Posted by Gui on February 13, 2019
Review 110min Genre: Fact-based, Drama, War Director: Matthew Heineman Cast: Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Tom Hollander…and more Writers: Marie Brenner and Arash Amel -Synopsis- A cinematic ode to journalists and the sacrifices they make through the prism of award-winning ‘The Sunday Times’ war correspondent Marie Colvin’s career, chronicling her struggle to shine a light on […]
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 […]
Posted by Gui on December 1, 2017
Review 119min Genre: Fact-based, Drama Director: David Gordon Green Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson…more Writers: John Pollono, Jeff Bauman and Bret Witter -Synopsis- Caught up in the devastation of the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013, a young man struggles to physically and emotionally recover from his ordeal while becoming an unsuspecting symbol of […]
Posted by Gui on October 27, 2016
110min Genre: Drama Director: Mijke de Jong Cast: Nora El Koussour, Ilias Addab…and more Writers: Jan Eilander and Mijke de Jong -Synopsis- Living in modern-day Amsterdam, “Layla” is a smart and stubborn but angry and resentful Dutch-born Muslim teenager, whose devotion to Islam puts her on a path towards radicalisation; only for her ideals to […]
Posted by Gui on August 27, 2016
Review 114min Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Crime, Drama, War Director: Todd Phillips Cast: Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Ana de Armas…and more Writers: Stephen Chin, Todd Phillips, Jason Smilovic… and more -Synopsis- Outlandish comedy/drama from the director of ‘The Hangover’ and ‘Starsky & Hutch’; based on a true story of how young stoners from Miami became perhaps […]
Posted by Gui on April 21, 2016
Review 92min Genre: Action, Thriller Director: James Watkins Cast: Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon…and more Writer: Andrew Baldwin An American pickpocket in Paris is on the run after being unwittingly implicated in a terrorist attack, hunted by a hard-nosed CIA super agent, together they form a unwilling alliance to unravel a conspiracy which […]
Posted by Gui on April 15, 2016
Review 102min Genre: War, Drama, Thriller Director: Gavin Hood Cast: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman…and more Writer: Guy Hibbert -Synopsis- Drone warfare thriller starring Dame Helen Mirren as a British military officer whose African mission to capture suspected terrorists turns into an assassination strike with dire consequences for the innocent, a modern-conflict drama […]
Posted by Gui on March 24, 2016
Outrageous comedy/drama from the director of ‘The Hangover’ and ‘Old School’; based on the true story of how a couple of stoners from Miami became perhaps the most unlikely international arms dealers ever, managing to play US government systems and secure a huge contract to arm America’s allies in Afghanistan using weaponry from “questionable” sources. […]