Posted by Gui on October 6, 2023
Review 126min Genre: Drama, Thriller Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda Cast: Soya Kurokawa, Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama…and more Writers: Yûji Sakamoto -Synopsis- A young Japanese boy’s single mother takes matters into her own hands when his behaviour takes a turn towards the odd and disturbing and she suspects his school life to be the cause, as she […]
Posted by Gui on February 17, 2020
Review 108min Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance Director: Takashi Miike Cast: Masataka Kubota, Sakurako Konishi, Becky…and more Writers: Masa Nakamura -Synopsis- After receiving a bleak diagnosis, a young Japanese boxer’s life is forever changed when he inadvertently gets caught in the middle of a Yakuza drug-smuggling conspiracy and gang war, after he meets a […]
Posted by Gui on May 10, 2019
Review 104min Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery Director: Rob Letterman Cast: Justice Smith, Ryan Reynolds, Kathryn Newton…and more Writers: Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, Rob Letterman…and more -Synopsis- When his estranged private detective father disappears and is presumed dead, a young man’s trip to the modern metropolis of ‘Ryme City’ turns into a mystery when […]
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 […]
Posted by Gui on March 23, 2018
Review 111min Genre: Action, Adventure, Disaster, Sci-fi Director: Steven S. DeKnight Cast: John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny…and more Writers: Steven S. DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder… and more -Synopsis- A decade after the giant ‘Kaiju’ monsters were defeated and the breach from whence they came was closed, fallen ‘Jaeger’ robot program hero ‘Stacker Pentecost’s’ […]
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 […]
Posted by Gui on April 13, 2017
Review 144min Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance Director: Park Chan-wook Cast: Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo…and more Writers: Jeong Seo-kyeong, Park Chan-wook and Sarah Waters -Synopsis- Acclaimed South Korean writer/director Park Chan-wook’s (Oldboy, Thirst) sexually charged period drama set in early 20th-century occupied Korea, where a young Korean woman’s plan to defraud a beautiful Japanese heiress […]
Posted by Gui on March 31, 2017
Review 120min Genre: Sci-fi, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery Director: Rupert Sanders Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano…and more Writers: Masamune Shirow, Jamie Moss & William Wheeler -Synopsis- Set in a near-future where man and machine have become one; a crime-fighting cyborg leads a counter-cyberterrorist unit against a dangerous and shadowy hacker who targets individuals […]
Posted by Gui on January 26, 2017
Review 139min Genre: Fact-based, Drama, War Director: Mel Gibson Cast: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer…more Writers: Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight -Synopsis- Mel Gibson returns to the director’s chair after a 10 year absence for a biographical drama about Desmond Doss; a World War II hero, Seventh-day Adventist and combat medic who refused to […]
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 November 24, 2016
Review 156min Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller Director: Hong-jin Na Cast: Do Won Kwak, Jun Kunimura, Woo-hee Chun…and more Writer: Hong-jin Na -Synopsis- When a series of grisly murders and a related mysterious sickness devastate an unsuspecting modern-day South Korean village; an inept and comically cowardly local cop must unravel the mystery of the dark […]
Posted by Gui on November 23, 2016
When two 17th century Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan on mission to spread Christianity and determine the fate of their mentor, they encounter open hostility and face persecution in Martin Scorsese’s historical period drama adaptation of Shūsaku Endō’s award-winning novel. Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson among others. […]
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 […]
Posted by Gui on July 29, 2016
Review 103min Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Mystery Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi Cast: Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Susumu Terajima…and more Writers: Joan G. Robinson, Keiko Niwa, Masashi Ando… and more -Synopsis- A demure, socially anxious and emotionally detached teenage girl is sent on a Japanese countryside stay with relatives by her adoptive mother; only to be drawn […]
Posted by Gui on February 25, 2016
Review 93min Genre: Horror, Thriller Director: Jason Zada Cast: Natalie Dormer, Taylor Kinney, Yukiyoshi Ozawa…and more Writers: Nick Antosca, Sarah Cornwell & Ben Ketai -Synopsis- After the disappearance of her twin, a young American woman is drawn to a dark and notorious Japanese forest where she will face terror and her inner demons to discover […]
Posted by Gui on January 30, 2015
102min Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comic-book Directors: Don Hall, Chris Williams Cast: Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, James Cromwell…and more Writers: Jordan Roberts, Daniel Gerson…and more A teenage super-genius teams up with a fluffy medical robot and a group of uber-nerds to form a superhero team tasked with stopping a mysterious and powerful super-villain from […]
Posted by Gui on May 17, 2014
123min Genre: Action, Adventure, Disaster, Sci-fi Director: Gareth Edwards Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson Bryan Cranston Ken Watanabe…more Writers: Max Borenstein, Dave Callaham Scientists awaken something ancient and huge with disastrous consequences for humanity, director Gareth Edwards brings us his interpretation of the sci-fi monster movie classic Godzilla starring Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass, […]