a moment too soon. Requests have been posted in selected Manhattan apartment houses for residents to have their lodgings scouted as sets for Oliver Stone’s sequel to “Wall Street.”
"Aztec" Ventures to the Small Screen
 Nellie Andreeva
A TV project based on the best-selling historical novel 'Aztec' is in the works. Written after more than 10 years of research into Aztec culture and rites, 'Aztec' tells the story of the native civilization of North America at its peak through the eyes of Mixtli.
Chihuahua Goes for the Glitter as it Tries to Lure Film Industry
 Frontera NorteSur
It could have been a suspenseful scene from any old action flick. Gathered in Chihuahua City this past week for the inauguration of the International Film Festival, a star-studded crowd of movie producers, actors and politicians listened to an orchestra pound out themes from Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story
 Chris Morris
"Capitalism: A Love Story," is Michael Moore's take on the U.S. financial crisis, which will premiere next month at the Venice and Toronto film festivals ahead of its wide release Oct. 2.
"Divas" a Winning Blend of Comedy, Melodrama
 Kirk Honeycutt
Light Mexican comedies such as "Casi Divas" (which translates as "Almost Divas") rarely make it across the border. But Maya Entertainment, a Latino-owned American entertainment company, is opening the film Friday in the three biggest Latino markets: Los Angeles, New York and Miami.
District 9 - A Science Fiction Film With Sophisticated New World Order Propaganda
 Lee Rogers
The sophistication of New World Order propaganda originating from Hollywood is reaching an insane level. Proof of this can be seen with the new release of the Peter Jackson produced and Neill Blomkamp directed science fiction film District 9.
El Salvador: The Mysterious Death of Marcelo Rivera
 Cyril Mychalejko
Jamie Moffett, a Philadelphia based independent filmmaker, traveled to El Salvador in July to finish work on a documentary, Return to El Salvador, which examines how that Central American country is still struggling with the aftermath of its bloody 12-year-long civil war, which ended in 1992.
A Perfect Getaway
 Steve Newton
Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich play semi-geeky screenwriter Cliff and upbeat party girl Cydney, blissfully unaware newlyweds who arrive in paradise just as news of another couple’s brutal murder is making headlines there.
Film Journalist Armando del Moral Dies
 Mike Barnes
Armando del Moral, an influential journalist who covered show business for the Spanish-speaking world in the 1940s and '50s, died July 21 in North Hollywood of natural causes. He was 93.
¡Que Viva Mexico! (English subtitles)
 Wikipedia
¡Que viva México! is a film project begun in 1930 by the Russian avant-garde director Sergei Eisenstein. It would have been an episodic portrayal of Mexican culture and politics from pre-Conquest civilization to the Mexican revolution.
Food Inc: Michael Pollan and Friends Reveal the Food Industry's Darkest Secrets
 Tara Lohan
The new film Food Inc. is a shocking look at the health, human rights and the environmental nightmare that lands on our plate each meal.
FBI Wasted Time, Resources on Porno Probe
 Matt Sedensky
When the FBI investigated the landmark 1972 porno movie "Deep Throat," the case touched the highest levels of the FBI, even its second-in-command W. Mark Felt, the shadowy Watergate informant whose "Deep Throat" alias was taken from the movie's title.
How Much Do We Really Know About the Food We Buy?
PVNN
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.
"OceanWorld" to Hit U.S. Shores Via Disneynature
 Borys Kit & Stuart Kemp
"OceanWorld 3D," an underwater film that promises to be the first feature-length nature documentary filmed and released in 3-D, has signed a distribution deal with Disneynature, a unit of Walt Disney Studios devoted to nature films.
Ben Stiller Wants a Job with the Mexican Government or at Least Mexico's Forgiveness
 Associated Press
At least that's what he is telling reporters here who grilled him about a May news conference in Washington, D.C., in which he allegedly cleansed his hands with anti-bacterial gel after shaking hands with Mexican reporters.
Hola Mexico Film Festival Comes to L.A.
 Reed Johnson
In bringing his Hola Mexico Film Festival to Los Angeles for the first time, Samuel Douek wants to show U.S. audiences that Mexican cinema continues to thrive, several years after international breakout hits such as "Amores Perros" and "Y Tu Mamá También" ushered in a new wave of Mexican movie creativity.
Beamed Up to the Big Screen
 Francisco Candido
Chances are that if you aren´t one, you´ve known one or had one in your family. The Trekkie, that near-mythical creature whose existence is often defined by Star Trek, walks among us all. Even U.S. President Barack Obama has garnered some Trekkie-cred. So it´s no surprise that there are Trekkies here in Mexico too.
President Felipe Calderón Meets with Actor Hugh Jackman
 Presidencia de la República
President Calderón received actor Hugh Jackman and the executives of Fox Filmed Entertainment, which produced X-Men, Origins: Wolverine.
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