‘Sentinelle’ is a French action flick directed and produced by Julien Leclercq, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It was made by Labyrinthe Cinéma and Umedia before being released onto Netflix. Klara (Olga Kurylenko) is a French Army veteran returning home to Nice, France to live with her mother Maria (Antonia Malinova) and her sister Tania…
Swedish filmmaker Mikael Håfström takes the director’s chair of ‘Outside The Wire,’ a science fiction war drama that made its premiere on the Netflix streaming service. In 2036, Eastern Europe is destabilized once again prompting a civil war in which both the Russians and the Americans have an interest, both sides using robots called Gumps.…
‘Pets United‘ is a European-Chinese animated feature that was released in the United States on Netflix in 2020. The film is written and directed by Reinhard Klooss and edited by Alexander Dittner. Sometime in the future, Robocity is a utopian city where humans live in luxury with their pets and robots cater to their whims.…
‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga‘ is a Netflix comedy film directed by David Dobkin surrounding the Eurovision Song Contest, a real singing competition in Europe. It is written by Andrew Steele and Will Ferrell, who also stars in the film. Lars Erickssong (Will Ferrell) and Sigrit Ericksdóttir (Rachel McAdams) are childhood friends…
‘Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City‘ is a Spanish murder mystery and a slice of European cinema. It is directed by Daniel Calparsoro and based on a novel by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi. Detective Unai López de Ayala (Javier Rey) returns to the Ertzaina, the law enforcement agency in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country.…
International film director Luis Ismael brings us the moving historical drama Sefarad. It is tells the important story of the Jewish community living in Portugal since 1496, specifically noting the impact from the community in Oporto. The movie begins in 1496, when an edict is passed by King D. Manuel that prohibited Judaism in Portugal,…
Safe House, directed by Daniel Espinosa, is a spy thriller starring Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington. It is critical of intelligence agencies including the CIA and Mossad. Though it was an interesting thriller, the politics of it was not lost on me. Matt Weston is a low level CIA operative stationed at a safe house in…
