Frida

- Film: “Frida”
- Director: Julie Taymor
- Author: Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas.
- Genre: Drama
- Cast: Salma Hayek (Frida Kahlo), Alfred Molina (Diego Rivera), Geoffrey Rush (León Trotsky), Mía Maestro (Cristina Kahlo)

- Review:

“Frida” tells the story of the most talented artist of all times: Frida Kahlo. Interestingly, the film is set in 1922. Therefore, it covers thirty-two years of Kahlo's life from age 15 to her death at age 47. As might have been expected, it provides viewers with an appropriate representation of the most important turning-points in the artist’s life. As a matter of fact, at first, the film shows clearly the dangerous accident, which she suffers at the age of eighteen. As a consequence, Frida (Salma Hayek) is seriously injured, as a metal handrail pierces her body. In the following years, she undergoes thirty-two major operations and suffers enormous pain for the rest of her life. Fortunately, she derives great pleasure for painting, as it serves two useful purposes: that of allowing her to give vent to her imagination and that of helping her to express her feelings. Moreover, Frida gets married with Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), a famous muralist. They have a stormy relationship. Actually, Rivera is often unfaithful and even has an affair with Cristina (Mía Maestro), Frida’s younger sister. However, Frida also has extramarital affairs, including one with Leon Trotsky (Geoffrey Rush), the Russian Leader. To add insult to injury, Frida is never able to have children, aspect which devastates her. In a word, her life is a complete mixture of sadness and extreme pain, which allows Frida to develop that special flair for painting.
In general, I believe wholeheartedly that the film in question is profoundly moving, as well as gripping. Furthermore, both actors and actresses offer viewers particularly memorable performances, since it is clear how they get actively involved in Frida’s biography. However, if I had to choose one performance, I would definitely select Salma Hayek’s, which is regarded as outstanding. Last but not least, I would like to point out the sophisticated and realistic make-up and costume-designing, the appropriate representation of Mexican customs and traditions and the importance of Frida’s most famous paintings, such as “Frida and Diego Rivera” (1931) and “Roots” (1943).
On the whole, I believe firmly that “Frida” is a remarkable movie, with an absolutely touching plot, where TRANSGRESSION, TALENT, SEDUCTION and PAIN play a crucial role. In fact, "The real Frida Kahlo" set an example in life and taught all her fans that it is possible to keep on trying against all odds.


- Student name: Lucía Belén Queizán.
- Class: 5º humanístico.

Aladdin !

Book/ Film: Aladdin
Genre: Animation
Author/ Director:John Musker y Ron Clements
Characters/ Actors: Aladin. Abu. Genio. Jasmine. Sultan. Jafar

Review:
Aladdin is a young and poor boy who with his inseparable mono Abú dedicates to steal and cheat on people in the city of Agrabah to survive and have the dream of someday being an important person. Aladdin is often chased by all the guards of the castle and the security officers so that they can imprisioner him, but they never can.
In spite of Aladdin’s defects, he is a really good boy. He always tries to help poor and needy people. In the movie, Aladdin falls in love of the princess Jasmine, a lovely girl who is Sultan’s daughter. When he meets her, they don’t now who they really are, but they realised they have one thing in common: The feeling of being prisioners in their own lifes.

Later, he finds out that she is the princess of Agrabah when Aladdin is caught by the security guards, and Jasmine, using her royalty power, lets him go. After this inconvenient, Jasmine comes back to the castle and finds herself in the obligation to choose a prince who will be her husband. At the sime time, Aladdin is prisioner in Sultan’s castle, where an old man shows up and promises him to be the richiest man in the world if he gets out of that place and goes to the cave of the marvel. In this awesome place, there is a lamp which has inside the grand genious, who has the power of making real three wishes.
Aladdin, once he finds the lamp, decides to give to the genious one of the three wishes: The freedom of him. The other two are the change of Aladdin into a chaming prince so that he could win Jasmine’s heart, and the posibility of escaping from prision.
As a prince, Aladdin goes to the castle and there, Jasmine finally recognise him. But the problem starts when Jafar, who wants to marry her and takes all the money, finds out that Aladdin is going to take de power of his hands, and a big fight happens. Finally the genious ends up being free, and Jafar inside of the lamp forever and ever.

Finally, Aladdin and Jazmine get married, and live happily ever after in the castle. My opinion about the movie is that is one of the best that Disney has ever made. Is a beautiful and entretaining film, which has all that has to be included to make people interested in it. My fauvorite character is without any doubt Aladdin, who is the cutest prince and I would definitely love to have a boy like that, kind and brave.


Student name: Agustina D'Antona
Class: 5to Humanistico

Pocahontas

Book/ Film: Pocahontas
Genre: Animation/Drama
Author/ Director: Tom Ropelewski
Characters/ Actors: Pocahontas, John Smith.

Review:

This awesome movie tells the story of an indigenous called pocahontas, a young and beautiful girl who along the movie has to make a decision between listening to her heart or following the right thing to do.

One day, a group of british colonists shows up and tries to take control of the land and of the people living there. One of the most important member of this group previously mentioned is Captain Smith. A charming man who meet Pocahontas, and little by little they fall in love.

The main problem of the film, is that both Pocahontas and John Smith belong to a different culture that are in a constant fight for the possesion of the land, so they are not supposed to talk or to feel anything for each other .

As a result of the lack of answers, Pocahontas tries desperately to find a solution in her willow grandmother, an important character of the film who helps her to find the peace between the conquerors and the tribe. Another important support that she has is her friendly racoon Miko, who will be her companion all along the movie.

In my opinion, Pocahontas is one of my favorite character of Disney, although she is not the ordinary princess which is common to see. I think she leaves a clear moral: Love is stronger than all the obstacles. Besides, I strongly think that Pocahontas and Captain Smith are meant to be together, they are the most beautiful couple I have ever seen.

Student name: Paula Fernandez Ansoar
Class: 5 Humanistico

Edward Scissorhands

Book/ Film: Edward Scissorhands
Genre: Comedy; Drama; Fantasy; Romance
Author/ Director: Tim Burton
Characters/ Actors: Johnny Depp; Winona Ryder; Dianne Wiest
Review:

Like all fairy tales begins, this begins like one too…
Once upon a time in a castle high on top of a hill lives an inventor with his greatest creation - Edward, a near-complete person. The creator died before he could finish Edward's hands; instead, Edward is left with metal scissors for hands. Edward has always lived alone, until a kind lady called Peg discovers Edward and welcomes him into her home. At first, everyone welcomes Edward into the community, but soon things begin to take a change for the worse.
This movie have a nice comedy and a but with the time, it becomes a drama with beautiful fantasy-romance. The movie is rated for people passing the 13 ages.

Student name: Ignacio Igarreta
Class: 5º H

Beetlejuice

Book/ Film: BeetleJuice
Genre: Comedy
Author/ Director: Tim Burton
Characters/ Actors: Alec Baldwin; Geena Davis; Michael Keaton

Review:

This is the story of Adam and Barbara who live in a beautiful house. One day, while driving to home, they are involved in a terrible auto accident. They walk to home only to discover that they have died and now haunt their house. When their house is purchased by an out of state family, they feel their home is invaded by an artists wife and her proprietary-selling husband. Their attempts to scaring the family out of the house, but they are ignored. Finally they fall to the temptation to use the people-exorcizer Beetle Juice. When they find his tactics too dangerous, they attempt to contain him and save the family they were trying to boot.
The movie have wonderful visual effects and a light-black humor comedy can see it all people not-under 13 ages.

Student name: Ignacio Igarreta
Class: 5º H

My mom's new boyfriend

Book/ Film: My mom's new boyfriend
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Author/ Director: George Gallo
Characters/ Actors: Antonio Banderas as Tommy, Meg Ryan as Marty, Collin Hanks as Henry, Selma Blair as Emily.

Review:

I chose this film because I really enjoyed it. It tells the story of a man named Henry who lives with his widowed, ugly and fat mother, Marty, and works for the FBI. After a journey of three years for a very secret investigation, he goes back to his house and finds out something incredible: his mother had been going on a diet and she was trully thin and very attractive! They inmediately started talking about their lives and Henry told her that he was engaged with a lovely woman who worked with him called Emily, who was arriving at the house some hours later. Marty took the most of the moment, and told him that she had been going on some dates, not only one, but lots at the same time! From that moment, the story turns so funny because it's all about meeting Marty's dates, but the real story begins when she knows a man named Tommy and falls in love with him. But the problem turns up when Henry discovers that the man is suspected of leading a gang of art thieves, and he is forced to spy her mother even in the most awkward situations.

In my opinion, this film is really nice and is so appropriated for the whole family, and I have to say that I had a great time when I saw it. I think the characters did a great job and so did the director.

Student name: María Agustina Forcatto
Class: 5ºH

August Rush

Book/ Film: August Rush
Genre: Drama

Author/ Director: Kirsten Sheridan

Characters/ Actors: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robin Williams, Terrence Howard, William Sadler

Review:
Everythig starts when Lila Novacek (Keri Russell), a young brilliant cellist, meets a rock musician called Louis (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) at a party; they spend a night together. However Lila’s father forces them apart. Lila realizad that she is pregnant and try to contact whith Louis but she can’t; at the same time Louis try to find her.
One night Lila has an accident and is taken to a hospital where his father lies to her telling that her baby died, and the boy is given for adoption.
After that the movie tells the story of a realy special boy of 11 years called Evan Taylor (Freddie Highmore) who hears music everywhere he goes. He lives in an orphanage but he knows that his parents are alive, but maybe they don’t even know about his existence, and is determinated to find them; he is quit sure that the music will make them be together again. After his scape from the orphanage he goes to New York, where his search begins. At the same time Lila discovers that her son is alive and starts to look for him by herself.

In my opinion this is a really beautiful film that show us that faith and perseverance can make great things in our lifes. It’s a sweet story about love, faith, passion and specialy about music.

Here you are two quotes that I like from this film:
I believe in music the way that some people believe in fairy tales…
Music is all around you, all you have to do is listen…

Student name: Carolina Delgado

Class: 5º H

Slumdog Millionaire

Book/ Film: Slumdog milonaire
Genre: Drama, Romance
Author/ Director: Danny Boyle (director)
Characters/ Actors: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Kaan

Review:
Slumdog millionaire is based on the novel “Q and A” of Vikas Swarup and is directed by Danny Boyle. Is the story of Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), a kid from the streets who lives in India and decides to participate on the India’s version of “Who wants to be a millionaire?”. Everyone thinks that because of his condition he would never win the pot, but when they realizad that the boy is realy good answering the questions, they alert to the police thinking that he must be cheating. He is arrested and the police interrogates him; Jamal bigins to explain how he could answer every question reminding some moment of his hard life; he also tells them that he decided to appeared on the show because he wants to find Latika (Freida Pinto), an old friend from the childhood.

I have to say that I never felt so atracted to see this movie until it won those eight Awards of the Academy; then I knew that I HAVE to see it. When I finally saw the movie I liked it so much because it’s a realy original love story full of humor, sensibility, thriller, romance and good music.

Student name: Carolina Delgado
Class: 5º H

The Reader

Film: "The Reader"
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Stephen Daldry
Actors: David Kross, Kate Winslet and Ralph Finnes

Review:

“The Reader” starts when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped by Hanna Schmitz, a stranger who twice his age. When Michael recovers from the illness he decided to go to Hanna’s apartment to thanks her. The two quickly fall into a passionate and secretive affair which is a short step from pedophilia. Apart from the sex they create a reader-listener relationship when Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to (origin of the movie’s name) and Hanna is surprised as how Michael reads to her. Despite their intense relationship, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken.
Eight years later, while Michael is a law student, he is astonished to find Hanna back in his life but this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will save her from being unfairly accused.

As we are accustomed, the performance of Kate Winslet is exactly what the film needs.
What is really remarkable is David Kross acting. He incredibly impressed me with his catching personality and his ability to register multiple emotions and thoughts which are complicated, especially during the trial scenes. He is, without a doubt my favorite character.

In my view “The reader” is a haunting story about truth and reconciliation, which offer a different love story as the ones that we are accustomed to watch.

Student name: Florencia Castiglioni
Class: 5th Humanistico

A Cinderella Story

Book/ Film: A Cinderella Story
Genre: Comedy
Author/ Director: Mark Rosman
Characters/ Actors:Hilary Duff,Jennifer Coolidge,Chad Michael Murray,Dan Byrd,Regina King,Julie Gonzalo.

Review:

The New Cinderella, is a renewed version of the Cinderella story. In this story, Sam Montgomery, a student, lives with her stepmother, Fiona, and her two sisters, who treat it as her servant. Sam wants to enter Princeton University. One day he met her "Prince Charming" online, and your social life becomes more exciting and complicated. Because her prince, is the popular football player in his school, Agustín Ames. She awakens from her fantasy when she forgets her cell phone, just before the clock strikes twelve touch of midnight. And now, your mobile will be the key to making your dream a reality. Sam fears that Austin will reject it if he realizes that she is his girl online and therefore confused when he tries to discover who is trying his princess cybersecurity.


Student name: María del Rosario Toro Tesini
Class: 5ºH

Troy

Film: Troy
Genre:
Director: Wolfgagn Petersen
Actors: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Peter O'Toole

Review:

In this film, the director seeks to represents one of the most important historical facts of history: the Trojan War. This is accomplished with great scenery, in which we must mention a very good location, which leads us to the place where this great war development.

We must also mention the musicalizacion, which is used in key moments of the film, airing what happened in that scene

The main role is that of Brad Pitt who plays Aquiles, Greek soldier. This, in my opinion is one of the best performances by Brad Pitt, as it shows great maturity as a player very well and passes all the emotions of his character throughout the movie. We must also mention the very good performances by Eric Bana and Orlando Bloom Who interprets the principles of Tory and sons of King Priamo. In my opinion is a very good movie and is one of the best films I saw

Student name: Juan Pablo Astegiano

Class: 5H

Marley & Me

Film: Marley & Me
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Frankel
Actors: Wilson Owen and Aniston Jennifer

Review:
John and Jennifer are young reporters who decided to marry and move to Miami. The natural wish of Jenny of having children provoques a great panic in John. In order to neutralize the necessity of giving love John decides to present her a dog. A beautiful puppy. The puppy began to grow. John and Jenny weren`t able to maintain their authority when the can started to make disasters. Different and several incident occur and they finish adopting themselves to the behavious of the dog. The arriving of the children complicates their lives, but al the same time their professional life begins to estabilize John becomes in the reported of a newspaper where its well read column has as the principal character Marley, the dog.

Student name: Constanza Bidegain
Class: 5º Humanístico

Brigada Explosiva

Book/ Film: BRIGADA EXPLOSIVA
Genre: comedia
Author/ Director: Rodolfo Ledo
Characters/ Actors: Gino Renni, Emilio Disi, Luciana Salazar, Jorge Rodrigo Barrios, Toti Ciliberto, Marcos Gómez

Review: Brigada Explosiva, is a movie whose productors tended to continue their habitual lines, it have a bad filmation stile and a worse direction. Basically, it’s a very bad cinematograph product.
But they have changed some things than “Bañeros”, their last movie before “Brigada Explosiva”, in this new movie they have put more serious characters and more likely to the teenager public.
This is a movie with a poor laboration because of the bad usefull of the elements, for example, in one of the scenes, the cameraman don’t have fine pulse, so they didn’t use a support for the camera.
The celphones that they use in this movie are made of plastic, that gives to the movie a very bad image of him.
But, in another way, the characters are more pleasant and make more funny scenes and nicer things.
Personally, I think that this movie was a money waste.


Student name: RAMON CRUZ
Class: 5to H

This is England

Book/ Film: This is england
Genre: Drama
Author/ Director: Shane Meadows
Characters/ Actors: Jo Hartley, Jo Hartley, Joe Gilgun, Stephen Graham, Thomas Turgoose

Review:

Shaun is a 12-year-old child beaten everywhere by his marginality,his not good-looking and his poor way of dressing in some years, the 80s, where the aspect was everything. His father has died in the Malvinas war and that absence makes him a weak and frustrated person for the others. On having coincided with a group of skinheads led by Wood, between sides and jokes, he is adopted as a new member of the gang.
The return of Combo after being in jail, divides the band because he adheres to radical political ideas which not all shared; this influences Shaun forcing him to leave the only group of friends where he has found a little bit of affection and respect.




Student name: Fabricio Rodriguez
Class: 5to H

Freaky Friday

Book/ Film: Freaky Friday

Genre: Comedy

Author/ Director:
Mark Waters

Characters/ Actors:
Jamie Lee Curtis
Lindsay Lohan

Review:

Anna Coleman (Lindsay Lohan) and her mother, Dra. Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis) are two completely different persons.
However, Anna has a band where she plays the guitar , but his mother says that she only makes noise.
Dra. Coleman is going to marry whit her boyfriend, which Anna dislikes .
However, Dra Coleman and her daughter have one thing in common
They don’t relate to each other on anything.
Not clothes or men or Anna `s passion to be in a rock band, nothing.
Then one night a little mystic mayhem changes their lives and
They wake up to the biggest FREAK-OUT ever.
Dra. Coleman and Anna are trapped inside each other body!
But Dra. Coleman ‘ll married the next Saturday and Anna have an important audition with her band so they must Find a way to switch back.
I really like this film because is too funny and I love Lindsay Lohan.


Student name: Delfina Bartolome
Class: 5 Humanistico

Matilda

Book/ Film: Matilda
Genre: Comedy
Author/ Director: Danny DeVito.
Characters/ Actors: Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris and Brian Levinson.

Review:

Matilda tells the story of a very clever girl callad Matilda. She could read and write when she was 3 years old. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood didn`t understood her because they lived their own life, he sold second hand cars dishonestly and her mother went out with her friends. The first person who realised that she was so clever was the libralian. Matilda went to the library every day and read books about Math, Oscar Wilde etc.
When she entered primary school her teacher Miss Honey thought she couldn't be in first grade because of her intelligence so she went to speak with her parents and they reacted telling her to leave their house immediately.
Miss Truchbull was the headmistress of the school, hje was very rude, strict and bad person, nobody loved her. She was really Miss Honey's aunt and although Miss Honey's father had left her money and very nice house, Miss Honey lived in a small house with little money, so Matilda wanted to help her.
One day Matilda discovered she had special powers. At first her teacher didn't believe them but one day she could show them to her.
Finally thanks to Matilda's powers Miss Honey recovered her house, Miss Trunchbull never appeared at school again and Miss Honey adopted Matilda as her daughter because Matilda's parents were going to lived to other country and Matilda didn't want.
I think this is a very interesting story thet shows me that a little gril who was always alone and not loved, colud be appreaciated and considered by her teacher, because of that Matilda went on livinig in a better way.


Student name: Maida Daniela Salto.
Class:5º Humanistico

The Unborn

Book/ Film: The unborn
Genre: Terror
Author/ Director: David Goyer
Characters/ Actors: David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page, Noel Wilton Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman

Review:
Casey Beldon hates her mother for leaving her during the childhood.
But when inexplicable facts start to happen, Casey begins to understand
why her mother had left. Stalked by nightmares and by a torturer ghost who
chases her when she is awake, she needs to look for Sendak's help,
the only person who seems to be able to stop it. With the help of Sendak, Romy, her best friend,
and his boyfriend Mark, Casey discovers the origin of a
familiar curse which comes from the Nazi Germany and a creature with the skill
of living in any place or thing

Student name: Fabricio Rodriguez
Class: 5to H

Star Wars Episode 1

Book/ Film: Star Wars Episode 1 : The Phantom Menace
Genre: SCI-FI
Author/ Director: George Lucas, Rick McCallum

Characters/ Actors: Liam Neeson (Qui-Gon Jin), Ewan Macgregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Natalie Portman (Padme Admidala) , Jake Lloyd (Anakin Skywalker), Ray Park (Darth Maul).





Review:

A long Time ago in a galaxy far far away the trade federation, a republic separatist group decides to organize an economic blockade around the planet Naboo. Due to this the supreme chancellor of the galactic republic sends two Jedi’s from the Jedi order as diplomats to resolve the conflict, they where a young Obi-Wan Kenobi and his master Qui-Gon Jin. The Trade Federation invades Naboo with an army of battle droids and attempt to murder the Jedi’s who managed to escape and land on the surface of Naboo.
This is just the start between the war on Naboo and the Queen Padme Admidala of Naboo and the Jedi’s adventure to discover the truth hidden by the war.

After escaping Naboo with the Queen Admidala, the Gungan Jar Jar Bings (a Naboo native species) the two Jedi’s land on a nearby desert planet called Tatoine in order to repair their ship. There they meet a young boy called Anaking Skywalker who helps them to get the parts for the ship. Qui-Gon senses that the kid had a strong presence of the Force within him, and decides to present him to the high Jedi council in the capital planet of Coruscant. Before leaving Tatooine Qui-Gon realizes that the treat of the sith it’s still living as he battles Darth Maul, a Zabrak who was trained in the dark side of the force.

An amazing movie, and the beginning of the second trilogy of Star Wars, even that its works as a precuel of the first. It will shock you whit amazing battles, amazing visual effects and beautiful landscapes. and a mysterious plot ideal for watching if u don’t know the saga and vital to watch is you do. I highly recommend it

Student name: Diego Papa
Class: 5º H

The Notebook

Book/ Film: The Notebook
Genre: Drama - Romance
Author/ Director: Nicholas Sparks Characters/ Actors: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, Gena Rowlands, James Garner, James Marsden, San Shepard, Joan Allen

Review:

Is story about two young people in the 1940s who fall in love and endure life.

They are Allie (Rachel McAdams) and Noah (Ryan Gosling) who fall in love when they were teenangers. The young couple is quickly separated by Allie's upper-class parents who insist that Noah isn't right for her. Several years passed and Allie Nelson, twenty-nine, is now with another man, but realizes that the original passion she felt for Noah has not dimmed with the passage of time. But when they meet again, their passion is reborn, forcing Allie to choose between her soul mate and class order. This beautiful tale has a particularly special meaning to an older gentleman (James Garner) who regularly reads the timeless love story to his aging companion (Gena Rowlands).

Is a great movie, especially if you like love movies! I don’t usually watch tv or go to the cinema, but there are specific films that I can’t stop watching, and one of them is “The Notebook”.

Student name: Agustina Féraud
Class: 5th Hum