Updating this list!
Since the update on March 18 (just a month ago! Wow, I’m so exact~~), these are the films I’ve seen:
Category: Spanish
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My Reasons Why the 90’s Ruled or Not – Part V
I cannot utterly believe WHY I’m posting this, but… while rummaging through my dusty albums, I discovered the first album I ever EVER bought, back when I was 10? This is WHY we love the early to mid-90’s because the 90’s were tacky… if the 80’s were tacky in American and the rest of the world, we certainly caught up in the 90’s, people.
For past reasons of why they ruled, check the following links:
Part I
Part II
Part III (Disney Edition)
Part IV (Ruth rules Edition)Forget about leg-warmers, puffy hair and big glasses… though Beals and Matlin certainly blossomed. *tsk tsk* – My 90’s were tacky… flamboyant primary-colored suited boy bands waving and wooshing their flamboyant fans while singing Locomia, LOL’ Or velveted rancheras singing Querida… originally performed by my Latin version of Elton John, with Juan Gabriel. LOL’ But back to the album I found people… (more…)
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Cartelera en Lima
La semana anterior al Oscar, hubo tres películas para ver en la cartelera Limeña. En el fin de semana llegué a ver Sweeney Todd, No Country for Old Men y There Will Be Blood. x’D
Esta semana, la cartelera me ofrece dos films que todos deberían ver, Away from Her y The Kite Runner.
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The Oscar Goes to… Europe!
Academy Awards are over, and here comes a new year waiting. But I must admit that the big winner of the night was Europe. All 4 acting awards went out of the continent:Daniel Day-Lewis (England) was named Best Actor, while Javier Bardem (Spain) was named Best Supporting Actor. Marion Cotillard (France) was named Best Actress, and Tilda Swinton (England) was named Best Supporting Actress.
Art Direction went to Dante Ferreti and Francesca Lo Schiavo (Italy) for Sweeney Todd, a co-production of the USA with the UK. Makeup went to France with La Vie en Rose, while Costume Design went to Elizabeth: The Golden Age, a UK/Germany/France co-production.
Moreover, the big technical prizes went to Europe as well. Golden Compass got the Visual Effects nod, a UK/USA co-production. While The Bourne Ultimatum, a US/Germany co-production grabbed the awards for Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing.
Dario Marianelli (Italy) won Best Score for Atonement, a UK/France co-production. While Ireland won for Best Original Song with Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (Czechoslovakia).
UK/Poland won Short Film Animated with Peter & the Wolf, and France once again dominated in the Short Film Live Action with Les Mozart des Pickpockets. And Juno, that apparently is a USA/Canada/Hungary co-production. x’D
The biggest happy announcement for me was hearing Marion’s name! I went nuts over it, and had me teary. I first thought Marion had Oscar written all over her face when I got to see La Vie en Rose in Sweden. It was such an amazing experience to have watched it with Julyssa, and it’s even more amazing that we both felt the same. That Marion HAD to win.
During the night, there wasn’t really any upsets. I guessed 18/24 of the categories, and felt that the most bitter surprise during the ceremony was I Met the Walrus loosing Best Animated Short. Because, really, motion graphics rock my world. While, Tilda Swinton and The Golden Compass winning were good surprises.
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The Academy Awards are tomorrow, and…
I will be posting live. I’ve got my predictions, but won’t post or I might jinx them! In the meantime, this is a new whole bunch of films I’ve seen in the past few days… (following this post)
- Across the Universe
- Goya’s Ghost (Los Fantasmas de Goya)
- My Blueberry Nights
- The Darjeeling Limited
- I’m a Cyborg, but It’s OK
- Martian Child
- Fido
- Becoming Jane
- Margot at the Wedding
- Persepolis
- Juno
- Gone Baby Gone
- Lars and the Real Girl
- El Orfanato
- 4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
- The Jane Austen Book Club
- Jesus Camp
- Into the Wild
- Sicko
- The Kite Runner
- 12
- Tout pour Plaire (Thirty Five Something)
- 3 Needles
- Rocket Science
- Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
- The Air I Breathe
- Run, Fat Boy, Run
- L’auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment)
- Les Poupées Russes (Russian Dolls)
- 10 Items or Less
- Lucia y el Sexo (Sex and Lucia)
- Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
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My Reasons Why the 90’s Ruled or Not – Part III
It’s another post of why the 90’s ruled! I was certain I had stuff to post, but now it’s slipped my mind. For the other parts, click on the following links:
My Reasons Why the 90’s Ruled or Not – Part I
My Reasons Why the 90’s Ruled or Not – Part IIWhen I was little, I had the pleasure to watch a lot of Disney stuff… stuff which my dad got hold of god knows how~ I only remember seeing the logo for something called Videorama. The thing is, he got me loads of tapes… Betamax tapes of old cartoons, and later we transfered them to VHS tapes. I got to watch The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Three Caballeros (1944)… oh man! I used to sing (and still sing) along to Os Quindins de Yaya!!! What other Disney… I mean, other than the classics like Snow White, or Sleeping Beauty… or The Little Mermaid, I got the chance to see Song of the South, Mouse Detective… I got the chance to see loads of Disney shorts, now included in the Walt Disney Treasures – Silly Symphonies and More Silly Symphonies~~ like Little Hiawhatta, Mother Goose Melodies, The Grasshopper and the Ants, The Tortoise and the Hare, and Elmer Elephant. I mean, I grew up with those… and miss them loads!
I am of the opinion everyone should grow up watching those to appreciate and understand animation. Anyway, those are Disney of MY 90’s, but here’s a list of Theatrical Animated Disney Releases:
- The Little Mermaid (Nov. 1989) – so this is technically almost a 90’s
- The Rescuers Down Under (1990) – Bernardo y Bianca!!
- Beauty and the Beast (1991) – Modern Classic Disney!
- Aladdin (1992) – Prince Ali! Fabulous he! Ali-ah Bah Buah!
- The Lion King (1994) – Another Modern Classic Disney!
- Pocahontas (1995)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
- Hercules (1997)
- Mulan (1998) – I’ll make a man out of you!!
- Tarzan (1999) – This is one of Amy’s faves… the animation is rocking!
- Fantasia 2000 – which was also a 1999 release
Another fantastic Disney/Buena Vista animated film, The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), with one of my favorite characters! Jack Skellington! What’s this!! What’s this!!!
The 90’s also saw the BOOM! of animation master house Pixar (which was founded only 2 days before my birth date, on Feb. 3 1986! **snap**), that released Toy Story in 1995, following it with 1998’s release of A Bug’s Life, and ended 1999 with Toy Story 2.
That was back in the day, when all movie studios didn’t cash in on animation, and left animation to those who knew. Now the market is so saturated, we get at least 10 animated releases, instead of 1 or 2 quality ones. And sadly, 99,9% of them are on 3D, and classical animation has been long left to the sidelines, which is why I’m looking forward to some new Disney animation!
Holy Frijole! A whole why the 90’s ruled on Disney. ha! So I guess it’s fair to say Disney rocked in the 90’s/ Login off now, nites!
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New Music and Happy Holidays!
It’s Christmas Eve y’all!
I like totally forgot to change the Music Player back in Nov… so goodbye Once More with Feeling OST, and bring on the New December Music ’07 list! This time around, the list includes Justice, St. Vincent, Chromeo, Pink Martini, Yael Naim, Los Campesinos!, and Kent – which were a few of the artists I could find on Deezer… Enjoy!
EDIT **December has been the bestest month for blogging, it’s Dec24 and we’ve got 24 posts! Yay! and a few more days to go**
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Film Listing 2007 Update~
Follow up to this post~
This is the current list:
- Across the Universe (2007)
- The Other Boleyn Girl (Hopefully 2007)
- Goya’s Ghost (2007?)
- My Blueberry Nights (2007?)
- The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
- I’m a Cyborg, but it’s OK (2007???)
- Martian Child (Oct 26, 2007)
- The Savages (Sept. 7, 2007)
- Fido (Jun. 15th)
- Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (Jun. 1st)
- Becoming Jane (Aug. 3)
- Rocket Science (Aug. 10)
- Margot at the Wedding (Oct. 19)
- Paprika (out now)
Adding these titles…
- Persepolis
- No Country for Old Men
- Juno
- Gone Baby Gone
- Lars and the Real Girl
- El Orfanato
Been meaning to update my list for a long while…
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Currently Playing…
Currently playing Darren Hayes with On the Verge of Something Wonderful.
On my most recent iTunes library, are:
- Akira Mitake
- Amel Bent
- Backstreet Boys
- Celtic Woman
- Christophe Mae
- Christophe Willem
- Chromeo
- Eberg
- Five for Fighting
- Juanes
- Justice
- Kent
- Los Campesinos!
- Maria Mena
- Radiohead
- Rajaton
- St. Vincent
- Tegan and Sara
- Vanessa Paradis
- Westlife
This is a follow-up of these posts:
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From Sweden to Peru with loads of Love~~
From Peru to Sweden~~
We love you back~~ =D
Forever and ever and always~~
Sassa Brassa Mandelmassa – JURYSSA, JURYSSA, JURYSSA!!!! xD