LATINO FILM MANIACS

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The purpose of this forum is to build a community and bring attention to the still silent world Spanish Speaking Films from all over the world.

Members: 26
Latest Activity: Oct 20

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August/September 2009: Wow has it been that long?! I have been absent for sometime now, but I'm looking forward to reviving this group and looking forward to your participation. I've been entertained with blogging about random stuff from world news to celebrity drama. Is hard to to get caught up in it! (www.mercuriosblog.com)
But enough about that, I want to Welcome everyone who's joined the group and I hope we can make it grow.
Lets get to work!
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January/February-HAPPY NEW YEAR!! WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW MEMBERS AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO CONSIDERED JOINING THIS GROUP!

The Oscars are coming up, and Penelope Cruz is up for best supporting actress this time. What do you guys think? She did a good work in Volver since Spanish is her element. I have yet to watch the film she's nominated for. What is your favorite Penelope Movie? Like? Dislike?
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-October 2008 The Best of Gael Garcia Bernal
Which is your favorite movie of this good actor? Is he good or great?
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-September 2008Pedro Almodovar Month!
I invite everyone to pick/add any of Almodovar's films and bring it up for discussion. I particularly like Volver and La Mala Educacion(Bad Education).
What are your thoughts about him as a director? HATE him or Love Him?
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Discussion Forum

Newly released Spanish films on DVD (and Netflix) 2 Replies

Started by Goddess. Last reply by mercurio3 Mar 13.

NOVELAS titles on DVD 6 Replies

Started by mercurio3. Last reply by mercurio3 Jan 26.

Which Is Your Favorite Spanish Film? 37 Replies

Started by mercurio3. Last reply by mercurio3 Jan 25.

The "Sharing Is Caring" Box 8 Replies

Started by mercurio3. Last reply by mercurio3 Jan 24.

What do you think of Penelope Cruz' Oscar Nomination?

Started by mercurio3 Jan 24.

What Did We Watch? 31 Replies

Started by mercurio3. Last reply by mercurio3 Jan 20.

CLEAN Spanish language movies 4 Replies

Started by La Mancha Bella. Last reply by La Mancha Bella Jan 9.

Pedro Almodovar Films. Any Favorites? 8 Replies

Started by mercurio3. Last reply by mercurio3 Jan 7.

Gael Garcia Bernal: Your opinion? Favorite Movie? 8 Replies

Started by mercurio3. Last reply by mercurio3 Oct. 24, 2008.

What To Watch? 1 Reply

Started by mercurio3. Last reply by mercurio3 Sep. 20, 2008.

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Comment by M&J on December 4, 2008 at 10:50am: JUST NEWBIES!

Comment by mercurio3 on September 22, 2008 at 9:09pm: Hope everyone is Having a Great Day!

Comment by mercurio3 on July 22, 2008 at 12:00pm: Welcome Movie Miami. I'm sure there are a lot of films you will enjoy watching. Maybe you have some you might want to share with the group?

Comment by mercurio3 on July 22, 2008 at 11:58am: Welcome bming5 to the group! I thought i was the only one who like watching english films either dubed to spanish or subtitle. I have this thing where I check if the translation is the same (nerd I know). I often find that it all depends how is translated and for whom. If is for a latin american audience usually is dubbed with the Mexican accent spanish. If is for the European spanish speaking they use Spaniards and the words and cultural references are way different.
Well I hope you can all contribute to the group. If you find any of the current topics boring, feel free to add your own at any time. =)

Comment by CinemaFairy on July 20, 2008 at 1:21pm: Thanks for adding me to the group. Hope I can contribute to it. As I love foreign cinema and am always in the lookout for good Spanish films.

Comment by mercurio3 on July 19, 2008 at 3:12pm: Welcome To everyone! There hasn't been much activity I know. And perhaps we suffer from ONLINE A.D.D., but I hope we can pick up our group. If anyone has any suggestions, ideas or hot topics, please feel free to add anything.

Comment by bming5 on July 6, 2008 at 10:58pm: I was glad to find this. I am a native Spanish speaker, and I am also a Spanish teacher. I really enjoy showing Cantinflas movies to my students. Now that there are subtitles, the beginners have some chance of checking into these wonderful movies. I also love to watch DVDs where I can listen in English and read the Spanish subtitles, just to keep pumping up my Spanish literacy and cultural lingo. I recently watched Ratatouille ), and was disappointed to see that there were no Spanish subtitles. Maybe our humble group can start a motion to expand Netflix's outreach to Spanish speakers.

Comment by Denis Thorp on June 22, 2008 at 9:17pm: Hi Movie Mami, welcome to the Latino Film Maniacs group. Not much activity lately, but we can use the company, maybe you can help get something started. Look at the discussion about favorite Spanish film to see some of my faves.

Comment by Movie Mami on June 18, 2008 at 8:24pm: I don't know how much I can contribute to this group, but I love all things Latin American and was a Spanish teacher before I had children and became a stay at home mom...I would love to be in a group that could keep me up on Latino films I could be watching!!