Film Fresh - Spain

Hidden Camera

maint — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:13:45 +0000

$24.95

Dan Kovacs is a maverick investigative television reporter who launches an investigation into the mysterious death of Peter, his Pulitzer Prize-winning brother. As the clues of the mysterious murder begin to unfold, Kovacs discovers that his brother was in the midst of breaking the story of the century, an international conspiracy behind the "Mega-Bill," a nearly perfect counterfeit version of the U.S. $100 bill. But the deeper Kovacs digs, the more he discovers the roots of corruption go beyond counterfeiting currency and could trigger a nuclear war between several world powers. Now with a vast network of government agencies hot on his trail, Kovacs must uncover the conspiracy and figure out who he can trust as he fights to stay alive, keep the "Mega-Bill" out of the wrong hands, and finish what his brother started.

List Price: $24.95

Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Year:

2007

Length:

92min

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Intacto

maint — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:14:45 +0000

$9.99

Considered "lucky" after surviving a plane crash, a thief is recruited into an underground gambling ring where death and luck intermingle. This critically acclaimed thriller ventures into the world of those blessed with fortune and the gamblers who bet high stakes just to feel the rush of fate's hand. Who will chance smile on this time? Who will have the odds in their favor? Max von Sydow is the ring leader who has the power to steal his luck and will stop at nothing to do it. Jam-packed with twists and turns, INTACTO will leave you guessing till the very end.

List Price: $9.99

Film details

Format:

Fullscreen

Awards – Won:

International Fantasy Film Award - Best Film, 2003 Fantasporto Awards

Best New Artist, Best Editing, 2002 Cinema Writers Circle Awards

Review:

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/13/movies/13INTA.html

Review quote:

"Thought-provoking and stylish." -- A.O. Scott, THE NEW YORK TIMES

Year:

2001

Length:

108min

Price: $9.99

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[Rec]

maint — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:24:33 +0000

$19.99

From the executive producers who brought you QUARANTINE, comes the movie that inspired the terror. A beautiful TV reporter and her cameraman are doing a routine interview at a local fire station when an emergency call comes in. Accompanying the fire fighters to a nearby apartment, the news team begins recording the bloodcurdling screams coming from inside an elderly woman's unit. After authorities seal off the building to contain the threat, the news crew, firefighters and residents are trapped to face a lethal terror inside. With the camera running, nothing may survive but the film itself.

List Price: $24.96

Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Film, 2008 European Film Awards

Awards – Won:

Best Film, Audience Jury Award, 2008 Fantasporto

Best Director, Grand Prize of the European Fantasy Film in Silver, Best Actress (Velasco), 2007 Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

Review:

http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/%5BREC%5D

Review quote:

"Not since John Carpenter's one-shot intro to HALLOWEEN has POV horror been this good." -- Jason Morgan, AMC FILMCRITIC

Year:

2007

Length:

75min

Price: $19.99

OVS Content ID:

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The Flower of My Secret

maint — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:27:07 +0000

$19.99

Leo writes romance novels but with a loveless marriage, she finds herself fresh out of inspiration. Angel is a tough and gruff journalist with an iron will and a heart of gold. When their paths cross, they discover something neither had expected -- a real-life love affair! It's no secret that the critics are smitten with Almodovar's hip, romantic comedy, calling it "the flower of Almodovar's genius! The most intelligent, subdued and uncannily powerful film of his career." (NEW YORK TIMES)

List Price: $29.95

Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Director, Best Actress (Paredes), Best Production Design, 1996 Goya Awards

Awards – Won:

Best Actress (Paredes), 1996 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Review:

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=2&res=990CE4D6103DF930A25753C1A9639582...

Review quote:

"What a relief that Almodovar has finally cheered up& He returns to the mordant but sympathetic comedy of his early, best work." -- Caryn James, THE NEW YORK TIMES

Year:

1995

Length:

103min

Price: $19.99

OVS Content ID:

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All About My Mother

maint — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:24:35 +0000

$17.99

Internationally acclaimed writer/director Pedro Almodóvar (WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN!) delivers his finest film yet, a poignant masterpiece of unconditional love, survival and redemption. Manuela (Roth) is a hard-working nurse and the perfect mother. She's built a comfortable life for herself and her teenage son, an aspiring writer. But when tragedy strikes and her beloved only child is killed in a car accident, her world crumbles. The heartbroken woman learns her son's final wish was to know of his father -- the man she abandoned when she was pregnant 18 years earlier. Returning to Barcelona in search of him, Manuela overcomes her grief and becomes caregiver to a colorful extended family: a pregnant nun (Cruz), a transvestite prostitute (San Juan) and two troubled actresses (Paredes and Pena). With riveting performances, unforgettable characters and creative plot twists, this touching screwball melodrama is "an absolute stunner. A funny, touching and vital film marks a career peak for Almodovar!" (Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE)

List Price: $19.94

Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Golden Palm, 1999 Cannes Film Festival

Awards – Won:

Best Foreign Language Film, 2000 Academy Awards

Best Director, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, 1999 Cannes Film Festival

Review:

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117492027.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

Review quote:

"An emotionally satisfying and brilliantly played take on the ups and (mostly) downs of a group of less-than-typical female friends." -- Jonathan Holland, VARIETY

Year:

1999

Length:

101min

Price: $17.99

OVS Content ID:

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In the City

maint — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:44:29 +0000

$19.99

The interrelated lives of a group of thirty-something friends in Barcelona is explored by filmmaker Cesc Gay, also known for the film NICO AND DANI.

List Price: $24.95

Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (L

Awards – Won:

Best Supporting Actor (Fern

Review:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?id=16202

Review quote:

"An exploration of a generation trapped somewhere between a staggering economic reality and a world of romance in a city where nothing is what it seems." -- Svet Atanasov, DVD TALK

Year:

2003

Length:

110min

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Our Lady of the Assassins

maint — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:31:10 +0000

$0.00

From the director of REVERSAL OF FORTUNE comes this powerful, critically acclaimed story about the search for love and redemption in a society gone mad. World-weary author Fernando has returned to his native Columbia to live out his days in peace. But Fernando's once-quiet hometown has become a hotbed of violence, drugs and corruption. On the brink of despair, Fernando meets Alexis, a beautiful but hardened street kid who lives by the rule of the gun. Together, they forge an unlikely relationship.

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Film details

Trailer:

SCH401.mp4

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Golden Lion, 2000 Venice Film Festival

Awards – Won:

Best Work of a Non-Latin American Director on a Latin America Subject, 2000 Havana Film Festival

Best Film, 2001 Verzaubert - International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal, 2000 Venice Film Festival

Review:

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D05E2D61339F934A3575AC0A9679C8B63&pa...

Review quote:

"The color and mood of the film, shot in high-definition video, make the movie feel paradoxically hallucinatory and realistic in a documentary sense." -- Stephen Holden, THE NEW YORK TIMES

Year:

2000

Length:

100min

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