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Never Talk to Strangers starring Rebecca De Mornay & Antonio Banderas

Posted on December 27, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Never Talk to Strangers starring Rebecca De Mornay & Antonio Banderas
Never Talk to Strangers starring Rebecca De Mornay & Antonio Banderas. 1995. Image via moviegoods.com

Sarah Taylor (Rebecca De Mornay) is a criminal psychologist, helping the police. She has a pretty ordinary life, until she meets Tony Ramirez (Antonio Banderas) – a sexy security consultant she meets. It is all sparks and lust – until Sarah starts getting disturbing “gifts” and suspects they are from Tony. Her suspicions doesn’t stop her from falling for him, however. Who is stalking her? And why? Is Tony a psychopath, or is the movie title actually meant for him?

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Never Talk to Strangers is a very mediocre thriller from the 90s. The acting and the events are told in an exaggerated way and the sex scenes are enough to make this movie a soft porn. This is a film that further proves my point that Antonio Banderas loves getting naked. He shows his butt in Original Sin, Thick as Thieves, Of Love and Shadows and probably other films I can’t remember. Nudity is all very well if it serves a point but two actors acting like they are shooting porn doesn’t just make a good film.

You might want to argue that this is an erotic thriller – but the sex scenes aren’t sexy- they are just funny. And this movie is trying anything to be but comedy.

I love the 90s, I like Banderas and I love thrillers. And I can’t recommend this film- at least as a thriller. It has too much plot to be porn and not enough to be a real film. 4.9 on IMDB.

Other Banderas Movies and Posts

Take the Lead starring Antonio Banderas

Handsome Actors to Play Villains feat. Banderas

Hunky Actors of the 80s & 90s feat. Banderas & James Spader

Actors’ Take on Nudity feat. Ashley Judd, Angelina Jolie, Antonio Banderas, Gerard Butler & More

Lestat, Dracula and Other Vampires featuring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Gerard Butler, Stuart Townsend and More

The Other Man starring Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas and Laura Linney

Dispara (Outrage) starring Antonio Banderas and Francesca Neri

Thick as Thieves starring Antonio Banderas, Morgan Freeman and Radha Mitchell

5 Awesome Revenge Movies Feat. Gerard Butler, Kevin Bacon, Antonio Banderas, Brandon Lee and Mel Gibson

Of Love and Shadows starring Antonio Banderas and Jennifer Connelly

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Antonio Banderas, Antonio banderas films, Antonio banderas movies, movies, Never Talk to Strangers, never talk to strangers movie, Rebecca de mornay, thriller

Take the Lead starring Antonio Banderas

Posted on November 5, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Take the Lead starring Antonio Banderas
Take the Lead starring Antonio Banderas. Inspiring, fun and not-so-clichéd dance movie with Banderas. Definitely worth seeing.

Pierre Dulaine (Antonio Banderas) is a ballroom dance(s) instructor running his own studio in New York. One night, on his way back from another ball, he sees a teenager (named Rock- played by Rob Brown) taking his fury out on a car. When he realizes who the car belongs to (it belongs to the principal of the school the boy goes to), he realizes he might be of some help. The school consists of mostly troubled teens from poor backgrounds and they are not exactly hopeful about their future. The principal (Alfre Woodard) is more than amused at Pierre’s ridiculous idea but she realizes he is her only choice for a teacher to attend her students in detention.

The students – the rejects- are even more amused at the sight of this overly polite, dance-loving volunteer teacher. If they want to dance, they do it to hip hop and they have no interest in ballroom dancing – the stuff they see as the territory of rick, stuck-up white kids.

But Dulaine is more than determined. He slowly intrigues them, and with the help of his pro dance student Morgan (Katya Virshilas), he proves them how sexy and exciting his type of dances can be. He even encourages them to join a dancing competition. However his newly formed bond with the problem students will raise more than a few eyebrows with the principal, the other teachers, parents and his rich students, with the exception of one girl who feels more at home with the rejects. Also the more than chaotic home lives of the kids might interfere with their dancing classes. Can Dulaine manage to fulfill his quest to teach these teenagers to have faith in themselves and future, with the help of dancing?

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Take the Lead is a wonderful dance movie. It may not reinvent the story of ambitious teacher/problematic students storyline, but it brilliantly combines the ballroom culture with the ghetto and tells a dance story that doesn’t revolve around romance, but faith, self-respect, motivation and concentrates on dance as a weapon at survival. It also has really fun dancing scenes featuring both ballroom dances and the club scenes separately, as well as the wonderful fusion scenes where both dances are combined. My favorite scenes are the ones where Morgan and Pierre dance in the school’s detention room and take the breath of the students and the threesome tango scene where his three students- two boys and a girl- put on one of the sexiest and most fun Tango sequences ever.

There are many reasons to see this film. If you love to dance, any form of dance, see it. If you ever need to restore some faith in the limited opportunities you have, see it. If you like Banderas, this is a must. It is also refreshing to see a dance movie where there is practically no romantic storyline but just sexual chemistry. It is also refreshing to see Banderas in a role where he gets to be the lead without having sex with the female lead and/or taking his clothes off.

6.5 on IMDB. 8/10 from me. Remember, I am addicted to dancing. Freestyle first and all the others second. It is also pretty much as unisex as a dance movie can get.

The “Threesome” Tango Scene

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riWIMO18NEQ&feature=related[/pro-player]

Favorite Lines:

*as Morgan and Pierre dance sexily together)

Eddie: Check Mr Dulaine! He’s just gettin’ his 0flirt on. You can watch the scene below:

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEwZIufmafo[/pro-player]

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Pierre Dulaine: You can get what you want.
Rock: No, some people get what they want.
Pierre Dulaine: Those are the people who show up to get it.

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Student: (on how women keep smiling at Pierre because he is being so courteous) But you didn’t get any phone numbers.

Pierre: I didn’t ask for their numbers.

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Pierre Dulaine: I understand six languages and I speak five – all with a Spanish accent.

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When Eddie sees Pierre for the first time at school, Pierre is wearing a suit and a tie.

Eddie: Yo son, who died?
Pierre Dulaine: Apparently your manners.

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Pierre Dulaine: To do something, anything, is hard. It’s much easier to blame your father, your mother, the environment, the government, the lack of money, but even if you find a place to assign the blame,it doesn’t make the problems go away.

All Posts on Antonio Banderas

Handsome Actors to Play Villains feat. Banderas

Hunks of the 80s and 90s feat. Antonio Banderas and James Spader

Of Love and Shadows starring Antonio Banderas and Jennifer Connelly

Thick as Thieves starring Antonio Banderas and Morgan Freeman

Dispara (Outrage) starring Antonio Banderas and Francesca Neri

Fav. Revenge Movies feat. Desperado (starring Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas)

Celebrity Couples: Gorgeous and Happy – feat. Banderas and Melanie Griffith

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Alfre Woodard, Antonio Banderas, dance, drama, Katya Virshilas, movies, rob brown, take the lead, take the lead movie

Actors’ Take on Nudity feat. Ashley Judd, Angelina Jolie, Antonio Banderas, Gerard Butler & More

Posted on January 10, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd is a good actress, but she is also sexy. I am guessing any director would want to take advantage of it?

Ashley Judd is quoted to have said that she refused to get naked in her first role, saying her mom didn’t work that hard to see her daughter lose her clothes in her first movie. But then Ashley Judd appeared naked in some roles. So apparently it is alright for her mom if her daughter does it the second/third time around?

Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City
Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City

Some actors have no problems baring all whether some have to agree, otherwise they wouldn’t get the part. It depends on the power and the preference. Sarah Jessica Parker is the only Sex and The City star that doesn’t bare her boobs. It is a major accomplishment to keep one’s bra in such a TV show is a remarkable thing, if you ask me. I love the show but hey, I don’t need to see everything the four women’ve got!

Kim Basinger engages in a not-so-romantic relationship with Mickey Rourke.
Kim Basinger engages in a not-so-romantic relationship with Mickey Rourke. Apparently, you can film sex scenes without using your own body...

Some roles do ask for it. You can always get a body stunt. Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke’s hit 9½ Weeks includes a lot of Kim’s flesh- only they are not Kim’s.

Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie get sexy
Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie pose for a promo photo. Yep, selling sex as much as possible. Hey, it was a good movie and it tells a fun story on lust,love and possession. So sex is a central part of the movie anyway.

Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie never minded being naked and you can take a look at them going native together in the movie Original Sin. Fun movie but I am not sure how comfortable I would be with their scenes, had I been dating Antonio (OK, I wouldn’t exactly mind if I were dating Banderas. I’d be too busy gloating, but I’m making a point here).

Gerard Butler in Law Abiding Citizen

Gerard Butler does bare a lot (but not enough, as one of my good friends notably mentioned) in Law Abiding Citizen. He jokes with Jay Leno that he does like getting undressed for a movie. After all, he produces the movie and calls the shots. He didn’t do anything he didn’t want to do. Hey, no complaints here. Besides, if I were a guy and I looked like that ,I so wouldn’t mind taking my clothes off either.

So, either you don’t have the power and have to say yes for the role (or you just have to pass on the role) or you do have the power. When you do have the power, it depends on how you feel about the “sex sells” motto. Now, I am guessing Law Abiding Citizen would not have been less successful without Gerard showing off his muscles, but hey, his “naked” scene does add to his characters psycho “mood.” As long as the scene calls for it, I guess there is no harm done. But hey, nudity for nudity’s sake always feels out of place- whether it is a feast of sight for the boys or the girls or both…

What do you think?

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: actors, Angelina Jolie, Antonio Banderas, Asley Judd, Gerard Butler, Kim Basinger, Law Abiding Citizen, nudity, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and The City

Of Love and Shadows starring Antonio Banderas and Jennifer Connelly

Posted on January 5, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Of love and Shadows, 1994 movie starring Antonio Banderas and Jennifer Connelly
Of love and Shadows, 1994 movie starring Antonio Banderas and Jennifer Connelly. Now, another reason to like the movie... OK, I like this scene in the poster. It is sexy and it is romantic. Warning for boys: Antonio reveals much more than Jennifer.

OK. Don’t let the poster fool you. While the steamy screen implicated in the poster does take place in the movie, the

movie is not about sex. It is a love story with a dominant political background. And while the movie has many flaws, it is a decent picture.

The plot:

Irene (Jennifer Connelly) is a journalist in a fashion magazine in Chile during the fascist dictatorship. However, she lives in relatively well conditions with her mom. Irene’s fiancé Gustavo is a soldier and her comfortable, though a little restricted life, has kept her eyes closed to how bad things really are in the country.

Francisco (Antonio Banderas) is a psychologist. His family has been exiled from Spain and since he can’t work as a psychologist during a time when it is considered to be one of the biggest taboos, he gets work as a photographer and starts working for Irene. He and Irene develop an instant bond. While their friendship deepens and Francisco falls for her, he also opens her eyes to what’s really going on in the country. He also works in the “shadows”- that is he helps people that have been tortured/jailed unjustly- just because the military “felt like it”

The flaws:

– The acting is too over the top. Sometimes even Connelly doesn’t even seem that natural but she still makes it work because of how her character is supposed react. Antonio Banderas is quite good. In fact, he is the only one that acts quite well. The rest of the cast looks like they would have belonged better on stage- during times when theater acting was much more exaggerated.

– The movie is in English and the cast’s exaggeratedly heavy accents really hurt the ear. Next to them, you will think Banderas is a native English speaker. Plus, we are used to his accent. Connelly also speaks softly and she doesn’t hurt. But the rest…Thankfully, the majority of the dialogues and events take between these two characters. I wish the movie wasn’t shot in English. Total recasting, except Banderas, wouldn’t have been a bad idea either. Now, there is a reason I like him in this type of film. Yeah, he is good-looking and all that. But, playing a passionate lover is something he does very well. It fits.

Why the hell do I like it?

The first time I saw it, the story got to me. When you don’t know the storyline and don’t know if the characters are going to make it, it is easier to concentrate on the surroundings than the actors and accents. And you got me: I like it when Banderas acts as passionately he does. I mean, you have a character who is passionate both romantically and ideologically, and he fights for what he believes in.

Facts

The book is based on the book of Isabel Allende and the movie was directed by Betty Caplan. Maybe there should be a remake with another director…

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly, movie review, Of Love and Shadows

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