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Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Are you Rudo or Cursi?
Amidst the big budget blockbusters that start exploding onscreen in the coming weeks (think Wolverine, Star Trek, Terminator: Salvation, Up, etc...) there's Rudo Y Cursi, a little Mexican movie that will be moseying along too, hoping for a few scraps.Why does this little south of the border flick matter?
It reunites the creative team behind 2001's brilliant coming of age road trip movie, Y Tu Mamá También. That film's stars, Gael García Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries, The Science of Sleep) and Diego Luna (The Terminal, Milk) have since, of course, spread their wings, as has their director, Alfonso Cuaron (Harry Potter, Children of Men).
The
whole gang is back together for another Mexican tale, this time directed by Cuaron's screenwriting partner, his brother Carlos.It's a tale of two country brothers, lured to the big city with dreams of soccer goals and songs of praise.
Hopefully this team has another ace up its sleeves, because you rarely get the sheer magic in a bottle that was Y Tu Mamá También. Keep an eye out for Rudo Y Cursi at the arthouses near you this summer.
UPDATE 5/5/09: The film is scheduled to open in Denver on May 15 at both the Mayan and Greenwood Village Landmark Theatres.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Mexico hit by devastating floods
Mother Nature is having a field day with us in the Western Hemisphere.
With fires scorching California last week, and a tropical storm wreaking havoc on Caribbean islands, a new catastrophe is now unfolding in the Mexico.
A week of torrential rains has left 70% the gulf coast state of Tabasco covered by devastating floods. This has devastated the state's public service infrastructure and is affecting more than a million people already.
Mexican president Felipe Calderon is calling this "one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the country."
Emergency personnel are desperately trying to evacuate people as the water levels are expected to continue rising with additional heavy rains in the next few days. Cholera epidemics are becoming a concern as food and drinking water becomes scarce.
To put the enormity of these floods in perspective, we're talking about an area larger than the U.S. state of Connecticut currently under water. As of today 300,000 people are estimated trapped in their homes, and a full half of the state's 2.1 million residents are currently affected by this massive natural disaster.
With fires scorching California last week, and a tropical storm wreaking havoc on Caribbean islands, a new catastrophe is now unfolding in the Mexico.A week of torrential rains has left 70% the gulf coast state of Tabasco covered by devastating floods. This has devastated the state's public service infrastructure and is affecting more than a million people already.Mexican president Felipe Calderon is calling this "one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the country."
Emergency personnel are desperately trying to evacuate people as the water levels are expected to continue rising with additional heavy rains in the next few days. Cholera epidemics are becoming a concern as food and drinking water becomes scarce.
To put the enormity of these floods in perspective, we're talking about an area larger than the U.S. state of Connecticut currently under water. As of today 300,000 people are estimated trapped in their homes, and a full half of the state's 2.1 million residents are currently affected by this massive natural disaster.
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