Life (2015) Director: Anton Corbijn Cast: Robert Pattinson, Dane Dehaan, Ben Kingsley, Joel Edgerton. Plot: Life is a biopic about James Dean’s turbulent and short life and it is centres mostly on his relationship with Life photographer Dennis Stock. I had been waiting for this film for such a long time and when I finally had the chance […]
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The Danish Girl (2016) Director: Tom Hooper Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard Plot: A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda’s marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili’s ground-breaking journey as a transgender pioneer. A tale based on a true
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The Revenant (2016) Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio; Tom Hardy; Domhnall Gleeson; Forrest Goodluck; Will Poulter. Plot: A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. The latest movie from Birdman (2014) director Alejandro G.
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Signs (2002) Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin Plot: A former reverend tries to rebuild his dysfunctional family after a huge family tragedy, despite the threat of a possible alien invasion. Signs is the story of former reverend, Graham Hess (Gibson) who loses his faith in religion
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Vampire Academy (2014) Director: Mark Waters Cast: Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky Plot: Teenager Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir — a human/vampire hybrid. Her best friend is Lissa Dragomir, a princess of the Moroi — mortal, peaceful vampires. Both teens attend St. Vladamir’s Academy, a secret haven for those like them. Rose trains with a handsome mentor
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The Hateful Eight Director: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, and Bruce Dern Plot: In wintery post Civil War Wyoming, eight strangers on their way to Red Rock seek refuge from a blizzard at ‘Minnie’s Haberdashery’, a stagecoach lodge in the middle
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In the Heart of the Sea (2015) Director: Ron Howard Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Ben Wishhaw, Brendan Gleeson. Plot: The story is set in winter 1820 when veteran whaler Owen Chase is hired by a whaling company in Nantucket to take part in the journey of the whaling ship Essex. The
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Die Hard (1988) Director: John McTiernan Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson. Plot: When terrorists hijack a Christmas party at the Nakatomi plaza in attempt to steal a large some of money, only New York cop, John McClane is able to stop them. Now that it’s December it’s deemed socially acceptable to
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Inside Out (2015) Directors: Pete Docter; Ronaldo Del Carmen Starring: Amy Poehler; Phyllis Smith; Richard Kind; Bill Hader; Lewis Black; Mindy Kaling; Kaitlyn Dias; Diane Lane; Kyle MacLachlan. Plot: After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness – conflict on how
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Sonny Boy (2011) Director: Maria Peters Cast: Ricky Koole, Sergio Hasselbaink, Angelo Arnhem Plot: In the late 1920s, a young student begins an interracial romance with an older, married woman and fathers a child. Based on a true story set during WWII. Sonny Boy (2011) is only voiced in Dutch as it was directed by a well-known Dutch
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