Americano 2005  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Kevin Noland
Cast: Joshua Jackson, Leonor Varela, Timm Sharp, Ruthanna Hopper, Dennis Hopper, Mark Edward Roberts, Ashley Eisenhauer, Francisco Marco, Martin Klebba, Annie Noland
Recent college graduate Chris McKinley (Joshua Jackson) has backpacked through Europe with friends Ryan (Timm Sharp) and Michelle (Ruthanna Hopper), and they are enjoying their last three days before returning home to the U.S.A. Now, they are in Pamplona for the Running of the Bulls, and Chris is determined to enjoy every minute. Chris meets and falls for the beautiful Adela (Leonor Varela), which leaves him in a quandary of what he really wants to do with the rest of his life.
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 Blade II 2002 R, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Horror
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Luke Goss, Leonor Varela, Norman Reedus, Thomas Kretschmann, Matt Schulze, Danny John-Jules, Donnie Yen, Tony Curran, Daz Crawford, Karel Roden, Marit Velle Kile, Santiago Segura
In this sequel, Marvel Comics character–half-human, half-vampire warrior Blade (Wesley Snipes)–is reunited with his mentor, Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), and forms a truce with enemies Reinhardt (Ron Perlman) and Damaskinos (Thomas Kretschmann). Now, Blade commands the Bloodpack in a valiant effort to save the world from a mutation that has resulted in vampires that prey not only on humans but on other vampires as well.
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 Cleopatra 1999  TV, 139 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franc Roddam
Cast: Leonor Varela, Timothy Dalton, Billy Zane, Rupert Graves, John Bowe, Art Malik, Nadim Sawalha, Owen Teale, Bruce Payne, Sean Pertwee, Philip Quast, Daragh O'Malley, David Schofield, Kassandra Voyagis, Indra Ove
In this made-for-HBO miniseries, this is the story of the out-of-wedlock child produced by Julius Caesar and Cleopatra (Timothy Dalton and Leonor Varela), as well as their son's possible selection to be Caesar's successor. This sets off Caesar's assassination with Marc Antony (Billy Zane) and Octavian (Rupert Graves) left to divide the Roman Empire while Cleopatra casts her spell on Marc Antony.
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The Curse of King Tut's Tomb 2006  TV, 170 min.
Genre: Adventure / Horror / Fantasy
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Cast: Casper Van Dien, Jonathan Hyde, Steven Waddington, Niko Nicotera, Leonor Varela, Malcolm McDowell, Simon Callow, Brendan Patricks, Patrick Toomey, Tom Alter, Tat Whalley, Parvin Dabas
In 1922, archeologists Danny Freemont (Casper Van Dien) and Azelia Barakat (Leonor Varela) search for the Emerald Tablet that is believed to have been buried with the ancient King Tutankhamen thousands of years ago. Their intent is to protect the treasure, but archeologist Morgan Sinclair (Jonathan Hyde) has his own plan to grab the Emerald Tablet for himself. The Tablet is rumored to provide its owner with power to control mankind–and the race is on.
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Goal II: Living the Dream 2007 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Goal 2
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Stephen Dillane, Rutger Hauer, Frances Barber, Miriam Colon, Leonor Varela, Nick Cannon, Elizabeth Pena, Sean Pertwee, David Beckham, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane
The story of football (soccer) player Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) continues. This time around, he is traded from England's Newcastle United team to the Real Madrid's Galacticos where he plays with real-life stars David Beckham, Ronaldo, and Zinedine Zidane. Meanwhile his fiancee Roz (Anna Friel) plans their wedding. But, Santiago basks in his new-found fame and takes on the "good life" risking not only his career but his relationships with his friends and Roz as well.
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Innocent Voices 2005  R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Carlos Padilla, Leonor Varela, Gustavo Munoz, Xuna Primus, Jose Maria Yazpik, Ofelia Medina, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Jesus Ochoa, Ignacio Retes, Adrian Alonso
During El Salvador's civil war in the 1980s, government troops rounded up young boys to fight the guerilla forces. Eleven-year-old Chava (Carlos Padilla) helps his siblings survive at home and worries that he will soon have to choose between joining the guerillas or being drafted by the army when he turns 12-years-old.
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The Tailor of Panama 2001 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Leonor Varela, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson, Harold Pinter, Catherine McCormack, Daniel Radcliffe, David Hayman, Mark Margolis
Based on John Le Carre's bestseller set in Panama, this clever spy story features the antics of two con men–a British spy, Andy Osnard (Pierce Brosnan), and a tailor, Harry Pendel (Geoffrey Rush)–whose lies lead to the wrong conclusion and political turmoil.
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Texas Rangers 2001 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: James Van Der Beek, Rachael Leigh Cook, Dylan McDermott, Ashton Kutcher, Usher Raymond, Randy Travis, Tom Skerritt, Vincent Spano, Leonor Varela, Matt Keeslar
The Texas Rangers are recommissioned 10 years after the Civil War; it's mission: clean up the West. The story isn't much, but the scenery in this western is beautiful.
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| 1. Americano (2005)
2. Blade II (2002)
3. Cleopatra (1999)
4. The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006)
5. Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)
aka: Goal 2
6. Innocent Voices (2005)
7. The Tailor of Panama (2001)
8. Texas Rangers (2001)
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