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So in regards to the release of Brothers, here at filmotico I have been focusing exclusively on Natalie Portman. But since this is an equal opportunity blog, and we want as many hits as possible, I give you interviews with Spiderman and The Prince of Persia-I mean with male leads Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal. Enjoy!

Nunca me deja de sorprender como durante mi carrera como periodista de entretenimiento he tenido oportunidades de entrevistar estrellas de cine de la talla de Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Harrison Ford, Shirley Maclaine, Julia Roberts,Nicole Kidman, Glen Close, Kathy Bates, Angelina Jolie y Gwyneth Paltrow, por mencionar algunas.

Pero cuando llega el momento de tratar de hablar con un artista local es casi una misión imposible. Pero como dirían por ahí such is life. Lo que si resulta curioso es que nunca he podido cuadrar una entrevista directa con Amaury Nolasco, quien en los últimos cinco años se ha ido destacando en varios proyectos comerciales de Hollywood.

Para Transformers tuve la oportunidad de entrevistar al elenco principal, pero no pude coordinar estar en LA cuando Paramount organizó el press day para que Nolasco hablara con los medios “latinos”. Para Street Kings estabamos confirmados, pero el actor boricua tuvo que cancelar a última hora porque estaba ocupado durante la filmación de Max Payne. Cuando estrenó esa película, Puerto Rico no fue incluido en ese junket. Y recientemente se trató de coordinar una entrevista telefónica para hablar con el actor sobre su participación en la película Armored, que estrena la semana que viene, pero no se ha podido concretar la oportunidad con su publicista.

Sería interesante poder hablar con Nolasco, quien ha logrado sobrevir la dirección de Michael Bay, dado una paliza a Keanu Reeves y a Mark Walberg, filmado secuencias de acción junto a Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne y Jean Reno y en su próximo proyecto va compartir todas sus escenas junto a Johnny Depp.

Mientras tanto me tendre que conformar con esta entrevista genérica que el actor puertorriqueño grabó para el Behind-the-Scenes de Armored.

¿Será el filme tan bueno como dice Nolasco? Pues no le puedo decir hasta mañana que es cuando tengo la proyección de prensa del filme, pero mientras tanto les puedo adelantar un vistazo a una de las escenas claves que cuenta con la participación de todo el elenco.

Ok, if you are expecting porn click away (you know where to go) or go freeze frame Portman’s scenes in Closer. This post is for an interview where the star of Brothers says she feels that her role in that film is the first time she has been allowed to play a woman.

Take a look at the junket interview:

This movie, which opens tomorrow in the States will need raves from the critics to create any impact, given that its one of the few Holiday Movies that has arrived free of any buzz. Brothers does not have an opening date in Puerto Rico.

Ok, so I’ve already trashed this movie in two other posts, so considering I have only the trailer to go by I will refrain. To repair some of the possible damage, I give you two reasons to see the film. It has Robin Williams in a comedy and two cute kids. And what do you know I have interviews with Williams and one of the cute kids, who also happens to be a Travolta. So take a look and let me know what you think. Will you see it? Why?

I’ll take John Travolta in a musical, yes even Staying Alive, and I’ll take him as bad guy, yes even in Swordfish.
But I don’t get what he is doing reuniting with his Wild Hogs director for Old Dogs. And don’t even get me started on the Wild Hogs sequel.

But anyways, out of the four movies (Kabo & Platón, An Education, Fantastic Mr. Fox being the other three) that open this week in Puerto Rico, Old Dogs looks to be the real turkey of the bunch (pardon the pun).
Still, here’s a Travolta promotional interview to help sway you from my negative vibes regarding this movie. In it Travolta doesn’t explain himself (why should he? He’s getting paid!) but he lets it be known that he was having fun working with Robin Williams. I guess sometimes that’s all that counts.

While it’s great to see talented people working together on something where they seem to have a good time, everything about Old Dogs, the new John Travolta/Robin Williams movie, makes me want to run in the opposite direction. The plot reminds me a little of Father’s Day, the 1997 flop starring Williams and Billy Crystal, and the fact that is directed by Walt Becker (Wild Hogs, Van Wilder) does not give me any hope of being pleasantly surprised. Still since I’m doing such a great job dissing a movie I haven’t seen here’s a promotional behind-the-scenes to balance out my vile.

Old Dogs Opens Thanksgiving Weekend.

Me informan de la oficina de Sony que la copia de Planet 51 que se esta exhibiendo en Plaza las Americas es en Ingles y sin subtitulos.

Read this very important L.A Times Article, Movie Popcorn Still a Horror, and find out what your doing to you’re nutrition when you go to the movies.

Brothers is a movie with a stellar cast, but up until now the distributor is sort of waiting for the film to gather up nominations and awards for it to get some publicity. If this doesn’t happen, this is the sort of movie that gets lost in the Holiday shuffle and you discover six months later when it comes out on DVD.

So heres a heads up with the trailer, but watch at your own risk. It is the sort of trailer that packs the whole movie into two minutes. Still, I’m looking forward to this one.

I had heard horrible things about this Will Ferrel summer flop, but curiosity got the best of me and I popped it in the DVD player last night and…….

Well, not terrible but not good either. I can certainly see how this was the one where Ferrel’s routine felt completely flat. The mash up of his comedy with a sci-fi/fantasy adventure did not work at all. Still, the movie managed to make me laugh.

I still don’t get the random Chorus Line jokes, but they made me smile anyway. Here is a Behind the Scenes look at the movie. I guess the most offensive thing is the satisfied look on the screenwriters face.

So do tell. What do you think? Should this make it to my worst movie list of the year? Or should it never be mentioned again?