Posted by Gui on October 17, 2023
Review 127min Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller Director: Emerald Fennell Cast: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike…and more Writers: Emerald Fennell -Synopsis- A young outsider from humble origins studying at Oxford University becomes drawn into high society when he befriends a charming aristocratic fellow student, and is invited to spend a fateful summer at his eccentric […]
Posted by Gui on October 16, 2022
Review 147min Genre: Comedy, Drama Director: Ruben Östlund Cast: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Woody Harrelson…and more Writers: Ruben Östlund -Synopsis- In the lap of luxury on a swanky private cruise, a young model couple find themselves trapped with an array of morally questionable mega rich passengers when disaster strikes, as cliques and hierarchies are turned […]
Posted by Gui on November 25, 2020
Review 88min Genre: Drama Director: Michel Franco Cast: Naian González Norvind, Diego Boneta, Fernando Cuautle… Writers: Michel Franco -Synopsis- A wealthy Mexico City family wedding becomes a bloodbath when anarchy reigns after angry protests against corruption and inequality turn into a violent wave which rips through the fabric of society, while the aftermath for both […]
Posted by Gui on February 6, 2020
Review 132min Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama Director: Bong Joon Ho Cast: Song Kang-ho, Jo Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik…and more Writers: Bong Joon Ho and Jin Won Han -Synopsis- Struggling on the margins of Korean society, a young man and his unemployed family find their fortunes changed when they infiltrate an all-too-trusting wealthy local family, only to […]
Posted by Gui on January 3, 2020
Review 113min Genre: Action, Crime, Comedy Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant…more Writers: Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies -Synopsis- When an American drug kingpin in London looks to cash out of the business, a whole cast of the city’s gangsters converge on an opportunity, triggering a turf war as […]
Posted by Gui on October 11, 2019
Review 119min Genre: Comedy, Drama Director: Armando Iannucci Cast: Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie…and more Writers: Armando Iannucci, Simon Blackwell and Charles Dickens -Synopsis- When his idyllic country childhood is abruptly ended by tragedy and the arrival of a callous step-family, an aspiring young author is bludgeoned by the harsh realities of life and […]
Posted by Gui on November 1, 2018
Review 154min Genre: Fact-based, Drama Director: Mike Leigh Cast: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell…and more Writer: Mike Leigh -Synopsis- In early 19th century England at the end of the Napoleonic wars, the hungry and poor of Manchester gather to protest and demand universal suffrage, only to be stormed by the overzealous military and suffer […]
Posted by Gui on March 16, 2018
Review 151min Genre: Comedy, Drama Director: Ruben Östlund Cast: Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Christopher Læssø…and more Writer: Ruben Östlund -Synopsis- Set in modern day Sweden and the self-important world of modern art; a successful and liberal museum curator has his sensibilities and preconceptions challenged by an unexpected incident and his latest exhibition, unleashing confronting […]
Posted by Gui on September 1, 2017
Review 109min Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller Director: Juan Carlos Medina Cast: Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke, Douglas Booth…and more Writers: Peter Ackroyd & Jane Goldman -Synopsis- Before ‘Jack the Ripper’ stalked the seedy streets of London, another brutal and mysterious spectre plied its sinister trade in the East end— the infamous and mythical ‘Limehouse Golem’—preying on […]
Posted by Gui on June 20, 2017
Review 122min Genre: Comedy Director: Bruno Dumont Cast: Fabrice Luchini, Juliette Binoche, Brandon Lavieville…more Writer: Bruno Dumont -Synopsis- In early 20th century coastal Northern France, a duo of self-styled detectives gather to investigate a spate of mysterious disappearances, which may unravel a conspiracy involving the resident eccentric aristocratic family and the ordinary local boatsmen in […]
Posted by Gui on April 30, 2017
Review 89min Genre: Drama Director: William Oldroyd Cast: Florence Pugh, Christopher Fairbank, Cosmo Jarvis…and more Writers: Nikolai Leskov and Alice Birch -Synopsis- Bought and effectively held prisoner by her domineering new older husband and his equally imposing father at their rural English estate, a young bride boldly breaks free of her chains and gives in […]
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 […]
Posted by Gui on March 20, 2016
Review 119min Genre: Drama, Sci-fi Director: Ben Wheatley Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller…and more Writers: J.G. Ballard & Amy Jump -Synopsis- A young doctor movies into a state-of-the-art London high-rise building, the pinnacle of modern British living, where residents live within a rigid hierarchy and fractured class system. But when the building fails […]