Shreeux's Movie Chronicles

[shreeux]

Fatih Akin’s new film is expertly made, tells the true story of Fritz Honka and his gruesome exploits of another notorious 1970s serial killer. The man who murdered numerous women, and his favorite bar, is "Golden Glove".

Killer chooses the victims usually elderly ladies with mental issues offering ceaseless shots of schnapps until they agree to come home. Then is a passion for sex quickly turns murderous, killing his victims in an infinite number of ways. Some scenes are disturbed and disgusting shocking stuff you can practically smell the human flesh rotting on screen.




The Golden Glove (2019) 6.5/10
Der goldene Handschuh (original title)
1h 55min | Crime, Drama, Horror | 21 February 2019 (Germany)

 

[shreeux]

Marco Bellocchio's re-creates revisits Italy’s big mafia trials political drama a lively but scattershot and exasperating biopic about Tommaso Buscetta turned in to informer in this strong but surprisingly straightforward courtroom drama reveals the and cover of 120 crimes and 366 people that were issued arrest warrants due to the testimony of Tommaso Buscetta.

The Traitor (2019) 6.5/10
Il traditore (original title)
2h 15min | Biography, Crime, Drama | 28 August 2019 (USA)

 

[shreeux]

No one is ever happy with what they have.

Turkish director Emin Alper’s third feature film set in small-town of Central Anatolia. A fairy tale of three rural sisters. The girls were adopted by affluent families as foster children. However, all three are forced to return to the village due to unforeseen circumstances. It’s also about displacement, and how the stories poor people tell to help them cope with present troubles.

A Tale of Three Sisters (2019) 6/10
Kiz Kardesler (original title)
1h 48min | Drama | 13 September 2019 (Turkey)

 

[shreeux]

Inspired by tragic real-life events of Hatun "Aynur" Sürücü.
She was forced into an abusive arranged marriage with a cousin in Istanbul at 16 by her devout Muslim family, She escapes to Berlin and gives birth to a son and considered a disgraceful burden by her parents and siblings, so leaves her family and attempts to start a new life. Her behavior goes against her family's tradition and it can put her in danger. However, her brothers' insults and threats get increasingly serious and before long, it is ultimately too late. She was murdered at 23 by her youngest brother in an honor killing.
A very intoxicating film tells Aynur’s story from the character’s point of view. The presentation of the film is awesome. Almila Bagriacik's perfectly match with real character also performed well.


A Regular Woman (2019) 7/10
Nur eine Frau (original title)
1h 30min | Crime, Drama | 9 May 2019

 

[shreeux]

Typically B-Grade movie...Ex-military specialist Clair Hamilton returns home from her tour in the Middle East due to her father’s passing and to claim her inheritance. Her son is then kidnapped and held for ransom by a gang led by a mysterious figure known only as “Father”.

Daughter of the Wolf (2019) 4/10
R | 1h 28min | Action, Thriller | 14 June 2019

 

[shreeux]

Playing opposite the director’s own wife and daughter, Willem Dafoe is a Ferrara-like American artist living in Rome in this improvised drama of doubt and disconnection, shot in a self-reflective documentary style.


Tommaso (2019) 4/10
1h 55min | Drama | 20 May 2019 (France)

 

[shreeux]

Paloma and Amaru have an almost perfect relationship – until Søren appears and turns everything upside down.

Soren (2018) 4/10
1h 48min | Drama, Romance | 8 November 2018 (Bolivia)

 

[shreeux]

Algeria, 1994. S. and Lotfi, two friends from childhood, travel through the desert looking for Abou Leila, a dangerous terrorist on the run. Their quest seems absurd, given that the Sahara has not been affected by the wave of attacks. Lofti has only one priority: to keep S. as far from the capital as possible, knowing his friend is too fragile to face more bloodshed. But the closest they get into the desert, the more they will be confronted with their own violence.

Abou Leila (2019) 4/10
2h 15min | 20 May 2019

 

[shreeux]

A suspenseful submarine drama by focusing on the Acoustic Warfare Analyst, the man who uses his super-sensitive ears to identify precisely what the object is making the sonar sing.
The movie opens with a tense and thrill thoughtfully executed 23-minute action sequence and concludes with an even more complex suspenseful 40 minutes of underwater strategy and warfare to neutralize the Nuclear war.


The Wolf's Call (2019) 7/10
Le chant du loup (original title)
TV-14 | 1h 55min | Action, Drama | 20 February 2019

 

[shreeux]

Besnik is a lonely shepherd and devoted Muslim, haunted by unfulfilled love. He is the son of a Catholic mother and formerly Communist father whom he takes care of in an Albanian village in the mountains. Up here, Christians and Muslims have found a way to co-exist peacefully. Even after the discovery that the old mosque used to be a church and that the building was actually shared by the two religions in the past, the calm of daily life can be preserved with Besnik's help. After the death of his father, however, drastic changes threaten Besnik's multi-faith family and the shepherd is forced to seek his own path.


A Shelter Among the Clouds (2018) 5/10
1h 25min | Drama, Romance | 13 December 2018

 

[shreeux]

“By the Name of Tania” tells the true story of a young woman who is forced into prostitution after failing to escape the constrictions of her village.


By the Name of Tania (2019) 4/10
1h 25min | Documentary | 10 February 2019

 

[shreeux]

Summertime. Somewhere in Dordogne teenagers are disappearing. The Wilders rumors are circulating, some talk about a wandering cat-like animal. Tempers flare and the police is left scrambling. Laura, a young teenager, is trying to solve the mystery. One of her friends has just gone missing…


Savage (2018) 4/10
Les fauves (original title)
1h 23min | Drama, Thriller | 23 January 2019

 

[shreeux]

Based on one of the most heroic missions ever told. A group of Somalian rebels hijack a school bus with twenty-one French children and an American teacher (Olga Kurylenko), and drive it to no-mans-land, on the Somali border. French captain André Gerval is called to lead a team of elite snipers to secretly prepare an emergency rescue. With time running out, Gerval and his team take sole responsibility of carrying out a simultaneous five-men sniper attack to get the children and their teacher out safely.

15 Minutes of War (2019) 7/10
L'intervention (original title)
1h 38min | Action, Drama, War | 30 January 2019

 

[shreeux]

Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specializing in society's most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne's escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.


Queen of Hearts (2019) 6.5/10
Dronningen (original title)
2h 7min | Drama | 28 March 2019 (Denmark)

 

[shreeux]

A woman seeks to take revenge when her younger sister disappears and she finds out that her sister suffered violence and sexual abuse from school bullies.

No Mercy (2019) 4/10
1h 34min | Action | 1 January 2019 (South Korea)

 

[shreeux]

A young kid breaks into a high-end 4x4 to steal whatever he can find, but when he tries to get out he discovers that he can’t. The doors and windows are locked, like an armoured bunker. He is trapped. Someone on the outside is in control of the vehicle, and they seem to have a plan.

4x4 (2019) 5/10
1h 30min | Crime, Thriller | 4 April 2019

 

[shreeux]

Inspired by Svetlana Alexievich’s book “The Unwomanly Face of War,” Kantemir Balagov’s “Beanpole” tells a gorgeously plotted story about two female soldiers. They set in post-WWII Leningrad, return from war and attempt to rebuild their lives in the ravaged city. Both will grow so desperate for any kind of personal agency that they start using each other to answer the unsolvable of life and death.

Beanpole (2019) 5/10
Dylda (original title)
2h 10min | Drama | 20 June 2019 (Russia)

 

[shreeux]

Sibyl, a jaded psychotherapist, returns to her first passion: writing. But her newest patient Margot, a troubled up-and-coming actress, proves to be a source of inspiration that is far too tempting. Fascinated almost to the point of obsession, Sibyl becomes more and more involved in Margot’s tumultuous life, reviving volatile memories that bring her face to face with her past.


Sibyl (2019) 4/10
1h 40min | Comedy, Drama | 24 May 2019

 

[shreeux]

SHE IS THE PERFECT WOMAN UNTIL SHE DECIDES TO BE FREE
A beautiful woman turns to prostitution. She must surrender her income to the leader of a human trafficking ring, but her daughter’s illness and a drug addiction prevent her from delivering her usual share. An unexpected event will give her the opportunity to stop obeying and take justice into her own hands.


The Longest Night (2019) 5/10
La mala noche (original title)
1h 35min | Drama, Thriller | 9 March 2019

 

[shreeux]

A true story, set in the future. About seeds and genetic diversity, about growth and decay, about love and war, about hunger of all kinds. About what it means to be human, even when all your humanity is stripped away.


One Man Dies a Million Times (2019) 4/10
1h 32min | Drama, History | 9 March 2019