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...truth be told, the tradition of the fatigue-clad Latin American guerrilla, striking and vanishing through mountainous jungle terrain with a raised fist and a Marxist slogan, died years before Pedro Antonio Marin - known by his nom de guerre, Manuel Marulanda - passed away two months ago in a remote Colombian forest. But Marulanda's death by heart attack, confirmed over the weekend by the rebels he commanded for 44 years, makes it official: the Che Guevara era, like that of the hemisphere's military dictatorships, is over. And so, for all intents and purposes, is Marulanda's once feared...
...Recent star inductees have included Barbra Streisand, Clint Eastwood, and Sean Connery, joining such existing "legionnaires" as Robert De Niro, Pedro Almodóvar, Quincy Jones and Michelle Yeoh. Each may be a fine exponent of his or her craft, but none exactly rises to the Napoleonic standard of heroism. Even Wednesday's upgrade of Steven Spielberg from knight to officer grade in the Legion for "the body of his works, and his engagement for great causes like the memory of the Shoah and the conflict in Darfur" wasn't entirely in line with the institution's original objective...
...much as he allows them to briefly fulfill their dreams in him. Visually, too, the movie is in love with Barcelona, its gnarled Gaudi buildings, and with the countryside of Ovieto, a hundred shades of glorious earth tones. (The cinematographer is Javier Aguirresarobe, who has shot films directed by Pedro Almodovar, Victor Erice and Alejandro Amendabar.) It is in Ovieto that Vicky meets Juan Antonio's ancient father, who writes beautiful poetry but refuses to publish it, believing that a world that has not learned how to love does not deserve...
...impress. Playfultouches such as this are a hallmark ofFurtado’s films.“Houve” follows two teenage boys,Chico and Juca, over the course of twosummers at the beach near Porto Alegre,Brazil. Furtado was inspired to write thescript for his son, actor Pedro Furtado(who plays the character of Juca) and Pedro’sfellow classmates in drama school.“For class projects, Pedro and hisfriends would do renditions of WoodyAllen films and other scripts with adultcharacters,” he said. “It was so strange tosee young people...
...best teams in the National League are the [Philadelphia] Phillies and the [New York] Mets. And if you had one team to beat, it probably would be the Mets. [Pitcher Johan] Santana has added to what was already a very good team, plus you have Pedro [Martinez] probably coming back and being of significant value this year. Plus it's a team that's got a strong storyline. They have to try to recover from what happened to them last fall. So there are a lot of things going there...