This week the world will get a chance to check out "Insidious 3," the latest in Hollywood's obsession with paranormal horror movies. Remember the time when slasher moves were all the rage? Remember how that slowly shifted toward the subgenre known as torture porn (movies like "Saw" and "Hostel")?
The 2014-15 season will come to an end this weekend with the Champions League final. The summer festivities will then get underway with the Copa America and Euro Cup qualifiers.The Ballon d'Or conversations will also get underway as a means of seeing which players have emerged at the halfway mark of the year. Here is an early preview with the nominees less than six months away from being announced.
In 2014, Colombia shocked the world with an outstanding turn at the World Cup in Brazil.Even without superstar striker Radamel Falcao, the team emerged as a favorite to win the cup and only a controversial match against Brazil stopped Los Cafeteros in their tracks.Unsurprisingly, Colombia enters this Copa America tournament as a favorite, looking more mature in all areas and certainly more experienced. But is Colombia set for another big moment or will its years of underachievement make a hasty return?
Offense is what excites viewers. Offense is what fans will get in the Champions League final with both Juventus and Barcelona featuring a bevy of offensive stars at the peak of their powers.Which side boasts the better forward group? The answer is not a shocker, but the losing side in this competition is not far off and certainly competent enough to push its team through.
The Stanley Cup finals are upon us and for the first time in history the Chicago Blackhawks will do battle with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Chicago is this generation's version of a dynasty winning the Stanley Cup in 2010 and 2013 and making the Conference finals a year ago before falling to the eventual champion Los Angeles Kings.
Tampa Bay won a Stanley Cup back in 2004 but had not won a playoff game since losing Game 7 of the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals. Now the team is looking like a strong candidate to win this year's cup.
But which side is the favorite?
Cristiano Ronaldo's season has been over for one week. Lionel Messi's will be over in just days. At this point, with the Champions League still to be determined it is a good time to compare what the two seasons have been like for the world's two best players.
Back in 2012, Peruvian filmmaker Adrian Saba put together a small independent film called "El Limpiador (The Cleaner)." The film, set in post-apocalyptic Lima, not only made the rounds at prominent international film festivals but became a huge hit in his home country and was selected by the nation's film commission as its official submission for that year's Academy Awards' category for Best Foreign Language film."El Limpiador" never made the cut at the Oscars, but the film's success launched Saba's career and made him well-known in his country.Almost three years since the success of "Limpiador" the filmmaker is at it again with his second feature titled "El Sonador (The Dreamer)." The film is set across a wider range of Peruvian locations including prominent sequences in the desert and ocean.Saba is currently in New York working on the film with editor Justin Beach and spent some time talking with Latin Post about the grueling process that has been the making of "El Sonador" and how it differed from his first feature film.
The Copa America is likely to be the most hotly anticipated tournament of 2015, but that does not mean that people must ignore the less glamorous CONCACAF Gold Cup. One thing both of those tournaments have in common: The winner gets an entry into the 2017 Confederations Cup, the preamble to the 2018 World Cup.
Seven Copa America champions have managed the feat of repeating their title. Uruguay managed to accomplish the feat twice in its history, taking home the 1916 title and the ensuing 1917 victory. The team then accomplished the feat in 1923 and 1924, but has not managed to do the same since.The 2015 edition of Uruguay enters in a rather unique situation with a chance to repeat if certain situations go their way. But is the team equipped for a deep run, especially after its poor showing at the 2014 World Cup?
Real Madrid's season is at an end.The failed season led to the firing of Carlo Ancelotti, but there are many that would look at the situation and question which players were at their best. Which players performed up to standards and which were poor all season long.In this three part series, we will look at Madrid's different positions and grade its players based on their performances in 2014-15. In this first edition we will look at the goalkeeping and defense.
Barcelona and Juventus both enjoy possession. The former side was the top possession team in all of Spain controlling the ball 69.7 percent of the time. In Europe, Barcelona was second only to Bayern Munich in possession, holding the ball 60.7 percent of the time.Not to be outdone, Juventus was the fifth highest possessing team in the Champions League with 56.4 percent of ball retention; the team was also the fourth highest possessing squad in Italy, holding the ball 57.3 percent of the time.As might be imagined, neither team will want to be without the ball during the Champions League final, putting a greater onus on midfielders to hold possession. But which side holds the stronger midfield core?
How will Mexico fare in the Copa America 2015? Mexico heads to the Copa America as a guest with hopes of finally pulling off its first ever victory in the tournament.
Juventus and Barcelona are just weeks away from the big game.They say that offense wins games but defense wins Championships. That maxim will be put to the test as both sides possess capable to outstanding offenses and marvelous defenses.Which side is better at keeping the ball out of the net? The Italian Champions or Spain's top club?
Carlo Ancelotti is no longer the coach of Real Madrid. The team made the decision of firing the Italian official on Monday, ending speculation about what would happen after a failed season.
Can Neymar lead Brazil to the Copa America crown this summer? A year ago, an entire nation faced the greatest disappointment of all time. Brazil, a soccer-crazed nation, got a chance to host the World Cup.
In the summer of 2014 Real Madrid and Barcelona did battle over two major players. This publication has already visited the pros and cons of Neymar and Gareth Bale for their respective squads.
Last year's World Cup final featured a South American side that many felt was the team of destiny. It was not meant to be.Argentina continued its international struggles on the world's biggest stage and will now look to settle for the consolation prize. Albeit, a very substantial one.Winning the Copa America would be a validation for a number of this side's players, many which might not be around for the next World Cup cycle or will be playing on the wrong side of their respective primes.So what is Argentina's outlook in Chile this summer?
Aloft” is certainly high on the emotions, but those willing to stick with the film on its own turns will find satisfaction in Llosa’s structural acuity and the visceral performances on display.
The drama is slated to continue at the Santiago Bernabeu next season as Real Madrid and Iker Casillas have apparently agreed to keep the captain around next year.
Which team has a better goalie - Juventus or Barcelon? Goaltending is a huge factor in soccer, especially in the final game of a tournament. Here is exhibit A -- a recent World Cup final.
