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Relic (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on October 25, 2020

Review 89min Genre:       Drama, Horror, Thriller Director:     Natalie Erika James Cast:         Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote…and more Writers:     Natalie Erika James and Christian White -Synopsis- An Aussie grandmother’s inexplicable disappearance becomes even more bizarre when she returns a changed figure, plunging her daughter and granddaughter into despair when they lose touch with a matriarch […]

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 […]

The Old Man & the Gun (2018)

Posted by Gui on December 10, 2018

Review 93min Genre:     Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance Director:  David Lowery Cast:       Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, Casey Affleck…and more Writers:   David Lowery and David Grann -Synopsis- Career criminal Forrest Tucker may be the most charming bank robber in history, pulling off heists without forgetting his manners while enchanting the woman who loves him despite himself, and […]

King of Thieves (2018)

Posted by Gui on September 14, 2018

Review 108min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    James Marsh Cast:         Michael Caine, Charlie Cox, Jim Broadbent…and more Writers:     Joe Penhall and Mark Seal -Synopsis- Wallowing in the tranquillity and dullness of their twilight years, a geriatric group of retired London crooks reunite to form a crew and pull off one of the biggest jewellery heists […]

Last Flag Flying (2017)- BFI London Film Festival 2017

Posted by Gui on January 22, 2018

Review 125min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:    Richard Linklater Cast:         Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne…and more Writers:     Richard Linklater and Darryl Ponicsan -Synopsis- A Vietnam veteran enlists the help of his estranged soldier buddies to bury his fallen Marine son, embarking on a road trip which will force them to reflect on a changing world […]

Hampstead (2017)

Posted by Gui on June 23, 2017

Review 102min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama, Romance Director:   Joel Hopkins Cast:        Brendan Gleeson, Diane Keaton, James Norton…and more Writer:     Robert Festinger -Synopsis- An American widow in London forms an unexpected connection with a man living wild and in a makeshift shack on Hampstead heath, as they take on the property developers intent on evicting him […]

Aquarius (2016) (Portuguese Language)

Posted by Gui on March 22, 2017

Review 146min Genre:     Drama Director:  Kleber Mendonça Filho Cast:       Sonia Braga, Humberto Carrão, Zoraide Coleto…and more Writer:    Kleber Mendonça Filho -Synopsis- Sonia Braga stars as a well-to-do widower and retiree in northeastern Brazil, whose quiet later years are turned into a pitch battle against a company intent on demolishing and re-developing a building she […]

Youth (2015) (English Language)

Posted by Gui on January 28, 2016

Review 124min Genre:      Comedy, Drama Director:   Paolo Sorrentino Cast:        Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz…and more Writer:     Paolo Sorrentino -Synopsis- In an exclusive clean-living Swiss Alpine retreat, a retired composer and his film director friend reflect on life’s loves, loss and regret, while the drama surrounding their eccentric fellow guests unfolds and a special […]