Posted by Gui on November 1, 2024
Review 120min Genre: Drama, Thriller Director: Edward Berger Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow…and more Writers: Peter Straughan and Robert Harris -Synopsis- After the unexpected death of the Catholic church’s leader, a respected cardinal is charged with leading the Conclave in its secretive effort to select a new Pope only to be drawn […]
Posted by Gui on May 8, 2023
Review 121min Genre: Action, Adventure, Fact-based Director: Martin Bourboulon Cast: François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Eva Green…and more Writers: Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière and Alexandre Dumas -Synopsis- A skilled young 17th century swordsman’s dreams of joining the legendary Musketeers sends him on an unexpected adventure when he becomes embroiled in a pan-European […]
Posted by Gui on November 4, 2022
Review 103min Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller Director: Sebastián Lelio Cast: Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Tom Burke…and more Writers: Emma Donoghue, Sebastián Lelio and Alice Birch -Synopsis- A pragmatic English nurse with a painful past is sent to an Irish village in the mid-1800s tasked with observation of a special patient, which soon turns into […]
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 […]
Posted by Gui on November 25, 2019
Review 125min Genre: Fact-based, Drama Director: Fernando Meirelles Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín…and more Writer: Anthony McCarten -Synopsis- At the start of the new century, the dogmatic conservative Pope Benedict XVI clashes with Argentinean liberal reformist cardinal Jorge Bergoglio and future Pope Francis, tussling over the direction of the Catholic church as they […]
Posted by Gui on February 23, 2018
Review 94min Genre: Comedy, Drama Director: Greta Gerwig Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts…and more Writer: Greta Gerwig -Synopsis- The story of a spirited and irrepressible California high school senior, with East coast dreams beyond her station and a strained relationship with her loving but frustrating parents, in this quirky coming-of-age dramedy from indie […]
Posted by Gui on May 3, 2017
Review 94min Genre: Fact-based, Drama Director: Nick Hamm Cast: Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Freddie Highmore…and more Writer: Colin Bateman -Synopsis- A road trip drama account of the historical 2006 meeting between the two intractable figures who came to define the struggle for peace in Northern Ireland; Democratic Unionist leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Féin politico […]
Posted by Gui on January 6, 2017
Review 161min Genre: Drama Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson…and more Writers: Shûsaku Endô, Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese -Synopsis- When two 17th century Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan on mission to determine the fate of their fallen mentor and spread the faith, they encounter open hostility and face persecution […]
Posted by Gui on May 12, 2016
Review 130min Genre: Crime, Drama Director: Stefano Sollima Cast: Pierfrancesco Favino, Greta Scarano, Alessandro Borghi…more Writers: Giancarlo De Cataldo, Carlo Bonini, Stefano Rulli… and more -Synopsis- In recession-hit politically unstable 2011 Italy; the worlds of politicians, crime families and the Catholic church collide as the dream of building a “Las Vegas” on the shores of […]
Posted by Gui on January 28, 2016
Review 129min Genre: Fact-based, Drama Director: Tom McCarthy Cast: Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams…and more Writers: Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy -Synopsis- An all-star cast features in writer/director Tom McCarthy’s journalistic drama chronicling the true story of the Boston Globe’s uncovering of a local priest child abuse scandal which rocked the Catholic church to […]