Eddie Santiago
- 2004
An East L.A. gang leader looking to pull-off the heist that will set him and his pregnant girlfriend up for life discovers that sometimes things don't work out exactly as you plan in a harrowing story from the streets directed by Jackie Torres. Jose was determined to provide his wife and child with the money needed to let them live a comfortable and carefree existence, but his violent methods of achieving his goal ultimately led him to jail instead of East Street. Now trapped behind bars and unable to care for his newborn son Shepito, Jose begins to question the error of his criminal ways and soon resolves to raise Shepito in an environment free from the influence of violent street gangs. Upon being released from jail and discovering that Shepito has taken in with his old gang and that ambitious gang-leader Joker has corrupted everything that Jose holds sacred in life, the recently paroled gangster is forced to resort to his old ways one last time in an effort to save his family and break the cycle of violence, even if it costs him his life. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Shot almost entirely on a two-and-a-half-story recreation of a full-size operating airport terminal, this romantic comedy from director Steven Spielberg revolves around an Eastern European man by the name of Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), whose plans of immigrating to New York were hastened by a violent coup in his home country. Unfortunately, Viktor finds himself on the wrong end of a nasty technicality while en route to America: His passport was issued from a country, which, during its upheaval, ceased to exist in an official capacity. Unauthorized to leave Kennedy Airport upon his arrival and unable to return home, Viktor finds himself exiled inside the terminal's international transit lounge. Though airport official Frank Dixon (Stanley Tucci) views Viktor as an annoying bureaucratic glitch, other airport employees -- including a beautiful flight attendant by the name of Amelia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) -- come to see him as a welcome, if unofficial, addition to their numbers. As the days stretch on into months, the terminal transforms from an intimidating atmosphere of forced assimilation into a country within itself, complete with culture, ambition, status, complex diversity, and the need for love. The supporting cast includes Diego Luna, Chi McBride, Kumar Pallana, Zoe Saldana, Eddie Jones, and Jude Ciccolella. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, (more)
