Eduardo Verastegui

Bella
$14.98
Bella is supposed to be a heartwarming film about love, redemption and family. A chef, and former soccer star, Jose, makes a fateful decision to follow a waitress who has just been fired from his brother's restaurant, changing both of their lives forever. Although the reason he follows her is never made clear, eventually you figure out that he is looking for a way to redeem himself for a tragedy that has ruined his life.


The film's message is fairly clear--love of family wins in the end--but how it gets there is a mystery. One minute, Jose and Nina are sitting on the beach getting to know one another, the next minute it's years later and everything has worked out just fine. How was the fundamental crisis resolved? Shouldn't we have seen the drama? The neat, and entirely too pat, ending seemed like it was pulled out of thin air.

Jose's family was also pulled out of thin air. The mother is Latina (Mexican)and a fluent speaker of English. The father is a non-English speaking Puerto Rican. Two of the sons speak English fluently, while the third, Jose, has a heavy accent. So, where were the kids raised? If in the States, then all three would be fluent. If in Mexico, then all three would have a Spanish accent. I have the feeling that the producers thought, "Hah! Dumb gringos! They'll never know the difference!" (And, while we're on the subject of dumb gringos, why does a Mexican soccer star have an Argentinian agent? Mexicans are entirely too nationalistic for that kind of shenanigan.)

The "Watch me pull rabbit out of my hat!" character of this film is no doubt due to the fact the Verastegui, a devout Catholic, is on a one-man mission to "save" Hollywood. He had originally volunteered to do missionary work in the jungles of Brazil (why is it always Brazil?), but then decided that Hollywood, that hotbed of sin, was more of a challenge. The fact that this film was basically propaganda, in the original sense of the word (to propagate the faith), accounts for why the acting was so bad, the script so minimal, and the plot so contrived. But I will say that if the gorgeous, intense and thoroughly sexy Verastegui ever does manage to produce a good movie, then get in line, because there will probably be a rush to the confessional.

Chasing Papi [VHS]
$9.98
i watched this movie in the beginning solely for jaci velaquez...jaci is one of the hottest christian/ latina singers to come along in the last ten years or so....jaci plays "patrcia" ( what else ? ) a good girl...and she did a good job...the film overall was a pleasant surprise...jaci, along with sofia vergara as " cici " a bartender with an impressive set of chi chis....and roslyn sanchez as lorena...the bookworm feminist type...all the women are involved with the same guy...tomas ( eduardo verastigui) but the all live in different cities...until one day the ladies decide to come to l.a. to surprise him...all of the women are hot and very talented...once cici, patricia and lorena meet up in l.a....the film becomes a screwball comedy...lisa vidal plays a sandra bullock-esque federal agent who is also chasing papi and using him as bait, to lead her to some stolen money in an interesting sideplot...the story gets better when its shifts from tomas and focuses on the three women and becomes a female empowerment film...as for the ending...i won't give it away, but it was a real ending...this was one of those movies that got mixed reviews...although its a latino movie...people of any race will relate to it...its one of those movies that did so so in theatres but better on video....

Eduardo Verastegui Hot Nude College Art Gold Wood-Mounted Poster Print - 24" X 36"
$99.99

Bella
$9.99
Bella is supposed to be a heartwarming film about love, redemption and family. A chef, and former soccer star, Jose, makes a fateful decision to follow a waitress who has just been fired from his brother's restaurant, changing both of their lives forever. Although the reason he follows her is never made clear, eventually you figure out that he is looking for a way to redeem himself for a tragedy that has ruined his life.


The film's message is fairly clear--love of family wins in the end--but how it gets there is a mystery. One minute, Jose and Nina are sitting on the beach getting to know one another, the next minute it's years later and everything has worked out just fine. How was the fundamental crisis resolved? Shouldn't we have seen the drama? The neat, and entirely too pat, ending seemed like it was pulled out of thin air.

Jose's family was also pulled out of thin air. The mother is Latina (Mexican)and a fluent speaker of English. The father is a non-English speaking Puerto Rican. Two of the sons speak English fluently, while the third, Jose, has a heavy accent. So, where were the kids raised? If in the States, then all three would be fluent. If in Mexico, then all three would have a Spanish accent. I have the feeling that the producers thought, "Hah! Dumb gringos! They'll never know the difference!" (And, while we're on the subject of dumb gringos, why does a Mexican soccer star have an Argentinian agent? Mexicans are entirely too nationalistic for that kind of shenanigan.)

The "Watch me pull rabbit out of my hat!" character of this film is no doubt due to the fact the Verastegui, a devout Catholic, is on a one-man mission to "save" Hollywood. He had originally volunteered to do missionary work in the jungles of Brazil (why is it always Brazil?), but then decided that Hollywood, that hotbed of sin, was more of a challenge. The fact that this film was basically propaganda, in the original sense of the word (to propagate the faith), accounts for why the acting was so bad, the script so minimal, and the plot so contrived. But I will say that if the gorgeous, intense and thoroughly sexy Verastegui ever does manage to produce a good movie, then get in line, because there will probably be a rush to the confessional.