Tag Archives: Chile

10/10/2010

SINO: New Film from Chile Fantástico

Production company Chile Fantástico has a new film in development called Sino (Fate). Previously I had written about Abandonados, another genre movie they made. I still haven’t seen Abandonados- am patiently waiting for the DVD. Sino is set in Chile … Continue reading →

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12/30/2009

Abandonados (The Abandoned), Chile’s World War III Film (Trailer)

Recently premiered in Chile, Abandonados (The Abandoned) presents a dystopian Chile after World War III. Based on the short Calor 2052, survivors try to live on despite their memories, loneliness, and ensuing madness. The young director is David Contreras Silva, … Continue reading →

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12/29/2009

Cosmos Latinos: Anthology of Science Fiction from Latin America and Spain (Book Review, Part Two)

The previous post covered the introduction of the Cosmos Latinos anthology edited by Andrea L. Bell and Yolanda Molina-Gavilán. This post will briefly describe the 27 short stories in the book without spoilers except for the first two essay-type stories. … Continue reading →

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10/28/2009

Blind Dead, a Chilean Zombie Flick (Trailer)

Blind Dead (Muerte Ciega, 2009) is an independent horror film from Chile. It is a near-future zombie movie in which a virus spreads and transforms humans into violent and territorial fiends after a mining incident. The area is quarantined and … Continue reading →

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10/12/2009

Santos- Comic Book Comedy (Movie Review)

Santos is a Spanish and Chilean comedy wrapped in a superhero movie. Writer/director, Nicolás López, has created a film that satirizes the comic book based genre while simultaneously drawing you into a world that is oddly believable. In the not-so-distant … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Chile, Comic book, Elsa Pataky, Javier Gutiérrez, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nicolás López, Spain