Shreeux's Movie Chronicles

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A sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous, spirited story set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles in 12th Century England.


The Pillars of the Earth 7/10
TV-MA | 1h | Drama, History, Romance | TV Mini-Series (2010)
8 Episodes

 

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A lonely man who operates a film projector finds his only solace in a woman he sees on a film reel. After the reel is lost in an accident, he sets out to find the woman through the remotest, poorest places of the Dominican Republic.

The Projectionist (2019) 5/10
El proyeccionista (original title)
1h 34min | Drama, Thriller | 2 March 2019

 

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Set in the first part of the 20th century during the Russian revolution's spill over into the vast majestic lands of Mongolia. This epic story is about family, love, devotion, and kinship with one's homeland told through the experiences of a boy and horse whose extraordinary bond to each other and the land gives them the courage to never give up the quest to find the other after being cruelly separated.

The Steed (2019) 7/10
Action, Adventure, Family

 

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Based on the true story of Sara Guralnick, a 13-year-old Polish Jew whose entire family was killed by Nazis in September of 1942. After a grueling escape to the Ukrainian countryside, Sara steals her Christian best friend's identity and finds refuge in a small village where she is taken in by a farmer and his young wife. She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers' marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identity.

My Name Is Sara 7/10
Drama, History

 

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As usual simple thriller movie....finding missing daughter story in woods...A mother’s worst nightmare comes true when her teenage daughter goes missing.

Secrets in a Small Town (2019) 5.5/10
Nowhere (original title)
TV-14 | 1h 33min | Drama, Thriller | 4 June 2019

 

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A farmer kills the man poisoning his fields and escapes to the mountains with his mute daughter, who has the gift of seeing her dead mother, in a journey of redemption and survival.

Lucania (2019) 5.5/10
1h 25min | Drama | 20 June 2019 (Italy)

 

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Sergio and Sabrina, penniless lovers, are unable to leave their partners. When Sergio is pranked to be the winner a billionaire lottery, he walks out on his wife bringing with him Sabrina, and their loved ones into a crazy trip.

Ricchi di fantasia (2018) 4/10
1h 42min | Comedy | 27 September 2018

 

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In the early Middle Ages, two Christian knights (an elder one, Willibrord, and a novice, Nameless) set off to christen a small pagan village hidden deep in the mountains. Despite the differences in their views and perspectives on religion, the two men become travel companions and create a father-son relationship. As they settle into the local community, their faith, belief system and the bond between them are all put to the test. Soon, love is confronted with hate, dialogue with violence, madness with rules and many will have to die.


The Mute (2018) 5.5/10
Krew Boga (original title)
1h 40min | History | 19 September 2018

 

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Russian director Kirill Sokolov's debut feature is a roaring rampage of revenge with a biting comic tone.

Why Don't You Just Die! (2018) 5.5/10
Papa, sdokhni (original title)
1h 35min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller | 12 April 2019

 

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Goldie, a precocious teenager in a family shelter, wages war against the system to keep her sisters together while she pursues her dreams of being a dancer.

Goldie (2019) 5/10
1h 28min | Drama | 5 September 2019

 

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A Cuban immigrant struggles with their transgender identity while searching for their missing sister in New York City’s underground sex industry.

Lupe (2019) 4/10
1h 17min | Drama | 8 March 2019

 

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In a remote Icelandic town, an off duty police chief begins to suspect a local man to have had an affair with his wife, who has recently died in a car accident.

A White, White Day (2019) 5.5/10
Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur (original title)
1h 49min | Drama | 6 September 2019

 

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The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea exists on the cusp of mystery thriller and existential arthouse riddle and features two terrific female performances Youla Boudali and Angeliki Papoulia.

The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea (2019) 5.5/10
To thávma tis thálassas ton Sargassón (original title)
2h 1min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 12 September 2019

 

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Ulaa Salim's debut feature film "Sons of Denmark" is a Danish political and bombastic thriller movie that gels politics, family and police procedural into a fiery thriller plot shows Copenhagen as a city immersed in chaos, where far-right white nationalists are pitted against Islamic fundamentalists in a culture war in which each side is fuelled by the other.


Sons of Denmark (2019) 7/10
Danmarks sønner (original title)
2h | Drama, Thriller | 11 April 2019 (Denmark)

 

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A sexually frustrated housewife seduces a virile artist who visits her house, only to be interrupted by her prudish husband, who then tries to win her back.

Original Sin (2018) 4/10
1h 15min | Comedy | 25 October 2018

 

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A very impressed movie without any dialogue's till the end.

A lonely train driver finds a bra on his train and walks along the track to look for the owner.


The Bra (2018) 7/10
1h 30min | Comedy, Drama | 7 March 2019 (Germany)

 

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Debuting Moroccan writer-director Alaa Eddine Aljem’s “The Unknown Saint” is a droll, entertaining, absurdist fable about spirituality and greed that signals an important new talent. A thief buries a bag of loot on top of a hill, disguising the spot as a grave. Years later, when he returns to retrieve his booty, he is astonished and frustrated to find that a mausoleum honoring an “unknown saint” credited with performing healing miracles now covers the site. Now thief must now find a way to get into - and under - the shrine to get his money back, but it's not going to be easy.


The Unknown Saint (2019) 7/10
Mystery | 15 May 2019

 

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Alice Furtado's debut begins as a gorgeous and sensual summer romance film before shifting gears dramatically, transforming into a patient and mysterious exorcism of grief, tinged with the supernatural.


Sick, Sick, Sick (2019) 4/10
Sem Seu Sangue (original title)
1h 44min | Drama, Romance | 23 May 2019

 

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Flatland is a journey of self-discovery for these three different but equally desperate women, painting a vivid and unique portrait of femininity against a hostile frontier-land and questions what it means to be a women in contemporary South Africa and the world at large.


Flatland (2019) 6/10
1h 57min | Adventure, Western | 7 February 2019

 

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Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz proves heart-wrenching period Melodrama about the tale of two sisters two inseparable sisters living at home with their conservative parents. Although immersed in traditional life. In a dramatic turn, they are separated by their father and forced to live apart. They take control of their separate destinies, while never giving up hope of finding each other.

The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (2019) 7/10
A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão (original title)
2h 19min | Drama | 20 May 2019 (France)