Shreeux's Movie Chronicles

[shreeux]

A biopic about the first successful female conductor in the world: Antonia Brico. Antonia Brico was born as Wilhemina Wolthius in Rotterdam in 1902 but moved to California with her adoptive parents in 1908. After a musical education in the US, she leaves for the Berlin conservatory in 1927, where she is the first American to graduate in 1929. In 1930 she debuted as the first female conductor for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1938 she is the first woman to stand before the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Her eventful life is also further, successfully, dominated by conquering a place and retaining it in the male-dominated world of conductors.


The Conductor (2018) 7/10
De dirigent (original title)
2h 17min | Biography, Drama | 20 September 2019

 

[shreeux]

Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic champion at the end of his career, makes a homophobic statement on TV. His punishment: coach the Shiny Shrimps, a flamboyant and amateur gay water-polo team. They have only one thing in mind: to qualify for the Gay Games in Croatia where the hottest international LGBT athletes compete.


The Shiny Shrimps (2019) 3/10
Les crevettes pailletées (original title)
1h 43min | Comedy | 8 May 2019 (France)

 

[shreeux]

Pedro Almodovar's "Pain and Glory" is most reflexive and technically excellent casts Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz in his new film, which amounts to a stylized summary of his life and works with blending comedy with a slight drama hinging it's lifeless and cold to feel humanly comfortable.
A tiny autobiographical roundup of the Spanish director's personal and film past as seen through the eyes of an aging director would be termed a homage. It reunites many actors from the different periods of a most distinguished career.


Pain and Glory (2019) 4/10
Dolor y gloria (original title)
R | 1h 53min | Drama | 4 October 2019

 

[shreeux]

Ioana Uricaru's "Lemonade" exposes the dark truths about emigrating to America explores a topic unfamiliar to an empathetic portrait of the difficulties of navigating between authoritarianism and survival in the US immigration system.
Mara a nurse and single mother who has come to America on a temporary work visa before her visa expired, she married Daniel, a former patient of hers who she met five weeks prior. Her son, Dragos will soon be joining them from Romania, and she plans to sell her apartment in Bucharest to finance their move to a bigger home in the States. All she needs to do now is pass the green card interview.
The immigration officer responsible for her case exploits her situation, accusing her of marriage fraud on his personal benefit to abuse her for sexual exploitation comes into play, and she must find a way to navigate it all without jeopardizing her and her son’s future.


Lemonade (2018) 5.5/10
1h 28min | Drama | 4 October 2018 (Romania)

 

[rhitwick]

I read your reviews.

And I never understand your reviews and your ratings.
Seldom I find, you've praised the movie while reviewing but rated it 4 or 5 out of 10!

When reviewing why not put in your own words what you liked or disliked about the movie. Without that feels like a mere description or a summary of the movie.

 

[shreeux]

I read your reviews.

And I never understand your reviews and your ratings.
Seldom I find, you've praised the movie while reviewing but rated it 4 or 5 out of 10!

When reviewing why not put in your own words what you liked or disliked about the movie. Without that feels like a mere description or a summary of the movie.

ok, will try.,

 

[shreeux]

Its adaptation of the Argentine film 'The Accused 2018'.
A slow-paced courtroom drama about a 16-year-old teenage girl accused of killing a friend which took place two years before. But compare to Indian films, the entire courtroom like a group discussion without any strong arguments or shouting.

The Girl with a Bracelet (2019) 5/10
La fille au bracelet (original title)
Crime, Drama | 5 February 2020 (France)

 

[shreeux]

A very slow burn drama about a man from being a witness to becoming a murderer.

The Criminal Man (2019) 4/10
4 September 2019 (Italy)

 

[shreeux]

Angel of Mine is as usual poor plot story nothing serious. But Noomi Rapace plays the central plot of the story also well performed.


Angel of Mine (2019) 5/10
R | 1h 38min | Thriller | 30 August 2019 (USA)

 

[shreeux]

A Son is a much-anticipated debut feature film from Mehdi Barsaoui. A family weekend, driving home from the party in southern Tunisia Meriem, her husband Fares and their ten-year-old son, Aziz, In between road trip, they caught up in an armed attack life becomes turn in to a nightmare.


A Son (2019) 7/10
Bik Eneich: Un Fils (original title)
1h 35min | Drama | 31 August 2019 (Tunisia)

 

[shreeux]

Alice is a slow burn family drama about mother must become a prostitute to save her home.

Alice (2019) 6/10
1h 43min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 10 March 2019

 

[shreeux]

Another cyborg story is very messing because it’s adapted from a comic book. The CGI work is marvelous with good action scenes is absolutely stunning. Maybe another sequel will come.

Alita: Battle Angel (2019) 7/10
PG-13 | 2h 2min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 14 February 2019

 

[shreeux]

A director-writer Santhakumar's comes back after 8 years of first debut film Mouna Guru (2011).
Magamuni stands out from routine Tamil films also an extraordinary performance from Arya,158 minutes long film, engaging and powerful thriller.


Magamuni (2019) 7/10
UA | 2h 36min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5 September 2019

 

[shreeux]

DEMONS HAVE DEMONS TOO
We have headaches too...Nothing else.,

Hellboy (2019) 4/10
R | 2h | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 12 April 2019

 

[shreeux]

As usual double agent plot with different cast and situations. A good engaging action flick.,

Anna (2019) 6/10
R | 1h 59min | Action, Thriller | 21 June 2019

 

[shreeux]

A drug mafia leader sends his two people to investigate why the shipment was blocked and adulterated.
Nicolas Cage plays the villain role to follow the drug smuggling chain to find out the truth. Finally lookalike docudrama.

Running with the Devil (2019) 5/10
R | 1h 40min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 20 September 2019

 

[shreeux]

As a stressed-out high school counselor who helps his students by murdering their abusive relatives and create a fine line between sympathetic and sinister.
There are a couple of decent twists, His mother and wife also covered and hide the truth to a local detective.


Bloodline (2018) 5/10
R | 1h 35min | Horror, Thriller | 20 September 2019

 

[shreeux]

Jim Jarmusch’s back with horror-comedy, “The Dead Don’t Die,” Its Zombie Movie, but not follow any zombie genre conventions, like no scary, violent, brutal, bloodshed, disgusting and disturbing. Its held up with mockery in this painfully ironic like an agonizing anti-thriller docudrama.

The Dead Don't Die (2019) 5/10
R | 1h 44min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror | 14 June 2019 (USA)

 

[shreeux]

Its Beautiful Story, Beautiful Women, Good Cinematography, Every single shot was breathtaking.....Unforgettable Movie.,
Palm Trees in the Snow is an incredibly epic story of Spanish film about an unfolding in two parallel stories, two generations of the same Spanish family are drawn to the romance, beauty, and danger of Equatorial Guinea. In 1954.

Palm Trees in the Snow (2015) 7/10
Palmeras en la nieve (original title)
2h 43min | Drama, Romance | 25 December 2015 (Spain)

 

[shreeux]

Cheap and funny thriller movie, even though she winner of Academy Winner - Octavia Spencer.

Ma (2019) 4.5/10
R | 1h 39min | Horror, Thriller | 31 May 2019 (USA)