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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 […]

The Power of the Dog (2021)- BFI London Film Festival 2021

Posted by Gui on October 11, 2021

Review 126min Genre:       Drama, Romance, Western Director:     Jane Campion Cast:         Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons…more Writers:     Jane Campion and Thomas Savage -Synopsis- In early 20th century rural Montana, a domineering rancher ruthlessly rules his roost only for his life to be upended by the arrival of his brother’s new widower wife and her son, […]

The Irishman (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on October 23, 2019

Review 208min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    Martin Scorsese Cast:         Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci…and more Writers:     Steven Zaillian and Charles Brandt -Synopsis- When 1950s family man truck driver Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran ingratiates himself with certain people, he soon climbs the ranks of the East coast mob, while becoming a labour union […]

Vice (2018)

Posted by Gui on January 23, 2019

111min Genre:       Fact-based, Comedy, Drama Director:    Adam McKay Cast:         Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell…and more Writer:      Adam McKay -Synopsis- Respected by some, reviled by others, and feared by many, US political stalwart Dick Cheney rises through the ranks of the republican party, serving presidents and cleaning house in the private sector on his way […]

Game Night (2018)

Posted by Gui on March 1, 2018

Review 100min Genre:       Action, Comedy, Crime Director:    John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein Cast:         Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Jesse Plemons…and more Writer:      Mark Perez -Synopsis- When a group of middle-class suburbanite ‘game night’ devotees mistake a violent kidnapping for a bout of murder-mystery role-playing, a night of hilarious madness ensues in this madcap modern comedy […]

Hostiles (2017)

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 […]

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 Program (2015) (English Language)

Posted by Gui on October 16, 2015

Review 103min Genre:     Fact-based, Drama, Sport Director:  Stephen Frears Cast:       Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Jesse Plemons…and more Writers:   John Hodge, David Walsh Biographical drama from British director Stephen Frears (The Queen, High Fidelity) about the rise and spectacular fall of cancer survivor, 7-time Tour de France winning cyclist and disgraced drugs cheat Lance Armstrong, chronicling […]