Shreeux's Movie Chronicles

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Salyut 7, the Soviet space station, was orbiting Earth in the unmanned regime. Suddenly it stops responding to signals from the Ground Control. Fall of this station, the pride of Soviet science and space industry, would not only damage the image of the country but also bring upon tragedy, probably with loss of life. Astronauts have to be sent to the station to find what caused the breakdown and prevent the catastrophe. However, nobody has ever docked an uncontrolled object in space. To this day this is the most technically complicated mission in the history of the world of space navigation.


Salyut-7 (2017) 6/10
1h 51min | Action, Drama, History | 5 October 2017 (Russia)

 

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Watched in 17th Chennai International Film Festival

A middle-aged woman declares war on the heavy industry in her town. She resorts to sabotage and is willing to risk everything for nature and these virgin highlands… until a Ukrainian orphan enters her life.

Woman at War (2018) 7/10
Kona fer í stríð (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 41min | Action, Drama, Thriller | 22 May 2018

 

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Watched in 17th Chennai International Film Festival

A slow-paced drama, German construction workers building a dam near a Bulgarian village interact with the locals, and soon the troubles arise both with the locals and among themselves.

Western (2017) 5.5/10
Unrated | 2h 1min | Drama | 24 August 2017 (Germany)

 

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Watched in 17th Chennai International Film Festival

A hyper-realistic urban tragedy, building up adequate levels of tension throughout and bursting with disturbing scenes of violence. A dog groomer finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.

Dogman (2018) 7/10
1h 43min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 12 April 2019

 

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AT THE BOTTOM OF MISERY, THEY FIND EACH OTHER.

Miss Baek, based on a true story, the main topic of the film is a sensitive one. It could be hard to watch for people who’s had to deal with physical abuse, divorced parents, or other serious events in their family.

Miss Baek (2018) 6.5/10
Mi-sseu-baek (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 38min | Drama | 11 October 2018 (South Korea)

 

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Watched in 17th Chennai International Film Festival

WHEN EVERYONE GETS SILENT, THERE ARE NO INNOCENTS.
A small town in an Argentinian province, 1975. The life of a successful lawyer gets complicated when he has a stupid quarrel with a stranger in a crowded restaurant. Later on the way home, Claudio and his wife Susana are intercepted by the stranger who is determined to take a terrible revenge on him. The lawyer then starts out on a road of no return, of death, secrets, and silences.

Rojo (2018) 5.5/10
1h 49min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 26 October 2018 (Argentina)

 

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Watched in 17th Chennai International Film Festival

The Polish film about a woman whose husband is a war correspondent. A remarkably intense, mature, complex portrait of a woman who goes through hell every time her husband leaves. Fractured narrative, sound design, score all accent the hysteria.

53 Wars (2018) 5/10
53 wojny (original title)
1h 22min | Drama | 19 October 2018 (Poland)

 

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Watched in 17th Chennai International Film Festival

In an attempt to flee Nazi-occupied France, Georg assumes the identity of a dead author but soon finds himself stuck in Marseilles, where he falls in love with Maria, a young woman searching for her missing husband.

Transit (2018) 6/10
Not Rated | 1h 41min | Drama | 1 March 2019

 

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Watched in 17th Chennai International Film Festival

The Wild Pear Tree is a family drama of problematic people bringing different problems to their little world. But very lengthy movie runs 3 hours and 8 minutes.

The Wild Pear Tree (2018) 6/10
Ahlat Agaci (original title)
3h 8min | Drama | 30 January 2019

 

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THEY’RE LISTENING.
With the world under attack by deadly creatures who hunt by sound, a teen and her family seek refuge outside the city and encounter a mysterious cult.

The Silence (2019) 5/10
PG-13 | 1h 30min | Horror, Thriller | 10 April 2019

 

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Watched in 17th Chennai International Film Festival

From the director of Gaspar Noé (Irreversible; Enter the Void; Love).
A vibrant dance party stunningly choreographed exultant dancing to full-blown violent and brutality.

Climax (2018) 6.5/10
R | 1h 37min | Drama, Horror, Music | 19 September 2018

 

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A gloomy psychological horror thriller which often unnerves and confounds us with a number of darkly nervous moments. While some of you may be confused about what exactly happens in the story, the movie constantly engages us thanks to its good mood and solid performances, and we are eventually left with a chilling impression as it arrives in its ambiguous ending.


The End of April (2017) 4.5/10
2h | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 15 July 2017 (South Korea)

 

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Watched in 17th Chennai International Film Festival

The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy: addicted to sadness, with such need for pity, that he’s willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.

Pity (2018) 5.5/10
Oiktos (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 37min | Drama | 28 September 2018

 

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Watched in 17th Chennai International Film Festival

Touch Me Not explores intimacy in an experimental feature film that manages to make sex seem unlikely and tiresome.

Touch Me Not (2018) 4.5/10
2h 3min | Drama | 31 October 2018

 

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Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.

Miss Bala (2019) 5/10
PG-13 | 1h 44min | Action, Drama, Thriller | 1 February 2019

 

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The Heiresses, middle-aged lesbian couple live together in a bourgeois household with only the leftovers of its former grandeur. After her girlfriend is imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality. Driving for the first time in years, she begins to provide a local taxi service to a group of elderly wealthy ladies. As Chela settles into her new life, she encounters the much younger Angy, forging a fresh and invigorating new connection.


The Heiresses (2018) 6/10
Las herederas (original title)
1h 38min | Drama | 16 January 2019

 

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We Die Young may not be as an action-packed just b-grade movie.

We Die Young (2019) 4/10
R | 1h 32min | Drama | 1 March 2019

 

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Buffalo Boys ends up somewhat moderately entertaining a refreshing take on the Western genre significant setting and some action sequences.

Buffalo Boys (2018) 5/10
TV-MA | 1h 42min | Action | 19 July 2018 (Indonesia)

 

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Golden Job is a modern action influence flicked combination of Ocean Eleven and Fast Furious.

Golden Job (2018) 4.5/10
Huang jin xiong di (original title)
1h 40min | Action, Adventure | 28 September 2018

 

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A supernatural thriller set in the Western frontier of the late 1800s. Confused plot without any scary scenes.

The Wind (2018) 4/10
R | 1h 26min | Horror, Western | 5 April 2019 (USA)