Locke (2013) Director: Steven Knight. Starring: Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Ruth Wilson. Plot: One man with the perfect career and a perfect family is about to put it all on the line with a series of phone calls in a matter of hours. “When I left the site just two hours ago I had a […]
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Woman in Gold (2015) Review Plot: Maria Altmann engages in a legal battle with the Austrian Government for the restitution of the famous Adele painting by Klimt which had been taken from her family home during WW2. Director: Simon Curtis Cast: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes, Tatiana Maslany, Max
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Jaws (1975) Director: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Roy Schneider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss. Plot: The chief of a small summer town enlists the help of a local fisherman and an out of town marine scientist to hunt down a massive Great White Shark that has been terrorising the locals. It’s been 40 years since the movie that
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Legend (2015) Director: Brian Helgeland Starring: Tom Hardy; Emily Browning Plot: A look at the life of the Kray twins from the perspective of Reggie’s wife Frances during the peak of their lives in 1960s London. View image | gettyimages.com The last gangster biopic I saw was Goodfellas. There’s just something about glamorizing real-life gangsters that I
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Song of the Sea (2014) Director: Tomm Moore Screenwriter: William Collins Starring: David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Lisa Hannigan, Fionnula Flanigan, Lucy O’Connell, Jon Kenny This is an extremely charming and moving Oscar nominate children’s movie that I want to share with everyone. Song of the Sea is based on Celtic mythology concerning mostly selkies sea creatures which
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It’s Kind of a Funny Story (2010) Starring: Keir Glichrist; Zach Galifianakis; Emma Roberts Directors: Ryan Fleck; Anna Boden “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” was based on Ned Vizzini’s most popular novel of the same name. It follows Craig Gilner, a gifted and depressed teenager, after he checks himself into the hospital for suicidal
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A Dozen Summers (2015) Director: Kenton Hall Starring: Hero Hall, Scarlet Hall, Kenton Hall, Sarah Warren, Colin Baker, Ewen Macintosh, David Knight, Holly Jacobson, Quinton Nyrienda, Richard Stephenson Winter, Robert Bilic andTallulah Sheffield Plot: A young boy and girl begin a magical adventure on an ordinary school day…until the Narrator is frightened off by local 12 year
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Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) Plot: Bathsheba Everdene inherits a substantial estate from her uncle and tries her best to run it properly, mostly with the help of Gabriel Oak, a shepherd whose misfortune will bring her help and comfort. However, things will soon get more complicated than Bathsheba expected, especially when two different
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Me and Orson Welles (2009) Plot: A young boy is noticed by the great Orson Welles who decides to cast him in his Mercury Theatre production of Julius Ceasar. Director: Richard Linklater. Starring: Zac Efron, Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Ben Chaplin, Zoe Kazan, Eddie Marsan, Kelly Reilly, James Tupper, Leo Bill. The story starts with
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Suite Française (2015) Director: Saul Dibb Screenwriters: Matt Charman, Saul Dibb Starring: Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Riley, Ruth Wilson, Lambert Wilson, Margot Robbie, Alexandra Maria Lara, Tom Schilling, Harriet Walter By looking at the poster for the romantic war drama Suite Française, it is immediately clear in what historical period the
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