Spanish actor and director Raul Arevalo, left, poses with his trophies for best new director and best film with producer Beatriz Bodegas for their roles in the movie "The Fury of a Patient Man" ( "Tarde para la ira") during the Goya Film Awards Ceremony in Madrid, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. The Goya Awards are Spain's main national annual film awards. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
MADRID (AP) --
Actor-turned-director Raul Arevalo's first film, "The Fury of a Patient Man," has won best picture at the 31st Spanish Film Academy's Goya Awards.
Arevalo, 37, was also honored Saturday night for best directorial debut and best original screenplay, which he co-wrote with David Pulido.
While "Fury" took the biggest prize, Juan Antonio Bayona's "A Monster Calls" swept up nine awards, including best director for Bayona. The film, which stars Liam Neeson, Felicity Jones and Sigourney Weaver, tells the story of a troubled boy whose nightmares become very real.
Emma Suarez claimed two Goyas, for best actress in Pedro Almodovar's "Julieta" and for best supporting actress in "La Proxima Piel."
Roberto Alamo won best actor for "May God Save Us" while best supporting actor went to Manolo Solo for "Fury."
The logo for an Apple TV converter is seen on Oct. 6, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Apple TV+ is hoping people will make a dent in the Strategic Popcorn Reserve by bingeing its streaming TV and movies for free this weekend in what experts are calling a canny promotion.
The two-day offer this Saturday and Sunday is intended to give viewers a taste of what's behind the Apple paywall and get them hooked, ready to fork over $9.99 a month in the U.S.
Michael D. Smith, a professor of information technology and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University, said the two-day window is not too short to ignore and not too long to satisfy all demand.
"This is not 'I'm going to let you binge-watch this over the course of three or four days or a week or a couple weeks and then maybe you won't subscribe next month,'" he said. "This is, 'I'm giving you two days to explore my catalog. And I'm hoping that you're going to find something in there that maybe you'll binge. Maybe you'll have time to binge the first six episodes, but it's so cool you've got to come back and you're going to be willing to subscribe to come back.'"
While entertainment companies often use promotions and discounts to lure new customers, Apple TV+'s pitch has no catches, like entering personal info or credit card numbers. All you need is an Apple ID, which is free and which many people already have from the days of 99-cent song downloads.
What can you see behind the paywall? The Emmy-winning "Ted Lasso" and "The Morning Show" and other buzzy series like "Silo," "Shrinking," "Severance," "Bad Sisters," "Slow Horses," "Disclaimer" and "Presumed Innocent."
Movies include "Fly Me to the Moon," "The Instigators," "Spirited," "Ghosted," "Argylle," Palmer," "Napoleon" and "Killers of the Flower Moon."
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