J.B. Spins

You could call Andrea the child of globalization. Her French birth mother was a French expat in Argentina, who gave Andrea up for adaption, ...

It is like Barcelona’s version of Kisaragi Station, the supposedly haunted Japanese train station that has become the stuff of urban legend,...

Jobs were hard to come by in 1970s Spain. Poor Eladio would have been better off working as a bellhop in a dysfunctional hotel in Torquay. I...

In anthology movies, the host is the most important part. In this case, Vampus is less macabre-looking than Tales from the Crypt ’s Crypt Ke...

This Madrid address is the Spanish equivalent of 112 Ocean Avenue (the Amityville Horror house). At least that is what the “based on a true ...

Luis Buñuel is easily the most important surrealist in cinema history. You could also say he was one of the early pioneers of the true-i...

In most time-loop movies, the looper gets to start fresh with each reset, but Alba will carry her cuts and stains with her. Fortunately,...

A group of friends think they are gathering for a going away party. Boy, is that the truth. Thanks to the internet, the goodbyes will be...

In the American slasher movies of the 1980s, virginity was considered a key to survival. Unfortunately for Nico, this is a Spanish film....

Supposedly, this was the first reported case in Spain when a cop or government authority figure of any stripe admitted to witnessing para...

Everything is cuter with talking animals, right? This film will test that theory with drug addiction, schizophrenia, police brutality, an...

Forget about Mars and Venus, Red and Blue, or any other social dichotomies. According to this film, humanity is really made up of dogs an...

It is like the Cheers from Hell. The regulars at this downtown Madrid tavern know each other’s names, but that does not mean they like ea...

Cell phones and the internet have undercut some of the traditional elements of mysteries and thrillers, but a locked room is still a lock...

The Basajaun is sort of like a Basque Bigfoot, but it has more positive connotations, as a fabled protector of the forests. Naming a seri...

According to rumor, patients of this crummy metropolitan hospital know when their vitals take a turn for the worse when they are paid a v...

According to in-film news reports, tourism in Andalusia is at an all-time high, but so are unemployment claims. How very Spain. Romano th...

An RAF pilot loses his sidearm after his plane is shot down behind enemy lines. That sounds bad, but it gets worse when we realize this m...

He was one of the first to record Frank Sinatra, married Charo, and from time to time had dinner with Al Capone. Xavier Cugat led a ridic...

Spain had slaves. This is not exactly front page news to anyone who knows a thimble full of Cuba’s colonial history. However, it has been...