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The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 18, 2022

Review 109min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Martin McDonagh Cast:         Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon…and more Writers:     Martin McDonagh -Synopsis- A lifelong friendship on an isolated island off the Irish coast is unexpectedly ended when one shuns the other for an incomprehensible reason, and the other refuses to accept it, leading to a feud which […]

Lamb (2021) (Icelandic Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2021

Posted by Gui on November 11, 2021

Review 106min Genre:     Drama, Horror, Mystery Director:   Valdimar Jóhannsson Cast:       Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson… Writers:   Valdimar Jóhannsson and Sjón -Synopsis- On an isolated Icelandic sheep farm, a grieving farmer couple form an unnatural connection to a particularly special newborn lamb, but their fixation with their new lambkin soon blends with their […]

Crawl (2019)

Posted by Gui on August 27, 2019

Review 87min Genre:    Horror, Thriller Director: Alexandre Aja Cast:      Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark…more Writers:  Michael Rasmussen and Shawn Rasmussen -Synopsis- When a devastating category five hurricane heads toward her childhood Florida home and her estranged father goes AWOL, a young determined woman heads home to investigate, only to be plunged into […]

The Lion King (2019)

Posted by Gui on July 20, 2019

Review 118min Genre:      Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical Director:   Jon Favreau Cast:        Donald Glover, Beyoncé, James Earl Jones…and more Writers:    Jeff Nathanson, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi… and more -Synopsis- A prince Lion cub’s path to the throne is disrupted by the treachery of his ambitious uncle after the death of his regal father, forcing him […]

Dumbo (2019)

Posted by Gui on March 31, 2019

Review 112min Genre:      Adventure, Family, Fantasy Director:   Tim Burton Cast:        Colin Farrell, Nico Parker, Danny DeVito…and more Writers:    Ehren Kruger, Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl -Synopsis- The fortunes of an ailing travelling circus in post First World War USA are turned by the arrival of an extraordinary new act—a big-eared flying baby elephant. But when […]

Rampage (2018)

Posted by Gui on April 14, 2018

Review 107min Genre:     Action, Adventure, Sci-fi Director:  Brad Peyton Cast:       Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Dean Morgan…more Writers:   Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse, Ryan J. Condal…and more -Synopsis- When his favourite albino gorilla is exposed to a mysterious gene-altering substance and begins to grow into a giant destructive super-ape, a capable primatologist must find a way […]

Isle of Dogs (2018)

Posted by Gui on March 29, 2018

Review 101min Genre:      Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family Director:   Wes Anderson Cast:        Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton…and more Writers:    Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman…more -Synopsis- In ‘trash island’ off the coast of a the near-future fictional metropolis of ‘Megasaki’ Japan where the city’s dogs are exiled, a twelve-year-old boy joins forces with a pack […]

The Odyssey (2016) (French and English Language)

Posted by Gui on August 18, 2017

Review 122min Genre:      Fact-based, Adventure, Drama Director:   Jérôme Salle Cast:        Lambert Wilson, Pierre Niney, Audrey Tautou…and more Writers:    Jérôme Salle, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Albert Falco… and more -Synopsis- A biographical drama about the life and times of legendary French filmmaker, pioneer and oceanic explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau—from his self-centred ambition to conquer the seas to his duty […]

War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

Posted by Gui on July 17, 2017

Review 140min Genre:     Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-fi Director:  Matt Reeves Cast:       Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Amiah Miller…and more Writers:   Mark Bomback, Matt Reeves, Rick Jaffa… and more -Synopsis- After the devastation suffered by both sides in ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’, Caesar is torn between a duty to lead his nation of super-apes […]

Okja (2017) (English & Korean Language)

Posted by Gui on June 29, 2017

Review 118min Genre:       Adventure, Drama, Sci-fi Director:    Bong Joon-Ho Cast:         Ahn Seo-hyun, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano…and more Writers:     Bong Joon-Ho and Jon Ronson -Synopsis- Netflix’s latest original film follows the misadventures of rural South Korean teenager ‘Mija’, who embarks on a globe-trotting mission and joins forces with a seditious group to prevent a multinational corporation […]

The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017)

Posted by Gui on April 23, 2017

Review 127min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama Director:    Niki Caro Cast:         Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Brühl…and more Writers:     Angela Workman and Diane Ackerman -Synopsis- Based on a remarkable true story and starring Jessica Chastain as the matriarch of a Polish zookeeper family in the late 1940s, who risk their lives and become heroes when they use […]

Raw (2017) (French Language)

Posted by Gui on April 9, 2017

Review 99min Genre:     Drama, Horror Director:  Julia Ducournau Cast:       Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella…and more Writer:    Julia Ducournau -Synopsis- A young, French vegetarian veterinary student undergoes an extreme transformation after her formative and alarming college experiences, unleashing disturbing carnal proclivities and a dark penchant for flesh in this stylistic and provocative indie directorial […]

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 […]

Sing (2016)

Posted by Gui on January 26, 2017

Review 108min Genre:     Animation, Comedy, Family, Music Directors: Christophe Lourdelet and Garth Jennings Cast:       Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane Writer:    Garth Jennings -Synopsis- With his failing family theatre threatening to go under, an enterprising Koala hatches a scheme to host a huge singing competition for the city’s animal residents. But things quickly get out […]

Wild (German Language) (2016)- BFI London Film Festival 2016

Posted by Gui on October 10, 2016

97min Genre:       Drama Director:    Nicolette Krebitz Cast:         Lilith Stangenberg, Georg Friedrich, Pit Bukowski…and more Writer:      Nicolette Krebitz -Synopsis- Tired of a lonely and mundane existence as an office assistant in German suburbia;  a young lady’s life takes a drastic turn when a chance encounter with a wild Wolf becomes an unhealthy obsession, mushrooming into a […]

Zoology (Russian Language) (2016)- BFI London Film Festival 2016

Posted by Gui on October 8, 2016

83min Genre:      Comedy, Drama Director:    Ivan I. Tverdovskiy Cast:         Natalya Pavlenkova, Dmitriy Groshev, Irina Chipizhenko…more Writer:      Ivan I. Tverdovskiy -Synopsis- When Natasha randomly and bizarrely grows a considerable tail; the life of this lonely demure Russian zookeeper begins to drastically change as a newfound sense of freedom and a second adolescence beckons in this darkly […]

The Red Turtle (2016)- BFI London Film Festival 2016

Posted by Gui on October 5, 2016

80min Country:   Belgium, France, Japan Genre:      Animation, Family, Fantasy, Mystery Director:   Michael Dudok de Wit Writers:    Michael Dudok de Wit, Pascale Ferran  -Synopsis- Stranded on a deserted island and struggling to survive; a desperate castaway develops a rivalry with a mysterious giant red turtle, but this unlikely adversary may prove to be the key to […]

Men & Chicken (2015) (Danish Language)

Posted by Gui on July 16, 2016

Review 104min Genre:      Comedy, Drama, Mystery Director:   Anders Thomas Jensen Cast:        Mads Mikkelsen, David Dencik, Nikolaj Lie Kaas…and more Writer:     Anders Thomas Jensen -Synopsis- When their father reveals the truth about their parentage on his deathbed; a pair of misfit brothers travel to a remote Danish island to unravel the mystery of their origins, only […]

The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

Posted by Gui on July 7, 2016

Review 110min Genre:     Action, Adventure Director:  David Yates Cast:       Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Christoph Waltz…more Writers:   Adam Cozadl , Craig Brewer and Edgar Rice Burroughs -Synopsis- After years of living as “Lord Greystoke” in late 19th century England; “Tarzan” is manipulated into returning to his wild jungle roots only to find himself at the centre […]

The Secret Life of Pets (2016)

Posted by Gui on June 23, 2016

Review 91min Genre:       Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family Directors:   Chris Renaud, Yarrow Cheney Cast:         Louis C.K., Jenny Slate, Kevin Hart…and more Writers:     Ken Daurio, Brian Lynch, Cinco Paul… and more -Synopsis- In a film about what your pets get up to when you’re not around; a newly mismatched pair of city dogs are thrown into […]

The Jungle Book (2016)

Posted by Gui on April 17, 2016

Review 106min Genre:      Family, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Musical Director:   Jon Favreau Cast:        Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Idris Elba…and more Writers:    Justin Marks & Rudyard Kipling -Synopsis- Disney’s CGI-heavy 21st century version of Rudyard Kipling’s iconic story, following the fortunes of an orphan who’s raised in the jungle by his talking animal friends in this epic […]

Zootropolis (aka Zootopia) (2016) (English Language)

Posted by Gui on March 23, 2016

Review 108min Genre:        Family, Adventure, Animation, Mystery Directors:    Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush Cast:          Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba…and more Writers:      Jared Bush, Phil Johnston, Rich Moore… and more -Synopsis- In a world were humans never existed and animals walk, talk and live like modern day people; a young determined bunny struggles to […]

The Good Dinosaur (2015) (English Language)

Posted by Gui on November 27, 2015

Review 100min Genre:      Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western Director:   Peter Sohn Cast:        Raymond Ochoa, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Elliott…and more Writers:    Peter Sohn, Erik Benson , Meg LeFauve … and more -Synopsis- In an alternate pre-history where the Dinosaurs survived and live like early humans who consider savage cave-people to be primitive critters, a timid young […]

Zootopia Full Trailer #1

Posted by Gui on November 24, 2015

Disney animation studios brings us a world where people never existed, and where anthropomorphic animals walk, talk and live like modern day humans but with many of their animal traits that make for a hilarious combination in this true urban jungle. Directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore & Jared Bush and starring  Idris Elba, Jason […]

White God (2014) (Hungarian Language)

Posted by Gui on February 27, 2015

Review 118min Genre:    Drama Director: Kornél Mundruczó Cast:      Zsófia Psotta, Body, Sándor Zsótér…and more Writers:  Kornél Mundruczó, Viktória Petrányi & Kata Wéber A young Hungarian girl ‘Lili’ and her loyal dog ‘Hagen’ are forced apart when she is sent to stay with her estranged father, their paths diverge with Lili struggling to reconcile with her […]

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) English Language

Posted by Gui on July 17, 2014

130min Genre:    Sci-Fi, Action, Drama Director: Matt Reeves Cast:      Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Andy Serkis…and more Writers:  Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver & Pierre Boulle We find our planet many years after the events of Rise of the Planet of the Apes where humanity has been decimated by the Simian-Flu leaving pockets of survivors […]

Blackfish (2013) (English Language)

Posted by Gui on April 12, 2014

83min Genre:    Documentary, Fact-Based Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite Cast:      Tilikum, Dave Duffus, Samantha Berg …and more Writers:  Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Eli B. Despres, Tim Zimmermann If you enjoy documentaries that challenge long held beliefs in things you’ve taken for granted then Blackfish is a must watch for you. This is essentially a film that questions the way […]