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Andy García is part of “Rob The Mob”

By GalaTView staff

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TOMMY (Pitt) and ROSIE (Arianda) have two things in common: a crazy-passionate love for one another and—after they’re caught robbing a florist on Valentine’s Day—prison records. Trying to go straight, Rosie lands a job at a debt-collection agency and persuades Tommy to join her. But soon Tommy is skipping his shifts to do something much more interesting—attend the landmark trial of Gambino-family boss John Gotti where Mafia hit man Sammy “The Bull” Gravano provides graphic testimony that could finally bring him down.Tommy’s fascination with the mob is deeply personal; when he was a boy, he saw his father suffer a brutal beating beat at the hands of local gangsters. So when he hears Sammy name a Mafia-owned social club where no guns are permitted.They also draw the attention of the FBI and veteran mob reporter CARDOZO (Romano), who splashes their unlikely story across the front page of the paper. But while the attacks enrage the mob, Bonanno crime family head BIG AL (Garcia) orders his men only to scare the couple.

It’s a decision Big Al will come to regret. During one of their heists in New York City, 1991 Tommy and Rosie stumble upon a Mafia secret so closely guarded that rank-and-file mobsters don’t even know it exists. To the Feds, it’s the smoking gun they’ve been looking for—a key to finally dismantling New York’s already-faltering crime syndicate. To Big Al, it’s the high cost of his earlier leniency—a mistake he quickly moves to correct.

For Tommy and Rosie, caught between the law and a mob contract, the future all depends on who gets to them first. A film with great casting and the crazy couple (Tommy and his girlfriend) targets of the mafia and the FBI. The mafia guys were perfect, even with having to walk the fine line of being scary, yet likable and comical all at the same time. All these are chasing this couple for some type of list that they stole. However Andy Garcia reflects certain wisdom in his character but a strong temperament and this makes him to fail in his organization. As a film fan you will see some great acting and everyone looks appropriately casts.

Andy Garcia talked about his character: “This guy was covering for long time. I saw pictures of him and his fascination has gone and many pictures of him were away, lost and try to find him but his attorney took all his pictures especially for his wife. I guess this guy was struggling with his real life against he wishes more. This kind of work was disgusting for the story of this couple. My performance was the closest personality, acting each moment was tough sometimes but at the end was important to everybody that this kind of guy would have been behind the bars.”

An intriguing film with the best warriors of a Dune

Review by Jenny Alvarez

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Jodorowsky’s Dune is an American documentary film directed by Frank Pavich. The film explores Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s attempt to adapt and film Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel Dune in the mid-1970s. The director makes the story alive and full of passion that Jodorowsky uses to describe everything. It is a well structured master piece in his book but makes the case for this overblown epic as a legendary lost master piece in a film in which he didn’t participate.  It would be around 12 hours long but the real time is 90 minutes and the documentary shows how some of the drawings were used for inspiration in Star Wars and other movies later on. Donald Rosenfeld, Stephen Scarlata, Michel Seydoux, and Travis Stevens also were part in an in-depth look at the doomed production and features a number of never-before-seen images and interviews where world-class surrealists, international rock stars, top-billed actors and artists were going to be part in Jodorowsky’s film but at the end all the melodrama and manipulation there was, instead, vision and ambition. From an artistic point of view, that generation was more honest and people from big film companies didn’t want to share with this visionary of the visual art in movement. This documentary will we open in Los Angeles on March 21st, 2014.

Elijah Wood returns as a pianist in Grand Piano

By Jenny Alvarez

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Elijah Wood plays Tom Selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, who has stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public for a long awaited concert in Chicago. In a packed theater, in front of an expectant audience, Tom finds a message written on the score: “Play one wrong note and you die.” In the sights of an anonymous sniper (Cusack), Tom must get through the most difficult performance of his life and look for help without being detected. In 90 minutes this thriller plays with the viewers and compositions in an unusual hostage situation. The pianist will be killed if he fails to play a piece without a single mistake and this fact makes you to feel panic, mystery in an elegant style. It is a brilliant and fully plausible movie in which you will discover many clues keeping time on the piano while speaking with a maniac. Eugenio Mira reflects a well structured and suspense movie full of symbols but the most important one is whether the main character found the correct key.  Grand Piano will open in theatres on March 7.

A complex storyline will get your attention in “Enemy”

By Alfonso De Elias

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Enemy, adapted from Nobel Prize-winning author José Saramago’s 2004 novel “The Double”, is about the power of the subconscious. In the end, only one man can survive. Adam Bell (Gyllenhaal) is a glum, disheveled history professor, who seems disinterested even in his beautiful girlfriend, Mary (Laurent). Watching a movie on the recommendation of a colleague, Adam spots his double, a bit-part actor named Anthony Clair, and decides to track him down. The identical men meet and their lives become bizarrely and irrevocably intertwined. Enemy is a mysterious and strangely atmospheric thriller but full of dominance and dark mood. Chaotic is the main element of manipulation in some parts of the film Even though the story is indecipherable, it remains enjoyable especially when 2 lead personalities are twins because they cover that in the story with one of guy’s mothers open to some sort of interpretation where you’re not supposed to know specifically what it is, but it leaves itself open to analysis. At 90 minutes you will enjoy a very odd, though. It is very much like a combination of David Lynch and Hitchcock. It is a cinematic nightmare and descent into a man’s psyche full of good scenes and camera movements.

Jean-Claude Van Damme will be in 'Hard Target'

Hard Target was John Woo’s first foray into the world of Hollywood movies. John woo is one of the favorite directors of many fans and hard target is such a guilty pleasure so much classic lines in those scripts. A project like this will hold up pretty well.

Huge Jackman will dance with his talent

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Huge Jackman announced on social media that he would host the Tony Awards show 2014 for the first time since 2005. Is going to be the one of the most exciting performances of the Australian actor.

Last Vegas will be your last gambling chance

Review by Jenny Alvarez

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A classical Hangover of a group of mature actors who make a movie full of surprisingly funny and enjoyable scenes and each character that demonstrates their lifetime’s experience. Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline and an entirely captivating Mary Steenburgen — imparting pleasure who are the best friends since childhood. All of them with different personalities so when Billy, the group’s sworn bachelor, finally proposes to his thirty-something (of course) girlfriend, the four head to Las Vegas with a plan to stop acting their age and relive their glory days. In this case their friendship will be tested with different funny, unreality and good laugh facts. Obviously Las Vegas, attempts something more raucous in a special movie which the whole story and plot make it fun and enjoyable. Now is available in Blu-ray Combo pack and DVD with audio and subtitles in English and Spanish subtitles. Two thumbs up for this movie that needs to be part of your home collection.

Tom Hanks makes an unforgettable film with Captain Phillips

Review by Jenny Alvarez

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It is a movie made with a true-life action where not only a riveting drama about quiet heroism but is a man who does extraordinary things in the face of death. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama’s commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips, and the Somali pirate captain, Muse, who takes him hostage. Phillips and Muse are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips’ unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, 145 miles off the Somali coast, both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control. Many things make to some characters face twisted “Stayin’ Alive” facts and some dialogues will make you angry and hurt your brain so the director Paul Greengrass is unique due the way he employs all the scenes and his method is as expressive as the style of a superb novelist. All the actors transform in a pirate film in something full of intrigue and despair by Captain Phillips. Now is available in Blu-ray Combo pack and DVD with audio and subtitles in English, French and Spanish subtitles. Two thumbs up for this movie that needs to be part of your home collection.

Steven Seagal from the action movies to the politics

Steven Seagal an actor and martial arts expert said he is considering a run for the Arizona governor’s office.He is following Arnold schwarzenegger’s steps when this last one was a California governor.

Do your list as soon as be possible

By Jenny Alvarez

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“The to do list” include cast as Aubrey Plaza, Johnny Simmons, Bill Hader,Alia Shawkat, Sarah Steele, Rachel Bilson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, DonaldGlover, Scott Porter, Andy Samberg, Connie Britton and Clark Gregg, “The To Do List” is a comedy about close friends and a special summer project, loosely inspired by the real-life adventures of first-time writer/director Maggie Carey. Set in 1993, valedictorian Brandy Klark wants to shed her uptight image before college, so she assembles a to do list of all the “activities” she missed out on in high school. Quickly realizing that she’s way out of her depth, Brandy solicits her best friends, older sister and burnt-out boss for their help and advice. If the group is going to complete the list by September they’ll need plenty of imagination and very open minds.

This is a romantic comedy full of raucous moments and fresh ideas and hilarious gags. Many actors have strong comic performances and a decent script so It was incredibly sex positive and you can take it as a good teenagers guide and sometimes as a viewer needs plenty of imagination and very open mind. It has good sequel scenes and photography. Even the plot is a little generic and predictable, if you grew up in the 90s, lots of awesome references would be seen here. Two thumbs up for this incredible movie.