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Zecji Nasip (Croatian) Sandbag Dam

By Golu
This indie film is a really powerful look at how a community can suffocate you and the hidden corners young people have to find just to be themselves in so many European towns, even with all the progress we've seen lately. The whole story plays out while the town is bracing for a massive, raging flood, and you just can't shake the feeling that some kind of intense reckoning or unavoidable doom is headed their way. To be honest, I didn't go in with super high expectations, but the way it’s put together makes it a seriously compelling watch. Plus, it’s not every day you get to see an LGBT-themed movie coming out of Croatia! The story follows Marko, a popular 18-year-old kid who seems to have it all—he’s got a girlfriend, he’s a competitive arm wrestler, and he’s well-liked at school. When he isn't in class, he’s usually hanging out with his brother, who has a disability, or helping his mom out in her greenhouse. Everything gets flipped upside down when a guy named Slaven ...
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Don Filipo (Tagalog)

By Golu
There are quite a few trash American horror films that cater primarily to gay audience by adding oodles of sex scenes and hot Bodie to stare at. This Filipino film falls in the similar genre, the only difference being that the direction and acting is not as dumb and bad as American films. But that doesn't mean that the film is any good.

Dino is a caregiver nurse who moves to a small town to care for old man Don Filipo. Another guy Obet lives in the same house who is cook, cleaner and everything else. Dino feels that he keep seeing some girl soaked in blood and also sees her in his dreams. Don Filipo's grandson Filip occasionally visits them unannounced. Dino meets a girl Mia in town and falls in Love, but Obet is also falling for Dino. Young girls and some boys have been missing from village and rumor is that it has something to do with Don Filipo and his house. We soon see that its the combination of Don Filipo and Obet who have been killing young people in hunt for Don Filipo's eternal youth, but when he starts targeting Dino, Obet will have none of it and instead he sacrifices himself. Mia has her own secret. The ending is open where Obet gets killed, Filipo has reached his goal and Dino manages to run away.

There is a lot of forced homoeroticism just for the same of it. Scenes of Obet and Dino swimming, fooling around, playing without their short or swimming in water are there for nothing but teasing the audience. It adds absolutely nothing to the film. The story was intriguing when the secret is revealed but no justification is given as to how did Don Filip get this idea of eternal youth and who Mia was really. A mysterious creature but how the special powers? Also why was Obet helping Filipo. No justifications were given, except that he may get to reunite with his dead brother, which again was odd. Acting was thankfully not amateurish but the direction definitely was. The screenplay could have been tighter. LGBT horror genre has a long way to go. For now, it feels film makers confuse horror with sleaze. (3/10)
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