Antonio Banderas is a Spanish voiceover artist, actor, filmmaker, and singer who started his career as a street performer and theater artiste. The renowned Spanish director, Pedro Almodóvar proved to be his mentor, casting Banderas as the lead in many of his films; the noteworthy ones being ‘Labyrinth of Passion’, ‘Matador’, and ‘Laws of Desire’. His filmography received a big boost with Aldomóvar’s ‘Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown’. His spectacular performance in ‘Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!’ earned him international fame, catapulting him to Hollywood.
Following a fleeting appearance in ‘Truth or Dare’, he landed the role of Nestor Castillo—a budding musician—in ‘The Mambo Kings. After his performance in ‘The Mambo Kings’, there was no looking back for Banderas as he went to star in a string of highly successful films including ‘Philadelphia’, ‘Interview with the Vampire’, and ‘Desperado’.
Some of Antonio’s top grossing films include ‘Assassins’, ‘The Mask of Zorro’, ‘The Legend of Zorro’, ‘Shrek 2’, and ‘Once Upon a Time in Mexico’. He reunited with Pedro Aldomóvar after almost two decades by starring in ‘The Skin I Live In’ and his portrayal of Dr Ledgard in the horror thriller is regarded as one of his best roles.
One of the first mainstream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/AIDS, homosexuality, and homophobia, Philadelphia is a gripping tale of a homosexual senior associate at a large corporate law firm who gets fired due to his sexuality, and his fight to get justice.
Based on Anne Rice’s novel of the same name, the movie tells the story of vampires Lestat de Lioncourt and Louis de Pointe du Lac and their turning of ten years old Claudia. The story is revealed as Louis is interviewed by reporter Daniel Molloy, who at the end is given the choice of becoming a vampire by Lestat.
As known as The Skin I Live In is a psychological thriller that revolves around the life of a young woman named Vera. She has been held captive and experimented on by plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard who has developed an artificial skin resistant to burns. The revelation of Vera’s true identity leads to Robert’s eventual downfall.
Following the events of the first film, El Mariachi, former musician and gunslinger, arrives at a small Mexican border town looking for local drug lord Bucho and immediately engages in a gunfight with Bucho's goons. With an infuriated Bucho ready to retaliate, El Mariachi teams up with beautiful bookstore owner Carolina to free the town from the don's clutches.
Following a forbidden romance, cultured Baghdad court poet Ahmad ibn Fadlan is exiled to distant lands as an ambassador. He stops at a Viking village during his journey and is forcefully recruited by them as the prophesied 13th warrior in an epic quest. Despite initial disdain, he eventually learns to respect the brave warriors and also earns their respect.
The original masked vigilante Zorro, Don Diego de la Vega escapes from prison to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Governor Rafael Montero, who has raised Diego’s daughter Elena as his own. Diego also trains Alejandro Murrieta as his successor and the two must work together to stop Montero and save Elena.
A corrupt CIA officer, Sands, brings in El Mariachi to eliminate General Marquez, a Mexican army officer who has been tasked by drug lord Barillo to kill the Mexican President. Sands also hires FBI agent Ramírez and AFN operative Ajedrez to track and kill Barillo. However, Sands, also has something else in his mind.
Conrad Stonebanks, who was an original co-founder of the Expendables with Barney Ross and was supposedly killed by Ross after going rogue and becoming a dangerous arms dealer, is back and aims to destroy the mercenary group. Ross disbands the Expendables and assembles a group of young tech-savvy recruits to face his old colleague and enemy Stonebanks.
The second film in the Shrek film franchise, Shrek 2 follows the newlyweds Shrek and Fiona as they go to visit Fiona’s parents who are organizing a royal ball to celebrate their marriage. The movie went on to become the highest-grossing film of 2004 worldwide.
Young Puss is tricked by his friend Humpty Dumpty in robbing a bank and embarks on a journey to restore his name while running from the law. He again meets his unreliable friend and a female cat named Kitty Softpaws who convince him to join them in another adventure to retrieve golden eggs from a giant's castle.
Shrek, bored of his uneventful domestic life, longs for his past as a fearsome ogre and naively signs a contract with devious dealmaker Rumpelstiltskin to return to a day before he met Fiona or his friend Donkey. However, he soon learns that in this alternate Far Far Away kingdom, ruled by Rumpel, Shrek was never born.
King Harold of Far, Far Away land is dying and Shrek is unwilling to wear the crown. So he sets out with Donkey and Puss in Boots, to bring the King’s nephew, Artie, back from magic school and crown him instead. In his absence, the evil Prince Charming with his army takes over the land. Shrek, Artie and Fiona must now defeat the villain and regain the kingdom.
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