Tag: latin america

  • Ten Actresses that Should Move to Cable

    Re-pimping this old list~ xD

    It’s always been tough to be a working actress on the big screen, as you turn a little older, offers often seem to be linked to “being someone else’s mother,” but cable television seems to be becoming more and more attractive to not only writers – because they get to write more challenging stories and skip censors – but also to women who were movie actresses and have found new complex roles to take on.

    you can read the whole thing on YAM Magazine~


  • Top-Rated Songs of 2010

    I know it’s pretty late, but I guess that I always put the list off because there was always that “haven’t listened to that yet” issue. I will be probably adding 2010 stuff later on, but it won’t hurt to put my top rated songs — according to iTunes and iPod numbers.

    Surprisingly, or not surprisingly… the majority of top-rated songs that are equal or greater than 5 stars are Asian artists with their Asian songs and albums. LOL As you know, I’m trying to mix everything up with languages, so I’m also trying to pick one song per artist xD

    I hope you like this compilation, there are links to preview the tracks… and also links to buy the albums via affiliate programs, so if you like anything – please support this blog (or YAM)

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  • Jose Marti: El Ojo del Canario Poster

    When I wrote my review, I couldn’t find a proper poster so I grabbed photoshop and whipped my own, but I made note that it wasn’t any official artwork.

    However someone ended up using it xD

    You might like to know that YAM’s got a big resolution of the nifty poster designed by Giselle Monzon Calero.


  • Online Film Critics 2010 Nominations

    Another one for Black Swan O+O

    OMG, Natalie Portman news – still SHOCKING. xD

    Amazing Oscar timing.

    Also… YAY! Kim Hye-ja for Best Actress in Madeo/Mother again!

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  • Los Angeles Film Critics Winners

    First, let me spazz as the LA Critics surprise by choosing Korean Actress — awesomest ahjumma for the award season — Kim Hye-ja for Best Actress with her work on Bong Joon-ho’s Madeo (Mother). The pick kind of baffles me since I consider Madeo a 2009 Film, and Kim Hye-ja was even nominated in my first Experiments Awards.

    Still… *goes crazy*

    Then, the LA Critics also surprise with a tie for Director choosing Olivier Assayas for Carlos, as well as David Fincher for The Social Network. While adding a personal sting by picking Olivia Williams for Best Supporting Actress runner-up — RUNNER-UP!!!! — for her work on The Ghost Writer… beaten by Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom. LOL

    • Best Picture – The Social Network
      1st. Carlos
    • Director – Olivier Assayas – Carlos
      tie. David Fincher – The Social Network
    • Actor – Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
      1st. Edgar Ramirez – Carlos
    • Actres – Kim Hye-ja – Madeo (Mother)
      1st. Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone
    • Supporting Actor – Niels Arestrup – Un Prophete (A Prophet)
      1st. Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech
    • Supporting Actress – Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
      1st. Olivia Williams – The Ghost Writer
    • Screenplay – The Social Network
      1st. The King’s Speech
    • Cinematography – Black Swan
      1st. True Grit
    • Documentary – Last Train Home
      1st. Exit Through the Gift Shop
    • Foreign – Carlos
      1st. Madeo (Mother)
    • Animated Film – Toy Story 3
      1st. l’Illusionniste (The Illusionist)
    • Score – The Ghost Writer
      1st. The Social Network
    • Production Design – Inception
      1st. The King’s Speech

    via Living in Cinema


  • MUBI showing Revolucion for FREE

    I could be wrong, but streaming in different sites is not that good for hits, right? Why not just show it in MUBI? After all, don’t you want people to sign up? Anyway, it’s nice that MUBI YouTube lets you embed a whole movie! xD

    I haven’t seen it yet.

    Watch out for it, it’s almost 2hrs~~~

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ0Z4lzWJEU


  • Ga-In – Irreversible

    G asked me about Ga-In — sorry, only in Spanish — and wondered if she was my favorite Brown Eyed Girl member. And yes, yes she is indeed. Though I didn’t love or adored her EP debut, it was very interesting to me in terms of style. It sounded very Argentina. To sum it all up, the music video is also very passionate Tango.

    First of all, Ga-In seems to be enjoying all the body groping. I suspect it started with Abracadabra. LOL Plus she goes all “Music-Vid Turned Short Film” on us with a running time of over 10min. that includes tragic love, tears, face-scratching, dramatic walking away while the girl gropes your leg (very Latin passion, btw), suicide attempts, and some pop version of Tango dancing (Tanging?) in the desert.

    I’m gonna actually show the video to my mom and dad — who also enjoy Kpop, btw. My mom likes to point out that Korean girl groups have better legs than Japanese girl groups. LOL She’s picky with the Asian chicken legs xD or how my friend calls them – the drumsticks. LOL

    Anyway, I’d like to know what they think about this parrilla argentina.


  • Goodies Support!

    Wow, is this what they call a grovel post? xD

    Let’s make it an update post. I just pre-ordered this book:

    Yeah, by the same author of Let the Right One In. xD

    Of course, I still haven’t finished reading the Millennium trilogy, even though my friend already read the first two books… but she’s been on holidays, so she really has the upper-hand, right?

    If books are not your thing… how about some music?

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  • Ahh… Red Global

    Way back back… back in the day – a little bit before I started using Napster xD this was my shame, and you can NOT hold me accountable for it. Circle of shame, girlfriend~~~

    https://youtu.be/B7La6vwvEy8


  • Ghostwriter on DVD

    Well, color me surprise~

    Years ago when Discovery Kids was for kids, and it was on Channel 84 or something, there was a show called Ghostwriter, which told the story of a bunch of kids — I thought they were old kids back then LOL — that solved mysteries with the help of some type of ghost that could only communicate through writing.

    Funny thing is, I saw it dubbed in Spanish… so watching it in English was a different experience.

    As you can see, the first season has just been released on DVD. So why hasn’t The Adventures of Shirley Holmes been released yet? I demand it!

    I have just gone through the first chapter, titled Ghost Story, which in itself contains like 5 episodes of nearly 30min. It was a bizarre experience… remembering what it was about, but then listening to the English. For once, I never knew Alex and Gabby (#1, who was a better Gabby anyway) talked Spanish… I mean, Spanglish at home. Never crossed my mind, because to me… they always spoke Spanish. LOL

    While watching it, I also felt this would be a great series to revamp. Even though I am so very against remaking things, I think Ghostwriter would be pretty awesome in a new version… with slightly less 90’s Ghostwriter graphics, and much more natural dialog. Plus, nothing wrong with remaking educational programs, right? But then again, this is not a money-maker, so people aren’t interested in a revamp.

    This show hasn’t age as well as Shirley Holmes has, but granted… Shirley is like 5 years ahead of Ghostwriter, and has a different budget, and it isn’t supposed to be educational.