And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself 2003  TV, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Eion Bailey, Alan Arkin, Jim Broadbent, Matt Day, Colm Feore, Michael McKean, Alexa Davalos, Damian Alcazar, Fernando Becerril, Saul Rubinek, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Kyle Chandler, Anthony Head, Peter Gregory
This HBO production relates the true story of Pancho Villa's (Antonio Banderas) partnership with movie pioneer D.W. Griffith (Colm Feore). Needing funds to continue his revolution against Mexico's Huerta forces, he suggests to D.W. Griffith that a full-length movie of the actual war be made, including the battles. The resulting film was not received well by U.S. moviegoers because of the gruesome events of war.
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Bandidos 1991 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Luis Estrada
Cast: Pedro Armendariz Jr., Ernesto Yanez, Gabriela Roel, Bruno Rey, Jorge Russek, Damian Alcazar, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Felipe Cazals, Julian Pastor, Alan Gutierrez, Eduardo Toussaint, Jorge Poza, Sebastian Hiriart, Ernesto Yanez, Pedro Altamirano
The 1910 Mexican Revolution resulted in bandits looting across the countryside. A group of young boys follow behind the adults, picking up what was missed. Before long, the youngsters are looting on their own, which doesn't set well with the adult bandits.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 2008 PG, 144 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: Andrew Adamson
Cast: Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Sergio Castellitto, Peter Dinklage, Warwick Davis, Vincent Grass, Pierfrancesco Favino, Cornell John, Damian Alcazar, Alicia Borrachero, Simon Andreu, Eddie Izzard
The Pevensie kids–Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), and Lucy (Georgie Henley)–are transported from war-torn 1940s' London back to Narnia and discover that 1,300 years have passed since they were last there. The Golden Age is long gone, and the tyrannical King Miraz (Sergio Castellitto) sits on the throne. He is determined to replace his nephew Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) with his own baby son as the rightful heir. The Pevensie kids come to Caspian's aid with help from Trumpkin the Red Dwarf (Peter Dinklage), a valiant mouse Reepicheep (Eddie Izzard), and other colorful creatures. First, a "mano a mano" contest between Miraz and Peter takes place, but that doesn't solve the problems. Finally, a raging battle between the two armies appears to be the only way to restore the magic that was Narnia.
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The Crime of Father Amaro 2002 R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Carlos Carrera
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Sancho Gracia, Ana Claudia Talancon, Angelica Aragon, Luisa Huertas, Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Gaston Melo, Damian Alcazar, Andres Montiel, Gerardo Moscoso, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Veronica Langer, Alfredo Gonzales, Lorenzo de Rodas, Roger Nevares
This film, based on an 1875 Portuguese novel, features Gael Garcia Bernal in the role of a newly ordained priest, Father Amaro, who is sent to a small, Mexican town to assist an elderly priest, Father Benito (Sancho Gracia), and to look into the activities of the town's other priests. It isn't long before Amaro falls in love with 16-year-old Amelia (Ana Claudia Talancon). As if this were not enough, Padre Benito has major drug connections as well as a mistress of his own: Amelia's mother, Sanjuanera (Angelica Aragon).
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Cronicas 2005 R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Sebastian Cordero
Cast: John Leguizamo, Damian Alcazar, Leonor Watling, Jose Maria Yazpik, Camilo Luzuriaga, Gloria Leyton, Alfred Molina, Henry Lavana, Hugo Idrovo, Tamara Navas
Looking for his big break as a newsman, TV reporter Manolo Bonilla (John Leguizamo) heads for Ecuador and tries to manipulate a breaking story of a serial killer who preys on children. But, Manolo gets in over his head and ends up with blood on his own hands in the process.
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Herod's Law 2000  R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luis Estrada
Cast: Damian Alcazar, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Leticia Huijara, Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Salvador Sanchez, Isela Vega, Alex Cox, Guillermo Gil, Luis de Icaza, Juan Carlos Colombo, Manuel Ojeda, Ernesto Gomez Cruz
In 1949, a loyal party member–junkyard custodian Juan Vargas (Damian Alcazar)–is appointed mayor of a small Mexican town where corruption runs rampant. It doesn't take long before Juan learns and adopts the already-accepted process of bribes, abuse, and blackmail as the methods to accomplish what he wants for his town.
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The Legend of a Mask 1991  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jose Buil
Cast: Damian Alcazar, Hector Bonilla, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Gina Morett, Roberto Cobo, Hector Ortega, Maria Rojo, Angel Fernandez, Pedro Altamirano, Octavio Gomez
A journalist (Damian Alcazar) is given the task of uncovering the mystery surrounding a famous wrestler, "The Masked Angel," who was recently found dead. But there are those who do not want the truth to come out.
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Men with Guns 1997  R, 126 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Federico Luppi, Damian Delgado, Dan Rivera Gonzalez, Tania Cruz, Damian Alcazar, Mandy Patinkin, Kathryn Grody, Iguandili Lopez, Nandi Luna Ramirez, Rafael de Quevedo
After his wife's death, wealthy Dr. Fuentes (Frederico Luppi) naively takes a trip through Central America to visit former students and, in the process, awakens to the political violence taking place in his country.
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| 1. And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
2. Bandidos (1991)
3. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
4. The Crime of Father Amaro (2002)
5. Cronicas (2005)
6. Herod's Law (2000)
7. The Legend of a Mask (1991)
8. Men with Guns (1997)
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