Filmphonic.comTextTransparentBlack_356x40
twitter facebook rss

The Apprentice (2024)- BFI London Film Festival 2024

Posted by Gui on October 26, 2024

Review 122min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama Director:     Ali Abbasi Cast:         Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova…and more Writers:     Gabriel Sherman -Synopsis- In the 1970s through the ’80s, a young Donald Trump’s star rises through New York real estate and beyond as his personality and life ethos is shaped by his close relationship with a questionable mentor—US […]

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)- BFI London Film Festival 2023

Posted by Gui on October 12, 2023

Review 206min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama, Romance Director:     Martin Scorsese Cast:         Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro…and more Writers:     Martin Scorsese, Eric Roth and David Grann -Synopsis- In 1920s Oklahoma a series of unexplained murders and exploitation of the oil-rich Osage Nation sparks an FBI investigation which uncovers a sobering conspiracy, triggering the breakdown […]

Infinity Pool (2023)

Posted by Gui on March 24, 2023

Review 117min Genre:     Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller Director:   Brandon Cronenberg Cast:       Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman…and more Writers:   Brandon Cronenberg -Synopsis- An idyllic beach vacation at an exclusive island resort for a young couple turns into a surrealist nightmare when the husband is sentenced after a tragic accident, only to be offered a disturbing […]

Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths) (Spanish Language) (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on December 11, 2022

Review 161min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Alejandro G. Iñárritu Cast:         Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Íker Sánchez Solano… Writers:     Nicolás Giacobone and Alejandro G. Iñárritu -Synopsis- A Mexican filmmaker/journalist who made his name with acclaimed socially-conscious work has his identity challenged and is plunged into an existential crisis upon his celebratory return home after 20 […]

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 23, 2022

Review 139min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Mystery Director:     Rian Johnson Cast:         Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe…and more Writers:     Rian Johnson -Synopsis- A mysterious invitation brings renowned detective ‘Benoit Blanc’ and a rag-tag group of “disruptors” to a luxurious coastal getaway and the Greek private island home of a tech billionaire, where a seemingly friendly […]

Triangle of Sadness (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

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 […]

Holy Spider (2022) (Persian Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 7, 2022

Review 116min Genre:       Crime, Drama, Thriller Director:     Ali Abbasi Cast:         Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani…and more Writers:     Ali Abbasi and Afshin Kamran Bahrami -Synopsis- In the streets of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad, a dogged female journalist plunges into the dark underbelly of society to track down an elusive serial killer preying on […]

The Batman (2022)

Posted by Gui on March 9, 2022

Review 175min Genre:       Comic-book, Action, Crime, Drama Director:     Matt Reeves Cast:         Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano…and more Writers:     Matt Reeves, Peter Craig and Bob Kane -Synopsis- Struggling with his dual role as reclusive billionaire and caped protector of a rotting city whose corruption hits uncomfortably close to home, ‘Bruce Wayne’ forms an unlikely […]

Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

Posted by Gui on December 7, 2019

Review 144min Genre:       Crime, Drama, Mystery Director:    Edward Norton Cast:         Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin…and more Writers:     Edward Norton and Jonathan Lethem -Synopsis- When his friend and mentor is brutally murdered on the streets of 1950’s New York, a solitary private detective with Tourette’s Syndrome and an obsessive mind determined to solve the mystery […]

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 […]

Birds of Passage (2018) (Spanish and Wayuu language)

Posted by Gui on May 16, 2019

Review 125min Genre:     Crime, Drama Director:  Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego Cast:       José Acosta, Carmiña Martínez, Natalia Reyes…and more Writers:   Maria Camila Arias, Jacques Toulemonde Vidal, Cristina Gallego -Synopsis- A chronicle of the rise of an indigenous Colombian tribe, when an outsider marries into one of their prominent families and begins a drug smuggling […]

Dragged Across Concrete (2019)

Posted by Gui on April 18, 2019

Review 159min Genre:     Action, Crime, Drama Director:  S. Craig Zahler Cast:       Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory Kittles…and more Writer:    S. Craig Zahler -Synopsis- When two hard-working but overzealous cops are suspended for misconduct and police brutality, they plunge into the underworld to take matters into their own hands to get their dues the easy way, […]

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)- BFI London Film Festival 2018

Posted by Gui on February 7, 2019

Review 119min Genre:       Crime, Drama, Romance Director:    Barry Jenkins Cast:         KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King…and more Writers:     Barry Jenkins and James Baldwin -Synopsis- A nineteen-year-old and her family struggle to prove the innocence of her falsely accused and incarcerated young fiancé, before their unborn child comes into the unjust world, in this socially reflective […]

Robin Hood (2018)

Posted by Gui on November 23, 2018

Review 116min Genre:     Action, Adventure Director:  Otto Bathurst Cast:       Taron Egerton, Eve Hewson, Jamie Foxx…and more Writers:   Ben Chandler and David James Kelly -Synopsis- Moonlighting as a talented and notorious outlaw, a young nobleman and veteran of the crusades forms a rag-tag crew and infiltrates the inner sanctum of the powerful Sheriff of Nottingham, fostering […]

Widows (2018)- BFI London Film Festival 2018

Posted by Gui on October 15, 2018

Review 129min Genre:       Crime, Drama, Thriller Director:    Steve McQueen Cast:         Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell…and more Writers:     Steve McQueen, Gillian Flynn and Lynda La Plante -Synopsis- When their husbands pay the ultimate price for a life of crime and leave them with debts to dangerous people, a group of disparate Chicago widows form their […]

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 […]

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 […]

American Made (2017)

Posted by Gui on August 29, 2017

Review 115min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    Doug Liman Cast:         Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright…and more Writer:      Gary Spinelli -Synopsis- Doug Liman (Swingers, The Bourne Identity) directs and Tom Cruise stars in a biographical drama based on the life of the infamous Barry Seal; an American pilot and CIA stooge turned Colombian drug cartel […]

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 […]

Miss Sloane (2016)

Posted by Gui on May 13, 2017

Review 132min Genre:       Drama Director:    John Madden Cast:         Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw…and more Writer:      Jonathan Perera -Synopsis- A tenacious and talented young Washington lobbyist takes on the powerful and influential gun lobby in a battle to pass gun control legislation, a dirty fight destined to produce casualties, but one which she is determined […]

Graduation (2016) (Romanian Language)

Posted by Gui on March 30, 2017

Review 128min Genre:       Crime, Drama Director:    Cristian Mungiu Cast:         Adrian Titieni, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Rares Andrici…and more Writer:      Cristian Mungiu -Synopsis- After his teenage daughter is mysteriously attacked before a series of important exams— a responsible and respected doctor compromises his ethics to ensure his only child’s future, only to painfully realise he can’t control everything […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Infiltrator (2016)

Posted by Gui on September 17, 2016

Review 127min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    Brad Furman Cast:         Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger…and more Writers:     Robert Mazur and Ellen Sue Brown -Synopsis- Crime drama set around Miami during the 1980s Reagan “War-on-Drugs” and based on a true story, starring Bryan Cranston as a U.S. government agent who goes undercover to break Colombian […]

War Dogs (2016)

Posted by Gui on August 27, 2016

Review 114min Genre:       Fact-based, Comedy, Crime, Drama, War Director:    Todd Phillips Cast:         Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Ana de Armas…and more Writers:     Stephen Chin, Todd Phillips, Jason Smilovic… and more -Synopsis- Outlandish comedy/drama from the director of ‘The Hangover’ and ‘Starsky & Hutch’; based on a true story of how young stoners from Miami became perhaps […]

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 […]

The Nice Guys (2016)

Posted by Gui on June 1, 2016

Review 116min Genre:        Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery Director:     Shane Black Cast:          Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Angourie Rice…and more Writers:      Shane Black and Anthony Bagarozzi -Synopsis- In late 1970s Los Angeles; a sleazy private investigator and a gruff enforcer team up on a mysterious missing persons case, only to get caught up in a dangerous criminal […]

Money Monster (2016)

Posted by Gui on May 29, 2016

Review 99min Genre:      Crime, Drama, Thriller Director:   Jodie Foster Cast:        George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell…and more Writers:    Jamie Linden, Alan DiFiore, Jim Kouf … and more -Synopsis- When a self-styled financial TV guru’s stock tip goes drastically south; an irate working-class investor takes the entire show hostage in an effort to expose the truth […]

Suburra (2015) (Italian Language)

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 […]

The Big Short (2015) (English Language)

Posted by Gui on January 21, 2016

Review 130min Genre:      Fact-based, Comedy, Drama Director:   Adam McKay Cast:        Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling…and more Writers:    Charles Randolph, Adam McKay & Michael Lewis -Synopsis- Comedy writer/director extraordinaire Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights) wrangles an all-star cast in this tragic tale of corporate greed, stupidity and corruption, about a rag-tag group of Wall Street […]

Money Monster Trailer #1

Posted by Gui on January 14, 2016

After a financial advice TV star and his crew are taken hostage live on air, he must help his irate captor expose the fraud and corruption that stole his livelihood and destroyed his life in this moral outrage drama from on-camera star turned director Jodie Foster. Directed by Jodie Foster and starring George Clooney, Julia […]