Posted by Gui on October 12, 2018
Review 116min Genre: Action , Drama, War Director: Zhang Yimou Cast: Deng Chao, Sun Li, Zheng Ryan…and more Writers: Li Wei and Zhang Yimou -Synopsis- At the end of the ‘Three Kingdom’s’ era in warring third century China, an arrogant young king languishes on the throne of Pei and holds to a peace accord, putting […]
Posted by Gui on October 11, 2018
Review 104min Genre: Drama Director: Paul Dano Cast: Ed Oxenbould, Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal…and more Writers: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan and Richard Ford -Synopsis- Having just settled into life in picturesque suburban Montana of the early 1960s, a dignified teenager begins to suffer in silence as he watches his family fall apart when his dad […]
Posted by Gui on September 21, 2018
Review 117min Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery Director: Paul Feig Cast: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding…and more Writers: Jessica Sharzer and Darcey Bell -Synopsis- When her elegant, high-flying new friend asks for a favour and then mysteriously disappears, a young suburban single mother becomes obsessed with finding out the truth, only to be unexpectedly […]
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 […]
Posted by Gui on September 8, 2018
Review 116min Genre: Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director: Bart Layton Cast: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Jared Abrahamson…and more Writer: Bart Layton -Synopsis- Bored with life and on the road to nowhere, four Kentucky college kids hatch a plan to make their mark on the world—an audacious and unlikely heist at a library which would become one […]
Posted by Gui on September 1, 2018
Review 88min Genre: Drama, Music, Romance Director: Pawel Pawlikowski Cast: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc…and more Writers: Pawel Pawlikowski, Janusz Glowacki and Piotr Borkowski -Synopsis- In the gloom of post-war Poland, a musician and conductor forms a renowned performance academy made up of traditional young rural folk talents, only to fall for his star […]
Posted by Gui on August 26, 2018
Review 135min Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Crime, Drama Director: Spike Lee Cast: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Topher Grace…more Writers: Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Spike Lee… and more -Synopsis- Spike Lee returns with a timely biographical period tale based on the life of Ron Stallworth—the first African-American officer in the Colorado Springs PD, who conducted an […]
Posted by Gui on August 6, 2018
Review 97min Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music Director: Brett Haley Cast: Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Toni Collette…and more Writers: Brett Haley and Marc Basch -Synopsis- In a bid to connect with his teenage daughter before she leaves for college, a quirky music-loving widower convinces his girl to finally give their two-piece experimental band a chance, in […]
Posted by Gui on July 15, 2018
Review 113min Genre: Drama, Thriller Director: Paul Schrader Cast: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer… Writer: Paul Schrader -Synopsis- Dealing with his own personal tragedy, existential concerns and the demons of his flock, a small town New York priest struggles with a crisis of conscience in a world he no longer understands, in this […]
Posted by Gui on July 2, 2018
Review 109min Genre: Drama Director: Debra Granik Cast: Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster, Dana Millican…and more Writers: Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini and Peter Rock -Synopsis- Forced to abandon their idyllic wild existence in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, an emotionally scarred father and his thirteen year-old daughter struggle to adapt to the society around them, […]
Posted by Gui on July 1, 2018
Review 122min Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller Director: Stefano Sollima Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Moner…and more Writer: Taylor Sheridan -Synopsis- As the ill-fated US ‘war on drugs’ escalates with the Mexican border as the battlefield, and with a new administration willing to pour fuel on the fire, former sicario ‘Alejandro’ and CIA […]
Posted by Gui on June 12, 2018
Review 127min Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery Director: Ari Aster Cast: Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Alex Wolff…and more Writer: Ari Aster -Synopsis- When her mysterious and domineering elderly mother dies, a woman and her family begin to have inexplicable and terrifying experiences as they uncover sinister secrets about their deceased matriarch—promising a bleak fate and threatening […]
Posted by Gui on June 2, 2018
Review 107min Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller Director: François Ozon Cast: Marine Vacth, Jérémie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset…and more Writers: François Ozon and Joyce Carol Oates -Synopsis- A fragile and beautiful young woman falls for her psychologist, only to be caught in a paranoid web of seduction and deceit when she discovers there may be more to […]
Posted by Gui on May 20, 2018
Review 110min Genre: Drama, Romance Director: Dominic Cooke Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Anne-Marie Duff…and more Writer: Ian McEwan -Synopsis- Stuck in the confines of a new marriage and a British coastal honeymoon in the early 1960s, a young couple’s idyllic romance gives way to a struggle for physical connection in emotional silence, as they […]
Posted by Gui on May 11, 2018
Review 107min Genre: Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director: José Padilha Cast: Daniel Brühl, Rosamund Pike, Eddie Marsan…and more Writer: Gregory Burke -Synopsis- In the summer of 1976, two Palestinian extremists and two German ones hijack a plane and take the passengers hostage, forcing it to land in Idi Amin’s Uganda in a bid to further their […]
Posted by Gui on April 23, 2018
Review 107min Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance Director: Michael Pearce Cast: Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Geraldine James…and more Writer: Michael Pearce -Synopsis- When a repressed young woman meets a mysterious stranger in an isolated island community, she becomes caught between duty towards her oppressive family and an infatuation with a man suspected of multiple murders […]
Posted by Gui on April 7, 2018
Review 92min Genre: Drama, Thriller Director: Cory Finley Cast: Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Anton Yelchin…and more Writer: Cory Finley -Synopsis- Two well-to-do suburban Connecticut teens rekindle a childhood friendship and bond over their challenging but opposing personalities and outsider characters, leading to a sinister plan to solve their family issues which quickly gets out of […]
Posted by Gui on April 6, 2018
Review 90min Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller Director: John Krasinski Cast: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds…and more Writers: Bryan Woods, Scott Beck and John Krasinski -Synopsis- In a world devastated by an unexplained catastrophe, a young family—stalked by menacing and mysterious creatures who hunt on sound alone—lives in complete silence and rural isolation, but their […]
Posted by Gui on March 28, 2018
Review 143min Genre: Drama Director: Robin Campillo Cast: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel…more Writers: Robin Campillo and Philippe Mangeot -Synopsis- Frustrated by government inactivity over the spread of HIV in early 1990s France, a group of AIDS activists step-up their efforts and begin taking matters into their own hands, while dealing with shifting […]
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 March 13, 2018
Review 115min Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-fi, Thriller Director: Alex Garland Cast: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Oscar Isaac…and more Writers: Alex Garland and Jeff VanderMeer -Synopsis- A team of female scientists embarks on a dangerous mission to unlock the secrets of a mysterious and isolated wilderness where multiple previous expeditions have disappeared—but what they […]
Posted by Gui on March 6, 2018
Review 116min Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery Director: Todd Haynes Cast: Millicent Simmonds, Oakes Fegley, Julianne Moore…and more Writer: Brian Selznick -Synopsis- The intersecting story of two American twelve-year-olds who are separated by geography and half a century but connected through shared experiences, only to be brought together by cosmic forces and a city-spanning adventure in […]
Posted by Gui on March 3, 2018
Review 85min Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller Director: Lynne Ramsay Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alessandro Nivola…more Writers: Jonathan Ames and Lynne Ramsay -Synopsis- When a troubled brutal enforcer/private investigator takes on a case tracking down a missing girl, he gets caught up in a dark conspiracy which takes him down a deep and dark rabbit […]
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 February 20, 2018
Review 120min Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Drama, Sport Director: Craig Gillespie Cast: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney…and more Writer: Steven Rogers -Synopsis- Fuelled by resentment and a difficult upbringing dominated by a hyper-critical mother, combative American figure skater Tonya Harding rises through the ranks of competitive global ice skating in the early 90s, only to […]
Posted by Gui on February 10, 2018
Review 92min Genre: Drama Director: Paddy Considine Cast: Paddy Considine, Jodie Whittaker, Tony Pitts…and more Writer: Paddy Considine -Synopsis- When British boxing veteran and middleweight champion ‘Matty Burton’ suffers a catastrophic brain injury during a fight, he’s forced to effectively re-start his life, with huge emotional implications for his wife and infant daughter . . […]
Posted by Gui on February 1, 2018
Review 123min Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance Director: Guillermo del Toro Cast: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer…and more Writers: Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor -Synopsis- A ‘Beauty & the Beast’ style fairy-tale about oppression and boundless love set at the height of cold war paranoia in the early 1960’s, when a mute cleaner […]
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 […]
Posted by Gui on January 9, 2018
Review 135min Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-fi Director: Alexander Payne Cast: Matt Damon, Hong Chau, Christoph Waltz…and more Writers: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor -Synopsis- In a world where scientists have found the solution to overpopulation and its effects on the planet, shrinking people down to five inches tall, a humble and honest man volunteers for […]
Posted by Gui on January 5, 2018
Review 133min Genre: Drama, Western Director: Scott Cooper Cast: Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi…and more Writers: Scott Cooper and Donald E. Stewart -Synopsis- In the post civil war 19th century American frontier, a respected and bigoted army captain and his unit reluctantly escort a tribal chief and his family home to Montana, a dangerous […]
Posted by Gui on January 1, 2018
Review 115min Genre: Crime, Drama Director: Martin McDonagh Cast: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell…more Writer: Martin McDonagh -Synopsis- An implacable and irrepressible small town mother takes on local law enforcement (and much of the community) when they fail to solve the case of her teenage daughter’s brutal murder, in a darkly comedic and […]
Posted by Gui on December 1, 2017
Review 119min Genre: Fact-based, Drama Director: David Gordon Green Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson…more Writers: John Pollono, Jeff Bauman and Bret Witter -Synopsis- Caught up in the devastation of the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013, a young man struggles to physically and emotionally recover from his ordeal while becoming an unsuspecting symbol of […]
Posted by Gui on November 30, 2017
Review 103min Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Drama Director: James Franco Cast: James Franco, Dave Franco, Alison Brie…and more Writers: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber and Greg Sestero -Synopsis- When an aspiring young actor meets an older mysterious wannabe thespian, they join forces and head to tinseltown to follow their dreams of stardom, but when Hollywood rejection […]
Posted by Gui on November 20, 2017
Review 121min Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Drama, Sport Director: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Cast: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough…and more Writer: Simon Beaufoy -Synopsis- A light-hearted story of the struggle for equal rights in professional tennis, set against the backdrop of the media circus surrounding the exhibition match between legendary women’s world number one […]
Posted by Gui on November 16, 2017
Review 101min Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Directors: Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie Cast: Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Buddy Duress…and more Writers: Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie -Synopsis- When an ill-conceived heist goes wrong and his mentally challenged bother is captured, a young New York street criminal plunges into a tense and unpredictable night of […]
Posted by Gui on November 13, 2017
Review 98min Genre: Comedy, Drama Director: Matt Spicer Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O’Shea Jackson Jr.…and more Writers: David Branson Smith and Matt Spicer -Synopsis- A troubled young lady follows her social media obsession West to L.A. where she strategically inserts herself into the life of her lifestyle ‘guru’ idol and unsuspecting Instagram star, creating […]
Posted by Gui on November 10, 2017
Review 105min Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Romance Director: Paul McGuigan Cast: Jamie Bell, Annette Bening, Julie Walters…and more Writers: Matt Greenhalgh and Peter Turner -Synopsis- After an unlikely ocean-spanning, 1970s whirlwind romance between young British actor Peter Turner and ageing ‘Golden Era’ screen siren Gloria Grahame ends, a tender relationship is rekindled on the streets of […]
Posted by Gui on November 3, 2017
Review 114min Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery Director: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny Depp…and more Writers: Michael Green and Agatha Christie -Synopsis- When someone mysteriously dies on the world renown luxury train travelling across Europe, fellow passenger and legendary detective ‘Hercule Poirot’ must unravel a mystery which will test his moral compass and […]
Posted by Gui on November 1, 2017
Review 111min Genre: Drama Director: Sean Baker Cast: Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe…and more Writers: Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch -Synopsis- A gritty yet comical tale of brazen behaviour and childlike innocence, set the in the seedy live-in motels in the shadow of the Disney Empire and seen through the eyes of an adorably […]
Posted by Gui on October 30, 2017
Review 120min Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Cast: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan…and more Writers: Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou -Synopsis- A successful surgeon and family man’s life takes a downward spiral after he’s drawn into the world of a troubled young patient and is forced to make an inconceivable choice . […]
Posted by Gui on October 26, 2017
Review 132min Genre: Drama, Romance Director: Luca Guadagnino Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg…more Writers: James Ivory and Andre Aciman -Synopsis- During a 1980s summer in small-town northern Italy, a teenager forms a fraternal relationship with an American grad student and researcher who’s come to stay with his family of academics—but this seasonal bond […]
Posted by Gui on October 15, 2017
Review 122min Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance Directors: Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza Cast: Julia Jedlikowska, Gaetano Fernandez, Sabine Timoteo…more Writers: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza, Marco Mancassola -Synopsis- In picturesque rural Northern Sicily, a teenage boy and son of a local Mafia boss-turned-stool pigeon mysteriously disappears, only for his determined young girlfriend to defy the indifference […]
Posted by Gui on October 15, 2017
Review 105min Genre: Drama, Romance Director: Léa Mysius Cast: Noée Abita, Juan Cano, Laure Calamy…and more Writers: Léa Mysius and Paul Guilhaume -Synopsis- When 13-year-old loner ‘Ava’ is hit with the prospect of the impending loss of her eyesight while on a French beachside vacation with her family, the spirited teen decides to accelerate her […]
Posted by Gui on October 14, 2017
Review 140min Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama Director: Takashi Miike Cast: Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sôta Fukushi…and more Writers: Hiroaki Samura and Tetsuya Oishi -Synopsis- In the hope of regaining his soul and finally achieving inner peace, a skilled but cursed and cranky immortal Samurai agrees to help a young girl avenge her parents, murdered by […]