Latino columns, essays on movies, TV, and culture

Jack Rico

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2013/01/23 at 12:00am

2013: A Breakthrough Year for Latinos in Hollywood?

01.23.2013 | By |

2013 has started off, in what can be argued, as one of the best beginnings to a year for Latinos in Hollywood movies. Read More

Jack Rico

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2012/11/05 at 12:00am

Top 10 Hispanic Directors That Could Direct Star Wars VII

11.5.2012 | By |

As you might have heard, Disney purchased Lucasfilm for 4 billion dollars, and with it, the Star Wars and Indiana Jones saga. The big talks to come out of that deal is that Disney is gun-ho on continuing the Star Wars saga, ergo, the seventh chapter of the series. For now Indy is out of the conversation. Read More

Jack Rico

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2012/07/19 at 12:00am

The Avengers vs. The Dark Knight Rises: Which movie is better?

07.19.2012 | By |

*Updated December 2025

We can label 2012 as the year of superhero movies. There hasn’t been another year that has given us so many films based on comic books like this one: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises, Dredd, and Man of Steel. But two of them, more than any other, garnered the worldwide attention of moviegoers like none other in their genre. Read More

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2012/04/30 at 12:00am

“I Fell Asleep During The Avengers”

04.30.2012 | By |

*The article was taken from a Spanish language article we wrote back on May 4th, 2012, by an anonymous Latino moviegoer, who actually fell asleep during the opening release of “The Avengers”. Here’s his story on why.

Mientras nos acercamos más a la gran fecha de 4 de mayo, día en que se estrena THE AVENGERS, una de las películas más esperadas en la historia del cine, recibimos una reseña del filme de un anonimo/a ansioso por hablar de que pensó del largometraje. Read More

Jack Rico

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2012/01/01 at 12:00am

The Best 11 Movies of 2011

01.1.2012 | By |

*Updated December 2025

We have compiled The Best 11 Movies of 2011 – a mix of the finest commercial and independent fare – so that you can buy that movie ticket without having to clutch it to dear life, or watch that movie on your streaming or DVD player without feeling you wasted 2 hours of your existence. Why 11? Just to piss off the rest of the people who create Top 10s and to give a nod to the year that just left us. Read More

Estelle Gonzales Walgreen

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2011/07/29 at 12:00am

Smurfs vs. Los Pitufos: Why The Spanish Translation?

07.29.2011 | By |

Quick Answer: What are “The Smurfs” in Spanish?

Translation: Los Pitufos (pronounced Pee-TWO-foes)

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Jack Rico

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2011/01/17 at 12:00am

Robert De Niro’s Golden Globes Speech: Racist or Dark Comedy?

01.17.2011 | By |

Updated November 2025

In what had to be one of the most bizarre and most controversial acceptance speeches in the history of the 2011 Golden Globes, legendary thespian Robert De Niro, who was awarded the honorary ‘Cecil B. DeMille’ award for his lifetime work, quipped, in what seemed bad taste, about the deportation of HFPA organizers, waiters, including Spanish actor and Oscar winner Javier Bardem.

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Jack Rico

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2010/04/20 at 12:00am

Why you shouldn’t buy ‘Avatar’ on Blu-Ray…yet!

04.20.2010 | By |

Get ready to get royally screwed – 3 times – by James Cameron. On April 22nd, Earth Day, 20th Century Fox and James Cameron will release Avatar on DVD and Blu-Ray. Read More

Jack Rico

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2010/03/06 at 12:00am

Oscar 2010: My Winning Predictions

03.6.2010 | By |

The 2010 Oscars are here and fans have their thoughts of who should be the winners on Oscar night. I’ll be personally looking at the Foreign Films category because that is where I think the best films of 2009 are! Two Latin American films are nominated. My peeps are putting their share! Read More

Jack Rico

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2009/11/16 at 12:00am

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