Che 2008  R, 262 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Demian Bichir, Rodrigo Santoro, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria D. Sosa, Joaquim de Almeida, Pablo Duran, Ezequiel Diaz, Othello Rensoli, Franka Potente, Norman Santiago, Juan Salinas, Paty M. Bellott, Raul Beltran, Raul "Pitin" Gomez
This four-and-a-half hour film is divided into two parts. Part I begins in 1956 as Castro (Demian Bichir), along with his rebel force–including Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Benicio Del Toro)–arrive in Cuba, and the guerilla war begins as they overthrow dictator Fulgencio Batista. Guevara emerges as a revolutionary hero. In Part II, the year is 1966, and Guevara disappears and then resurfaces in the Bolivian jungles where he recruits a band of guerillas to spread the revolution throughout Latin America.
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Don't Tempt Me 2001  R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes
Cast: Victoria Abril, Penelope Cruz, Fanny Ardant, Gael Garcia Bernal, Juan Echanove, Demian Bichir, Emilio Gutierrez Caba, Cristina Marcos, Gemma Jones, Elena Anaya, Bruno Bichir, Peter McDonald
Mexican boxer Manny (Demian Bichir) is close to committing suicide when an angel, Lola (Victoria Abril), from Heaven answers the call for help. But, the powers-that-be in Hell step in to interrupt the rescue and send their own agent, Carmen (Penelope Cruz), onto the scene.
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In the Time of the Butterflies 2001 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mariano Barroso
Cast: Salma Hayek, Edward James Olmos, Lumi Cavazos, Mia Maestro, Pilar Padilla, Marc Anthony, Demian Bichir, Fernando Becerril, Ana Martin, Anthony Alvarez
This made-for-cable TV film is based on Julia Alvarez's novel, which was based on the true story of three sisters who resisted the rule of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, the despotic ruler of the Dominican Republic. In 1960, the sisters' bodies were found on the coast of the Dominican Republic after they had been fighting Trujillo's regime since their father had been killed. This is their story, though it is little more than a showcase for Salma Hayek.
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Red Daybreak 1989  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jorge Fons
Cast: Hector Bonilla, Maria Rojo, Jorge Fegan, Ademar Arau, Demian Bichir, Bruno Bichir, Marta Aura, Eduardo Palomo, Carlos Cardan, Simon Guevara, Roberto Sosa
Mexico City just before the Olympic Games of 1968 is the setting for this drama involving an uprising of students who believe that changes in their living conditions must be made. The uprising is brutally suppressed by the government as hundreds of people are killed.
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Santitos 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Traveling Saints
Director: Alejandro Springall
Cast: Dolores Heredia, Demian Bichir, Alberto Estrella, Roberto Cobo, Ana Bertha Espin, Fernando Torre Laphame, Juan Duarte, Maya Zapata, Georgina Tabora, Jose Sefami, Luis Felipe Tovar, Pedro Altamirano
After being told that her 14-year-old daughter, Blanca (Maya Zapata), died during a tonsillectomy, Esperanza (Dolores Heredia), tries to accept the tragedy. But, when the vision of Saint Jude appears and tells Esperanza that her daughter, in fact, did not die but has been sold into prostitution, Esperanza embarks on a journey to find Blanca.
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 Solo 1996  PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Norberto Barba
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Barry Corbin, William Sadler, Adrien Brody, Norberto Barba, Seidy Lopez, Jaime Gomez, Demian Bichir, Abraham Verduzco, Joaquin Garrido, William Wallace, Brent Schaeffer, Lucas Dudley, Christopher Michael, Rafael Velasco
An android, Solo (Mario Van Peebles), has been designed by the Pentagon and is programmed to kill. Solo is sent to Central America to kill guerillas. When he disobeys an order that would result in the killing of innocent civilians, Solo is marked for reprogramming and escapes to a village where he comes to the aid of oppressed villagers.
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| 1. Che (2008)
2. Don't Tempt Me (2001)
3. In the Time of the Butterflies (2001)
4. Red Daybreak (1989)
5. Santitos (1999)
aka: Traveling Saints
6. Solo (1996)
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