Januar 2016

45 Years (2015)

  7/10 

A married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receive shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives. (95 mins.)

Director: Andrew Haigh

Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells

 

2.

99 Homes (2014)

    7/10

A recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration. (112 mins.)

Director: Ramin Bahrani

Stars: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Clancy Brown

 

3.

Krigen (2015)

  7/10   

Company commander Claus M. Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk) and his men are stationed in an Afghan province. Meanwhile... (115 mins.)

Director: Tobias Lindholm

Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Tuva Novotny, Dar Salim, Søren Malling

 

4.

Anomalisa (2015)

  6,5/10  

A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary. (90 mins.)

Director: Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman

Stars: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan

 

5.

Black Mass (2015)

  6,5/10  

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf. (123 mins.)

Director: Scott Cooper

Stars: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Joel Edgerton

 

6.

Burnt (2015)

  6/10  

Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) is a chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars. (101 mins.)

Director: John Wells

Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Daniel Brühl, Riccardo Scamarcio

 

7.

Gui lai (2014)

  6/10  

Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer remembers him. (109 mins.)

Director: Yimou Zhang

Stars: Li Gong, Daoming Chen, Huiwen Zhang, Tao Guo

 

8.

Concussion (2015)

  6/10  

In Pittsburgh, accomplished pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play. (123 mins.)

Director: Peter Landesman

Stars: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, David Morse

 

9.

Crimson Peak (2015)

  5,5/10  

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds - and remembers. (119 mins.)

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam

 

10.

Dheepan (2015)

  7/10  

Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris. (115 mins.)

Director: Jacques Audiard

Stars: Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers

 

11.

Gabriel (2014)

  6/10  

A troubled young man searches obsessively for his first love, risking everything in an increasingly desperate pursuit. (85 mins.)

Director: Lou Howe

Stars: Rory Culkin, David Call, Deirdre O'Connell, Lynn Cohen

 

12.

Grandma (2015)

  7/10  

A teenager facing an unplanned pregnancy seeks help from her acerbic grandmother, a woman who is long estranged from her daughter. (79 mins.)

Director: Paul Weitz

Stars: Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer

 

13.

Heneral Luna (2015)

  5/10  

Set during the Philippine-American war, a short-tempered Filipino general faces an enemy more formidable than the American army: his own treacherous countrymen. (118 mins.)

Director: Jerrold Tarog

Stars: John Arcilla, Mon Confiado, Arron Villaflor, Jeffrey Quizon

 

14.

In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

  6/10  

A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick. (122 mins.)

Director: Ron Howard

Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw

 

15.

Irrational Man (2015)

  6/10  

A tormented philosophy professor finds a will to live when he commits an existential act. (95 mins.)

Director: Woody Allen

Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey, Joe Stapleton

 

16.

Last Cab to Darwin (2015)

  6/10  

When Rex, a Broken Hill cab driver, is told he doesn't have long to live, he sets out on an epic journey to Darwin in a bid to die on his own terms. (123 mins.)

Director: Jeremy Sims

Stars: Michael Caton, Ningali Lawford, Mark Coles Smith, Emma Hamilton

 

17.

Legend (2015)

  6,5/10  

The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s. (132 mins.)

Director: Brian Helgeland

Stars: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton, Colin Morgan

 

18.

Life (2015)

  6,5/10  

A photographer for Life Magazine is assigned to shoot pictures of James Dean. (111 mins.)

Director: Anton Corbijn

Stars: Robert Pattinson, Dane DeHaan, Peter Lucas, Lauren Gallagher

 

19.

Vonarstræti (2014)

  6,5/10  

Three tales of three people who have a lasting effect on one another. A young writer whose career is skyrocketing finds himself in a stormy marriage... (129 mins.)

Director: Baldvin Zophoníasson

Stars: Hera Hilmar, Thor Kristjansson, Jóel Sæmundsson, Þorsteinn Bachmann

 

20.

Liza, a rókatündér (2015)

  6,5/10  

Liza's a nurse, seeking love. Her only company is a long-dead Japanese pop star, who turns her into a fox-fairy out of jealousy. Now, every men who desires Liza shall die horribly. Can she overcome the curse? (98 mins.)

Director: Károly Ujj Mészáros

Stars: Mónika Balsai, Szabolcs Bede Fazekas, David Sakurai, Zoltán Schmied

 

21.

Macbeth (2015)

  7/10  

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself. (113 mins.)

Director: Justin Kurzel

Stars: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jack Madigan, Frank Madigan

 

22.

Pan (2015)

  6/10  

12-year-old orphan Peter is spirited away to the magical world of Neverland, where he finds both fun and danger, and ultimately discovers his destiny -- to become the hero who will be forever known as Peter Pan. (111 mins.)

Director: Joe Wright

Stars: Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara

 

23.

El desconocido (2015)

  6/10  

A bank executive receives an anonymous phone call informing him he has just a few hours to obtain a large amount of money or a bomb under his seat will explode. (102 mins.)

Director: Dani de la Torre

Stars: Luis Tosar, Javier Gutiérrez, Elvira Mínguez, Fernando Cayo

 

24.

Ji-geum-eun-mat-go-geu-ddae-neun-teul-li-da (2015)

  5/10  

(121 mins.)

Director: Sang-soo Hong

Stars: Jae-yeong Jeong, Min-hee Kim, Yeo-jeong Yoon, Ju-bong Gi

 

25.

Risttuules (2014)

  7/10  

"Risttuules" is very emotional and tragic movie about mass deportation to Siberia based on memories of Erna... (90 mins.)

Director: Martti Helde

Stars: Einar Hillep, Ingrid Isotamm, Laura Peterson, Mirt Preegel

 

26.

Room (2015)

  7,5/10  

After five-year-old Jack and his mother escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a thrilling discovery. (118 mins.)

Director: Lenny Abrahamson

Stars: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Wendy Crewson

 

27.

Spectre (2015)

  7/10  

A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. (148 mins.)

Director: Sam Mendes

Stars: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes

 

28.

Spotlight (2015)

    7/10  

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. (128 mins.)

Director: Tom McCarthy

Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber

 

29.

Steve Jobs (2015)

  7/10  

Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac. (122 mins.)

Director: Danny Boyle

Stars: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels

 

30.

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

  7/10  

The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood. (147 mins.)

Director: F. Gary Gray

Stars: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr.

 

31.

Suffragette (2015)

  5,5/10  

The foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State. (106 mins.)

Director: Sarah Gavron

Stars: Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep

 

32.

The 33 (2015)

  6/10  

Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days. (127 mins.)

Director: Patricia Riggen

Stars: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin

 

33.

The Big Short (2015)

  6,5/10  

Four denizens in the world of high-finance predict the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s, and decide to take on the big banks for their greed and lack of foresight. (130 mins.)

Director: Adam McKay

Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt

 

34.

Le tout nouveau testament (2015)

    7/10

Did you know that God is alive and lives in Brussels with his daughter? (113 mins.)

Director: Jaco Van Dormael

Stars: Pili Groyne, Benoît Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve, François Damiens

 

35.

The Danish Girl (2015)

  6/10  

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 groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer. (119 mins.)

Director: Tom Hooper

Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, Ben Whishaw

 

36.

Miekkailija (2015)

  6/10  

Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice. (93 mins.)

Director: Klaus Härö

Stars: Kirill Käro, Lembit Ulfsak, Märt Avandi, Liisa Koppel

 

37.

Povodyr (2014)

  5/10  

American boy Peter and blind minstrel Ivan are thrown together by fate amidst the turbulent mid-1930s Soviet Ukraine. (122 mins.)

Director: Oles Sanin

Stars: Stanislav Boklan, Jeff Burrell, Anton Sviatoslav Greene, Andriy Haddad

 

38.

The Hateful Eight (2015)

  8/10  

In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters. (187 mins.)

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins

 

39.

The Lobster (2015)

    7/10  

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods. (118 mins.)

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

Stars: Jacqueline Abrahams, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman

 

40.

Que Horas Ela Volta? (2015)

  7/10  

When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray. (112 mins.)

Director: Anna Muylaert

Stars: Regina Casé, Helena Albergaria, Michel Joelsas, Camila Márdila

41.

Trumbo (2015)

  6,5/10  

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. (124 mins.)

Director: Jay Roach

Stars: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K.

 

42.

Dar donya ye to saat chand ast? (2014)

  6/10  

A woman comes back from Paris to her country after a long time. She meets a man that she hardly knows, but he knows a lot about her life. (101 mins.)

Director: Safi Yazdanian

Stars: Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, Zahra Hatami

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