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Annette (2021)

Posted by Gui on September 1, 2021

Review 141min Genre:       Drama, Musical, Romance Director:     Leos Carax Cast:         Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg…and more Writers:     Ron Mael and Russell Mael -Synopsis- A mysterious musical chronicle of the relationship between an intense and troubled stand-up comedian and a celebrated opera singer, whose glamorous lives are turned upside down by the arrival of […]

Zola (2021)

Posted by Gui on August 4, 2021

Review 86min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Drama Director:     Janicza Bravo Cast:         Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Colman Domingo…and more Writers:     Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris and A’Ziah King -Synopsis- A young Detroit stripper embarks on a saucy road trip to Florida with a fellow exotic dancer and her two companions, only for things to take a turn […]

Mulan (2020)

Posted by Gui on September 11, 2020

Review 115min Genre:     Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy Director:   Niki Caro Cast:       Yifei Liu, Li Gong, Donnie Yen…and more Writers:   Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Elizabeth Martin… and more -Synopsis- Determined to prove her worth in traditional dynastic China, a young woman disguises herself as a boy to take her ailing father’s place when the Emperor’s […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Posted by Gui on December 21, 2019

Review 141min Genre:     Action, Adventure, Fantasy Director:  J.J. Abrams Cast:       Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega…and more Writers:   J.J. Abrams, Chris Terrio, Colin Trevorrow… and more -Synopsis- Brought back from the brink of destruction by a newly skilled ‘Rey’ and her friends, the remaining Resistance faces off against ‘Kylo Ren’s’ rampaging ‘First Order’ in a […]

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

Posted by Gui on August 24, 2019

Review 108min Genre:       Horror, Mystery, Thriller Director:    André Øvredal Cast:         Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Austin Zajur…and more Writers:     Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Guillermo del Toro…more -Synopsis- When a group of teenagers discover a manifesting book of scary stories in a creepy abandoned mansion in late 1960s USA, they unleash a dark fate upon their […]

Brightburn (2019)

Posted by Gui on June 15, 2019

Review 90min Genre:       Fantasy, Horror, Thriller Director:    David Yarovesky Cast:         Jackson A. Dunn, Elizabeth Banks, David Denman…and more Writers:     Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn -Synopsis- When a childless rural couple discover a crash-landed baby from another world on their land, it seems like a blessing from the heavens, but his personality and childhood soon reveals […]

Hellboy (2019)

Posted by Gui on April 14, 2019

Review 120min Genre:       Comic-book, Action, Adventure, Fantasy Director:    Neil Marshall Cast:         David Harbour, Ian McShane, Milla Jovovich…and more Writers:     Andrew Cosby and Mike Mignola -Synopsis- While monster-hunting for the ‘Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense’, the big red acerbic and heroic half-demon clashes with a resurrected and powerful ancient sorceress, finding himself at the centre […]

What Men Want (2019)

Posted by Gui on March 14, 2019

Review 117min Genre:       Comedy, Romance Director:    Adam Shankman Cast:         Taraji P. Henson, Josh Brener, Tracy Morgan…and more Writers:     Tina Gordon, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory…and more -Synopsis- Tired of being overlooked by the men at her sport management agency, a determined woman turns her life around when an accident gives her the gift (and curse) of […]

Serenity (2019)

Posted by Gui on March 1, 2019

Review 106min Genre:      Crime, Drama, Mystery Director:   Steven Knight Cast:        Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke…more Writer:     Steven Knight -Synopsis- A fishing boat captain’s tranquil existence on a tropical island is shattered by the re-emergence of his ex-wife, whose plea for help and sinister plan to deal with her abusive new husband plunges him into […]

The Mule (2018)

Posted by Gui on January 25, 2019

116min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    Clint Eastwood Cast:         Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Dianne Wiest…and more Writers:     Sam Dolnick and Nick Schenk -Synopsis- After falling on hard times and reeling from his failure as a father and husband, an elderly horticulturalist and US veteran becomes a drug mule for a notorious Mexican cartel, but struggles […]

Assassination Nation (2018)- BFI London Film Festival 2018

Posted by Gui on November 20, 2018

Review 108min Genre:     Crime, Drama, Thriller Director:  Sam Levinson Cast:       Odessa Young, Hari Nef, Suki Waterhouse…and more Writer:    Sam Levinson -Synopsis- When modern technology and a voyeuristic culture conspire to destroy the last semblance of privacy in American suburbia, the residents of Salem lose their minds and unleash pure unadulterated mayhem, as a quartet of […]

Entebbe (2018)

Posted by Gui on May 11, 2018

Review 107min Genre:     Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:  José Padilha Cast:       Daniel Brühl, Rosamund Pike, Eddie Marsan…and more Writer:    Gregory Burke -Synopsis- In the summer of 1976, two Palestinian extremists and two German ones hijack a plane and take the passengers hostage, forcing it to land in Idi Amin’s Uganda in a bid to further their […]

Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

Posted by Gui on March 23, 2018

Review 111min Genre:     Action, Adventure, Disaster, Sci-fi Director:  Steven S. DeKnight Cast:       John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny…and more Writers:   Steven S. DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder… and more -Synopsis- A decade after the giant ‘Kaiju’ monsters were defeated and the breach from whence they came was closed, fallen ‘Jaeger’ robot program hero ‘Stacker Pentecost’s’ […]

Tomb Raider (2018)

Posted by Gui on March 15, 2018

Review 118min Genre:     Action, Adventure Director:  Roar Uthaug Cast:       Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins…and more Writers:   Alastair Siddons, Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Evan Daugherty -Synopsis- Missing and presumed dead, British adventurer ‘Lord Richard Croft’ leaves a secret life-or-death archaeological mission in the hands of his independent and formidable daughter ‘Lara’, sending her on an adventure […]

Gringo (2018)

Posted by Gui on March 9, 2018

Review 110min Genre:       Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller Director:    Nash Edgerton Cast:         David Oyelowo, Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton…and more Writers:     Anthony Tambakis and Matthew Stone -Synopsis- When an honest and unsuspecting struggling businessman is sent to Mexico by his corrupt bosses to close a deal that will revolutionise the pharmaceutical industry, he gets caught up in […]

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

Posted by Gui on November 3, 2017

Review 114min Genre:     Crime, Drama, Mystery Director:  Kenneth Branagh Cast:       Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny Depp…and more Writers:   Michael Green and Agatha Christie -Synopsis- When someone mysteriously dies on the world renown luxury train travelling across Europe, fellow passenger and legendary detective ‘Hercule Poirot’ must unravel a mystery which will test his moral compass and […]

The Vault (2017)

Posted by Gui on September 8, 2017

Review 91min Genre:       Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller Director:    Dan Bush Cast:         Francesca Eastwood, James Franco, Taryn Manning…more Writers:     Dan Bush and Conal Byrne -Synopsis- When two sisters pull a bank heist to ease their family strife, they get far more than they bargained for after discovering that the seemingly abandoned and potentially lucrative underground vault […]

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Posted by Gui on August 2, 2017

Review 137min Genre:     Action, Adventure, Sci-fi Director:  Luc Besson Cast:       Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen…and more Writers:   Luc Besson, Pierre Christin, Jean-Claude Mézières… and more -Synopsis- When a mysterious force threatens their space station super-city and the thousand different species who’ve built it over centuries, special galactic agents ‘Valerian’ and ‘Laureline’ are plunged into […]

The House (2017)

Posted by Gui on July 3, 2017

Review 118min Genre:       Comedy Director:    Andrew Jay Cohen Cast:         Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Jason Mantzoukas…and more Writers:     Brendan O’Brien and Andrew Jay Cohen -Synopsis- Looking for a way to pay for their daughter’s college tuition after her scholarship is revoked, a well-meaning but inept couple start an illegal underground casino in quiet American suburbia with […]

Rules Don’t Apply (2016)

Posted by Gui on April 20, 2017

Review 127min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Romance Director:    Warren Beatty Cast:         Lily Collins, Alden Ehrenreich, Warren Beatty…and more Writers:     Warren Beatty and Bo Goldman -Synopsis- Warren Beatty returns to the director’s chair after almost 20 years, while also writing and starring in this ‘Golden Age Hollywood’ comedy/drama about the romance which blossoms between two wide-eyed youngsters, […]

The Boss Baby (2017)

Posted by Gui on April 7, 2017

Review 97min Genre:       Animation, Comedy, Family Director:    Tom McGrath Cast:         Alec Baldwin, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow…and more Writers:     Michael McCullers and Marla Frazee -Synopsis- Seven-year-old Tim’s idyllic life with his parents is thrown into turmoil by the arrival of a bossy baby brother who commands the attention of the household—but there’s more than meets the […]

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Posted by Gui on March 10, 2017

Review 118min Genre:      Action, Adventure, Fantasy Director:   Jordan Vogt-Roberts Cast:        Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson…and more Writers:    Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein and Derek Connolly -Synopsis- The latest incarnation of the ‘King Kong’ myth set just after the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, where a group of American scientists and soldiers embark on […]

A Cure for Wellness (2017)

Posted by Gui on February 26, 2017

Review 146min Genre:     Horror, Mystery, Thriller Director:  Gore Verbinski Cast:       Dane DeHaan, Mia Goth, Jason Isaacs…and more Writers:   Justin Haythe and Gore Verbinski -Synopsis- On a mission to retrieve his boss from a stay at an isolated ‘wellness centre’; an ambitious young executive begins to suspect all is not as it seems as this mysterious […]

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016)

Posted by Gui on February 6, 2017

Review 113min Genre:       Drama, War Director:    Ang Lee Cast:         Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart…and more Writers:     Ben Fountain and Jean-Christophe Castelli -Synopsis- Paraded as a hero for his actions while serving in the Iraq war, a young US soldier is caught between a duty to his unit and the pull of civilian life, while […]

Live by Night (2017)

Posted by Gui on January 14, 2017

Review 128min Genre:       Crime, Drama Director:    Ben Affleck Cast:         Ben Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Sienna Miller…and more Writers:     Ben Affleck and Dennis Lehane -Synopsis- Ben Affleck returns to the director’s chair and stars as an ambitious but morally conflicted prohibition era gangster trying to get his piece of the American dream, but his mob “paradise” has […]

Office Christmas Party (2016)

Posted by Gui on December 7, 2016

Review 105min Genre:       Comedy Directors:   Josh Gordon and Will Speck Cast:         Jason Bateman, T.J. Miller, Jennifer Aniston…and more Writers:     Justin Malen, Laura Solon, Dan Mazer… and more -Synopsis- In a last-ditch effort to save a failing branch of his tech company family business and the jobs of his trusted employees from the ruthless company CEO, […]

American Pastoral (2016)

Posted by Gui on November 13, 2016

Review 108min Genre:       Drama Director:    Ewan McGregor Cast:         Ewan McGregor, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Connelly…more Writer:      Philip Roth and John Romano -Synopsis- Ewan McGregor makes his directorial debut and stars in an adaptation of Philip Roth’s prize-winning novel; following the fate of a respected and successful Jewish-American man, whose idyllic life unravels after his daughter becomes […]

Train to Busan (2016) (Korean Language)

Posted by Gui on October 28, 2016

Review 118min Genre:      Action, Horror, Thriller Director:   Sang-ho Yeon Cast:        Yoo Gong, Soo-an Kim, Yu-mi Jeong…and more Writer:     Sang-ho Yeon -Synopsis- The passengers on a high-speed South Korean train are inadvertently caught up in a “Zombie” apocalypse when a virulent virus quickly spreads across the country; but far from their coffin, the train proves their […]

King Cobra (2016)- BFI London Film Festival 2016

Posted by Gui on October 9, 2016

91min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    Justin Kelly Cast:         Garrett Clayton, James Franco, Christian Slater…and more Writers:     Justin Kelly and D. Madison Savage -Synopsis- A handsome teenager’s cross-country casting trip turns into the start of Gay porn superstardom for “Brent Corrigan”, when he moves in with his middle-aged porn producer; but when the relationship turns […]

Ma’ Rosa (2016) (Filipino Language) (2016)- BFI London Film Festival 2016

Posted by Gui on October 7, 2016

110min Genre:      Crime, Drama Director:   Brillante Mendoza Cast:        Jaclyn Jose, Julio Diaz, Baron Geisler…and more Writer:     Troy Espiritu -Synopsis- From her humble convenience store in the slums of Manila, tough family matriarch “Ma’ Rosa” sells everything from household goods to food… and of course plenty of methamphetamine or “ice”. But when she’s rumbled by corrupt […]

Blood Father (2016)

Posted by Gui on October 4, 2016

Review 88min Genre:      Action, Crime, Thriller Director:   Jean-François Richet Cast:        Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna…and more Writers:    Peter Craig and Andrea Berloff -Synopsis- Mel Gibson stars as a tough ex-con tattoo artist who goes on the run with his estranged daughter, a rebellious teen-turned gangster arm-candy, to protect her from from dangerous drug dealers […]

The Girl With All the Gifts (2016)

Posted by Gui on September 22, 2016

Review 111min Genre:       Drama, Horror, Thriller Director:    Colm McCarthy Cast:         Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine…and more Writer:      Mike Carey -Synopsis- In a dystopian future where most of humanity is wiped out by a fungal infection which turns people into mindless cannibals; a group of surviving British scientists and soldiers embark on a dangerous journey […]

Imperium (2016)

Posted by Gui on September 21, 2016

Review 109min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    Daniel Ragussis Cast:         Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts…and more Writers:     Michael German and Daniel Ragussis -Synopsis- Based on real events and set in the modern day Washington DC area; Daniel Radcliffe stars as a young FBI agent gone deep undercover as a skinhead to infiltrate a dangerous […]

Bad Moms (2016)

Posted by Gui on August 22, 2016

Review 100min Genre:         Comedy Directors:     Jon Lucas and Scott Moore Cast:           Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell…and more Writer:        Jon Lucas and Scott Moore -Synopsis- A young working mother struggles to keep up appearances and balance her career with the demands of parenthood; but when she finally hits breaking point, going rogue is the only […]

Swallows and Amazons (2016)

Posted by Gui on August 21, 2016

97min Genre:      Family, Adventure, Mystery Director:   Philippa Lowthorpe Cast:        Dane Hughes, Kelly Macdonald, Rafe Spall…and more Writers:    Andrea Gibb and Arthur Ransome -Synopsis- In wartime Britain, four young siblings turn a rural English vacation into a “pirate” adventure on the local lake island; but their fantasy meets a dose of reality when they’re caught up […]

Keanu (2016)

Posted by Gui on July 13, 2016

Review 100min Genre:       Action, Comedy Director:    Peter Atencio Cast:         Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Tiffany Haddish…more Writers:     Jordan Peele, Alex Rubens -Synopsis- A pair of straight-laced cousins go undercover as dangerous thugs to rescue their kidnapped kitten from a menacing street gang in this fish-out-of-water action/comedy of stereotypes, a film debut for American superstar comedy duo Key […]

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)

Posted by Gui on July 2, 2016

Review 91min Genre:     Comedy Director:  Mandie Fletcher Cast:       Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Saunders, Julia Sawalha…and more Writer:    Jennifer Saunders -Synopsis- The hugely popular British TV comedy finally gets the big screen treatment as the legendarily ladies hop from the glitz of high society London to the glamour of the French Riviera after a celebrity scandal, now […]

American Hero (2016)

Posted by Gui on June 29, 2016

Review 85min Genre:      Action, Comedy, Drama Director:   Nick Love Cast:        Stephen Dorff, Eddie Griffin, Andrea Cohen…and more Writer:     Nick Love -Synopsis- Stephen Dorff stars as a fast-living Louisiana deadbeat dad with supernatural powers, who decides to drastically change his life after a near-death experience and use his powers to help his community and fight […]

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

Posted by Gui on June 23, 2016

Review 120min Genre:     Action, Adventure, Sci-fi Director:  Roland Emmerich Cast:       Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, Bill Pullman…and more Writers:   Nicolas Wright, James A. Woods , Dean Devlin… and more -Synopsis- Mankind has bolstered its planetary defences by salvaging alien technology from the failed Alien invasion of the mid 90s, but it will take the best of […]

The Boss (2016)

Posted by Gui on June 11, 2016

Review 99min Genre:      Comedy Director:   Ben Falcone Cast:        Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage…and more Writers:    Ben Falcone, Steve Mallory & Melissa McCarthy -Synopsis- A troubled orphan girl turned self-made, ruthless and relentless business titan loses everything after being convicted of insider trading; but the beast cannot be tamed as she recruits a former long-suffering […]

Race (2016)

Posted by Gui on June 1, 2016

Review 135min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama, Sport Director:   Stephen Hopkins Cast:        Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons…and more Writers:    Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse -Synopsis- Biographical drama about legendary Olympic athlete Jesse Owens’s struggles against the odds as a black man in deeply segregated America, striving for glory before the eyes of the world against the […]

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Posted by Gui on May 19, 2016

Review 144min Genre:       Comic-book, Action, Adventure, Fantasy Director:    Bryan Singer Cast:         James McAvoy, Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Lawrence…and more Writers:     Simon Kinberg, Bryan Singer, Dan Harris… and more -Synopsis- Professor X’s dream of a school for the gifted and peaceful coexistence with humanity is threatened by the resurrection of an ancient powerful mutant, hell-bent on dividing […]

I Saw the Light (2016)

Posted by Gui on May 8, 2016

Review 124min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama, Music Director:   Marc Abraham Cast:        Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Cherry Jones…and more Writers:    Marc Abraham, Colin Escott -Synopsis- Tom Hiddleston stars in a musical biopic chronicling the life and times of Country & Western music legend Hank Williams, from his prodigious talent and rise to fame, to the struggles with […]

Bastille Day (2016)

Posted by Gui on April 21, 2016

Review 92min Genre:      Action, Thriller Director:   James Watkins Cast:        Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon…and more Writer:     Andrew Baldwin An American pickpocket in Paris is on the run after being unwittingly implicated in a terrorist attack, hunted by a hard-nosed CIA super agent, together they form a unwilling alliance to unravel a conspiracy which […]