The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
USA Feature Film Writer/Director: Dito Montiel Cinematographer: Eric Gautier Composer: Jonathan Elias Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Robert Downey Jr., Channing Tatum, Melonie Diaz, Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest, Martin Compston, Peter Tambakis, Adam Scarimbolo, Anthony de Sando Adapted from his own autobiographical novel, Montiel’s distinctive debut - recounting a few turbulent months from his blue-collar...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Rent It THE FILM "Nothing Like the Holidays" is a Puerto Rican Christmas movie, with emphasis on the PUERTO RICAN. A flavorful banquet of yuletide neuroses, a purchase of the "Nothing" disc should come with a seat belt to best endure the roller coaster of melodrama that makes up the majority of this dramedy. It just wouldn't be Christmas if there wasn't a group of actors pushed...
Film Intuition: Review Database (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Now Available on DVD Trailer Bookmark this on Delicious Print Page One came home hungry and one came home wanting to go to the movies. The first time I saw two cousins separately on leave from the Marines before each one would later be deployed for Iraq, they smiled the same and looked more or less the same but there was an immediacy about their actions and an unmistakable tension that seemed to permeate...
[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
WHAT IS IT ABOUT Mike (Nick Cannon) is a Marine who heads home for a 96 hour break for Thanksgiving before being shipped out to Iraq. Melonie Diaz plays a girl he meets on the bus home. Tom Sizemore...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009
Alanna Ubach ("Meet the Fockers") has joined the cast of HBO's upcoming "Hung" as the neighbor of Thomas Jane's character.Paul Scheer ("30 Rock") has joined the cast of Dimension's horror revamp "Piranha 3-D," starring Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Jerry O'Connell, Ving Rhames and Richard Dreyfuss.Lensing is under way under director Alexandre Aja.Adam Rose ("The...
The Screening Log (Free subscription) | 12/13/2008
Are you in the mood for a holiday family flick? Then Alfredo De Villa's "Nothing Like the Holidays" is just right for you. Starring John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Vanessa Ferlito, Jay Hernandez, Melonie Diaz, Alfred Molina and many others, the film follows a family's desperate attempt to celebrate a peaceful Christmas. Here's what the Web's critics have to say about it: • CinemaBlend...
[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 12/13/2008
Seen on: December 12, 2008 The players: Director: Alfredo De Villa, Writers: Rick Najera, Alison Swan, Ted Perkins-Lopez, Cast: John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodriguez, Jay Hernandez, Melonie Diaz, Alfred...
In Theaters This Week (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Starring Luis Guzmán, Freddy Rodriguez, Debra Messing, Alfred Molina, Jay Hernandez, Melonie Diaz, Mercedes Ruehl, Luis Guzman, Vanessa Ferlito
Bloomacious (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
There was a bevy of bustiers on the red carpet this week in Southern California. Melonie Diaz (far left) turned up at the premiere of 'Nothing Like the Holidays' with this lacy geometric zip front dress, and dainty satin peep...
MoviesOnline! (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
MoviesOnline sat down recently with Freddy Rodriguez and Melonie Diaz to talk about their new movie, “Nothing Like the Holidays,” from award-winning director Alfredo De Villa. Rodriguez, John Leguizamo, and Debra Messing headline an all-star cast in the humorous and heartwarming story of one unforgettable family holiday. Alfred Molina, Elizabeth Pena, Luis Guzman, Vanessa Ferlito, and Jay...
ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at a new clip from Overture Films' Nothing Like the Holidays , opening in theaters on December 12. The dramedy, directed by Alfredo de Villa, stars John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodriguez, Debra Messing, Alfred Molina, Jay Hernandez, Melonie Diaz, Mercedes Ruehl, Luis Guzman and Vanessa Ferlito.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
(U.S./Denmark, 2007, 112 minutes) The chief reason to see this most unusual but slightly unsatisfying film is to catch a glimpse of the delightful Melonie Diaz on her way to potential stardom. Diaz ("Be Kind Rewind," "Hamlet 2") plays a waitress in Austin,...
Inside the Lakers (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Tony winners Sara Ramirez ("Spamalot") and Tyne Daly ("Gypsy") joined fellow straight allies Amy Brennaman, Christine Lahti, Dolores Huerta, Camryn Manheim, Melonie Diaz, Sally Kirkland and Carolyn Hennesy in the "Stop the Hate, Vote No on 8". campaign by...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Loisaida?s Melonie Díaz is quietly becoming a Hollywood fixture
Festival21.com (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
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