Based on the true story of the men trapped for over three months in a Chilean mine, the film is a solid rescue thriller as well as a real-life variation on an ensemble picture.

I’m So Excited will leave you anything but.

In case you missed the warnings from Antonio Banderas (in bumble bee form) about the onset of the 2007 allergy season, NBC 4 says that the Washington area is already in the throws of a spring pollen attack. Our short winter and recent burst of warm weather has spurred an aggressive allergy season that’s leaving many in our area reaching for the Kleenex. Of course, this being D.C. there’s also a political angle to the…

Craving a little more castanet action in your life? The D.C. Flamenco Festival may be able to fill that void for you. Flamenco totally gets the shaft when it comes to media attention, compared to other forms of dance. Antonio Banderas makes cheesily scripted movies about tango and ballroom, and even performs the former in his Zorro films. Half our readership has probably been dragged to a swing dancing night at some point in their…

Many DCists’ tango knowledge draws exclusively from sexy Antonio Banderas dance scenes, Scent of a Woman, or that Shakira video in constant rotation at Gold’s Gym. But there’s an entire world of tango out there, and the district is showcasing the sultry dance this week during the Washington DC Tango Festival. Tonight and Wednesday, tango goes to the movies, as the Argentinian embassy screens Tango Maestro — The Life and Music of Astor Piazzolla this…