The Nice Guys (2016) Director: Shane Black Starring: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice. Plot: A mismatched pair of private eyes investigate the apparent suicide of a porn star in 1970s Los Angeles. Some 29 years after the release of the Shane Black penned buddy cop movie Lethal Weapon comes a Shane Black penned buddy cop […]
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Knight of Cups (2016) Director: Terrence Malick Starring: Christian Bale; Antonio Banderas; Cate Blanchett; Brian Dennehy; Teresa Palmer; Freida Pinto; Imogen Poots; Natalie Portman. Plot: A writer indulging in all that Los Angeles and Las Vegas has to offer undertakes a search for love and self via a series of adventures with six different women. Writer-Director
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Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World (2016) Director: Sonia Anderson Plot: A look-back on the life of the recently passed song, exploring his phenomenal career and it’s outstanding effect it has had on the whole world. I am still in absolute disbelief that the icon that is David Bowie has passed on. It just doesn’t seem
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The Jungle Book (2016) Director: Jon Favreau Starring: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Lupita Nyong’o, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Christopher Walken, Scarlett Johansson & Giancarlo Esposito. Plot: A live action Disney film based on both the classic collection of books which, in conjunction with its animated predecessor, centres around the life of Mowgli (Neel Sethi), a
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A Woman’s Vengeance (1948) Director: Zoltan Korda Starring: Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy Plot: Based on the novel “The Gioconda Smile” by Aldous Huxley, Henry Maurier is at odds with his ill neurotic wife, Emily, and finds solace in his friend Janet and his mistress Doris. It looks as if the situation is going to
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The Dressmaker (2015) Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse Plot: A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong. The Dressmaker, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse (Proof, Unconditional Love) explores the story of a young woman named Myrtle
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Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson Starring: Dakota Johnson; Jamie Dornan; Jennifer Ehle. Plot: Literature student Anastasia Steele’s life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey. Focus Features, a sub-division of Universal, purchased the rights to E L James’ extraordinarily successful novel in the hopes of recreating that success in
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Land Of Mine (2015) Director: Martin Zandvliet Screenwriter: Martin Zandvliet Cast: Roland Møller, Mikkel Følsgaard, Laura Bro, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Oskar Bökelmann, Emil Buschow, Oskar Buschow, Leon Seidel, Karl Alexander Seider, Maximilian Beck, August Carter, Tim Bülow, Alexander Rasch, Julius Kochinke. Danish director Martin Zandvliet takes over an historical event that is not well-known
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Terminator Genisys (2015) Director: Alan Taylor Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney Plot: During the future war, Kyle Reese prepares to travel back in time to protect Sarah Connor, unaware of how the timeline is about to change completely. Terminator Genisys provides a glimpse into the future war with Skynet, who are
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Three Days in Auschwitz (2015) Director: Phillipe Mora Plot: A director’s reflection on his 3 visits to Aushchwitz and the direct effect it has had upon his life and people like him. Upon watching this movie, I realised that I had given Auschwitz and the genocide of Jewish Europeans very little thought since my schooldays.
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