Shreeux's Movie Chronicles

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A group of expert bank robbers plans to rob the Federal Reserve of LA, while a team of cops tries to track them down. It is an above-average cops-and-robbers heist film.


Den of Thieves (2018) 6.5/10
R | 2h 20min | Action, Crime, Drama | 19 January 2018 (USA)

 

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Braven is a standard action thriller with the predictable scene and a week plot.

Braven (2018) 5/10
R | 1h 34min | Action, Drama | 2 February 2018 (USA)

 

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Even though based on true events nothing scary very decent production. Lookalike drama.


Winchester (2018) 4/10
PG-13 | 1h 39min | Biography, Fantasy, Horror | 2 February 2018 (USA)

 

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A good and top notch action choreography with a lot of fights. But the story makes dull.

Re: Born (2016) 6/10
1h 55min | Action, Crime, Drama | 24 September 2016 (USA)

 

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A romantic film with the perfect photogenic couple ( Alicia Vikander & James McAvoy) with good chemistry and mixed with mild twist and thrill.

Submergence (2017) 6/10
1h 52min | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 13 April 2018 (USA)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

The struggle between two generations and its thin line between trust, friendship, and betrayal.


Home (2016) 5/10
1h 43min | Drama | 11 January 2017 (Belgium)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

This film is about taking responsibility of assuaging guilt, whether the guilt is justified or not. Emotionally engaging, very well performed an all-star cast.

No Date, No Signature (2017) 6.5/10
No Date, No Sign (original title)
1h 44min | Drama | 14 February 2018 (Iran)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

The capturing the pain of Europe’s immigration drama but the degradation of Greece amid the hustlers and the crazies.


Amerika Square (2016) 6.5/10
Plateia Amerikis (original title)
1h 26min | Drama | 23 March 2017 (Greece)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.

The Net (2016) 6.5/10
Geumul (original title)
1h 54min | Drama | 6 October 2016 (South Korea)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

An encounter 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. Somewhat disgusting movie.

Wild (2016) 6/10
1h 37min | Drama | 14 April 2016 (Germany)

 

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Nothing new highly overrated. A simple and average story. A California high school student plans to escape from her family and a small town by going to college in New York.


Lady Bird (2017) 5/10
R | 1h 34min | Comedy, Drama | 1 December 2017 (USA)

 

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Flowers in the Attic is a drama based on a very popular 1980s pulp novel about a family whose children are locked in an attic by a scary mother and grandmother.


Flowers in the Attic (2014) 6/10
TV-14 | 1h 26min | Drama, Horror, Mystery | TV Movie 18 January 2014

 

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The Strangers is a slasher flick horrific movie without a story and dialogue.

The Strangers (2008) 5.8/10
R | 1h 26min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 30 May 2008 (USA)

 

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Heidi (2015) is the most recent film adaptation of the story created by Johanna Spyri in her classic 1880 children's book. Director Alain Gsponer did an awesome job. A wonderful location of Swiss and good cinemaphotography.

Heidi (2015) 6.5/10
1h 51min | Adventure, Family | 10 December 2015 (Germany)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

The Assassin is an incredibly intelligent and beautiful movie that relies upon the painterly tale of Tang dynasty intrigue is a magnificent blend of fleet-footed action dark magic and emotional realism.

The Assassin (2015) 6.5/10
Cìkè Niè Yinniáng (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 45min | Action, Drama, History | 27 August 2015 (China)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

Iranian Director Mohammad Rasoulof once again explores the means by which an authoritarian regime succeeds in silencing independent voices.

A Man of Integrity (2017) 6/10
Lerd (original title)
1h 57min | Drama, Thriller | 6 December 2017 (France)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

Zaza Urushadze being a fame of international breakout with 2013’s “Tangerines,” for Oscar nomination.
This time comes with this drama about a priest whose rural posting is complicated by the local sexpot might better have been played as comedy.

The Confession (2017) 6.5/10
1h 29min | Drama, Mystery | 27 October 2017 (Estonia)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

This is an interesting film, whose early-20th-century photography was thought to steal the soul of tribal peoples. This idea is parlayed into a vampiric metaphor within a detective thriller genre framework.

Interchange (2016) 5.5/10
1h 42min | Fantasy, Thriller | 1 December 2016 (Malaysia)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

Five old girlfriends meet once a year for a weekend get-together in Southern France, to catch up together in a relaxed atmosphere. But when an intruder interrupts their getaway, the weekend threatens to spiral out of control.

5 Frauen (2016) 6/10
1h 38min | Drama, Thriller | 4 May 2017 (Germany)

 

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Watched in CIFF 2017

The film’s centerpiece is a compelling discussion on the nature of war with two Ukrainian soldiers

Frost (2017) 6.5/10
2h 12min | Drama | 18 August 2017 (Lithuania)