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SQUAD 36 Review: Olivier Marchal´s latest action thriller lands in Netflix with a potential that doesn’t go full throttle.

A crime thriller directed by veteran director Oliver Marchal, based on a novel by Michel Tourscher titled “Flics Requiem,” Novel that was initially conceived as a sequel to Marchal’s film, “36 Quai des Orfevres.” The film follows Antoine Cerda (Victor Belmondo), a police officer with unorthodox methods, who investigates the death of some colleagues, stumbling upon a network of police corruption that he will try to uncover. The cast is led by Victor Belmondo, grandson of the legendary Jean-Paul Belmondo. The heir to such an illustrious film surname holds his own well as the protagonist, although comparisons to his grandfather are odious and unfair. Because who could live up to someone as unique and unrepeatable as the protagonist of gems like “The Professional” or “Breathless?” Exactly, no one… Not even his grandson, who bears a strong physical resemblance to the star. Squad 36 has a powerful start with good action […]

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JFF THEATER: I AM WHAT I AM Review: An ode to individualism

Kasumi is a thirty-year-old single woman who is pressured by her family to find a husband and get married. However, she has no interest in following social patterns and wants to live without being subject to social conventions of any kind. Shinya Tamada, through a script by Atsushi Asada, reflects on the screen an ode to individualism that challenges social norms and traditional conventions, building a story heavily influenced by social movements promoted in the world of Western entertainment. In the end, the film seems to advance in fits and starts, having a clear message, but digressing too much to express it in interesting subplots that do not end up taking off. The final result is an enjoyable film, although lacking in hook, where the ideological subtext eclipses the plot and the main character. Available in Japanese foundation free streaming service JFF Theater https://es.jff.jpf.go.jp

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THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER: Out Now on UK DVD, Blu-Ray & 4K- Review

  Courtesy of Dazzler Media UK Film fans have the opportunity to support physical media and purchase the latest Horror/Action offering of the Dracula saga “The Last Voyage Of The Demeter” out now on DVD, Blu-Ray and HD. Based on the one chapter 7 in Bram Stoker’s Dracula “Captains Log” tells the story of the cursed ship and it’s passengers who transported the blood thirsty count to Whitby, London. Which is a breath of fresh air, a new story that hasn’t been done before on the screen. I had the opportunity to sit down and watch the film alongside my Horror fan dad and this is what we had to say about it.    The opening of the film shows the aftermath of the shipwreck of the Demeter and the finding of the captains log. The cut to a much brighter second scene is somewhat a surprise taken that there […]

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JFF Theater: PROJECT DREAMS: HOW TO BUILD MAZINGER Z’S HANGAR Review: An ode to enthusiasm driven by Go Nagai´s legacy

Based on true events, this crazy film tells us in a light-hearted and comedic tone the story behind the Japanese construction company Maeda, and the project they carried out to design the hangar to store the Mazinger Z robot and replicate his epic exit to the surface. Showing a lot of love for Go Nagai’s legacy, and featuring a multitude of references to it, the film moves at a frenetic pace, even allowing itself to include a shy little romance between two of its characters, giving the plot large doses of comedy and a few touches of inevitable nostalgia, gradually building up an ode to enthusiasm so energetic and contagious that it makes you feel like Koji Kabuto at the controls of Mazinger Z. Along with the characters, we participate in the gestation of the project and the many obstacles they had to overcome to turn their crazy idea into […]

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