The Kids Are All Right

By Helena López Fortuny

"The Kids Are All Right" is a comedy film directed by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, who also wrote the script. The film had its premiere on July 9th 2010 in the United States, and on February 25th 2011 in Spain. It won two awards at the Golden Globes and was nominated for four Oscars.

The film focuses on a lesbian relationship between Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore). The couple has two children: Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and Laser (Josh Hutcherson), who were born by artificial insemination. Both children want to know the man who donated his sperm (Mark Ruffalo). They find him and they have the opportunity to talk to him. The children tell their mothers that they got in touch with him and the mothers become interested in knowing him too. So, Paul (the donor), Jules (one mother), and Nic (the other mother) meet each other. Nic does not like Paul, but Jules thinks that Paul is nice. At this point, a love triangle begins and everything becomes complicated.

I saw this movie and I liked it a lot, I had a great time. I think that it's original, funny and entertaining.

It's also a disappointing movie because, on the one hand, it breaks with the traditional family structure and introduces a new family relationship but, on the other hand, it returns to the stereotyped family formed by a mother, father and children. Although it has an original plot, everything is very predictable, as in most American films.

It's a film that I recommend to all audiences, I'm sure that it will not disappoint you.

Starring

Nic : Annette Bening

Jules : Julianne Moore

Paul : Mark Ruffalo

Joni : Mia Wasikowska

Laser : Josh Hutcherson

Awards

Oscars: Nominated for the Best Film, the Best Actress (Annette Bening), the Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo) and the Best Original Script.

Golden Globes: Nominated for the Best Film (it was the WINNER), the Best Actress (Annette Bening) (it was the WINNER), the Best Actress (Julianne Moore) and the Best Script.

BAFTA Awards: Nominated for the Best Actress (Annette Bening), the Best Actress (Julianne Moore), the Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo), the Best Original Script.

Screen Actors’ Guild Awards: Nominated for the Best Actress (Annete Bening), the Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo).

Inception

By Àlex Santomà

"Inception" is a science fiction movie written, directed and produced by Christopher Nolan, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Lewit, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardly, Cillian Murphy, Dileep Rao, Tom Berenger and Michael Caine. It won 4 Oscars in 2010: for Best Cinematography, Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound. The movie is about a man, Dom Cobb, whose job is to enter people's minds to steal confidential information from a subject's mind. He can't return to the USA because he is wanted for murder, but he says that he is innocent. He is doing a job in the mind of an important businessman, but he fails, and then this important businessman, called Saito, hires Dom and his team to do an important job: to introduce an idea in the mind of a subject. The introduction of an idea in the mind of a subject is a very complicated thing, and it's called Inception. The subject is called Robert Fischer and the idea is that he has to destroy the firm of his father when he receives his inheritance. They have to create three dreams in one dream, to get the "inception". It has very good special effects, and the screenplay is really successful. I recommend this film without any doubts, I have watched this film twice and the second time I liked it more than the first time. The first time you watch the movie it is a little bit difficult to understand until the end, but the second time, when you understand everything, the movie becomes more interesting. I had a really good time watching this movie.

The Goya Awards

By Helena López Fortuny

The Goya Awards are Spain's main national film awards. They are very highly regarded by many people in Spain and internationally too. They are the Spanish equivalent to the American Academy Awards.
On February 13th, it was the Goya's ceremony. There were awarded the same prizes as every year.
-Best Film: Pa negre
-Best Director: Pa negre
-Best Leading Actor: Biutiful
-Best Leading Actress: Pa negre
-Best Original Screenplay: Buried
-Best Adapted Screenplay: Pa negre
-Best New Actor: Pa negre
-Best New Actress: Pa negre
-Best New Director: Bon Appétit
-Best Supporting Actor: También la Lluvia
-Best Supporting Actress: Pa negre
-Best Production Supervision: También la Lluvia
-Best Cinematography: Pa negre
-Best Editing: Buried
-Best Original Score: Lope
-Best Original Song: También la lluvia
-Best Art Direction: Pa negre
-Costume Design: Lope
-Best Makeup and Hairstyles: Balada Triste de Trompeta
-Best Sound: Buried
-Best Special Effects: Balada Triste de Trompeta
-Best Animated Film: Chico y Rita
-Best Animated Short Film: La bruixa
-Best Documentary Short Film: Memorias de un cine de provincias
-Best Fictional Short Film: Una caja de botones
-Best European Film: El discurso del rey
-Best Documentary: Bicicleta, cullera, poma
-Best Foreign Film in the Spanish Language: La vida de los peces

So, the film which won more prizes was "Pa Negre", the catalan film made by Agustí Villaronga.

Andreu Buenafuente

By Alejandro Martínez

Andreu was born in Reus in 1965. He has worn glasses since he was a child. He is a journalist and television presenter with a great personality. He is member of the Catalan Association of Journalists and the Spanish Academy of Television. He has directed and presented several shows on TV3: "La Cosa Nostra" (268 programs), "A Altra Cosa", "Malalts De Tele", "Sense Títol" (three seasons), the series "Plats Bruts","PEL", "A Pèl Tour" and "Set De Nit". He was also the producer of "The Last Night" and "Moncloa Hello?" for Tele 5. He has worked in radio too: "El Terrat" for SER Catalunya (from Monday to Saturday, from 13.00 to 14.00), and "La Isla de los Mosquitos" for Cadena SER. He has written books in Catalan: "El Terrat", "Sense Llibre, "Digue'm Agosarat", "Hem de Parlar". He has worked for the newspapers Diari de Tarragona, Nou Diari and La Vanguardia. He contributed to the magazine Marie Claire. He has directed plays in theaters in Barcelona and Madrid. He directed together with Santi Millán the play "You May Wonder How I Got Here," starring the actress Paz Padilla, in Barcelona in October 2001. He has received many awards: Radio Waves Award for "El Terrat" in 1997 - director and presenter, Television Premio Ondas "Malalts De Tele" in 1998 - producer, Television Premio Ondas "La Cosa Nostra" in 2000 - director and presenter, Ciutat de Barcelona Prize for "Una Altra Cosa" in 2003 - for his ability to satirize reality without falling into easy caricature. He appeared in the films "Torrente" and "Stream-2" by Santiago Segura and "The Best Thing That Can Happen To A Croissant" by Paco Mir.