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La Fortuna' (1x06): the rescue of the treasure provides a satisfying and vibrant ending to the Amenábar series

 And we come to the end of the series. ' La Fortuna ' reaches its sixth and last episode on Movistar + consolidating the sensations that we have had during these weeks from the hand of Alejandro Amenábar and Alejandro Hernández . The odyssey of Álex Ventura and company to get the treasure back to Spain in these fifty minutes find their last obstacles in an episode that, perhaps, is milder (not less effective) than we would have liked. By the way, from here, spoilers for the end of 'La Fortuna'. Collect the boxes Surely when we anticipated in the last episode the last movement of Frank Wild in his tour de force against Ventura and company, we did not imagine that it would be so bland and not very allegorical. That intention to charge for the boxes remains on the screen much less aggressive in its last-play intention than it could. The feeling is that they have not known very well how to solve the villain. With how well worked and dominated that Stanley Tucci had to Frank
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Mute Witness', a lost genius that preceded the snuff and slasher that would revolutionize the 90s

 Before Alejandro Amenábar revolutionized national cinema with ' Thesis ', before Nicolas Cage descended into hell in 8m and before ' Scream ' put a before and after in slasher and terror , a small European co-production of international cast put all the cards on the table. It was the magnificent ' Mute Witness '. At the age of 18, this vhs with an unforgettable cover reigned in the video store. We were too young to elevate 'Mute Witness' to the category of classic , but the film written and directed by Anthony Waller can already be described as such. And she was also a pioneer who was ahead of the necrocine craze (much prettier than snuff, where is it going to stop), the new slasher craze and made a neogiallo when the genre had not yet died. Billy is a successful makeup artist. While in Russia, working on a movie, Billy is locked in the studio one night and attends the filming of a snuff movie in horror . The young woman manages to escape and, with the
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Movie premieres: musicals, scientific satires and pandemic terrors arrive to compete in a box office crowned by Disney and the Ghostbusters

 The countdown begins! We only have four rounds of billboard premieres - with their respective Christmas bombings - to finalize the 2021 film course, but before the storm, a relative calm arrives before the blockbusters begin to rampage. As you already know, before getting into the news for this Friday the 10th , we are going to take a look at a box office that improved compared to the last weekend in November, but which is not to rave about. For the second consecutive weekend, 'Encanto' once again crowned the Top 5 with the most viewed, falling 29% and making a total - rounded - of 1 million euros , being tied with a 'Ghostbusters: Beyond' which debuted with a identical sum; which seems a bit disappointing considering the potential of the franchise and the broad —perhaps too — target to which it is directed. Well below a million we find 'La casa Gucci' , with 0.54 million euros in its second weekend; to 'Way Down' , which holds the guy in fourth place w
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At last alone at home': a well-intentioned sequel for Disney + that pales before the mythical original film with Macaulay Culkin

 Not long ago I told you that 'Ghostbusters: Beyond' was an exercise in nostalgia that seemed designed not to upset anyone . An understandable movement after the hatred generated in a certain sector of the public by 'Ghostbusters' , but also worrying because it opens the door to more sequels or somewhat aseptic reboots and with little to contribute, just what has happened in the case of ' Por sin solo at home ' . Sixth installment of the franchise started by the mythical Christmas movie starring Macaulay Culkin , 'At last alone at home' is one of the launches for the celebration of Disney + Day. I confess that I did not have much hope for it, since replicating the charm of the original film seemed like an impossible mission to me, and it has been. At least it's not a copy, either and has an unmistakable well-intentioned spirit, but there is little to scratch beyond that. Little to offer es, the premise of the film could not sound more familiar with a
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Macbeth': A spooky and very faithful adaptation of Joel Coen for Apple TV + leaks into cutting-edge horror brand A24

 Director Joel Coen works for the first time alone on ' Macbeth ' (The Tragedy of Macbeth, 2021), an adaptation of Shakespeare's play with a fantastic lens and an almost surreal approach , drawing inspiration from other adaptations of the play while creating a his own version that bears his mark on each frame, connecting with his traditional vision of the characters doomed to doom that his filmography has shown. Perhaps for this reason, Coen's return to the black and white format has to do with the noir sensibility of the story: dark plans, betrayals and the decisions that lead to calamity that have marked the destinies of his characters since his first film and that this evokes occasion, not coincidentally, to the conscious chiaroscuro ' the man who was never there ' (the man who was not there, 2001) just when met 20 years after its premiere, which already appeared Frances McDormand. https://verencanto-disney.tumblr.com/ https://encanto-castellano.tumblr.com/ T
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Atlantic Crossing': a solid historical drama in Movistar + that does not finish reaching its full potential

 With the statuette of the best dramatic series in the past International Emmy, Movistar + 'Atlantic Crossing' arrives , a miniseries that narrates over eight episodes the friendship (or something more) between Marta of Norway and Franklin Roosevelt and the role of this one in the participation of the United States in World War II. Sofia Helin as the princess, wife of Prince Olaf of Norway (Tobias Santelmann) and Kyle MacLachlan (' Twin Peaks ') as the American president lead the production that has, precisely at this point, what is least interesting. Or at least not enough to waste time on repetitive conversations . In a sense, when it crosses the pond, 'Atlantic Crossing' loses integers, being the most interesting and solid in the war in Scandinavia. Perhaps because it is refreshing to see a history of World War II that takes the focus away from the old countries. This is where we find the best moments of the miniseries. Thus, we move between a Norway (full of
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'Nest of Vipers': a sensational Korean thriller full of bad grapes to end the year in style

 With ' Nest of Vipers ', his first film, Kim Yong-hoon is already on the agenda of all thriller fans, whether or not they are fans of the new Korean cinema. His adaptation of the Keisuke Sone novel is a vibrant, tense and very funny old-school thriller , very much in the vein of that post-Tarantino wave of the late '90s. Poor quality people What would you do if you found an insulting amount of money in an abandoned bag? That is what 'Nest of Vipers' proposes, an excellent thriller as funny as it is diabolical in which a handful of characters each worse off will scramble like mad dogs in search of that heavy briefcase full of money that seems cursed. An elegant curse back and forth. A humble marriage in low economic hours, an immigration agent in debt to a dangerous moneylender, a young woman trapped in a violent marriage who has to work as an escort and her boss are just some of the protagonists of this irreverent movie of deadly entanglements to which do not feel
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