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The Painted Bird (2020) (Czech, German and Russian language)

Posted by Gui on September 7, 2020

Review 169min Genre:      Drama, War Director:    Václav Marhoul Cast:        Petr Kotlár, Udo Kier, Julian Sands…and more Writers:    Václav Marhoul and Jerzy Kosinski -Synopsis- In bleak rural Eastern Europe at the end of the second world war, a young Jewish peasant boy wanders from village to village after the death of his foster aunt, […]

Baby Driver (2017)

Posted by Gui on June 26, 2017

Review 113min Genre:       Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller Director:    Edgar Wright Cast:         Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey…and more Writer:      Edgar Wright -Synopsis- A gifted but damaged young getaway driver for a ruthless crime boss struggles to break the shackles of his criminal life, after becoming caught between a blossoming romance and his commitment to one […]

Lion (2016)- BFI London Film Festival 2016

Posted by Gui on October 18, 2016

129min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama Director:   Garth Davis Cast:        Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Nicole Kidman…and more Writers:    Saroo Brierley, Larry Buttrose, Luke Davies -Synopsis- Biographical drama based on the true story of Saroo Brierley; a poor 5-year-old Indian boy who was separated from his family and became one of India’s many street children a thousand miles […]

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

Posted by Gui on September 18, 2016

Review 101min Genre:     Adventure, Comedy, Drama Director:  Taika Waititi Cast:       Julian Dennison, Sam Neill, Rima Te Wiata…and more Writers:   Taika Waititi and Barry Crump -Synopsis- A troubled young orphan funds stability with a rural couple, only to be threatened with a return to foster care when tragedy strikes; but this rebellious young “gangsta” has his […]

Pete’s Dragon (2016)

Posted by Gui on August 13, 2016

Review 102min Genre:      Family, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy Director:   David Lowery Cast:        Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford…more Writers:    David Lowery, Toby Halbrooks, Malcolm Marmorstein…more -Synopsis- Disney’s 21st century re-imagining of its own classic family film recounting the story of “Pete”; a young orphan boy who’s thrown back into civilisation after living wild in a […]

The BFG (2016)

Posted by Gui on July 23, 2016

Review 117min Genre:      Family, Adventure, Fantasy Director:   Steven Spielberg Cast:        Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton…and more Writers:    Melissa Mathison and Roald Dahl… and more -Synopsis- An English orphan girl forms an unlikely bond with a friendly outcast giant who refuses to eat people like the rest of his kind, together they embark on a […]