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Nightbitch (2024)- BFI London Film Festival 2024

Posted by Gui on November 29, 2024

Review 98min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Horror Director:     Marielle Heller Cast:         Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Emmett Snowden…and more Writers:     Marielle Heller and Rachel Yoder -Synopsis- In present day American suburbia, a stay-at-home mom struggles with the pressures of parenthood and its effect on her life and career, only to unexpectedly connect with a more primal instinct […]

The Fabelmans (2022)

Posted by Gui on January 27, 2023

Review 151min Genre:       Drama Director:     Steven Spielberg Cast:         Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano…and more Writers:     Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner -Synopsis- In post war suburban America, a boy with big dreams is beguiled by the magic of the pictures and nurtured by his free-spirited mother to become a storyteller himself, as he […]

Relic (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on October 25, 2020

Review 89min Genre:       Drama, Horror, Thriller Director:     Natalie Erika James Cast:         Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote…and more Writers:     Natalie Erika James and Christian White -Synopsis- An Aussie grandmother’s inexplicable disappearance becomes even more bizarre when she returns a changed figure, plunging her daughter and granddaughter into despair when they lose touch with a matriarch […]

Babyteeth (2020)

Posted by Gui on August 21, 2020

Review 118min Genre:        Comedy, Drama, Romance Director:      Shannon Murphy Cast:          Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Ben Mendelsohn…and more Writers:      Rita Kalnejais -Synopsis- The quiet but complex lives of a suburban Australian couple are thrown into turmoil when their cancer-stricken teenage daughter develops a relationship with a local petty criminal and addict, as cracks in the […]

Luce (2019)

Posted by Gui on November 7, 2019

Review 109min Genre:    Drama Director: Julius Onah Cast:      Kelvin Harrison Jr., Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer…and more Writers:  Julius Onah and J.C. Lee -Synopsis- A model student and all-star athlete, Luce’s life as an African child refugee turned into an adoptive American teen is flipped upside down when his parents discover a clash […]

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

Posted by Gui on August 24, 2019

Review 108min Genre:       Horror, Mystery, Thriller Director:    André Øvredal Cast:         Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Austin Zajur…and more Writers:     Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Guillermo del Toro…more -Synopsis- When a group of teenagers discover a manifesting book of scary stories in a creepy abandoned mansion in late 1960s USA, they unleash a dark fate upon their […]

Good Boys (2019)

Posted by Gui on August 19, 2019

Review 89min Genre:       Comedy Director:    Gene Stupnitsky Cast:         Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon…and more Writers:     Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky -Synopsis- On a quest to replace a broken drone and get to an epic kissing party, a trio of twelve-year-old misfit friends embark on an epic foul-mouthed suburban American journey that’ll turn them […]

Eighth Grade (2018)

Posted by Gui on April 26, 2019

Review 93min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:    Bo Burnham Cast:         Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Luke Prael…and more Writers:     Bo Burnham -Synopsis- On the cusp of full teendom but struggling to get over the line, an outwardly shy and awkward solitary fourteen-year-old toils with the distinct 21st century struggles and timeless tribulations of early adolescence, as she […]

Wildlife (2018)- BFI London Film Festival 2018

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 […]

Thoroughbreds (2018)

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 […]

Mom and Dad (2018)

Posted by Gui on March 8, 2018

Review 86min Genre:       Horror, Thriller Director:    Brian Taylor Cast:         Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters…and more Writer:      Brian Taylor -Synopsis- When a mysterious condition causes parents in unassuming American suburbia to turn on their kids with violent murderous intentions, a brother and sister must survive the day and avoid their rampaging folks in this demented […]

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 […]

Hounds of Love (2017)

Posted by Gui on July 26, 2017

Review 108min Genre:     Crime, Drama, Horror Director:  Ben Young Cast:       Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, Stephen Curry…and more Writer:    Ben Young -Synopsis- After being abducted on the quiet streets of Australian suburbia by a perverted couple, a young girl is subjected to horrendous exploitation and sexual abuse, but begins to exploit a relationship rift between her […]

The House (2017)

Posted by Gui on July 3, 2017

Review 118min Genre:       Comedy Director:    Andrew Jay Cohen Cast:         Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Jason Mantzoukas…and more Writers:     Brendan O’Brien and Andrew Jay Cohen -Synopsis- Looking for a way to pay for their daughter’s college tuition after her scholarship is revoked, a well-meaning but inept couple start an illegal underground casino in quiet American suburbia with […]