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.
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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.
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.
The biopic depicts the rise of iconic Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo, after suffering a life-altering accident. It also focuses on her tempestuous relationship with mentor-husband Diego Rivera, her affair with Leon Trotsky, her progressive thinking and open attitude to sexuality, her rise as one of the greatest surrealist’s of all time, and her untimely death.
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.
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Calvin, a successful writer struggling with a writer’s block, has done very little work in the last decade. His personal life, too, is not so great after his breakup with a long-time girlfriend. When eventually he manages to create a character Ruby, something strange happens. This fictional character comes to life. Also, Calvin realises that he can manipulate Ruby as per his wish.
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.
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This black comedy anthology has four stories connected by Ted, the lone man on the front desk of the once famous Hollywood hotel, Mon Signor. On the New Year's Eve — the first night of his duty — his job gets exceedingly challenging as he has to assist a coven of witches, deal with a domestic fight with a gun wielding husband, baby sit two mischievous gangster children and judge a drunken bet.
Elite assassin Robert Rath is on assignment when his target is taken down by rival assassin Miguel Bain, who wants to kill Rath and become number one. However, when Rath falls in love with Electra, his final target, the two try to survive Bain and whoever hired them both to kill Electra.
A secret society called the Knights of Aragorn, led by Count Armand wants to stop the unification of the United States. Standing in their way is Don Alejandro de la Vega, or the legendary Zorro. Unfortunately, Pinkerton agents are forcing Zorro's wife to divorce him which only adds to his problems.
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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.
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MMA Black Ops operative, Mallory Kane, is sent on a mission to Dublin where she is deceived and left for dead by someone from her agency whom she knew well. In order to survive, she needs to find the facts behind the betrayal. Hounded by skilled assassins, she has to employ all the tricks of her training to outwit her killers.
Machete-wielding ex-Federal agent, Machete Cortez, is hired by the US President Rathcock to hunt down and kill Marcos Mendez, who is threatening to fire a nuclear missile. Machete travels to Mexico and is immediately hunted by assassins and cartels. He catches up to Mendez only to find a megalomaniac Luther Voz to be the main villain.
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Siblings, 12 years old Carmen Cortez and 9 years old Juni, find themselves becoming super spies after their super-spy parents Gregorio and Ingrid are supposedly kidnapped by TV host Fegan Floop. Armed with futuristic gadgets they embark on a rescue mission.
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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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