Tag: Antonio Banderas
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Spy Kids: Armageddon review – amiable Netflix reboot
Robert Rodriguez brings his kids action series back to life with pleasant, if visually flat, resultsFor a few late millennials, the Spy Kids franchise has assumed a sort of vaguely remembered, but beloved mantle. I was seven years old when the first film hit theaters or, more accurately for the target demographic, hit a child’s…
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Steven Spielberg Warned Antonio Banderas on ‘Zorro’ Set That CGI Would Replace Practical Filmmaking: ‘Things Are Going to Change Fast’
Antonio Banderas celebrated the 25th anniversary of “The Mask of Zorro” in a recent interview with Yahoo Entertainment. The Martin Campbell-directed adventure movie was produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and grossed $250 million at the worldwide box office in 1998.Spielberg was on hand during the film’s production — Banderas said the Oscar-winning director correctly…
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Ending Explained
Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Puss in Boots: The Last WishThe Shrek franchise has dominated popular culture for over two decades and proven that studios other than Pixar could find success with computer-generated animation. Although Shrek himself had his last big screen adventure in 2010 with Shrek Forever After, the popular feline Puss…
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‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’s Secret Ingredients Are These Key Characters
One of the many reasons why Puss in Boots: The Last Wish was one of 2022’s best movies was due to its sensational cast of characters, most notably the three primary antagonists that cause problems for Puss (Antonio Banderas) and his friends throughout the film. Many films have issues juggling multiple villains, as they can…
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Before ‘The Matrix,’ the Wachowskis Wrote This Star-Studded Thriller
The Wachowskis are known not only for creating one of the most important action and science fiction films of all time, The Matrix but also for the personal themes of queerness and otherness that run through almost all of their work. Ironically, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a straighter, more stereotypically-gendered film than their earliest…
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Taormina Film Festival Looks to Return to the Center Stage
The 69th Taormina Film Festival boasts an impressive lineup of Italian and world premieres as it seeks to reboot and re-establish its status as a date to watch on the festival circuit. Located in the historical Sicilian town – its visibility recently getting an unlooked for boost with the second season of HBO’s ”The White…