April 2016

About Alex (2014)

  5,5/10  

When a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and ultimately push friendships and relationships to the brink. (99 mins.)

Director: Jesse Zwick

Stars: Nate Parker, Jason Ritter, Maggie Grace, Max Greenfield

 

2.

Alaska (2015)

   6/10  

Fausto and Nadine meet for the first time in an hotel in Paris. They both are fragile, alone and obsessed with an unreachable desire of happiness... (125 mins.)

Director: Claudio Cupellini

Stars: Elio Germano, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Valerio Binasco, Paolo Pierobon

 

3.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)

  5,5/10  

Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. However, he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother and sister - who all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. (81 mins.)

Director: Miguel Arteta

Stars: Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Ed Oxenbould, Dylan Minnette

 

4.

Colonia (2015)

  5,5/10  

A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from. (110 mins.)

Director: Florian Gallenberger

Stars: Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist, Richenda Carey

 

5.

L'hermine (2015)

  5,5/10  

Michel Racine is a feared president of Assize Court, as strict with himself as with others. Everything changes when he meets again Ditte when she's selected as a juror in a criminal trial over which he presides. (98 mins.)

Director: Christian Vincent

Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Eva Lallier, Corinne Masiero

 

6.

Deadpool (2016)

   5,5/10  

A former Special Forces operative turned mercenary is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopting the alter ego Deadpool. (108 mins.)

Director: Tim Miller

Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Ed Skrein

 

7.

Dirty Grandpa (2016)

  5,5/10  

Right before his wedding, an uptight guy is tricked into driving his grandfather, a lecherous former Army Lieutenant-Colonel, to Florida for spring break. (102 mins.)

Director: Dan Mazer

Stars: Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, Aubrey Plaza

 

8.

Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)

   6/10

One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Will he be able to move on? (118 mins.)

Director: Wim Wenders

Stars: James Franco, Rachel McAdams, Peter Stormare, Charlotte Gainsbourg

 

9.

Freeheld (2015)

  5,5/10  

New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester, and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (103 mins.)

Director: Peter Sollett

Stars: Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Steve Carell, Michael Shannon

 

10.

Hush (2016)

 6/10   

A reclusive author who went deaf as a teenager finds herself hunted by a deranged masked killer inside her isolated home, sending her into a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in order to survive the night. (81 mins.)

Director: Mike Flanagan

Stars: John Gallagher Jr., Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, Samantha Sloyan

 

11.

James White (2015)

  6,5/10  

James, a twenty-something New Yorker, struggles to take control of his self-destructive behavior in the face of momentous family challenges. (85 mins.)

Director: Josh Mond

Stars: Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott Mescudi, Ron Livingston

 

12.

Under sandet (2015)

  7/10  

A young group of German POWs are made the enemy of a nation, where they are now forced to dig up 2 million land-mines with their bare hands. (100 mins.)

Director: Martin Zandvliet

Stars: Roland Møller, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Laura Bro, Louis Hofmann

 

13.

Little Boy (2015)

  5/10  

An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father. (106 mins.)

Director: Alejandro Monteverde

Stars: Jakob Salvati, Emily Watson, David Henrie, Michael Rapaport

 

14.

Er ist wieder da (2015)

   6/10  

Adolf Hitler wakes up to find himself in the 21st century. From there he pursues a career as a standup comedian. (116 mins.)

Director: David Wnendt

Stars: Oliver Masucci, Thomas M. Köppl, Marc-Marvin Israel, David Gebigke

 

15.

Made in France (2015)

  6,5/10  

After the horrible terrorist attacks that rocked Paris, this daring investigation thriller plunges you inside the extremist muslim groups that grow inside western countries and can strike at any moment. (89 mins.)

Director: Nicolas Boukhrief

Stars: Malik Zidi, François Civil, Nassim Si Ahmed, Ahmed Dramé

 

16.

Mediterranea (2015)

   6/10  

Two men make the dangerous journey from Africa to Italy for a better life, but then face hostility and violence in this shocking look at the life-and-death struggle of refugees. (107 mins.)

Director: Jonas Carpignano

Stars: Alassane Sy, Koudous Seihon, Pio Amato, Paolo Sciarretta

 

17.

Mr. Right (2015)

  4,5/10  

A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him. (90 mins.)

Director: Paco Cabezas

Stars: Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell, Tim Roth, James Ransone

 

18.

Un moment d'égarement (2015)

   6/10  

Two friends bring their daughters with them on a beach vacation and find themselves in an awkward situation. A remake of the 1977 film "Un moment d'égarement". (105 mins.)

Director: Jean-François Richet

Stars: Vincent Cassel, François Cluzet, Lola Le Lann, Alice Isaaz

 

19.

Prins (2015)

  5,5/10  

A troubled teenager attempts to conquer the love of his life by becoming the baddest boy on the block. (78 mins.)

Director: Sam de Jong

Stars: Oussama Addi, Elsie de Brauw, Ayoub Elasri, Olivia Lonsdale

 

20.

Risen (2016)

  6/10  

In 33 AD, a Roman Tribune in Judea is tasked to find the missing body of an executed Jew rumored to have risen from the dead. (107 mins.)

Director: Kevin Reynolds

Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, Cliff Curtis

 

21.

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)

   6/10  

Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak. (93 mins.)

Director: Christopher Landon

Stars: Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, Joey Morgan, Sarah Dumont

 

22.

Saul fia (2015)

  7/10  

In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son. (107 mins.)

Director: László Nemes

Stars: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont

 

23.

La tête haute (2015)

  6,5/10  

A juvenile judge and a special educator are convinced that they can save the young delinquent Malony from himself and his violent ways. (120 mins.)

Director: Emmanuelle Bercot

Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Rod Paradot, Benoît Magimel, Sara Forestier

 

24.

An (2015)

  6,5/10  

The manager of a pancake stall finds himself confronted with an odd but sympathetic elderly woman looking for work. A taste of her homemade bean jelly convinces him to hire her, which starts a relationship that is about much more than just street food. (113 mins.)

Director: Naomi Kawase

Stars: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno

 

25.

El Club (2015)

  6,5/10  

A crisis counselor is sent by the Catholic Church to a small Chilean beach town where disgraced priests and nuns, suspected of crimes ranging from child abuse to baby-snatching from unwed mothers, live secluded, after an incident occurs. (98 mins.)

Director: Pablo Larraín

Stars: Alfredo Castro, Roberto Farías, Antonia Zegers, Marcelo Alonso

 

26.

The Finest Hours (2016)

   6,5/10  

The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952. (117 mins.)

Director: Craig Gillespie

Stars: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana

 

27.

Le grand homme (2014)

   6/10  

Markov and Hamilton are fellow French Legionnaire's at the end of their posting in Afghanistan. An ambush... (107 mins.)

Director: Sarah Leonor

Stars: Jérémie Renier, Surho Sugaipov, Ramzan Idiev, Daniel Fassi

 

28.

The Invitation (2015)

  6/10  

While attending a dinner party at his former home, a man thinks his ex-wife and her new husband have sinister intentions for their guests. (100 mins.)

Director: Karyn Kusama

Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michiel Huisman, Tammy Blanchard

 

29.

Daeho (2015)

  7/10  

While the Kingdom of Korea is under occupation by the Japanese, an old and experience hunter is challenged by the hunt of the last tiger. (139 mins.)

Director: Hoon-jung Park

Stars: Min-sik Choi, Man-sik Jeong, Hong-Fa Kim, Sang-ho Kim

 

30.

L'attesa (2015)

  5,5/10  

A mother unexpectedly meets her son's fiancée at a villa in Sicily and gets to know her as she waits for her son to arrive. (100 mins.)

Director: Piero Messina

Stars: Juliette Binoche, Giorgio Colangeli, Lou de Laâge, Domenico Diele

 

31.

Ville-Marie (2015)

  6/10  

An actress mother and her estranged gay son's lives intersect with those of two medical professionals after an unexpected tragedy, forcing secrets to be revealed and personal demons to be dealt with. (101 mins.)

Director: Guy Édoin

Stars: Monica Bellucci, Pascale Bussières, Aliocha Schneider, Patrick Hivon

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