Shreeux's Movie Chronicles

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A dramatic love story with gangster of a bank robber and young race driver. Adèle Exarchopoulos perform well.

Racer and the Jailbird (2017) 6/10
Le Fidèle (original title)
2h 10min | Crime, Drama | 4 October 2017 (Belgium)

 

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The unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and created Wonder Woman in 1941.

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017) 6/10
R | 1h 48min | Biography, Drama | 13 October 2017 (USA)

 

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From the master of the storyteller, "Guillermo del Toro" comes with THE SHAPE OF WATER a fairy tale movie. A very slow paced movie without tense and thrill.

The Shape of Water (2017) 6/10
R | 2h 3min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 22 December 2017

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

A slow paced horror -mystery thriller which captures the dark atmosphere of Iceland with good cinemaphotography.

I Remember You (2017) 6/10
Ég man þig (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 45min | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 10 November 2017 (USA)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

Since he suffers from panic attacks, Mateo is convinced by Favid that he have a sip of a drink before a very important presentation. This causes Mateo to create his nemesis, Malacopa, who crashes their presentation ruining his life.

Malacopa (2018) 4/10
1h 23min | Comedy | 17 August 2018 (Mexico)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

A dark and mysterious crime thriller with awesome location and good cinemaphotography.

Mist & the Maiden (2017) 6/10
La niebla y la doncella (original title)
1h 44min | Thriller | 1 September 2017 (Spain)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

"Post Tenebras Lux" is almost surreal visual masterpiece movie a stunningly photographed, good cinemaphotography psychological portrait of a family and their place within the sublime.


Post Tenebras Lux (2012) 6/10
Not Rated | 1h 55min | Drama | 23 November 2012 (Mexico)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

A disgusting movie with a mysterious wolf sparks a drastic change within Ania as she attempts to make sense of her own sexuality and place amongst the natural world.

Wild (2016) 5/10
1h 37min | Drama | 14 April 2016 (Germany)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

A good thriller from Belgium with a surprisingly strong political message. There are anti-heroes and corrupt characters in abundance. The story is good and even a little clever,

Dode Hoek (2017) 6/10
1h 45min | Action, Crime, Drama | 25 January 2017 (Belgium)

 

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Based on the true events, I, TONYA is a darkly comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history.


I, Tonya (2017) 6.5/10
R | 2h | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 19 January 2018 (USA

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

A pair of world-weary, middle-aged dreamers behaves like horny adolescents in Swiss director Rolando Colla’s latest romantic reverie, with predictably messy results.


7 Days (2016) 5/10
7 Giorni (original title)
1h 36min | Drama | 24 August 2017 (Italy)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

A young woman named Ciao Ciao who visits her parents in rural Yunnan province after having lived the big city life in Canton.


Ciao Ciao (2017) 4/10
1h 30min | Comedy, Drama | 6 October 2017 (USA)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

Interchange was a fantasy-noir with a very interesting concept but had to deliver difficulties.


Interchange (2016) 5/10
1h 42min | Fantasy, Thriller | 1 December 2016 (Malaysia)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

Golden Years is similarly spry, a World War I-set tale of love, war, cross-dressing and murder told with little of the stuffiness or preciousness we've come to expect from period dramas based on true stories.

Golden Years (2017) 6/10
Nos années folles (original title)
1h 43min | Drama | 13 September 2017 (France)

 

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Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev being a fame of "The Return", "Leviathan "... now comes with another masterpiece in this apocalyptic study of a failed marriage and the subsequent disappearance of a child.


Loveless (2017) 6.5/10
Nelyubov (original title)
R | 2h 7min | Drama | 1 June 2017 (Russia)

 

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Inspired by real events, Strangled is a stylishly grim period thriller from Hungarian writer-director Arpad Sopsits.

Strangled (2016) 6.8/10
A martfüi rém (original title)
2h 1min | Crime, Thriller | 10 November 2016 (Hungary)

 

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A waitress and singer struggle to recover from the death of her boyfriend. Daniela Vega did a good job.

A Fantastic Woman (2017) 5/10
Una Mujer Fantástica (original title)
R | 1h 44min | Drama | 2 February 2018 (USA)

 

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Hostages is a historical drama retelling the 1983 hijacking of a Georgian plane while en route from Tbilisi to Leningrad. The film engages the audience with a linear narrative to arrive at a tragic destination.

Hostages (2017) 5/10
1h 43min | Crime, Drama | 20 April 2017 (Georgia)

 

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The story based on post-war dark period drama in Catalonia, impressively driven by a series of fine central performances.

Black Bread (2010) 6/10
Pa negre (original title)
Unrated | 1h 48min | Crime, Drama | 15 October 2010 (Spain)

 

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Set in the mid-1990s in Singapore, ILOILO chronicles the relationship between a family and their maid from Ilo Ilo, a province in the Philippines.


Ilo Ilo (2013) 6/10
Not Rated | 1h 39min | Drama | 29 August 2013 (Singapore)