luchador films are mexican professional wrestling/action/science-fiction / horror films starring some of the most popular masked luchadores in lucha libre .

the luchadores are portrayed as superheroes engaging in battles against a range of characters from spies , to vampires and martians .

these films were low-budget and produced quickly .

nearly all lucha films included fist-fighting and wrestling action sequences which were choreographed and performed by the stars without the aid of stunt doubles .

the genre 's popularity peaked during the mid-1960s to early-1970s .

at least 150 luchador films were produced starting with the 1952 film huracán ramírez .

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luchador films <EOT> lucha libre hero from hero games is based off the lucha films mentioned above .

pokken tournament introduces pikachu libre , who is basically the luchador - wearing cosplay pikachu in a cameo . and it indeed fights like a luchador .

wrestlemaniac had a homicidal mutant luchador , whose mo was to tear off your face .

in snowfall , el oso gets his nickname from his career as a masked luchador .

pokemon x and y introduces hawlucha , a luchador hawk . it ' s a fighting / flying type and attacks with flying presses , mirroring a luchador ' s acrobatic fighting style .

there ' s a luchador costume available as one of the many " costume themes . "

you can also collect luchador trading cards in no more heroes , killer7 ' s spiritual successor .

we heart katamari includes a cousin named lucha , who appropriately enough has the appearance of a luchador .

lisa has rage ' el rage ' ironhead , and energetic luchador party member who attacks with his head .

el santo’s successful foray into feature films had a lot to do with timing , but even so , his first appearances as a masked sidekick to spanish - born luchador fernando osés in the films el cerebro del mal and hombres infernales hardly registered when they were released in 1958 . it wasn’t until a few years later , in 1961 , that el santo burst onto the mexican film scene with santo contra los zombis , a film directed by benito alazraki that set the stage for glut of pulpy wrestling films that would dominate mexican screens for nearly two decades .

in machete , during the invasion of sartana ' s apartment , one of the mooks wears a luchador mask .

lucha libre , indeed , became so popular , that mexico’s comparatively small filmmaking industry was quick to pick up luchadors as film heroes . the first feature film to star a luchador was the obscure 1952 film huracán ramírez , a mild success in its day . despite the obscurity and dubious artistic merit of the film , it launched a trend . a subgenre was born . soon all manner of luchadors began appearing in films , and real - life kings of the ring began to make the transition to film . some film scholars have numbered luchador films at about 150 , but it’s more likely that there are hundreds more low - budget mexican wrestling films that are lost to history .

i recall seeing luchador films on the spanish - language tv stations as a child . these were films unlike any i had seen before . they resembled low - budget american monster films in many ways ( they often had monsters or vampires in them ) , but had a strange kind of earnest energy to them that i couldn’t describe . there was an efficiency to the storytelling that american filmmakers rarely captured . these were films that existed solely to lionize an already - popular folk hero , playing himself , and extend his myth into a supernatural place where he would defeat all his opponents in the ring , best any supernatural monster that beset him , and still have time to wear nice suits , drive nice cars , and pick up beautiful mexican women . they were shamelessly self - aggrandizing , always very cheap ( none of the luchador films had big budgets ) , and often hopelessly convoluted . but they had something many exploitation movies of the america lacked : they had a myth .

world wonder ring stardom ' s mask fiesta turns everyone who is not already a masked luchador one for the night .

luchador films enjoyed a cult audience in america thanks to a film producer named k . gordon murray ( 1922 - 1979 ) , a well - known exporter of fantasy b - movies and an exploitation luminary . any semi - serious student of trash cinema ought to know the name of k . gordon murray . murray would travel to other countries , find some of the little - known fairy tale films , and redub them into english for american audiences . he’s often cited as one of the kings of the early 1950s “kiddie matinees , ” back in the day when children’s features were shown in local american cinemas before the more grown - up fare later in the evening . films like santa claus ( 1959 ) , the robot vs . the aztec mummy ( 1957 ) , and the golden goose ( 1969 ) are well known to a generation of trash - film lovers thanks to murray . some of his films , in turn , became featured on mystery science theater 3000 , and the generational trash torch was passed . murray was the one who carried the luchador films to the u . s . , sometimes ( bafflingly ) redubbing el santo’s name as “sampson . ” the kids who grew up looking through the back corners of uhf stations would find luchador movies sandwiched in between lesser - known japanese kaiju films . nothing can be more striking that discovering these movies at just the right age .

padre fray tormenta has inspired films and wrestled all over the world , but he never sought out fame ; all he wanted was to support the orphans of his parish .

while following a familiar formula of el santo vs . some supernatural enemy menacing humanity , santo contra las mujeres vampiro brought significantly higher production values and gave the luchador an elaborate mythology that places this amongst his greatest films . when the evil leader of a vampire coven kidnaps a professor’s daughter to bring his bride back to life , el santo is sent in to take on an army of luchador slaves and get her back home safe .

bane is partly luchador - inspired , though his mask and fighting movies may or may not closely resemble a luchador ' s depending on the artist , and he hails from a fictional caribbean banana republic rather than mexico . batman 66 took this and ran with it .

the mummy of a luchador vanquished by an ancestor of el santo comes back to life to exact his revenge . santo teamed up with fellow wrestler - actor mil mascaras and lifelong rival blue demon to bring this beloved classic of luchador to mummy combat to the big screen .

if you are one of millions of wwe fans under the impression that only the world wrestling entertainment has superstars that turn to the film industry , such as john cena , hulk hogan , the rock and more , think again . none of them has ever completed 52 successful motion movies as well as comic books and other media appearances . in one of the most financially successful films he made he costarred with mil mascaras and blue demon with mexicans considering this one of the best ever luchador films in history .

, and a - trak , mark and a - trak are forced to don luchador ' s masks and fight other people in masks .

mil máscaras ( " a thousand masks " ) , who was specifically created for the movies during a contract dispute between el santo and producer enrique vergara . he starred in 20 films .

" what happened is that without my intending it , fray tormenta has become a symbol , " he says . " the luchador priest . "

dedicated to the quick commercialization of churros ( ‘quickies’ named after the doughy sweetmeat , a breakfast staple ) … . myriad middle - class melodramas , increasingly boring comedies from cantinflas—whose humour had lost its cutting edge many years previously—prurient sex films which lacked the tacky dynamism of earlier ‘brothel’ films , copies of us adolescent rebellion films , non - rebels with a cause and without an aesthetic , series focusing on masked wrestlers ( starring ‘el santo’… ) , attempts to gloss over the quality by employing colour or costly cinemascope–all contributed to an industry at the lowest point in its development ( king 2000 , 130 ) .

berated all his life by those around him , a monk follows his dream and dons a mask to moonlight as a luchador ( mexican wrestler ) .

one member of the superhero - rock band the justice force 5 is a vampire luchador . well , not really , but that ' s his gimmick .

cheesy , fun , trashy , cheap , sporty , and tapping into the unfettered myth of a local people , luchador films are unique in the annals of cinema . if you want a regular old superhero story , go ahead and watch the dark knight again . if you want a truly epic hero , watch el santo at work . he is more important than batman .

the mascot of koodo mobile is an incredible shrinking luchador named el tabador , named such because the company allows you to have a tab instead of a contract .

, one of the vandenreich members is sternritter " s " , mask de masculine , a luchador . he manages to invert the character archetype and play it straight

as well as santo being a kind of saintly , moral guide , in this film he also takes it upon himself to become an orphaned young boy’s guardian or father figure . while many of the stories are fantastic , some can involve a historical or mythic figure and a familiar place . for example , santo en “el tesoro de moctezuma” ( santo in “the treasure of moctezuma” , 1967 ) , santo contra los cazadores de cabezas ( santo versus the headhunters , 1969 ) , las momias de guanajuato ( the mummies of guanajuato , 1970 ) , and the various films which invoke el día de los muertes ( the day of the dead ) , such as santo en “los profanadores de tumbas” ( santo in “the grave robbers” , 1965 ) , and santo y blue demon en el mundo de los muertos ( santo and the blue demon in the world of the dead , 1969 ) . yet , none of these films deal with thematic elements of the wrestling genre . they are not interested in the struggles , brutality or raise and fall of santo , or any other luchador . even through in these films santo wrestles both in and outside the ring , there is only ever minor discussion of the fact that he is a luchad or . the audience brings to the films a prior understanding of santo , so there is no need for the films to establish his status . what we find is the direct transference of lucha libre matches into these hybrid films .

" the true luchador wears , on his head , a mask . on his body , a sequined unitard . on his feet . . . disco boots ! "

in lobster johnson : the iron prometheus , it ' s mentioned that , in the 50 ' s , mexican director eduardo fernandez created somewhere between nine and twelve low - budget films about lobster johnson , portraying him as a luchador hero . in fact , these were the source of the name " lobster johnson . " previously , all the fictional portrayals just referred to him as " the lobster . "

spiderman was partially inspired by a famous luchador known as the blue demon , and spider - man first reveals his powers to the public in a wrestling match against crusher hogan .

gets murdered by a man in a luchador mask , and machete gets attacked by a squad of gun - toting luchadores . later , machete finds the mask of the murderer in

el santo wasn ' t the only prominent luchador film star . other prominent series stars ( some of whom would team up with each other and el santo on occasion ) included :

in the supernatural episode " devil may care " ( s09 , ep02 ) , kevin uncovers a photo of sergeant bates doing jello shots off a naked guy in a luchador mask .

in the omega ruby and alpha sapphire remakes , one of the outfits that cosplay pikachu can wear is a luchador outfit . like hawlucha , it knows flying press with this outfit .

however , king i , king ii and armor king i follow the more conventional wrestling style . armor king ii has some luchador - based moves , but not all . then in

there ' s an entire luchador genre in mexico where the hero is a real luchador playing himself . the most popular series ( 52 films ! ) starred el santo , el enmascarado de plata ( saint , the silver - masked man ) . in these , el santo has to rescue his love interest du jour from some fantastic threat , such as zombies , vampires , or mad scientists . while the movies are pretty crude , many mexicans from the time , to current college students to even a few children still consider these movies an important part of mexico ' s film history and actually pretty entertaining .

7 . elsewhere i have discussed the ritual elements of cinema , specifically in the western . see gabrielle murray , this wounded cinema , this wounded life : violence and utopia in the films of sam peckinpah ( connecticut : praeger , 2004 ) .

in the amazing spider man , peter gets the initial idea for the spider - man mask upon seeing a poster of a luchador mask with a similar red - and - blue coloring .

gabrielle murray is a lecturer in the cinema studies program at la trobe university in australia . she has published in several journals , edited anthologies and is the author of this wounded cinema , this wounded life : violence and utopia in the films of sam peckinpah .

neutron , a black - masked hero who resembled strong bad , starred in dozens of films , but only three had an english dub . one , neutron the atomic superman vs . the death robots ( aka losautómatas de la muerte ) was a riff trax vod .

blue demon , who was a rudo , would become a tecnico and would feud with santo for over a year , culminating in a series of matches in 1952 and 1953 . blue demon would have a five year - run as nwa world welterweight champion , defeating santo for the title in 1953 , and holding it until 1958 . the demon - santo rivalry never truly died ; they weren ' t friends in real life , though the two starred in nine luchador films together ( demon starred in 25 films altogether from 1964 - 1977 ) . throughout the 1960s , he had a heated rivalry with el rayo de jalisco . the rivalry would span into the late 1980s , defeating him in a mask vs . mask match in 1988 .

an episode of the middleman featured a gang of luchadores obsessed with killing the middleman ' s martial arts trainer and mentor , sensei ping ( who also , incidentally , wore the mask of a luchador ) .

speaking of the macho man , he also voices the superhuman luchador " wrass - lor " in an episode of dial m for monkey . the plot : " fight me or i destroy the earth ! "

from there it took several decades before guzmán’s career took off , and he wrestled under a number of monikers – including el hombre rojo and el demonio negro – before settling on the saintly title that would define his career . but beyond his beloved persona inside the ring , el santo solidified his status as mexico’s quintessential masked luchador through a whole network of pop culture spinoffs , including a comic book series and , most notably , the 52 wrestling - themed films that cemented his legend on the silver screen .

the legendary blue demon , alejandro munoz moreno who made his debut a few years after el santo in march 1948 , also retired years after el santo , in 1989 . also making a massive impact in the history of mexico , the blue demon with his legendary blue mask had his first encounter with el santo in 1952 . blue demon who held the championship until 1958 defeated the famous el santo , who was the nwa world welterweight champion in 1952 and 1953 . the two famous wrestlers remained rivals although they also featured in mexican films together . in 1961 blue demon appeared in one of his first ever mexican films , an overall of 25 films , nine of which he costarred with his rival el santo . the producer of most of el santoâ€™s movies was ready to cultivate yet another wrestler cum movie star with blue demon who also continued his wrestling career until his retirement .

the movie was part of a tide of luchador films that swept mexico from the 1950s through the 1970s . the country ' s most iconic wrestlers , el santo and blue demon , gained their greatest fame as movie stars fighting zombies , aliens , and vampires . el señor tormenta was a minor wrestling film . it did feature a couple of big names , black shadow and cavernario galindo ( he dressed as a caveman ) , but only in supporting parts . what makes the movie special is that it came true .

oh the varieties of lucha libre are endless . there are luchadors who dress as cats . there are dwarf luchador divisions . there are female luchador divisions . each lucha match is usually a rudo ( the bad guy ) vs . a técnico ( the good guy ) . the luchadors would invent entire personae for themselves , giving themselves mysterious histories and elaborate in - ring personalities . this is another tradition that has passed into american pro - wrestling .

in kenichi : the mightiest disciple , a villainous luchador shows up to be trashed by kenichi ' s masters a few times . later the manga introduces the much more dangerous smiling fist diego carlos and his student rachel stanley .

one popular legend about fray tormenta is that he received specific permission from the vatican to be a luchador . this he denies . but in other interviews , he has mentioned that he received the blessing of pope john paul ii .

new leaf introduces a villager actually named " lucha " . he ' s a bird with a face that ' s stylized to look like a lucha mask . another villager with a luchador theme is stinky , a jock cat .

the films were made quickly and cheaply , and while a modern audience is more likely to be reminded of adam west - era batman , they were successful enough to open the floodgates for mexico’s luchadoras ( wrestling women ) as well as various imitators . here are the 10 pictures you need to check out .

jaime reyes , the third blue beetle , wears an armor with a faceplate that just happens to look like a luchador mask to go with his mexican heritage . done intentionally and explained as the mask being modeled after its creators ' faces .

there is no attempt in these films to create an aesthetic integration between the wrestling and other generic elements . although in real life santo lost some of his wrestling matches , in the films he might lose a bout but he ultimately always wins . the films literally intercut large sections of recorded and sometimes staged footage of often complete lucha libre matches . generally there are at least two sections of lucha libre that can run from seven to fifteen minutes in any of the el santo films , which run between eighty to ninety - five minutes . so the wrestling matches can take approximately between fifteen to thirty minutes of the reel time . sometimes a match will open a film , sometimes conclude it , or a story will be interrupted to allow santoto fight . although the film santo contra la invasion de los marcianos integrates the fantasy story and the wrestling , ultimately concluding with santo fighting a martian in the ring ; there is rarely any attempt to introduce the wrestling matches or integrate them into the story other than a casual comment from santo that he needs to retire or leave as he has a fight . the real - live footage is in particularly sharp contrast to the general b grade fantasy and crime aesthetic . it inverts the way the lucha libre arena functions , in which we go from the everyday into a frenzied , circus atmosphere . in the films , the wrestling footage works against the fantasy aesthetic to generate something “real”—a kind of social realist or documentary feel that acts as a point of direct contact with the ritual performance of lucha libre . furthermore , while the action is sometimes heightened by the introduction of the re - enactment of close - ups of certain stunts that the single roving camera used at the lucha libre has missed , the audience is often in the background . the distancing of the audience is then compensated for by cut - aways to both real and studio audiences . so the films attempt to literally reanimate the experience of lucha libre .

i should point out that el santo’s movies , as well as the vast bulk of lucha movies , were hardly professional . they were badly lit , the sound was rarely properly audible , the stories would meander , and the dialogue ( dubbed or not ) would contain some of the weirdest mutilations of english ( or spanish ) this side of an ed wood movie . by all conventional professional accounts , these were bad films . like all b - movies , the lucha films were often produced quickly and on the cheap . studios would release several in the span of a year . like slasher films today , studios saw lucha films as a quick buck , as people would see them even if they weren’t expensively made . i wouldn’t have it any other way . a slick , big - budget version of an el santo movie would only serve to erode its charm . there is a certain joy in the earnestness of a badly made film . el santo was so , well , saintly , that his heroic purity would only be amplified by the film’s cheapness . there was something about el santo – some “it” quality – that left him untainted , no matter how much canonical double - backing and confusion he had applied to him . he was like superman , but with the benefit of being a real athlete .

johnny " the mayor " bledsoe , the mayor of hill valley on the bizarre the oblongs , wore a luchador mask ( and a business suit ) , although he acted more like an american wrestler— " macho man " randy savage , specifically .

on a sunday evening in compton , california , a crowd slowly enters an old dance hall . tonight it will house a very different type of dancing - - the dance of the luchador . the crowd begins to . . . see full summary »

el santo , you will find , is one of the most recognizable faces in all pop culture history . not only was he a folk hero and wrestling icon , but he starred in his own comic books , and he was a pertinent film star . in 1958 , santo was invited to appear in a feature film called el cerebro del mal ( the bad brain ) , in which he wore his signature mask , but only acted as sidekick to another luchador named el incognito . el santo’s career wouldn’t take off in earnest until the early 1960s , and he would make some of the finest of lucha films .

in the hellboy in mexico one - shot , released on cinco de mayo , hellboy teams up with three luchador brothers in 1950s mexico to fight vampires . it ' s exactly as awesome as ( and in the end , far more touching than ) it sounds .

jesus burgess from one piece is a masked luchador pirate , introduced standing on a building and challenging an entire city to fight . later on , he shows his strength by hurling a hotel at an opponent . he ' s actually one of those rare luchadores who are evil .

" fray tormenta is our father , " says brazo de plata , a luchador who served as fray tormenta ' s tag - team partner . " he is our lucha libre priest . for me it ' s an honor , considering his age , to have wrestled alongside him . "

the masked luchador is a particularly popular character in modern surf music . there are several bands that wear mexican wrestling masks and adopt mexican - sounding names as part of their stage shows , or even write songs about lucha films and luchadores ( the song los campiones del justicio by the ghastly ones ) . it is believed that the american surf band los straitjackets is responsible for this , as they adopted the masks early in their career and subsequently made the genre popular through mexico because of this , spanning bands like sr . bikini or the blue demons , all adopting the masks and hiding identity . there ' s even a french surf band adopting the masks , called the bikini men .

strangely enough , the mexican wrestling masks have been also adopted by several goregrind and grindcore bands , most notably gut from germany . even more strange , the porno - grind bands seem to have an affinity for the masked luchador : gut of course , but check guys like ultimo mondo cannibale or spasm .

in 1952 , a publisher named jose cruz started a comic book featuring santo’s adventures fighting crimes and monsters , while also continuing to wrestle . the comic books portrayed santo as a superhero although until then he had performed as a rudo in the ring . but with the creation of the comic book and his increasing popularity , it was decided that he should undergo a gradual change and eventually become a técnico ( cotter 2005 , 22 ) . considered one of the most famous superhero comic books in mexico , it ran continuously for 35 years . 3 santo’s status as a luchador and therefore a “popular hero , ” along with the comic books , further developed his hero status with mexican audiences . although initially declining film offers , the success of the comic books encouraged him to appear in films . he first appeared in cerebro del mal ( brain of evil ) in 1958 ; however , it was in 1961 that producer alberto lopez hired him to star as “el santo” in the classic santo contra los zombies ( santo versus the zombies ) . between 1958 and 1982 , santo starred in fifty - two mexican films as “el santo” .

what could have been example : hideo kojima ' s first draft for the war - based game he was told to design was a game called lost warld , starring a masked luchadora ( a female luchador ) . tragically , the game got canned , and now all we have is this boring snake guy instead .

the finest of all lucha films is widely held to be the 1962 classic santo contra mujeres vampiro , as it was one of the first santo film to give him a sort of background as a crimefighter , and regular battler of evil monsters . lucha films place their heroes somewhere between the real and the fanciful . they seem to be making part - documentaries about their subjects , despite the presence of vampire women and cheesy special effects . no other fantasy film has that quality . i’ve heard some argue that comic book superheroes of today are as important to us as greek heroes like odysseus were to the ancient greeks . this is not entirely accurate . the luchadors are perhaps a bit more of an appropriate analogy . odysseus was a half - real hero who was aided by gods . el santo , one could argue , fits that mold perfectly .

historically , many of the luchadors have often worn a saintly mantle due to their involvement in charity work , social justice , and politics . super barrio , champion of the rights of mexico’s poor , went into politics and joined the leftist prd ( partido de la revolucíon democrática , all party of the democratic revolution ) . a crowd favorite , mr niebla is known outside the ring for his charitable work with disabled children . in mexico , the sport has also inspired a subculture of political activists who advocate their causes dressed in lucha libre garb . there is super ecologist , fighter for environmental causes ; and super gay and super animal , masked crusaders for gay and animal rights . as a técnico santo brings to the el santo films this same heroic , saintly aura . he is a fighter for good , a masked figure the audience instantly recognizes . he is familiar because he is one of them but somehow he is also different : an invincible , powerful , authority figure . the audience’s champion , he conquers evil and enables justice to be carried out . yet the el santo films do more than just transfer the personae of santo to the screen , by intercutting real and staged footage of wrestling matchesthe films attempt to literally reproduce for the audience the ritual functions of lucha libre .

el santo’s films were full of action and supernatural intrigue , but they walked a fine comedic line that gave them a campy , surrealist touch . the excessive twists and turns of this particular film , in which a bumbling security guard disguises himself as el santo to take on a criminal gang that has kidnapped a scientist and his daughter , take a nosedive into the absurd when el santo and said security guard must fight off the security guard’s evil clone .

lala ' s dad in school rumble is a luchador . tenma is a bit of a lucha libre fan , and both she and karen don her mask on occasion , confounding lala who can ' t believe the disparity in her power ( as karen is the only girl who has defeated lala , while tenma cannot fight at all ) .

masked heroes were popular in the 1930s , the decade that saw the introduction of the lone ranger , the green hornet and batman . in mexico , crowds flocked to see masked combatants wrestle each other into submission , with each luchador giving such a theatrical performance that audiences knew who was the tecnico ( good guy ) and who was the rudo ( villain ) .

las luchadoras were a female tag team ( lorena velázquez and gringa actress elizabeth campbell ) who starred in six films , some of which made it into the english - language market ( e . g . , wrestling women vs . the aztec mummy ) . the stars were actresses , not professional wrestlers . lady luchadoras did exist at the time , but few had movie - star good looks and most wouldn ' t be recognized by the mexican comision de box y lucha libre until the 1980s .

lucha films are really effing weird . the wrestlers , playing themselves , would often be recast as well - dressed ladies’ men ( but never lotharios ) who would jet set around town , attending classy parties , and blessing the community with their presence . they never removed their masks . they were perfect , peerless heroes , capable of being wealthy , but still helping the little people . they would never fight for the wrong reason . they would wrestle with honor . then , to get the story going , they would be given an antagonist whom they would eventually have to fight . the antagonist in luchador films , though , was very rarely just another wrestler . it was usually a famous monster of some kind . in his film career , el santo fought dracula , a mummy , a banshee , a werewolf , frankenstein’s monster , and sexy vampire women . in one notable film , el santo teamed up with the very popular blue demon to fight a monster mash of several beasties . the 1969 film santo y blue demon contra los monstruos featured a sci - fi lab that simultaneously brainwashed a mummy , frankenstein’s monster ( sporting a bandito mustache ) , a wolf man , and some sort of lizard dwarf creature with an exposed brain . the film looks as if someone cracked open my ten - year - old brain , and let every unfettered pop culture fantasy free .

in santo , el enmascarado de plata álvaron a . fernández reyes notes that within the immense cultural productions of modern mexico , the ritual and myths that revolve around the heroic figure of santo , are peculiarly diverse , embodying the creation of new traditions and the recuperation of old ones . santo is a “real” flesh and blood figure , the silver - masked wrestler ; he is the fictional wrestling star of crime , horror and fantasy films , a “saint” who battles bad guys , vampires and mummies , and for his predominately mexican audience , santo is a also a magical “superhero” ( fernández reyes 2004 ) . 1 to understand santo’s immense popular appeal , we need to explore his different manifestations of wrestler , saint and superhero . in turn , this will enable us to investigate the generic hybridity of the films , whereby a noirish crime or a campy vampire tale will be interrupted to allow santo to engage in wrestling matches , with little attempt within the narrative , or in the film’s aesthetic sensibility to integrate the matches .

padre sergio fell by the wayside as more and more of his parishioners began to call him padre tormenta , or simply el fray . if his identity as a luchador was ever secret ( accounts conflict ) , the secret was not kept long . with his wrestling earnings , he was able to buy an actual building to house some of the boys , known affectionately as his cachorros , or cubs .

one of the sample characters in the martial arts supplement for gurps is " del duque " , a heroic crimefighter in a luchador - style mask hailing from a world that seems to operate on low - budget - tv - series logic . he is also by far the most powerful of the sample characters ( at 350 character points , he ' s in the lower - end superhero range ) .

el santo made 52 lucha films in his vast and varied career , spanning from 1958 to 1982 . el santo retired in 1982 , in that he removed his mask on national television . this was the only time he was seen to remove his mask in public . he had a heart attack in 1984 , and died at the age of 66 . his legacy lives on in the cultural consciousness of the mexican world , and in the form of other wrestlers with names like el hijo del santo ( the son of the saint ) .

the sacred heart faith in after the end a crusader kings ii mod counts el santo among its patron deities . followers of el santo can become luchadores themselves , and face each other in wrestling matches - unlike in el santo ' s day , they fight for real . the sacred heart also has a holy order of luchador knights , la orden de la mascara ( the order of the mask ) .

homework for the week : they aren’t widely available on home video or on downloading services , but see if you can track down any lucha films . if you live near the mexican border , find a flyer for a real - life lucha libre match , and try to attend . take part in mexico’s grand tradition . consider the place fantasy heroes play in your life . how “real” are they in your mind ? how much cognitive space do they take up ? how does your view of your movie hero match with the world’s perception of them ?

yet if you are a fan , this period is considered the era of the ‘golden age’ of mexican b grade movies . much can be said about these films in relation to the way they display facets of the anxieties , repressions and fears of a particular social and cultural milieu . the main characters are nearly always played by actors who look european , and santo’s string of girlfriends are often blondes . mestizos and indigenous people generally play peones , other worldly creatures , or enact tales from their own pre - hispanic history . there are occurrences of anti - semitism and racial stereotypes such as the dopey , easily frightened professor in santo en “ la venganza de la momia ” ( santo and “the vengeance of the mummy” , 1970 ) ; or eric , the treasure - hungry , evil coward , who comes to an unfortunate end in santo y blue demon contra dracula y el hombre lobo ( santo and blue demon versus dracula and the wolf man , 1972 ) . yet the above film is interesting in that the wolf man , in human form , is played by a blonde - haired , blue - eyed pretty boy . there is also a reoccurring theme of both the celebration and fear of science , modernity and new technology . however , what becomes fascinating about these santo films is the way in which santo functions as a kind of cipher for both the ritual functions of lucha libre and ancient and modern myths . in fact , these films embody what nelson hippolyte ortega calls a “striking example of a very strong latin american cultural trait : the concomitant use of the old and the new , sometimes at the same time” ( ortega 1998 , 80 ) .

this depression - era drama made headlines for being not only one of the best reviewed films of 2005 , but one of the least well attended . after four weeks of release the film had taken around us $ 50 million , which even during the box - office slump of the time was a disappointment , especially considering the good buzz . amc theatres hoped to keep the film and started a unique offer of a money - back guarantee . ticket buyers who did not like the film were promised that their money would be refunded , no questions asked .

, the generic luchador . the twist is that he ' s canadian . while he ' s billed as being from tijuana , and speaks very little english when in character , what makes it funnier is that even if you don ' t know anything about the man under the mask , you can tell at first glance that he ' s really a white guy ; he ' s kind of pale , and he also sports a red goatee .

el santo needs very little introduction around these parts . more than a beloved athlete or an iconic actor , the diminutive masked luchador truly deserves to be called a legend of mexican popular culture . over his 48 - year career , rodolfo guzmán huerta truly lived the part of the wrestler - super hero he played on screen and in the arenas night after night , and his shining silver alter - ego has been woven into the fabric of mexican folklore .

despite the mask and attitude , japanese wrestler rainbow mika from street fighter alpha is a subversion . her and her fighting style are actually based off puroesu , a type of women ' s pro wrestling that originated in japan . she ' s often mistaken as a straight example of a masked luchador thanks to puroesu being relatively unknown outside of japan , and the fact that el fuerte happens to be a huge fan of hers doesn ' t help matters .

a chance meeting with mexican wrestler rolando vera got him interested in lucha libre wrestling . under the training of vera , he began wrestling without a mask in march 1948 . later in the year , he would return to mexico and adopt the persona of the blue demon . demon would form a tag team with fellow luchador the black shadow and became los hermanos shadow ( the shadow brothers ) . the partnership lasted until 1952 , when black shadow lost his mask to el santo .

homestar runner : strong bad ' s look is based on this , although the mask is apparently his actual face . he actually wrestles in a few toons , although he makes it clear in one of them that " being an awesome wrestler has nothing to do with awesome wrestling moves . " furthermore , in the same toon he goes through a variety of gimmicks none of which are the straight masked luchador gimmick — the final one even involves facepaint over his " mask " !

the stock characterization for a luchador is a kindly gentle giant who loves kids . this is from the story of fray tormenta ( friar storm ) , a catholic priest who started wrestling to earn money for his orphanage . villainous luchadores are pretty rare . outside mexico , though , where luchadores attract considerably less reverence , they ' re much more common - big burly dudes with concealed faces are scary , after all , and it ' s a good way to give your malevolent masked man some exotic flair .

a big influence in the evolution of the shocker mooks in the original kamen rider : initially the henchmen were guys in berets with creepy facepaint . in episode 14 , shocker brings in their top agent from mexico , a cactus - themed luchador - esque monster named sabetregon . he had his own personal minions , who dressed in black tights and wore lucha masks with a cactus on them . apparently , someone liked the look , because afterwards , the main shocker forces began wearing similar costumes , only with a skeleton motif replacing the cactus one .

it ' s also not uncommon for non - luchadores to pretend to be one as a trick . if a heel does it , like when kurt angle became " el gran luchador " during his feud with eddie guerrero , it ' s a sign of them being a devious wang , whereas if it ' s a face that pulls it off , like when kaz hayashi became " el gringo " for a night , it ' s usually so they can get their hands on a cowardly heel who has been ducking them in straight - up fights .

most of the luchadors you see in lucha films were , you see , real - life wrestling champs outside of the film . known only by their specialty wrestling names , and never , ever seen without their masks , luchadors became local folk heroes of a sort . they would fight for their honor , and for the honor of their fans . despite the cartoony appeal they possess these days , luchadors were superhuman bastions of their communities . we know the names and histories of some of the more popular luchadors today , but mentioning the name of rodolfo guzmán huerta will only elicit blank looks from most people . but watch their faces fly into expressions of ecstasy as you mention the hallowed named of el santo , the single biggest superstar in all lucha history .

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between the schlock scary premise and the occasional lapses into satisfying surrealism ( gotta love the killer robot which appears to be built out of old steam table parts ) , mil mascaras : resurrection rivals any super hero movie made in the mainstream . it provides enough fun to satisfy a schoolyard full of genre geeks , while never once looking down on or mocking its famed figurehead . anyone who knows the luchadore films understands that these are examples of pure hero worship , idolatry without a lick of irony or self - imposed satire . throw in a few flying drop kicks and you ' ve got yourself a franchise . besides , the audience believes in these men and they are not afraid to show their adoration . that ' s why mil mascaras : resurrection often feels like a religious experience . our lead is the messiah of the squared circle , a man beloved for his ability in the ring , and ethos outside of it . and his followers love every barrel - chested moment .

in fact , the lack of legitimate violence ( there are a couple of minor gore effects ) and the constant recounting of mil ' s moralistic code makes a movie like resurrection appear greater than its goofball parts . after all , you wouldn ' t expect a narrative that features a ranting pile of bandages to offer up sound personal principles . and yet that ' s the key to the entire category ' s endearing timelessness . these films are really aimed at kids , lobbing life lessons over their head while keeping them on the straight and narrow . someone like mil mascaras offers up the valuable tutorials on such important issues as fair play , education , clean living , and the benefits of an unlimited sparkly wardrobe . sure , this could seem like reaching , especially when many of the old school storylines seemed to regress into good guy / bad being dullness . thanks to the careful consideration of ulhmann and his collaborators , mil mascaras : resurrection reestablishes the real legacy of the luchadore .

bunny kisaragi from welcome to the el - paracio specifically evokes this image , being el - paracio ' s resident babyface and extremely popular with the neighborhood kids . the mask is actually an important part of her backstory , as she was driven to suicide for yet - unspecified reasons , only to be interrupted by ouka , who put a luchador mask on her head and convinced her to " start over from a clean slate " , resulting in bunny refusing to acknowledge her former identity . as a result she practically never takes off her mask , even in the bath ( the one time she did , tadasuke saw her stepping out of the shower , making him the only person other than ouka who ' s seen her real face ) .

masked luchadors did not actually start in mexico , believe it or not , though no one is sure exactly where that was for certain ; the first man on record to wrestle professionally with a mask was the french " masked wrestler " and the first to bring it into the country of mexico was known as " the masked marvel " , and his secret identity gimmick had been going on long enough in the usa already for him to be a legacy character . still , " maravilla enmascarada " caught on in mexico like nowhere else before , so emll booker salvador lutteroth tried to duplicate this success with el santo . in the end , maravilla ' s success wasn ' t duplicated but dwarfed , as el santo became mexico ' s most famous luchador .

he made his international debut in los angeles at the olympic auditorium in 1968 against american greats such as black gordman , john tolos , ernie ladd , and goliath . at the wwf , which is now called wwe he performed several times through the years until he won his title mexican wwa world heavyweight championship at the age of 49 . that was during the 1991 fight and this title he holds until today . in 1966 , mil mascaras starred in his first luchador film of which he completed 19 altogether while remaining a wrestler . the very same producer who turned el santo and blue demon into movie superstars took serious notice of this famous wrestler . el santo left the producer due to a contractual dispute , blue diamond was injured , and this was the opportunity for luis enrique vergara to transform yet another newcomer . a true mexican icon who made an impression on the world , mil mascaras took part in a tokyo event in december 2013 , with team mate don caras and won the tokyo world tag team championship .

cast : mil mascaras , jeffrey uhlmann , willard e . pugh , gary ambrosia , richard lynch , marco lanzagorta

they stand as titans , not just in their area of expertise , but in the hearts of their fellow faithful countrymen . foreigners scoff at such devotion , chalking it up to a lack of cultural sophistication and an allegiance to outdated tradition . but when you look around the world , you see them everywhere . japan has its kaiju , while india enjoys those bigger than life bollywood gods . yet no one can top mexico and its worship of all things wrestling . under the lucha libre label , a number of unstoppable heroes have managed to become media superstars - and none are bigger than the man mountain himself , mil mascaras . returning to movies after years in semi - retirement , the suplex sensation reminds us that , no matter how comical they appear to the outside world , masked marvels like el santo , blue demon , and himself stand as wonderful symbols of universal morays - and amazing movie entertainment like his latest offering , resurrection .


boozy ' os and the cristal gem ( also known as the cristal gem ) ( french : boozy ' os et la gemme de cristal , also known as la gemme de cristal ) is a 2013 french animation short film based on the french animated television series boozy ' os , and directed , written , scored by and starring its creator ken arsyn .

it was produced by creasyn studio .

the film was first released at annecy international animated film festival on april 14 , 2013 .

it was presented during the dailymotion , cartoon network studios and annecy international event " + de courts !

online animation film contest by annecy " , and arrived first .

the film title refers to the annecy award internationally named " cristal d'annecy " .

boozy ' os and the cristal gem

boozy ' os and the cristal gem <EOT> we don ' t have any reviews for boozy ' os and the cristal gem .

boozy ' os , a bodybuilder caveman , is seeking the " cristal " of annecy .

boozy ' os , a muscular caveman , is seeking the " cristal " of annecy .

boozy ' os and the cristal gem ( also known as the cristal gem ) ( french : boozy ' os et la gemme de cristal , also known as la gemme de cristal ) is a 2013 french animated cartoon based on the french animated television series boozy ' os , and directed , written , scored by and starring its creator julien rocca - darcin . it was produced by creasyn studio .

a world - famous festival , a sparkling treasure , a charming and sturdy hero and an enticing chick . boozy ' os is seeking the great cristal of annecy .

coming from outer space , an intergalactic coow invites boozy ' os to join the biggest animation film festival of the universe . boozy ' imagines himself winning the competition and decides to seek the famoos " cristal " of annecy . but the dark paunchy mari ' os is determined to recover the loot before him .

“ coming from outer space , an intergalactic coow invites boozy ' os to join the biggest animation film festival of the universe . boozy ' imagines himself winning the competition and decides to seek the famoos " cristal " of annecy . but the dark paunchy mari ' os is determined to recover the loot before him . „

coming from outer space , an intergalactic coow invites boozy ' os to join the biggest animation film festival of the universe . boozy ' imagines himself winning the competition and decides to seek the famoos " cristal " of annecy . but the dark paunchy mari ' os is determined to recover the loot before him . written by c2s network

one of my favourite annecy 2013 festival movies ! unfortunately , " the cristal gem " may be misunderstood as many people might take the movie solely at face value ( coz it ' s dirty and raunchy ) , refusing to see the subtleties in it . " the cristal gem " may seem vulgar , but anyway the antics are very funny and thinking about it , the plots are genius ! " boozy ' os " is mainly a brilliant satire . the toilet humour , the violence , and over - the - top the gross humour are mainly used to add a parody slant to the satire , it ' s as simple as that . cartoons are not just for kids ! " boozy ' os and the cristal gem " will laugh you to tears , watch it !

the film title refers to the annecy award internationally named " cristal d ' annecy " .

the film title [ 1 ] refers to the annecy award internationally named " cristal d ' annecy " .

a world - famoos festival . . . a sparkling treasure . . . a charming and sturdy heroo . . . an enticing poolet . . . and a lot of bad naughty blookes ! mission : find the hoard , beat the bad guys . . . and seduce the chick ! boozy ' os is seeking the great cristal of annecy !

the film parodies video game characters such as sonic the hedgehog , doctor robotnik and mario as well as animated disney films like aladdin , the lion king and beauty and the beast . the cristal gem also heavily parodies most of ken arsyn ' s movies , such as cow hard and stop - and - cop .

while the a - side was well - constructed for a nighttime thug sway and henny spillage step maneuver ( it would probably still be a club banger in parts of japan , no ? ) , ‘emotions’ was the fucking gem here . grimm and collaborator b - 1 penned the infinity gauntlet of indie rap street anthems ( or ’90s street anthems in general , period ) . every verse here is perfection , each line immaculate .

don’s most essential release is a tie between the ‘styles by the gram’ / ’properties of steel’ and ‘piece of the action’ / ’seeds of hate’ 12″s . this hydra entertainment comp has both , plus his third ( an easy runner - up ) gem of a single , and the oft - celebrated ‘burn’ . that stretch of ’97 to early ’98 material was easily his most potent , where he abandoned the playfulness previously interwoven throughout his demos ( especially in the production ) and went straight to the dark side .

in an ideal world , pimps don’t pay taxes would have been an underground smash , attracing the attention of jim jarmusch and being adapted into a feature film about a bunch of disaffected nyc grumps at the dawn of the city’s disney - fication . instead , we have to settle for it being one of the funniest , most cynical sp - 1200 - based records ever made ; a cry of protest from rap outsiders looking in at all the cristal popping and casio beats and wondering why they can’t get laid .

by this point slug was already a seasoned rapper and fully developed in his poetic everyman persona , but still enough of a youthful , boozy miscreant for us to identify with . the more mature god loves ugly didn’t constitute a fall off , but you could feel something changing in the air . it sounded like soul searching was eclipsing the blunt smoking ; a good direction for their career but not for our tastes . indeed , from there on atmosphere would go on to become an indie rap juggernaut , and the token approved rap act for some who weren’t fans of the genre at all . their success was well earned , but it was outside of the scene as we knew it . or perhaps just outside of the scene as we wanted it to be .

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the internship is a 2013 american comedy film directed by shawn levy , written by vince vaughn and jared stern , and produced by vaughn and levy . the film stars vince vaughn and owen wilson as recently - laid - off salesmen who attempt to compete with much younger and more technically - skilled applicants for a job at google . the internship is the second film with vaughn and wilson in the lead roles , after the 2005 film wedding crashers ; the two had also both appeared in the 2004 film starsky & hutch . this is also the second collaboration of levy , vaughn , and stern after the 2012 film the watch , and the third of levy and wilson after the first two night at the museum films . the main location of the film is the googleplex , the real - life headquarters of google in mountain view , california , while many scenes were filmed in atlanta , georgia , at the georgia institute of technology .

despicable me 2 is a 2013 american 3d computer - animated comedy film and the sequel to the 2010 animated film despicable me . produced by illumination entertainment for universal pictures , and animated by illumination mac guff , the film is directed by pierre coffin and chris renaud , and written by cinco paul and ken daurio .

i give it a year is a 2013 british comedy film , written and directed by dan mazer and starring rose byrne , rafe spall , anna faris and simon baker . the film was based and filmed in london and was released on 8 february 2013 .

riddick is a 2013 british - american science fiction thriller film , the third installment in the riddick film series . produced by and starring vin diesel as the title character , riddick is written and directed by david twohy , who previously wrote and directed the first two installments , pitch black ( 2000 ) and the chronicles of riddick ( 2004 ) .

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beautiful creatures is a 2013 american romantic fantasy film based upon the novel of the same name by kami garcia and margaret stohl . the film was adapted for the screen and directed by richard lagravenese and stars alden ehrenreich , alice englert , jeremy irons , viola davis , emmy rossum , thomas mann , and emma thompson .

pokémon the movie : genesect and the legend awakened , originally released in japan as pocket monsters best wishes ! the movie : extremespeed genesect : mewtwo awakens is a 2013 japanese anime film directed by kunihiko yuyama . it is the 16th pokémon anime movie and the third and the final arc of the best wishes series . the movie premiered in theaters on july 13 , 2013 . the movie features genesect , the paleozoic and final pokémon in the fifth generation , as well as mewtwo . the film was shown on cartoon network in the united states , and on citv in the united kingdom on october 19 , 2013 after media factory ' s retirement of the pokémon products on october 1 , 2013 . the film was also shown in the philippines starting on november 13 , 2013 , exclusively on sm cinemas . on december 3 , 2013 , viz media released the movie on dvd in the u . s before the movie released on dvd and blu - ray in the japan on december 18 , 2013 .

a solid release from the consistent correct records , produced by dug infinite and some kid named kanye west , who handled the majority of the album .

the spectacular now is a 2013 american romantic comedy - drama film directed by james ponsoldt , written by scott neustadter and michael h . weber and starring miles teller and shailene woodley . the film is based on the novel of the same name by tim tharp . the film premiered at the 2013 sundance film festival , where it garnered critical acclaim .

21 & over is a 2013 american comedy film . it was written by and served as the directorial debut of jon lucas and scott moore . the film stars skylar astin , justin chon and miles teller .

percy jackson : sea of monsters ( also known as percy jackson & the olympians : the sea of monsters ) is a 2013 american fantasy adventure film directed by thor freudenthal . it is the second installment in the percy jackson film series and is based on the novel the sea of monsters by rick riordan . it is a sequel to the 2010 film percy jackson and the olympians : the lightning thief .

, and directed , written , scored by and starring its creator ken arsyn . it was produced by creasyn studio and red 3ye productions .

phantom is a 2013 american film about a soviet submarine during the cold war in the 1960s . todd robinson wrote and directed the film . it stars ed harris , david duchovny and william fichtner .

this was our cut - off for the list , the last great and truly significant backpacker album and one that paradoxically added some nails to the scene’s coffin . by the time of donuts ’ release , the rigid exclusionary approach to rap that characterized much of the era’s later years was already becoming archaic , and those still clinging to it were rapidly falling out of step with the times .

insidious : chapter 2 is a 2013 american supernatural horror film directed by james wan . it is a sequel to insidious and the second installment in the insidious film series . the film stars patrick wilson and rose byrne reprising their roles as josh and renai lambert , a husband and wife who seek to uncover the secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world .

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the hunger games : catching fire is a 2013 american science fiction adventure film based on suzanne collins ' dystopian novel , catching fire , the second installment in the hunger games trilogy . the film is the sequel to the hunger games , and the second installment in the hunger games film series , produced by nina jacobson and jon kilik and distributed by lionsgate . francis lawrence directed the film , with a screenplay by simon beaufoy and michael arndt . adding to the existing cast , the supporting cast was filled out with philip seymour hoffman , jeffrey wright , jena malone , sam claflin , lynn cohen , amanda plummer , alan ritchson , and meta golding .

the grandmaster is a 2013 hong kong - chinese martial arts drama film based on the life story of the wing chun grandmaster ip man . the film was directed and written by wong kar - wai and stars tony leung as ip man . it was released on 8 january 2013 in china . it was the opening film at the 63rd berlin international film festival in february 2013 . the film was selected as part of the 2013 hong kong international film festival . the weinstein company acquired the international distribution rights for the film . the film was selected as the hong kong entry for the best foreign language film at the 86th academy awards , making the january shortlist , but did not get the nomination . the film was nominated for best cinematography ( philippe le sourd ) and best costume design ( william chang suk ping ) at the 86th academy awards .

behold the power of message boards . a rapper and a producer meet on okayplayer , hit it off , and despite being on separate ends of an ocean decide to make an album together . they work entirely over email and im , finish the album without ever meeting , and lo and behold – it’s a success .

organized konfusion and nas rapped from the perspective of a stray bullet and a gun , respectively , to portray the effects of gun violence on their community . boston’s krumb snatcha , however , shed all of the metaphorical bells and whistles of previous stabs at the topic and vividly chronicled the time when he himself fell victim to a shooting . while his details of the physical and spiritual struggle that ensued seemed a lofty weight for the casual listener to bear , the song was heard everywhere . that well - laced primo beat didn’t hurt its mobility .

scenic route , also known in the uk as wrecked , is a 2013 american psychological thriller film written by kyle killen , directed by kevin and michael goetz , and starring josh duhamel and dan fogler . the film premiered at the 2013 south by southwest film festival and was released on august 23 , 2013 .

the hangover part iii is a 2013 american comedy thriller film produced by legendary pictures and distributed by warner bros . pictures . it is the sequel to 2009 ' s the hangover and 2011 ' s the hangover part ii , and the third and final installment of the hangover trilogy . the film stars bradley cooper , ed helms , zach galifianakis , justin bartha , and ken jeong . the supporting cast includes : jeffrey tambor , heather graham , jamie chung , mike epps , melissa mccarthy and john goodman with todd phillips directing a screenplay written by himself and craig mazin . the film follows the " wolfpack " ( phil , stu , doug , and alan ) as they try to get alan the help he needs after facing a personal crisis . however , things go awry when an incident from the original film comes back to haunt them .

murder 3 is a indian psychological thriller film and the sequel to the 2011 film , murder 2 . directed by vishesh bhatt and produced by mukesh bhatt from vishesh films . this is the third installment in the murder film series and unlike its predecessors , this edition is an official remake - of the colombian thriller the hidden face . murder 3 was released on 15 february 2013 to mixed reviews . the film performed moderately well at the box office .

the english teacher is a 2013 american romantic comedy film directed by craig zisk . the film stars julianne moore , michael angarano , greg kinnear , lily collins and nathan lane , and was written by dan and stacy chariton .

dragon ball z : battle of gods is the eighteenth japanese animated feature film based on the dragon ball series and the fourteenth to carry the dragon ball z branding , released in theaters on march 30 , 2013 . it is the first dragon ball movie in 17 years to have a theatrical release , the last being the tenth anniversary movie in 1996 , which followed the first three dragon ball films and the thirteen dragon ball z films .

lateef the truth speaker and lyrics born made up latyrx ( geddit ? ) , and sat at the very center of the californian solesides collective . it’s easy to forget after the success of fellow solesides alum dj shadow and the group’s transition into quannum projects , that their early material is still just as crucial as it ever was , and just as confounding too . the album is bizarre and brilliant : it’s conscious , certainly , but never lacks an all - important edge of uncertainty that’s only highlighted by shadow’s breathtaking production on highlights such as ‘latyrx’ and ‘the quickening’ .

the hobbit : the desolation of smaug is a 2013 high fantasy adventure film directed by peter jackson . it was produced by wingnut films in collaboration with new line cinema and metro - goldwyn - mayer . it was distributed by warner bros . pictures and is the second installment in the three - part film series based on the novel the hobbit by j . r . r . tolkien . the film was preceded by an unexpected journey ( 2012 ) and followed by the battle of the five armies ( 2014 ) , and together they act as a prequel to jackson ' s the lord of the rings film trilogy .

a madea christmas is a christmas comedy film directed , written , produced by and starring tyler perry . this is the first christmas themed film from the prolific writer - director ; and also adapted from his play of the same name . this is the seventeenth film by perry , and the seventh in the madea franchise . it was released in theaters on december 13 , 2013 .

the lifeguard is a 2013 american drama produced , written , and directed by liz w . garcia , and starring kristen bell and david lambert . the film was released via video on demand on july 30 , 2013 , and received a limited release in theaters on august 30 .

the best offer ( italian : la migliore offerta ) ( entitled deception in the uk ) is a 2013 italian romantic mystery film written and directed by giuseppe tornatore . the film stars geoffrey rush , jim sturgess , sylvia hoeks , and donald sutherland , and the music score is composed by ennio morricone .

oz the great and powerful is a 2013 american fantasy adventure film directed by sam raimi , from a screenplay written by david lindsay - abaire and mitchell kapner . the film stars james franco as the titular character , mila kunis , rachel weisz , and michelle williams with zach braff , bill cobbs , joey king , and tony cox in supporting roles . based on l . frank baum ' s oz novels and set 20 years before the events of the original novel , oz the great and powerful is a spiritual prequel to the 1939 mgm film , the wizard of oz . the film tells the story of oscar diggs ( franco ) , a deceptive magician who arrives in the land of oz and encounters three witches : theodora ( kunis ) , evanora ( weisz ) , and glinda ( williams ) . oscar is then enlisted to restore order in oz , while struggling to resolve conflicts with the witches and himself .

ain ' t them bodies saints is a 2013 american romantic crime drama film written and directed by david lowery . the film stars casey affleck as bob muldoon , rooney mara as ruth guthrie and ben foster as patrick wheeler . bob ( affleck ) and ruth ( mara ) are a couple who get caught up in criminal activities and are caught , with bob taking the blame and going to prison . the film follows the events after the criminal activities as ruth gives birth to their daughter , and the two live comfortably . when the child is around 4 , bob escapes from jail and goes looking to reconnect with his family .

it’s all in the album title : the geography , the ideology and the outkast fandom . dropping a few months before t . i’s trap muzik changed the face of atlanta rap forever , deacon the villain , mr sos and kno were repping for georgia in a scene that brimmed with hostility for anything below the mason - dixon line . though the group is still active , particularly in europe , southernunderground was their backpack peak , laced with goofy punchlines and heartfelt stories .

charlie ' s country is a 2013 australian drama film directed by rolf de heer . it was selected to compete in the un certain regard section at the 2014 cannes film festival where david gulpilil won the award for best actor . it was also screened in the contemporary world cinema section at the 2014 toronto international film festival and awarded the best fiction prize and the youth jury prize at the 2015 international film festival and forum on human rights ( fifdh ) in geneva .

jack the giant slayer ( previously titled jack the giant killer ) is a 2013 american fantasy adventure film based on the british fairy tales " jack the giant killer " and " jack and the beanstalk " . the film is directed by bryan singer with a screenplay written by darren lemke , christopher mcquarrie and dan studney and stars nicholas hoult , eleanor tomlinson , stanley tucci , ian mcshane , bill nighy and ewan mcgregor . the film tells the story of jack , a young farmhand who must rescue a princess from a race of giants after inadvertently opening a gateway to their world .

the juggaknots left a piece of their heart on every track . that’s what makes the ep so special , and that’s what gives it resonance beyond the confines and trappings of the genre . as street level and ny - centric as it was in its specific content and language , indie hip - hop hardly had a moment that tied together more people across the board , no matter their background or music taste .

the conjuring is a 2013 american supernatural horror film directed by james wan . patrick wilson and vera farmiga star as ed and lorraine warren , paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of haunting . their reports inspired the amityville horror . the warrens come to the assistance of the perron family ( ron livingston and lili taylor ) , who are experiencing increasingly disturbing events in their farmhouse in rhode island in 1971 .

the pretty one is a 2013 comedy drama film directed and written by jenée lamarque . the film stars zoe kazan , jake johnson , ron livingston , sterling beaumon and john carroll lynch .

the smurfs 2 is a 2013 american 3d live - action / computer - animated family comedy film and a sequel to the 2011 film the smurfs . it is loosely based on the smurfs comic - book series created by the belgian comics artist peyo . it is the second installment of a projected trilogy , produced by sony pictures animation and distributed by columbia pictures . the film is directed by raja gosnell , who helmed the first , with all the main cast returning . new cast members include christina ricci and j . b . smoove as members of the naughties , and brendan gleeson as patrick winslow ' s stepfather . the film was released on july 31 , 2013 and is dedicated to jonathan winters , who voiced papa smurf and died on april 11 , 2013 .

krrish 3 is a 2013 bollywood superhero science fiction film produced and directed by rakesh roshan . [ 4 ] it is the third film in the krrish series following koi . . . mil gaya ( 2003 ) and krrish ( 2006 ) . [ 5 ] the film stars hrithik roshan , vivek oberoi , priyanka chopra , and kangana ranaut in the lead roles . the story follows the life of rohit mehra , a scientist , and krishna mehra a . k . a . krrish , his superhero son , who face an elaborate conspiracy orchestrated by the evil genius kaal and his female henchman kaya . in the process , krishna ' s pregnant wife priya is kidnapped by kaal and the form - changing kaya takes her place at the mehra home and eventually falls in love with krishna .

a haunted house is a 2013 american parody comedy film directed by michael tiddes and starring marlon wayans . it was released on january 11 , 2013 . the film is a parody of the " found footage " genre , such as the paranormal activity and the devil inside .

even though champion sound is a collaborative effort , the format forces the listener to draw comparisons . it’s not obvious whether this is because madlib’s production trumped dilla’s , or if dilla was just a better rapper , but the majority of the album’s best cuts position madlib behind the boards and dilla on the mic , delivering straight - to - the - gut daggers of simplicity . despite the pair’s differences , however , the transitions and additional short instrumentals between each song make it evident that they were smoking the same strain .

jackass presents : bad grandpa is a 2013 american hidden camera comedy film directed by jeff tremaine and written by tremaine , spike jonze and johnny knoxville . it is the fourth installment in the jackass film series . the film stars johnny knoxville and jackson nicoll . it was produced by mtv films and dickhouse productions and distributed by paramount pictures . the film was released on october 25 , 2013 . bad grandpa has a loose plot that connects the stunts and pranks together ( in a manner reminiscent of borat ) , as opposed to the three original jackass films which had no plot .

udhao is a 2013 bangladeshi film directed and written by amit ashraf . it is an award winning film which was released in september 28 on star cineplex and in october 4 commercially in around five cinemas . the film has brought home seven international awards and grants . the casts of the film includes shahed ali and shakil ahmed in the role of two protagonists - babu and akbar respectively - along with animesh aich , ritu sattar , nawshaba ahmed , shaheen akhtar swarna , saiful islam and ithila islam .

tiny times 2 is a 2013 chinese film written and directed by guo jingming and is a sequel to 2013 ' s film tiny times . the film was filmed together with the first film , and was based on the second half of guo ' s own novel . tiny times 3 , the third installment of the tiny times series was released on july 17 , 2014 .

table no . 21 is a 2013 hindi psychological drama mystery thriller film directed by aditya datt and produced by eros international . it is named after article 21 of the indian constitution , which particularises the protection of life and personal liberty . the movie features paresh rawal , rajeev khandelwal and tena desae , and touches upon the pertinent social issue of ragging . the film ' s soundtrack was composed by gajendra verma , with lyrics penned by aseem ahmed abbasee . the film was a moderate success at the box office .

no one could ever accuse edan of playing to the critics in 2005 when he combined summer of love psych pop and golden age boom bap on beauty and the beat , and the genres’ lo - fi grit proved to be surprisingly compatible . if you ever wondered what prince paul and pink floyd sound like in a blender , here’s your chance .

then the rest of the decade happened . a proper follow - up never materialized – instead we heard rumors of squabbles and creative differences and were hit with the bizarre speakeroxx / the ox below cdr in ’04 . vast alienated his fans with a string of increasingly patchy releases , and while vordul won a cult following with great solo work , he unfortunately succumbed to personal demons . through it all people still wanted more ox , and the mixture of tumult and uncertainty served to slowly inch the group’s debut towards a mythological status .

more than just entertainment , it was a lesson in the art and science of putting together mixtapes , a platonic ideal of how to compile and combine random rap songs into a cohesive whole . that may sound hyperbolic , but this really is the best and most definitive compilation of the era .

lootera , is a 2013 indian period romantic drama film directed by vikramaditya motwane and partly based on author o . henry ' s 1907 short story the last leaf . it is the second film directed by motwane after his critically acclaimed film udaan . set in the era of the 1950s , the film stars ranveer singh and sonakshi sinha in lead roles . the film ' s producers are shobha kapoor , ekta kapoor , anurag kashyap and vikas bahl , the film features music and background score by amit trivedi with all song lyrics penned by amitabh bhattacharya and cinematography by mahendra j . shetty . lootera released to worldwide critical acclaim on 5 july 2013 and was counted as one of the best movies of the year 2013 .

the wind rises is a 2013 japanese animated historical drama film written and directed by hayao miyazaki and animated by studio ghibli . it was released by toho on july 20 , 2013 in japan , and by touchstone pictures in north america on february 21 , 2014 . the wind rises is a fictionalized biopic of jiro horikoshi ( 1903 - 1982 ) , designer of the mitsubishi a5m fighter aircraft and its successor , the mitsubishi a6m zero , used by the empire of japan during world war ii . the film is adapted from miyazaki ' s manga of the same name , which was in turn loosely based on the 1937 short story the wind has risen by tatsuo hori . it was the final film directed by miyazaki before his retirement in september 2013 . the wind rises was the highest - grossing japanese film in japan in 2013 and received critical acclaim . it won and was nominated for several awards , including nominations for the academy award for best animated feature , the golden globe award for best foreign language film , and the japan academy prize for animation of the year .

metallica through the never is a 2013 american imax thriller concert film featuring the american heavy metal band metallica . the film title is derived from the song " through the never " off the band ' s self - titled 1991 album . it follows a young roadie , trip ' s ( dane dehaan ) surreal misadventures intercut with concert footage shot in vancouver and edmonton in august 2012 . the film uses a unique premise of no dialogue or narration in the film ' s entirety with the exception of trip ' s supervisor and the band . it was the first feature released by the revived incarnation of the picturehouse marquee , which had been shut down since 2008 .

music for the advancement of hip hop was a statement of intent and showed off the label’s key operatives . sole , buck 65 , them , deep puddle dynamics and more offer up tracks , and while the nasal rapping and zany production still alienates many rap fans , they undoubtably carved out their own niche . their influence can still be spotted now .

star trek into darkness is a 2013 american science fiction action film and the sequel to star trek ( 2009 ) . it is the twelfth installment in the star trek film franchise and the second installment in the reboot series . the film was directed by j . j . abrams from a screenplay by roberto orci , alex kurtzman and damon lindelof based on the series of the same name created by gene roddenberry . lindelof , orci , kurtzman and abrams are also producers , with bryan burk . chris pine reprises his role as captain james t . kirk , with zachary quinto , simon pegg , zoe saldana , karl urban , john cho , anton yelchin , bruce greenwood and leonard nimoy reprising their roles from the previous film . benedict cumberbatch , peter weller and alice eve round out the film ' s principal cast . the film was the last time nimoy would portray the character of spock , and his final film appearance before his death in 2015 .

this list was compiled by steady bloggin’s alex piyevsky , purple tape pedigree founder and ex - atoms family member geng , fact’s john twells , fact and passion of the weiss’ son raw , and the mysterious jeff rascobeamer , with cantankerous assistance from skinny friedman .

the book thief is a 2013 american - german war drama film directed by brian percival and starring geoffrey rush , emily watson , and sophie nélisse . the film is based on the 2005 novel the book thief by markus zusak and adapted by michael petroni . the film is about a young girl living with her adoptive german family during the nazi era . taught to read by her kind - hearted foster father , the girl begins " borrowing " books and sharing them with the jewish refugee being sheltered by her foster parents in their home . the film features a musical score by oscar - winning composer john williams .

peeples is a 2013 american comedy film written and directed by tina gordon chism and co - produced by tyler perry . it stars craig robinson and kerry washington and was released by lionsgate on may 10 , 2013 . the film closed in theaters on june 13 , 2013 .

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journey to the west : conquering the demons is a 2013 fantasy comedy film co - written , produced , and directed by stephen chow . the movie was first announced in july 2011 and was released on february 10 , 2013 in china . the film is a loose comedic re - interpretation of the novel journey to the west , a chinese literary classic written by wu cheng ' en . a sequel , journey to the west : conquering the demons 2 , is currently filming and is scheduled for release in 2017 .

philomena is a 2013 drama film directed by stephen frears , based on the book the lost child of philomena lee by journalist martin sixsmith . starring judi dench and steve coogan , it tells the true story of philomena lee ' s 50 - year - long search for her forcibly adopted son , and sixsmith ' s efforts to help her find him . the film was co - produced in the united states and the united kingdom .

under the skin is a 2013 science fiction - horror art film directed by jonathan glazer , and written by glazer and walter campbell as a loose adaptation of michel faber ' s 2000 novel of the same name . it was released in the uk on 14 march 2014 and the us on 4 april . the film stars scarlett johansson as an otherworldly seductress who preys on men in scotland . the music was composed by mica levi .

mama is a 2013 spanish - canadian supernatural horror - fantasy film co - written and directed by andrés muschietti and based on his 2008 argentine short film mamá . the film stars jessica chastain and nikolaj coster - waldau and is produced by zandy federico and co - writer bárbara muschietti , with guillermo del toro serving as executive producer .

justin bieber ' s believe is a 2013 concert film biopic and the sequel to never say never , both centering on canadian singer justin bieber . it was released through open road films in the united states and canada on december 25 , 2013 . the film received negative reviews from critics and grossed $ 6 . 2 million in the united states .

the green inferno is a 2013 american horror film directed by eli roth and co - written by roth and guillermo amoedo . starring lorenza izzo , ariel levy , daryl sabara , kirby bliss blanton , and aaron burns in the lead roles , the film was inspired by italian cannibal films of the late 1970s and early ' 80s , including cannibal holocaust ( 1980 ) , which features a film - within - a - film titled the green inferno .

listen to ‘hold the floor’ , take a walk , and try not to hum the hook . let’s not even talk about mu’s style and control of language . a shining example of one man’s genius .

the starving games is a 2013 american parody film based on the hunger games and directed by jason friedberg and aaron seltzer . the film stars maiara walsh , cody christian , brant daugherty , lauren bowles and diedrich bader . it is friedberg and seltzer ' s first film to be distributed independently after a long relationship with each other , being released simultaneously in theaters and video on demand by distribution start - up ketchup entertainment .

these objections made sense in the context of the times , but in retrospect they’re not very well justified . yes , the compilation takes the spotlight from fledgling artists that could have been included instead of nate dogg and redman and such , but none of the artists featured were far outside the scope of interest for the intended audience – there’s not a shiny suit in sight . most importantly the music itself was very good – heads simply had to deal with the fact that a few of the songs were just a bit catchier than they were used to .

we are what we are is a 2013 american cannibal horror film directed by jim mickle . it was screened at the 2013 sundance film festival and in the directors ' fortnight section at the 2013 cannes film festival . it is a remake of the 2010 mexican film of the same name . both a sequel and prequel have been announced .

how i live now is a 2013 british drama film based on the 2004 novel of the same name by meg rosoff , directed by kevin macdonald and script written by tony grisoni , jeremy brock and penelope skinner . the film stars saoirse ronan , tom holland , anna chancellor , george mackay and corey johnson . it was screened in the special presentation section at the 2013 toronto international film festival .

kick - ass 2 is a 2013 british - american superhero action comedy film based on the comic book of the same name and hit - girl , both by mark millar and john romita , jr . , and is the sequel to the 2010 film kick - ass , as well as the second installment of the kick - ass film series . the film was written and directed by jeff wadlow and co - produced by matthew vaughn , who directed the first film . aaron taylor - johnson , christopher mintz - plasse and chloë grace moretz reprise their roles from the first film as dave lizewski , chris d ' amico , and mindy macready respectively . other returning actors include clark duke as marty eisenberg , yancy butler as angie d ' amico , garrett m . brown as mr . lizewski , lyndsy fonseca as katie deauxma , and sophie wu as erika cho .

proclamations of independence on the cd artwork only accentuated the rebellious tone and made you want it that much more . under the tutelage of the lyrics , the newly minted acolytes came to despise the corporate fat cats for withholding company flow from their local record stores . “who else is making music like this ? ” the fans wondered , and who was trying to hide that information ? thankfully , cd burners and napster were right around the corner , but for a while there it was rough going , like looking at crude stick figures and hoping that they would materialize into a colorful tableau .

anchorman 2 : the legend continues is a 2013 american comedy film , and the sequel to the 2004 film anchorman : the legend of ron burgundy . as with the original film , it is directed by adam mckay , produced by judd apatow , written by mckay and will ferrell , and stars ferrell , steve carell , paul rudd , david koechner , and christina applegate , all reprising their roles from the first film . unlike the first film , this film is distributed by paramount pictures instead of dreamworks pictures . the film was released on december 18 , 2013 to generally positive reviews .

cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2 is a 2013 american computer - animated comic science fiction comedy film produced by sony pictures animation and distributed by columbia pictures . the film is the sequel to the 2009 film cloudy with a chance of meatballs , which was loosely based on judi and ron barrett ' s book of the same name . it was directed by cody cameron and kris pearn , produced by kirk bodyfelt , and executive produced by the directors of the first film , phil lord and chris miller . the film was released on september 27 , 2013 . the film grossed over $ 274 million worldwide against its budget of $ 78 million .

ghanchakkar ( english : crazy ) is a 2013 indian suspense comedy caper film directed by rajkumar gupta and produced by ronnie screwvala and siddharth roy kapur from utv motion pictures . the film stars emraan hashmi and vidya balan in the lead roles . the theatrical trailer debuted on 28 march 2013 , along with himmatwala . the film received mixed reviews from critics .

about time is a 2013 british romantic comedy - drama film about a young man with the special ability to time travel who tries to change his past in order to improve his future . the film was written and directed by richard curtis , and stars domhnall gleeson , rachel mcadams and bill nighy . it was released in the united kingdom on 4 september 2013 and in the united states on 1 november 2013 .

before midnight is a 2013 american romantic drama film , the third in a trilogy featuring two characters , following before sunrise ( 1995 ) and before sunset ( 2004 ) . it was directed by richard linklater and stars ethan hawke and julie delpy . co - written by linklater , hawke and delpy , the film picks up the story nine years after the events of before sunset ; jesse ( hawke ) and céline ( delpy ) spend a summer vacation together in greece .

don jon is a 2013 american romantic comedy - drama film written and directed by joseph gordon - levitt . produced by ram bergman and nicolas chartier , the film stars gordon - levitt , scarlett johansson , and julianne moore , with rob brown , glenne headly , brie larson , and tony danza in supporting roles . the film premiered at the sundance film festival on january 18 , 2013 , and had its wide release in the united states on september 27 , 2013 .

the great gatsby is a 2013 3d epic romantic drama film based on f . scott fitzgerald ' s 1925 novel of the same name . the film was co - written and directed by baz luhrmann , and stars leonardo dicaprio as the eponymous jay gatsby , with tobey maguire , carey mulligan , joel edgerton , and elizabeth debicki in supporting roles . production began in 2011 and took place in australia , with $ 105 million budget . the film follows the life and times of millionaire jay gatsby and his neighbor nick ( maguire ) , who recounts his encounter with gatsby at the height of the roaring twenties . the film was originally going to be released to theaters on december 25 , 2012 but was moved to may 10 , 2013 , to accommodate the film ' s being shown in 3d .

madvillainy , or rather a splice of it where the early leaked versions ‘figaro’ and ‘money folder’ are swapped for their respective official versions , has been the cause of plenty of debate while penning this list . there are those among us that believe it deserves the number one spot on this list , being arguably the signature moment from the signature rapper and signature producer of the entire movement .

love ’em or hate ’em , you can’t talk about indie hip - hop without giving a nod to west coast weirdos anticon . the label was established in 1998 by divisive rapper sole and a number of fellow emcees and producers , and over the course of the next decade offered an intriguing foil to rest of the country’s worthy , self - conscious output .

snowpiercer is a 2013 south korean science fiction action film based on the french graphic novel le transperceneige by jacques lob and jean - marc rochette . the film is directed by bong joon - ho , and written by bong and kelly masterson . the film marks bong ' s english - language debut ; approximately 80 % of the film was shot in english .

singh saab the great , sometimes called sstg , is a 2013 indian action drama film directed by anil sharma . the film features sunny deol , amrita rao as heroine , urvashi rautela and prakash raj as main characters . the film marks the return of sunny deol to action genre after a long time . also , sunny and anil sharma have paired up once again after gadar : ek prem katha . this film narrates the story of a man who decides to teach a lesson to the man , who ruined his life , by reforming him . the film ' s story and screenplay has been written by shaktimaan talwar , and the action sequences have been directed by tinu verna and kanal kannan . the music has been provided by anand raj anand and sonu nigam . the film released officially on 21 november 2013 .

fading gigolo is a 2013 american comedy film directed , written by , and starring john turturro . the film , co - starring woody allen , sharon stone , sofia vergara , vanessa paradis , and liev schreiber , premiered in the special presentation section at the 2013 toronto international film festival . given a limited release on april 18 , 2014 , the film received mixed reviews and flopped at the box office .

the heat is a 2013 american buddy cop comedy film written by katie dippold and directed by paul feig . the plot centers on sandra bullock and melissa mccarthy as fbi special agent sarah ashburn and boston detective shannon mullins , who must take down a mobster . the film was released in the united states on june 28 , 2013 . upon release , the film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and was a success at the box - office , grossing $ 230 million worldwide from a $ 43 million budget .

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the world ' s end is a 2013 comic science fiction film directed by edgar wright , written by wright and simon pegg , and starring pegg , nick frost , paddy considine , martin freeman , rosamund pike and eddie marsan . the film follows a group of friends who discover an alien invasion during an epic pub crawl in their home town . wright has described the film as " social science fiction " in the tradition of john wyndham and samuel youd ( john christopher ) . it is the third film in the three flavours cornetto trilogy , following shaun of the dead ( 2004 ) and hot fuzz ( 2007 ) . the film was produced by relativity media , studiocanal , big talk productions , and working title films .