Mina Vasquez Movies
A beautiful dancer whose passion for the Tango prevents her obsessive love for her husband and dance partner from lapsing into madness gradually finds insanity taking hold in director Rogelio Lobato's intimate psychological drama. Valentina (Guillermina Quiriga) seeks solace from insanity in the Tango, but despite her best efforts there is no out-dancing fate. As her husband Eduardo (Jordi Caballero) vows to remain true to his wife no matter what hardships loom on the horizon, Valentina's loved ones do everything in their power to salvage the damaged woman's mental health as they too become caught up by the madness that consumes her. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Guillermina Quiroga, Jordi Caballero, (more)
Billed as a Latina Waiting to Exhale, this film details the life and loves of four Hispanic women: Sofia, a therapist; Andrea, a divorced lawyer; Irene, a flashy clothes designer; and Lilly, an artist. The women gather every week at the nightspot Luminarias to discuss jobs, family, love, and sex. Sofia, who dates white men in the hope of fitting into Anglo culture, becomes smitten with an amorous Mexican waiter. On the other hand, Andrea, who believes that white guys are only interested in Hispanic woman as exotic love toys, finds herself falling for a Jewish lawyer. While Lilly deals with racism from her Korean-American boyfriend's family, sexpot Irene has her own conflicted feelings toward her transvestite brother. Luminarias was screened at the 1999 San Sebastian Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Evelina Fernandez, Scott Bakula, (more)
Steve Martin stars in this remake of the 1950 Vincente Minnelli classic as shoe executive George Banks, whose happily married existence hits a bump when he greets his daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams), home from a semester studying in Europe. She tells her father that she is engaged to be married. When the shocked George asks to whom, she says his name is Bryan (George Newbern) and that he is an "independent communications consultant." George is even more shocked when he finds out what the wedding will cost (when George goes through the card file for invited wedding guests and is told someone is deceased, George chirps, "He died? That's great!"). As George is ignored during the mad preparations for the wedding, he wistfully looks back to all the good times he has had with Annie and sadly looks forward to the time when he loses his little girl. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, (more)
The longest (26-1/2 hours), most expensive ($25 million) and most complicated (four directors, five producers, five cinematographers, almost 100 speaking parts, several hundred extras) project made for television up to that time, Centennial was shown in two- and three-hour installments over a period of four months. An adaptation of James Michener's best-selling novel, it told the story of the settling of the American West by looking at the founding of the fictional town of Centennial, Colorado, from the settling of the area in the late 18th century to the present. Emmy-nominated for film editing and art direction, it boasts of sterling performances from Richard Chamberlain as frontiersman Alexander McKeag, Robert Conrad as the French-Canadian trapper Pasquinel, and a surprisingly powerful performance from former football star Alex Karras as compassionate but iron-willed immigrant farmer Hans Brumbaugh. ~ Brian Gusse, All Movie Guide
- 1973
Two of Rampart's paramedics have crosses to bear in this episode. Roy (Kevin Tighe) wrestles with the prospect of amputating an accident victim's leg at the man's own request, while John (Randolph Mantooth) sweats out an audit from the IRS. Elsewhere, the staff is confronted with another case of wildly contradictory medical symptoms; a baby is trapped in a locked car; and a pregant woman may suffer heart failure if she delivers. Ray Ballard steals the show as a con artist who specializes in bilking medical insurance companies. This is the final episode of Emergency's second season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
