Films

For almost thirty years Ramón has been torced to lie in bed under the careo f his family as a result of a diving accident. His only view of the world outside is that from the window of his bedroom. The sea_ which he sailed so often and which brutally thwarted his youth_lies near. For a long time now his only wish has been to end his life with dignity. His world is about ot be changed by the arrival of two women: Julia, a lawyer who wants to support his struggle, and Rosa, a woman from the village who tries to persuade him that life is worth living.

By Julián Butter

New Moon is the sequel to Twilight, a film based on the novel by American author Stephenie Meyer and adapted into a film by Melissa Rosenberg. This second part of the series shows a very dark moment in the life of its protagonist, Bella Swan, a teenager facing a depression after the departure of her boyfriend, Edward Cullen, a vampire, who leaves to avoid endangering his life, The situation was about his friend Jacob Black, who begins a process of metamorphosis that transforms him into a werewolf. [2]

The actors Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner re-interpret the main characters now headed by Chris Weitz, manager of this project which began filming in the spring of 2009, with locations in Oregon, Vancouver and Montepulciano. [2]

On 20 November 2009 was released in 4024 theaters across the U.S. and Canada, raising a total of $ 72.7 billion at the end of the day [1].

Its release in theaters was set for 18 November 2009 in Spain and France, on November 19 in Argentina on November 20 in Ecuador and Mexico, on 26 November in Chile and Peru, on 27 November in Colombia and on 4 December in Venezuela.

By Vera Torices Blanco and Eduardo López Cuesta

These are the ten best Christmas movies of old ordained to modern:

1. Babes in Toyland, 1934

2. Christmas in Connecticut, 1942

3. It’s a Wonderful Life, 1946

4. Miracle on 34th Street, 1947

5. White Christmas, 1954

6. A Christmas Story, 1983

7. Scrooged, 1988

8. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 1989

9. Home Alone, 1990

10. Elf (2003)

By Nurka Arenas.

Titanic is a 1997 film written, produced and directed by James Cameron about the sinking of RMS Titanic. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater respectively, members of different social classes who fall in love during the ship's voyage in 1912.

The main characters and the love story are fictional, but many of the secondary characters (such as members of the crew and some passengers in first and second class) are based on real historical characters and the background shots of the ship Atlantic that open the film.

The film was a huge critical and commercial success, winning 11 Oscars, including Best Picture and becoming the highest grossing film of all time, with global revenues of over $ 1.800 billion.

I strongly recommend it to see it

From one to five it deserves a five!!!!

By Myriam Argueso and Gema Fernández

Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle appears again in the cinema.

London city has been frightened by a series of brutal crimes, but at the last moment, Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson save a victim and discover the killer, Lord Blackwood.

When Blackwood is going to be hanged, he assures his dead is planned. And the promise makes truth when he resuscitates.

Now, our detectives must introduce in a world of dark arts and a new technology where logical is the best weapon to face this killer.

By Alberto Cossio

The Spanish actress Penélope Cruz is nominated by the art and cinematographic sciences academy to the Oscars, as the best second actress for her role in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”, de Woody Allen.

This nomination makes happy the actress after her failure at the “Golden Globes”, although the film win the price to best comedy but was a collective price, and the actress can’t obtain the price for the best second actress.

This year she can obtain the Oscar, in her 81st edition. Penelope has already obtained in 2007 for her role in the film “Volver” by Pedro Almodobar. This time she will compete with actress like Amy Adams and Viola Davis (“La duda”), Taraji P. Hamon (“El curioso caso de Benjamin Button”) and Marisa Tomei (“The Wrestler.”)

However, there has been a lot of criticism. Cameron was accused of plagiarism in Russia, where they say the film was based on the work of the Strugatsky brothers, World of Noon. Cameron has denied this, and in fact, one of the brothers stated that is was probably just coincidence.

Other criticisms directed at Cameron regard the budget. In its first weekend, Avatar only managed to bring in 70 million dollars, and the pessimists began to say that Fox, the production company, would go bankrupt. But in fact it began to make more and more money. It is predicted that it may earn more than 2,000 million dollars.

Bill Paxton, one of Cameron's best friends, was the first person to read the script for Avatar. He claims that James is a perfectionist, and that no other director would have been able to work under the pressure that Cameron has had over the last five years, especially because his previous film, Titanic, was the most seen film of all time.

Cameron stated in Entertainment Weekly that he has learnt to ignore negative criticism, and intends to continue with the original plan of making Avatar into a trilogy. In fact, the main actors have signed a contract for the three films. Rumour has it that the next part will be out in 2012.

In most countries, Avatar has become the biggest box office hit, including China despite rumours that the Government had taken back all the copies of the film as “it could upset the spectators”. The Government denies this, saying that it was the owners of the cinemas who asked for it to be taken away, as the 3D version was not profitable and the 2D version was not very good. It was replaced by a film of the biography of Confucius. The non-official version of the story is that is was banned because of the similarities between the film and what is happening in rural China.

The Avatar phenomenon is completed by the news that by the end of this year, 3D televisions will be available. The manufacturers claim that by using 3D glasses, you will not only be able to watch specially made 3D programmes, but also any programmes filmed in 2D will become 3D too. The hurry to get these TVs onto the market is definitely down to Avatar.

Cameron claimed he was “The King of the World”. Well, he'll definitely be reigning for quite a long time.

By Jose Miguel de María.