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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 […]

Diego Maradona (2019)

Posted by Gui on June 20, 2019

Review 130min Genre:     Documentary, Sport Director:  Asif Kapadia Cast:       Diego Maradona, Claudia Villafañe, Corrado Ferlaino… and more Writers:   Asif Kapadia -Synopsis- A chronicle of the charismatic football legend at the height of his success and excess at Napoli in the mid-80s, and his transformation from a kid in a Buenos Aires shantytown to […]

Sicilian Ghost Story (2017) (Italian Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2017

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 […]

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 […]

Triple 9 (2016) (English Language)

Posted by Gui on February 20, 2016

Review 115min Genre:       Crime, Action, Thriller Director:    John Hillcoat Cast:         Chiwetel Ejiofor, Casey Affleck, Kate Winslet…and more Writer:      Matt Cook -Synopsis- A skilled armed robbery crew of ex-mercenaries and dirty cops is blackmailed by a brutal Russian crime boss into pulling a dangerous heist, but as a plan to kill a cop to create a […]

Black Mass (2015)- BFI London Film Festival 2015

Posted by Gui on October 14, 2015

Review 122min Genre:    Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director: Scott Cooper Cast:      Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch…more Writers:  Mark Mallouk, Jez Butterworth , Dick Lehr… and more Johnny Depp stars as notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, whose position as an FBI informant and brother of a Massachusetts state senator gave him virtual carte blanche to […]