Isela Vega Movies

Javier Fox's drama Fuera del cielo (AKA Beyond Heaven, 2006) spans a 24-hour period. It begins at 6am with young Cucú, who is greeted by the return of his brother Malboro after a five-year separation. The brothers unite and embark on a long journey to the locales inhabited by their relatives, and wrap at 6am the following morning. The theme of Fox's film is "orphanhood," not in the literal sense (where children lose their parents to death) but in the abstract sense - the sense in which individuals can easily fall out of touch with their family ties. That estrangement brings to Cucú and Malboro a sense of social disconnectedness that causes a great deal of inner pain, pain they must strive to overcome. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

A houseful of prostitutes and a few cowboys have some fun in this made-for-TV spoof on westerns. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi

In retelling the story of the ancient (1499) Spanish-language classic by Fernando de Rojas, Comedia de Calisto y Melibeau, director Sabido has been forced to simplify the complex story. In the film, Celestina (Ofelia Guilmain) is a magical madame, who arranges for the noblewoman Melibea (Isela Vega) to be wooed and bedded by Calisto (Luigi Montefiore) a handsome nobleman. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

In Mexican director Paul Leduc's crime drama El Cobrador: In God We Trust, Peter Fonda plays an unnamed sociopathic millionaire who lives in Miami and gets a charge out of running down female pedestrians in his oversized SUV. Meanwhile, El Cobrador, a Brazilian mineworker, travels to the Big Apple and kills everyone he can find. The Fonda character then heads down to Mexico, where he partners up with Argentinean photographer Ana (Antonella Costa), and the two embark on a bloody crime spree à la Bonnie and Clyde. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

A brilliant geologist sends a team to search the depths of the earth in an effort to learn the origin of some strange signals they've been picking up on their equipment. They discover a rock formation with an interior life that can communicate telepathically. They bring the mass to the surface and determine that the entity is "pure crystallized intelligence," and they believe many of the secrets of existence can be answered by studying the stone. However, the only message the mysterious rock is forthcoming with is what kind of food it needs, namely a particular chemical that can only be produced by the bodies of people in the throes of terror. To this end, Dr. Mantel (Boris Karloff) devises something called the Fear Chamber, where kidnapped prostitutes are frightened out of their wits with spiders, snakes, and faked Satanic rituals in order to obtain this precious chemical. Though the scientist and his assistants take pains not to physically harm their subjects, the weird living rock begins growing tentacles and soon learns how to capture its prey and extract the fluids itself, leading to the death of a lady burglar. The scientists realize what a deadly force they've unleashed on the surface world, though efforts to destroy the creature are complicated by its ability to control human minds and generate its own electricity. ~ Fred Beldin, Rovi

In this Spanish film, a boisterous pool party is ended when a corpse turns up in the swimming pool. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi

Cultural differences serve as a point of humor in this comedy about an American (Sam Bottoms) who is called down to Mexico for an inexplicable reason -- he is invited to attend the funeral of his father who actually died some 30 years earlier. He takes off from his home in California and after crossing the border he goes through one difficulty after another, all of which get him sent back home. Unwilling to give up easily, he heads back for a final sojourn because life just isn't as interesting stateside. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

This comedy is a reworking of old vaudeville routines used to show some hilarious (at least they are intended to be) sex situations. Although several sex comedies have come from Argentina, this feature holds little resemblance to the more successful efforts of the genre. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

This Spanish only film tells the story of a love triangle between a son, a mother and a strange man rescued by the mother. ~ Rovi