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2.5/5
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65
(2023)
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Hernán Ferreirós
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... The film feels like 65 million years long. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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2.5/5
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods
(2023)
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Natalia Trzenko
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Combining established characters with a very loose interpretation of Greek mythology results in a pastiche that seldom entertains. Most of the film is disconcerting and nonsensical. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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4/5
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About the Clouds
(2022)
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Milagros Amondaray
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The director never compromises her vision, committed to poetically capturing these minimal stories without cynicism. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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3/5
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Chile '76
(2022)
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Paula Vázquez Prieto
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Chile '76 maintains a narrative rhythm but loses its certainty, delivering an effective story while sacrificing certain originality, tied to worlds we've already seen too much before in the movies. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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4/5
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Women Talking
(2022)
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Natalia Trzenko
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Polley's careful construction allows the dialogues between the characters to exist in an eternal present without being anchored to the particularities of the current context. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 10, 2023
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4/5
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Scream VI
(2023)
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Paula Vázquez Prieto
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This new Scream reappraises the cult of the genre that gave rise to Craven's franchise, but with a twist... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 10, 2023
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4/5
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A Son
(2019)
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Pablo De Vita
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In the narrative perfection of this tragedy, the filmmaker moves the story forward with the pulse of a suspense film in the face of so many unsaid realities about the subjugation of women. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 10, 2023
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2/5
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Maybe I Do
(2023)
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Natalia Trzenko
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Maybe I Do has a stellar ensemble that does what they can to infuse life into a screenplay without a pulse. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 10, 2023
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2/5
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The Whale
(2022)
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Pablo De Vita
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... A film that never disguises its theatrical origin to the point of artificiality. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 08, 2023
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2/5
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Dead Bride
(2022)
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Guillermo Courau
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In a few words: An accumulation of overused ideas that cover a lot of ground but don't really grab you. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 08, 2023
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4/5
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Close
(2022)
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Paula Vázquez Prieto
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Lukas Dhont delineates those initial moments as a permitted Eden, harmony and warmth, friendship and camaraderie... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 08, 2023
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2/5
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La Pietà
(2022)
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Milagros Amondaray
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Casanova doesn't use his clear virtuosity to serve the story, but simply lingers in pretentious passages, captivated by his own creatures yet unable to say much about them. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 08, 2023
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2.5/5
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How to Please a Woman
(2022)
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Milagros Amondaray
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... A feature film that seeks to delve into the taboo of adult life without taking too many risks. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 08, 2023
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3/5
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Creed III
(2023)
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Marcelo Stiletano
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Creed III lacks a convincing ending and above all, some kind of explanation on why Stallone is missing... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 08, 2023
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3/5
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Legítima Defensa
(2022)
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Alejandro Lingenti
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A gloomy film loaded with tension worthy of any good thriller. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 04, 2023
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3/5
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Charcoal
(2022)
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Pablo De Vita
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Carolina Markowicz's film delivers cinematography of high artistic caliber and a meritorious story to the screen. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 25, 2023
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2/5
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Triangle of Sadness
(2022)
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Alejandro Lingenti
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In this exercise in unbridled misanthropy, cinema seems to fade into the background. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 25, 2023
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3/5
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Mummies
(2023)
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Marcelo Stiletano
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With a genuine sense of humor, an animation design that has nothing to envy to the best of the genre made in Hollywood, and a somewhat silly plot, the crew headed by García Galocha has a lot of fun with anachronisms... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 24, 2023
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3/5
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Pearl
(2022)
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Hernán Ferreirós
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Pearl feels like an acting exercise: some performers need to know a character's backstory before incarnating it. Pearl turns this exploration into a somewhat redundant story that seems to only exist to showcase Goth's talents. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 24, 2023
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3/5
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Empire of Light
(2022)
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Paula Vázquez Prieto
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... a small and somewhat overstuffed story that's elevated by Olivia Colman's extraordinary work and the true sentiments behind its pretensions. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 24, 2023
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2.5/5
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Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
(2023)
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Marcelo Stiletano
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... this new adventure isn't as fun as the previous ones, it works only as by-the-book entertainment with more muscles than brains. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 16, 2023
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4/5
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Las Preñadas
(2023)
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Alejandro Lingenti
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The women's courage is revealed with exciting clarity with each act of defiance they take against the increasingly hostile world. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 14, 2023
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3/5
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En Cumplimiento del Deber
(2022)
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Milagros Amondaray
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If En Cumplimiento del Deber doesn't take too many visual risks, it is evident its objective is another: to shed a light on a tragedy with devastating archival footage... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 13, 2023
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2/5
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Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
(2022)
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Marcelo Stiletano
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I Want to Dance With Somebody exposes its protagonist's descent, but never really asks what led to this unexpected and abrupt end... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 09, 2023
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4/5
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Tár
(2022)
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Hernán Ferreirós
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Blanchett channels multiple layers of reality with meticulous composure. The same layers are affected by this atypical film that's as pretentious, disconcerting, and difficult to classify as its protagonist. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 09, 2023
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5/5
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Alcarràs
(2022)
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Paula Vázquez Prieto
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... A film that expands the realist tradition of Iberian cinema with an original poetic pulse.
Posted Feb 02, 2023
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2/5
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Knock at the Cabin
(2023)
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Marcelo Stiletano
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Of all the shots that fire off in this film, the most lethal one is the one the director shoots at his own foot. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 02, 2023
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3/5
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Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat
(2022)
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Milagros Amondaray
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Fashioned for the times, Rock Dog 3 has catchy tunes and sharp lectures about the complexity of being genuine... Nonetheless, it falls apart in the end by capriciously including adventure scenes that unnecessarily stretch the film.
Posted Feb 02, 2023
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4/5
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The Banshees of Inisherin
(2022)
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Pablo De Vita
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... The rawness with which McDonagh delivers his reflection on the cycle of life makes The Banshees of Inisherin an ingenious and melancholic parable about disenchantment. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Feb 02, 2023
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3/5
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Nest
(2021)
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Milagros Amondaray
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In spite of its faults, El Nido positions itself as an original revisiting of what a divisive world would bring when panic breaks and there's no way out in sight. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 30, 2023
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3/5
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Holy Spider
(2022)
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Alejandro Lingenti
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Abassi makes decisions that lighten a story that may be best served raw and highlights the role of a model heroine who embodies the world's reclamations, yet, he's incredibly deft at exploring the layers of a monster... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 26, 2023
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3/5
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Plane
(2023)
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Guillermo Courau
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Richet shines in directing action scenes... Add to that Butler's charisma and the film results in an even film that may not have peak moments worthy of a standing ovation, but neither does it have moments to make you yawn. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 26, 2023
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5/5
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The Fabelmans
(2022)
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Marcelo Stiletano
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From his [Spielperg's] wise hands comes a story that's as enjoyable as it's entertaining and filled with poetry each time he returns to his safe heaven: his family. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 25, 2023
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3/5
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Álbum para la Juventud
(2021)
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Milagros Amondaray
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A coming of age film without a sense of urgency.
Posted Jan 21, 2023
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4/5
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El Método Tangalanga
(2022)
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Pablo De Vita
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A predictable story but with a novel approach, this is an exhilarating legend surrounding Doctor Tangalanga... a man who turned words into a super power. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 20, 2023
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4/5
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M3GAN
(2022)
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Paula Vázquez Prieto
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In fact, the film could be framed in the line of trauma as a form of terror, but it does so by successfully utilizing genre resources, eliciting fun with that iconographic modern Prometheus that remains as effective as ever. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 20, 2023
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3/5
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Babylon
(2022)
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Marcelo Stiletano
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The cast's commitment is extraordinary, especially Robbie's, a true force of nature, and Pitt's, to whom Chazelle devotes his most indulgent gaze. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 19, 2023
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3/5
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La Tara
(2022)
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Pablo De Vita
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... At times, the interfamilial obsessions and neurotic fights aren't as transcendental as the look at a century in which the arts and politics delivered great works and framed great tragedies. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 17, 2023
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4/5
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Both Sides of the Blade
(2021)
|
Alejandro Lingenti
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It is not so much the theme of fidelity that interests Denis, but rather the anarchic drift of desire and what someone can do when that inner fire blandishes. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 12, 2023
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3/5
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Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
(2023)
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Marcelo Stiletano
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The story moves through predictable twists and fool-proofed formulas, but as it progresses and intentions become clear, it becomes more interesting... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 12, 2023
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3/5
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Terrifier 2
(2022)
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Guillermo Courau
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To its benefit, Terrifier 2 adds black humor, some irony, a few strokes of dreamlike delusions, and a tone that's less solemn... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 12, 2023
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3/5
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A Man Called Otto
(2022)
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Paula Vázquez Prieto
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The best hand this film plays is the chemistry between Hanks and Treviño, a bond filled with warmth and humanity that elevates the predictable screenplay... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 12, 2023
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3/5
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Three Wishes for Cinderella
(2021)
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Milagros Amondaray
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[Astrid S.] interprets with ease and charisma a Cinderella that's much more than a man's object of affection... [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 12, 2023
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3/5
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The Parties
(2022)
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Milagros Amondaray
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The Parties take the convention of how, within the frame of an upcoming Christmas, family dynamics manifest during leisure. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 09, 2023
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3/5
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The Young Lovers
(2021)
|
Alejandro Lingenti
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Fanny Ardant and Melville Poupaud soundly star in a warm and emotive story. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 05, 2023
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3/5
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
(2022)
|
Paula Vázquez Prieto
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A successful cape and sword adventure. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 05, 2023
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3/5
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I Don't Want to Be Dust
(2022)
|
Alejandro Lingenti
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[The film] uses incredibly well its dense atmosphere and cranks it up towards its evocative end. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Dec 28, 2022
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3/5
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
(2022)
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Guillermo Courau
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[The story] lost its Agatha Christie-sque elegance by embracing Columbo-like broad strokes. Yet, the Brit [Daniel Craig] is such a good actor that he comes out winning even when the script demands less subtlety for humor's sake. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Dec 27, 2022
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3/5
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God's Crooked Lines
(2022)
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Paula Vázquez Prieto
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With modest ambitions and a clear path towards entertainment, God's Crooked Lines lies within those stories with little originality but with enough rhythm to embrace all its elements with every twist. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Dec 27, 2022
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4/5
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Pornomelancholia
(2022)
|
Alejandro Lingenti
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[Manuel Abramovich's] film is bold and rigorous, even with some poetic imprint encapsulated in its mostly somber tone. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Dec 15, 2022
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