Luis Alvarez Movies
Enigmatic rock legend Bob Dylan stars as an enigmatic rock legend (talk about a casting coup!) in this purposefully eccentric satiric comedy. Uncle Sweetheart (John Goodman) is an unscrupulous concert promoter who has figured out a way to cash in on the feelings of doubt and uncertainty that plague his nation, which is being torn apart by civil war and political revolution. Sweetheart has decided he will stage a massive benefit concert, though the unnamed charity would appear to be his checking account. Sweetheart hires television producer Nina Veronica (Jessica Lange) to help promote the show and sell it as a nation-wide cable-cast event, while Sweetheart pulls a few strings to arrange for the perfect headliner -- Jack Fate (Bob Dylan), a legendary songwriter who is currently serving a term in prison. With Fate out from behind bars, Sweetheart and Veronica set out to sell their grand spectacle to the world, though one determined investigative journalist (Jeff Bridges) has set out to throw a spenner into the works of Uncle Sweetheart and his epic fundraiser. Marking the directorial debut of comedy writer Larry Charles, Masked and Anonymous also features Penelope Cruz and Luke Wilson; the film was shown in competition at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, (more)
- 2003
- NR
With support from the Florida International University's Cuban Research Institute, Lisandro Perez-Rey directs Mas Alla Del Mar (Beyond the Sea), a documentary about the Mariel Boatlift. This historical and personal film tells the story of several Cuban exiles who left their island country from the port of Mariel during the boatlift of 1980. Following a rush on the embassy in Havana, more than 100,000 Cubans fled their homeland in hopes of creating a new life in the U.S. A mass of Cuban residents -- from average middle-class families to hardened criminals -- huddled onto boats. Upon their arrival in Florida, many of them were met with violence. Perez-Ray visits with many of the surviving exiles for in-depth interviews. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
Like the old B movies it emulates, this mystery focuses on crooks, murder, and revenge. Sam is accidentally present during a robbery and somehow ends up in a scuffle that ends in the death of one of the three robbers. The other two track him down and slay his wife. He goes on the run as the crooks chase him form L.A. to San Diego, and finally, to a circus in Mexico where Sam makes his final stand. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Frederick Deane, Timothy Patrick Cavanaugh, (more)
- 1965
The final three days of Christ, covering his arrest, his death, and resurrection, are chronicled in this saga. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1958
Originally intended as a 4-reel followup to the 1957 "docudrama" short subject The Amazon Trader, Manhunt in the Jungle was extended to feature length in hopes of better bookings. The story is based on the 1928 search for explorer Col. P. H. Fawcett, who disappeared somewhere in the Amazon. Robin Hughes stars as Cmdr. George M. Dyott, the man who organized the searching party for the missing Fawcett (James Wilson). The Warnercolor exterior shots of Peru and the Amazon regions are the highlights of the film. Less successful are the dramatic passages, which look like something out of a junior-high production of Stanley and Livingstone. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robin Hughes, Luis Alvarez, (more)
