Very funny French comedy about a German detachment stuck in a French town back during the Second World War, and the way the villagers try to live in harmony with the occupants. French comedy at its finest, very fun to watch.

Released in 2005, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is still one of the best looking animations ever made. Even if you don’t like the genre, the story is really nice, the choreography of the fighting scenes is amazing, the highway chase is absolutely superb. One of the two things that really make this movie stand out is the incredible attention to detail, especially on the textures, everything has depth and feels almost real, you swear you can reach out in your screen and touch that world. The second legendary part is the soundtrack, Nobuo Uematsu throwing classical music, techno and hard rock together and blending them in his well-known style.

Below you can see the trailer, two songs from the soundrack and a shit ton of screenshots, because this movie looks so damn good even after 17 years. Also yes, I gave it 6 🍿 out of 5. It’s that good.

The Chase of Highway

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Advent: One-Winged Angel

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Season 3 of this great TV show started to air recently, with episodes appearing weekly. It’s a well paced series, led by Daveed Diggs, Jennifer Connelly and Sean Bean, who is not dead, at least not yet. Drama, politics, betrayal, survival, all these on Snowpiercer, one thousand one cars long. Or more. Or less.

Season 3

Season 3 picks up with Layton and his inner circle commanding a small 10-car “pirate train” in search of Melanie and a possible warm location to restart civilization. Back on Snowpiercer, Mr. Wilford is consolidating power, awaiting Layton’s return.

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The accountant turned mobster and his family are up at it again. Season 4 (the last) is out. But don’t get your hopes up just yet. The season is divided into two parts: 7 episodes released on January 21, 2022, and the other 6 sometime later, hopefully this year. Series trailer below, season 4 trailer is under it.

Season 4 Teaser below

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From the director of Moon, Source Code and Warcraft, this is a cyberpunk-coloured film-noire-paced mystery movie set in future Berlin that is pretty good for a late Sunday evening. Nice performances by Alexander Skarsgård and Paul Rudd, really nice world design (some flying cars, yay!), and a nice mix of futuristic and retro stuff. Also mad lads, they had the Russian mobster guy (Maksim) to be played by Gilbert Owuor (so different than the Russian stereotype). I also loved the Moon references and the money gag

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Nice fast-paced thriller, has a few twists, a good take on a future that never was, but isn’t that unlikely anyway. It’s a solid movie, with a good soundtrack, and it belongs on the same level with similar titles from the second part of the 90s, like “Dark City” and “The Crow”.

I see the world opening up and swallowing us all.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in the past few years. It hits hard with the harsh realism of Romany communities at the end of the 80s in the Balkans. The story circles around Perhan, a young kid gifted with supernatural powers that gets pulled into the world of crime. It mixes surrealism with the bleak life of poor families, beautifully blending drama and comedy elements alike, in the way that made Kusturica famous. All these with a beautiful soundrack signed by Goran Bregovic.

Accidentally, I discovered that this movie was aired on Sarajevo television in a mini-series format, consisting of five one-hour episodes, version which has also been published in Russia in a double-DVD package. If you happen to have one or to know someone that has it, please send it to me.

However, I was lucky enough to find more info about this version at kustu.com, including a short description of the missing chapters, along with some screenshots. So if you already saw the movie, (spoiler alert!)check them out here, they’re filled with artistic gems that make the long version even better than the theatrical release.

More about the film

Even if the trailer is in English, do yourself a favour and watch the movie in its original Romany language.

Just as any other Illumination animation (Minions, Despicable Me, etc), this movie has an impressive voice cast: Matthew McConaughigheihgeyhguehey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Chelsea Peretti <3, Bono, Bobby Cannavale and a ton of other A-listers and popular singers. Super colorful, super funny, kid-friendly comedy, with good singing, but without a very strong song. Definitely nice for a watch with the kids (and the big kids too)

Insanely crazy animation. Colours everywhere, moving things everywhere, magic everywhere, music everywhere. With a strong direction and writing, but most important the awesomely great songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, Moana). Also the English voice casting is exceptional, actors like Stephanie Beatriz (NINE-NINE!), John Leguziamo, Wilmer Valderrama, María Cecilia Botero giving soul to one of the best animation in the last years. Plus shows that the Colombian culture is rad af.

Later edit: I’ve seen that this movie has got some Oscar Nominations. Definitely expected.

The last James Bond with Daniel Craig is a good Bond movie, Rami Malek is a decent villain, and Ana de Armas is pretty as usual. Nice to see someone else taking the 007 in his place, even for a short while. I guess we’ll see what the future holds for the next James Bond. After all..

007 is just a number

The Movie picks up where season seven left off, with Mickey in the wind and Ray determined to find and stop him before he can cause any more carnage. The film also weaves together the present-day fallout from the Donovan/Sullivan feud with Ray and Mickey’s origin story from 30 years ago. Starring Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight.

This TV movie was way better than the last few seasons, well put together, closing almost all plot threads, while keeping a few open, for a possible continuation. Solid ending, most TV series nowadays don’t get this kind of closure

This movie is insane. It is a good satire regarding the world we’re currently living in. Some compared it to the Coronavirus pandemic, some say that it’s about global warming. It doesn’t even matter, but what’s for sure is that this movie promises a lot with its huge budget and the myriad of A-listers (Leonardo DiCaprio, Ron Perlman, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Jonah Hill, Rob Morgan, Jennifer Lawrence, Timothée Chalamet, Kid Cudi, and Ariana Grande. I mean wow.

The movie has drawn upon it a ton of attention, either praise or criticism, most likely due to marketing budgets and the general stupidity of the human race. While it’s a good movie, it’s definitely not The Shawshank Redemption. It’s not very bad either, it’s somewhere in between, very good if you want to have a good laugh. If you were hoping for a lesson in humanity or something else, you’ll just be disappointed. This movie is made to entertain, not to educate.

Later edit: I’ve seen that this movie has got an Oscar Nomination for best picture. Best satire since Idiocracy? Maybe. Oscar-worthy? Not really.