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Jack Rico

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2019/01/12 at 10:08am

PODCAST Ep 100! Alfonso Cuarón Talks ROMA, Nicole Acevedo on Latin vs. Country Music, Manolo Caro Discusses ‘Perfectos Desconocidos’

01.12.2019 | By |

The Highly Relevant podcast has reached a milestone 100th episode and to celebrate it, I brought in the biggest director in Hollywood at the moment – Alfonso Cuarón (3:19). He discusses ROMA, why critics love it so much and I reveal to him my favorite scene. Also, Nicole Acevedo joins the show to discuss her article from NBCNews.com about how Latin music sales have surpassed Country albums (10:30). Then we finalize with Mexican director Manolo Caro who talks to us about his latest comedy “Perfectos Desconocidos“. (28:53) It’s a great episode, hope you enjoy it! Read More

Jack Rico

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2018/09/06 at 10:06am

Netflix Reveals First ‘Narcos: Mexico’ Teaser Starring Diego Luna and Michael Peña

09.6.2018 | By |

Let’s not kid ourselves. Latinos are invisible in movies, but they do have some juice on TV. Narcos: Mexico is an example when Latino star power (Latino American and US Latino) teams up together with a relevant story that has proven to attract White, Black and even Asian audiences. Read More

Jack Rico

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2018/01/12 at 8:42pm

PODCAST: “Coco’s” Director Lee Unkrich Hints At More Pixar Multicultural Films, Oscar Talk with Clayton Davis, 2018’s Most Anticipated TV & Movies

01.12.2018 | By |


We’re starting 2018 off on the right foot with perhaps the most influential people in animation with Pixar’s COCO director Lee Unkrich and producer Darla K. Anderson who join us straight from their Golden Globe win and the first Golden Globe award for a Latino-themed animated film. We discuss why it took so long for Pixar to make a Latino film and if its financial and award acclaim will spawn off more multicultural animated films. Read More

Jack Rico

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2017/07/19 at 12:06pm

Guillermo Del Toro’s First Official Trailer Of ‘The Shape Of Water’

07.19.2017 | By |

Mexican director Guillermo del Toro is once again behind the camera, this time, with a fantasy romance film titled “The Shape Of Water” directed, written, and produced by him. The story is about an other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. Read More

Jack Rico

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2017/06/15 at 8:40am

What HBO Latino Is Doing About Latin Comedy, Can Mexico Win The Confederations Cup 2017?

06.15.2017 | By |

Thank you for listening to episode 36 of the Highly Relevant podcast. It’s soccer week and between World Cup Qualifiers and International Friendlies, soccer fans are getting ready for this weekend’s Confederations Cup, a precursor tournament before the World Cup 2018. We talk to Luis Miguel Echegaray, Head of Latino Content at Sports Illustrated about why we should watch it, Mexico’s clash vs. Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo, and Colombia’s superstar James Rodriguez, what is his future, what team will he eventually play for, will Mexico and Colombia make it to the World Cup? Read More

Jack Rico

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2017/06/12 at 10:50am

Will White Audiences See Pixar’s Coco?

06.12.2017 | By |

In episode 35 this week of Highly Relevant, we focus on Pixar’s Coco with Latino film critic Kellvin Chavez of Splashreport.com. I also chatted with Mike Sargent, Chief Film Critic of WBAI Radio who also contributes film reviews nationally on the FOX Business Network with Maria Bartiromo, about Tom Cruise’s The Mummy reboot and what went wrong and what it means for Universal Pictures Dark Universe. Read More

Jack Rico

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2017/03/02 at 11:10am

Kate Del Castillo Makes Her Return To The Small Screen In Netflix’s ‘Ingobernable’

03.2.2017 | By |

On March 24, Netflix will launch the first season of the anticipated Mexican original series, Ingobernable. The thriller and drama series will debut at 12am and feature a total of 15 episodes that will tell the story of a Mexican Presidential family and how in a matter of seconds everything can change. Kate del Castillo (Emilia Urquiza) and Erik Hayser (Diego Nava) portray the First Lady and President of Mexico. Emilia Urquiza, is the First Lady of Mexico with big plans to improve conditions for the country through her commitment to fighting for peace. As Emilia starts to lose faith in her husband, President Diego Nava, she finds herself at a crossroad where she will need to find a way to deal with a great challenge and uncover the truth. Emilia is a woman with a strong personality, conviction and clear ideas that make her capable of doing anything: making a president, leaving a president and killing a president. Read More

Jack Rico

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2017/01/31 at 5:46pm

Podcast: Trump vs. Mexico, Oscar Nominations, Latino Actors

01.31.2017 | By |

This week, I break down the Oscar nominations with NY1’s film critic Neil Rosen (:55). We’ll talk snubs and surprises and go over the top categories. Also, I’ll tackle the lack of visibility of Latinos in Hollywood films with my good friend and film contributor on The Insider and Entertainment Tonight, Tara McNamara (29:30). Why are we so invisible when we should also be at the forefront of film and pop culture? And finally, I discuss Trump, the wall, our new Mexico feud and sanctuary cities with The Wall Street Journal’s Laura Meckler (20:41). Will cities abide by the new immigrant proposals? Miami already has and that is bad news for Latinos. Read More

Jack Rico

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2014/06/12 at 5:03pm

New Trailer: ‘Cantinflas’

06.12.2014 | By |

It’s finally here after so many years! Check out the new trailer for CANTINFLAS! Read More

Mariana Dussan

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2014/03/05 at 9:41am

How Lupita Nyong’o Won The World Over In Such A Short Time

03.5.2014 | By |

After watching this year’s Oscars it’s safe to say that practically everyone has a new #WomanCrushWednesday! Lupita Nyong’o is the gorgeous actress that we are all raving about, but how exactly did she become one of the most prominent ladies in Hollywood in just the blink of an eye? Well, as it turns out it is a combination of various reasons: Read More

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