Family is at the heart of Lifetime’s Holiday in Santa Fe, in more ways than one. After the death of beloved artist Milagro Ortega, known for her Mexican ornaments and holiday decor, her business-savvy son Tony (Mario Lopez) entertains an offer to sell the family shop to a Hallmark-like chain. To close the deal, determined exec Belinda Sawyer (With Love’s Emeraude Toubia) will need to win over Tony’s sweet father José (Efrain Figueroa) and skeptical sister Magdalena (Aimee Garcia). Meanwhile, Tony tries to open Belinda’s eyes to the charms of the New Mexico capital at Christmas. Cue the chili pepper-eating contest: “We were eating [real] hot chilis…for the first few takes!” reveals Lopez, who notes that he loved being able to showcase the historic city’s culture. “Not beating you over the head with a tortilla by any means, but just a sprinkling of flavor.” The...
- 12/9/2021
- TV Insider
Robert Pattinson and David Cronenberg ‘Maps to the Stars’ gets German distribution, Toronto screening Starring Robert Pattinson, Julianne Moore, John Cusack, and Mia Wasikowska, Maps to the Stars has found a German distributor. Screen Daily reports that Christian Meinke’s Mfa+ has acquired the rights to the David Cronenberg-directed Hollywood satire at the American Film Market, recently held in Santa Monica. Mfa+ also picked up Vincent Grashaw’s feature debut Coldwater and Tobias Lindholm’s Danish thriller A Hijacking / Kapringen, which has a similar premise to that of the Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks hit Captain Phillips. (Photo: Robert Pattinson on the set of Maps to the Stars.) In Map to the Stars, John Cusack (replacing Viggo Mortensen) plays a Los Angeles analyst and self-help guru whose wife (Olivia Williams) is immersed in the career of their teen star son (Evan Bird), fresh off of rehab. Their daughter (Mia Wasikowska...
- 11/20/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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