Well if you thought being a roofer was a dangerous enough job, just wait til you meet the young “Sébastian” (George Babluani). He is working on a property when he finds a piece of paper left atop his wheelbarrow. Now we know how it got there but he doesn’t, so it makes for quite an intrigue when he finds it contains instructions that take him to a locker, then onto a train, then into the hands of some unscrupulous gents who now coerce him into a game that could quite literally deliver life and death at the flick of a switch. Of course, he is terrified and anxious but he has been promised a big…
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Filmed over more than half a decade, this feature follows a campaign by the waterside residents of Boeung Kak in the Cambodian capital to halt the demolition of their homes to make way for a shiny new redevelopment. With the government and the World bank involved in this high-profile project and with the nation determined to prove that it has emerged positively from the Khmer Rouge era, the importance of this country being a place for international investors to spend their money cannot be overstated. With this powerful array of officialdom lined up against them, it falls to determined Buddhist…
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“Dek” is the runt of the “Yautja” clan so his militaristic father has asked his elder brother “Kwei” to get rid of him. Luckily, his brother isn’t so brutal and so with an impossible task on his hands to prove his worth, “Dek” manages to escape to a planet where he seeks to make a trophy from the menacing “Kalisk”. Thing is, this place is riddled with all sorts of flesh-eating monsters and plants so his own survival chances aren’t especially high until he encounters the top half of synthetic “Thia” (Elle Fanning) who is quite hot on keeping him alive and who agrees to work with him to achieve …
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“Charlotte” (Katherine Waterston) has had enough of her Canadian ranching life with her husband, and despite the fact that he just has shut down her bank accounts, makes it to New York where her widowed mother “Kit” (Fiona Shaw) has lived in an elegant Park Avenue apartment since she was a child. Her arrival is somewhat unexpected and though her mum is happy enough to see her, it’s clear fairly swiftly that their relationship is a complex and fairly unconventional one. Choosing to live from the maid’s room, she reconnects with “Anders” (Chaske Spencer), a childhood friend who is now the buildi…
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"Wicked: For Good may not reach the levels of the first film, but it remains a wonderful work of technical excellence and profound emotional impact.
The audiovisual spectacle is complemented by the urgency of its social commentary on political propaganda and, most crucially, by the unbreakable heart of its friendship story. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande-Butera cement themselves as the essential figures of this adaptation, elevati…
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New Zealander Russell Crowe takes the lead in reprising the role of the rotund figure of Hermann Goering in the film "Nuremberg".
One of the most senior figures in Hitlers Reich, Goering was considered both astute and charming, if unsurprisingly, conceited. A World War I fighter ace, Goering rose to power alongside Hitler. He surrendered at the end of World War II to the allies and was put on trial, at Nuremberg.
This film is a mixed bag. Historically it takes a lot of liberties and could hardly be called "accurate". Notions of the US "winning the war" are pure fantasy, as is the claim …
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50/100
During WWII, the titular Ilsa runs a Nazi camp conducting experiments in how much pain a woman can withstand. The disclaimer at the start proclaims these experiments are historically accurate and the film is intended to prevent these acts from occurring again. This is just an excuse to present us with as much blatant nudity, unbridled sadism, unrelenting torture and utter depravity as they can fit into 90 mins. It does grab your attention and is strangely compelling, like voyeuristically watching something awful but you can't look away. I've seen worse but still rough. -- DrNostr…
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50/100
A real estate friend lets a couple use a gorgeous home, in the hills of El Dorado County, California, for a weekend getaway. On the way, a minor altercation at a gas station turns into an all out siege. I really wanted to like this film but there's just nothing new here ...and what there is isn't particularly good. They spent far too much time pandering to our emotions and forcing the personal lives of the protagonists down our throat with hugs and giggles and personal stuff that wasn't really necessary leaving little room for some good thrills. Marginally entertaining. -- DrNost…
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In my estimation, terminally politicised nonsense.
This is by no means the actors fault. Its let down by woke social engineering that refuses to let the novels come to life, as it should.
In summary, this series is nothing like the novels, it apes. Its been warped and twisted, to fit the woke narrative many of us are so sick and tired of. Enough said.…
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There's often a very good reason why they say a film is "adapted" from a literary work.
Such was the case with the 1988 film, "Running Man". Ably adapted from Stephen Kings literary work, it condensed a much longer tale, into a manageable and entertaining package.
Regrettably, what has been repeatedly touted as an advantage, that is the new film, following the literary work of King more closely, is anything but. This is an overly long, at times thoroughly boring film, that's lacking in both pace and direction. Worse still, its narrative is devoid of depth and wit, leaving characters w…
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