EXCLUSIVE: Filming has begun in Canada on New Regency-backed fencing thriller Balestra, which will be produced as a feature with an alternate version to be released separately as a limited series.
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Rene Rodriguez Even fans of “La Soga,” the 2009 crime drama shot in the Dominican Republic, will have their patience taxed by this vacuous follow-up that catches up with Luisito (Manny Pérez), a former executioner for the secret police in Santiago now living a quiet life in New England with his girlfriend Lia (Sarah Jorge Leon).Things don’t stay quiet for long. Luisito’s past intrudes on his domestic bliss in the form of a well-dressed U.S.
federal agent (Chris McGarry), who kidnaps Lia and threatens to murder her unless Luisito takes down a Dominican drug lord before he can testify in court. The assignment gets complicated fast.
But despite the mayhem, the film remains curiously inert, unable to generate even the B-grade buzz of a lower-tier Liam Neeson paycheck picture. The original movie — a minor phenomenon back in 2009, being the first Dominican Republic-made feature to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival — included political subtexts about the role the American government inadvertently plays in spurring crime in Latin America.
The sequel (which also screened at TIFF, debuting there a dozen years later) is just a hollow exercise in genre, devoid of wit or, often, simple logic.Pérez, who once again wrote the script and this time also serves as director, doesn’t have much to say this time about his country’s entrenched corruption — one of the worst in all of Latin America. Instead, he serves up a straightforward genre exercise filled with gunfights, violence and mounting tedium.
Pérez is out to make a serious movie instead of embracing the material’s shoot-’em-up roots. What’s worse, there isn’t a single memorable action beat in the entire film, and Pérez is so busy overseeing the entire production he
.EXCLUSIVE: Filming has begun in Canada on New Regency-backed fencing thriller Balestra, which will be produced as a feature with an alternate version to be released separately as a limited series.
Katie Price marked Valentine's Day by sharing a throwback snap with her fiancé Carl Woods.The former glamour model wore thick casts on both of her legs in the image that appeared to be taken from 2020 when she excruciatingly broke both her ankles and feet. Despite her injuries at the time, the 42 year old made it clear she was thankful for Carl's support during tough times as she was seen laughing while he rested in between her legs during a flight from Turkey. "We are shattered in this photo! But thought it would be a funny one.
Katie Price will reportedly attend the High Court today (Monday) after failing to "fully engage" with creditors over the repayment of her multi-million pound debt.
Just as the Tiktok-ers and Instagrammites of the world had completed the mainstreaming of ASMR, master of the tactile Peter Strickland has returned to restore the unsettling, alien quality to sensation. In “Flux Gourmet,” his latest and most bizarre film — a hotly contested title he earns with this feverish stew of murdered turtles, torrid orgies, and heartrending fart-tending — texture is everything.
The inept thriller “Blacklight” tells of a conspiracy by the FBI to bring “law and order” via different schemes that involve the deaths of American citizens. In the beginning of the film, we see the hit-and-run assassination of a young, popular politician meant to look like Rep.
Manuel Betancourt For the Ayoreo Totobiegosode people, the word “eami” means forest and world. Such twinned meaning speaks to the way this indigenous community understands the environment around them. The forest is their world.
A man has been charged with the rape of an 18-year-old woman in Bolton.
Katie Price has been seen with full head bandage after undergoing an eye and brow lift.The 42 year old was seen with the bandage and bruising under her eyes as she left her rented home in Surrey holding two of her dogs on Wednesday afternoon. Mum of five Katie has always been open about the surgeries she’s undergone, including multiple boob jobs, liposuction and a Brazilian bum lift. She also shocked fans last year when flying to Turkey for multiple procedures, afterwards explaining that she was scared she’d “die” on the operating table.
Model Cristina "Vita" Aranda has died after reportedly being shot during a music festival over the weekend. Aranda, a fitness trainer and social media influencer, was married to Paraguayan soccer player Ivan Torres, who mourned her passing on his Instagram account on Monday. "Dear followers, we appreciate the accompaniment and love that we receive in this delicate and difficult moment that we are experiencing," one of the statements shared to the Club Olimpia player's account reads. "Out of respect in this delicate moment, the entrance to the wake room will be exclusively for family and friends," the statement continues.
Cristina “Vita” Aranda, a model and the estranged wife of soccer star Ivan Torres, has sadly passed away at just 29 years old.
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of rape as part of an investigation into the child sexual exploitation of two teenage girls in 2012 and 2013.
Volunteers have been rocked after 'mindless thugs' targeted a community park once again.
More than 100 houses are to be built as part of the latest development at Montgomerie Park in Irvine.
Ellise Shafer The New York Times has purchased Wordle, the daily word game that has recently taken the internet by storm.The publication announced the acquisition in a press release on Monday, writing: “As The Times looks to entertain more solvers with puzzles every day — especially during these anxious times — we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve acquired Wordle, the stimulating and wildly popular daily word game that has become a cultural phenomenon. Wordle, which gives players six tries to guess a five-letter mystery word, will join New York Times Games’s portfolio of original, engaging puzzle games that delight and challenge solvers every day.”The press release also states that Wordle was purchased for “an undisclosed price in the low-seven figures.” The game was created by Josh Wardle, a Brooklyn-based software engineer, and released to the public in October 2021.
A man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault this evening.
Katy Perry is taking fans on a trippy musical adventure. The songstress took to the of “Saturday Night Live” stage over the weekend with a memorable pair of performances.
Katy Perry is taking fans on a trippy musical adventure. The songstress took to the stage over the weekend with a memorable pair of performances.For her first number, Perry belted out her single «When I'm Gone,» and gave her appearance a unique spin by adding a whole bunch of mushrooms.As in, the set was covered in giant mushrooms, she was rocking a mushroom hat and she was joined by several mushroom-clad back-up dancers.
Paris Hilton and her mother, Kathy Hilton, sat down for an emotional discussion on The Drew Barrymore Show on Friday.