2024-09-16 Destroyer (2018) imdb.com
Director: Karyn KusamaSynopsis: When Erin Bell was a young cop, she was given an undercover assignment that ended badly and destroyed her life. Years later, she must face her demons in order to make peace with her past.
Cast: Nicole Kidman as Erin Bell, Toby Kebbell as Silas, Tatiana Maslany as Petra, Sebastian Stan as Chris, Jade Pettyjohn as Shelby, Beau Knapp as Jay
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2024-08-16 The Favourite (2018) imdb.com
Director: Yorgos LanthimosSynopsis: England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.
Cast: Emma Stone as Abigail, Olivia Colman as Queen Anne, Rachel Weisz as Lady Sarah, Nicholas Hoult as Harley, Joe Alwyn as Masham, James Smith as Godolphin
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| Harley | Harley, Godolphin, Lady Sarah | Lady Sarah | Abigail, Masham | ||
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2019-10-06 The Prey (2018) imdb.com
Director: Jimmy HendersonSynopsis: Undercover Chinese cop Xin is on a secret international mission when a surprise raid puts him in a remote jungle prison that plays by its own rules. Here, the visitors are wealthy thrill seekers. The guards are hostile puppet masters. And the prisoners are simply pawns in a high stakes game of human hunting human. It started as just another bad day for the do-gooder cop. That day gets a whole lot worse when the diabolical Warden singles Xin out for death at the hands of affluent hunters looking for the world's ultimate kill. After years of hunting down ruthless criminals, Xin suddenly finds himself running for his life. If Xin manages to survive this sadistic game, he'll walk out of the jungle the same way he came in: as a free man. If Xin fails, he's dead meat - and just another hunting trophy.
Cast: Gu Shangwei as Xin, Vithaya Pansringarm as The Warden,
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| Inmates prepared for the hunt | The hunter | Xin kills the hunter | Xin armed | Fight at the waterfalls |
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2019-06-08 The Fall of the American Empire (2018) imdb.com
Director: Denys ArcandSynopsis: When delivery courier Pierre Paul (Alexandre Landry) comes across a body-littered heist scene complete with two bags stuffed with cash, he seizes the moment by grabbing the bags, putting them in a storage locker and thinking his dreams have come true. Whilst giving some away philanthropically, along the way he crosses paths with an ex-con biker accountant Sylvain and a beautiful prostitute Aspasie(Maripier Morin) casting him into an underworld his young and naive mind is not made for.
Written and directed by Denys Arcand. - By Clare Perez-Izaguirre Lopez
Cast: Alexandre Landry as Pierre Paul, Maripier Morin as Aspasie, Florence Longpre as Linda Demers, Remy Girard as Sylvain 'The Brain' Bigras, Pierre Curzi as Wilbrod Taschereau
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2019-04-18 Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy (2018) imdb.com
Director: Woo-Ping YuenCast: Max Zhang as Cheung Tin Chi, Liu Yan as Julia, Xing Yu as Fu
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| Cheung Tin Chi with his son | Julia, her friend Nana | Cheung Tin Chi | Cheung Tin Chi, Tso Sai Kit | |
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| Kwan and her associates | Kwan | Cheung Tin Chi, Kwan | Davidson | Cheung Tin Chi, Davidson |
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2019-03-31 Never Look Away (2018) imdb.com
Director: Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckSynopsis: Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, this epic German drama follows the life of a young German artist Kurt Barnett (Tom Schilling) as he tries to move on from the state-ordered murder of his mentally ill aunt by a soon-to-be SS doctor, Professor Carl Seeband (Sebastian Koch). After falling in love with Ellie (Paula Beer), the daughter of that same doctor, he realizes his childhood will always haunt him whilst the Nazis reign. Music by Max Richter.
Cast: Tom Schilling as Kurt Barnert, Paula Beer as Ellie Seeband, Sebastian Koch as Professor Carl Seeband, Saskia Rosendahl as Elisabeth May (aunt)
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| Kurt with aunt | Kurt at the art exhibition | Aunt is detained | Prof.Seeband at SS meeting | Ellie | Prof. Seeband, his wife |
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| Kurt, Ellie, her father | Kurt paints Seeband's portraint | Kurt, Ellie flee to the West | In Dusseldorf | Arts prof | Kurt painting from photos |
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2019-03-17 Cold War (2018) imdb.com
Director: Pawel PawlikowskiSynopsis: Two Polish musicians, Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) and Zula (Joanna Kulig) meet during auditions for a folk ensemble. Set during the 1950s Cold War, the narrative spans fifteen-years and navigates across four countries as the couple's love affair undulates throughout. After the group's manager Kaczmarek (Borys Szyc) makes a controversial political decision, the lovers drift apart in this transient drama about love across all borders. Directed and co-written by Pawel Pawlikowski. - By Kyle Lavigne
Cast: Joanna Kulig as Zula, Tomasz Kot as Wiktor, Agata Kulesza as Irena, Borys Szyc as Kaczmarek
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| In Poland. Zula | Repetition | Wiktor, Zula | Performances | ||
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2019-03-10 Birds of Passage (2018) imdb.com
Director: Cristina Gallego, Ciro GuerraCast: Carmina Martinez as Ursula, Natalia Reyes as Zaida, Jose Acosta as Rapayet, Jhon Narvaez as Moises, Greider Meza as Leonidas
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| Zaida | Rapayet, Zaida dancing | Leonidas, Ursula, Rapayet, Zaida | Moises, Rapayet | The funeral |
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| Ursula at the funeral | Waiting for the narco plane | Ursula and her men | Family mansion destroyed | Ursula defeated |
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2019-03-03 Greta (2018) imdb.com
Director: Neil JordanSynopsis: Director Neil Jordan's horror drama features Isabelle Huppert and Chloe Grace Moretz. The latter plays a cheerful teenager who returns a handbag to an eccentric, lonely, and seemingly maternal French piano teacher who eventually proves to be a sinister, dangerous, and duplicitous character. - By
Cast: Isabelle Huppert as Greta Hideg, Chloë Grace Moretz as Frances, Maika Monroe as Erica Penn
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2019-02-24 Everybody Knows (2018) imdb.com
Director: Asghar FarhadiSynopsis: After several years, Laura (Penelope Cruz) returns to her hometown in Spain for her sister's wedding. What was meant to be a joyous occasion turns into a living nightmare as Irene (Carla Campra), her eldest daughter, gets abducted with very little information on her whereabouts. With the help of her friend Paco (Javier Bardem), she desperately searches for any trace of her daughter's abductors. Written and directed by Asghar Farhadi. - By
Cast: Penélope Cruz as Laura, Javier Bardem as Paco, Ricardo Darín as Alejandro, Bárbara Lennie as Bea, Inma Cuesta as Ana, Carla Campra as Irene
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| Ana(Laura's younger sister) and Laura | Irene, Laura, Felipe, Paco | Paco, Laura | Bea, Paco | Irene, Felipe | |
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2019-01-05 Green Book (2018) imdb.com
Director: Peter FarrellySynopsis: Burly Bronx bouncer Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen) is hired by refined African-American composer and musician Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) to chauffer him around the Jim Crow South in 1962 for an eight-week tour. The mismatched men form a friendship as Tony learns first-hand the disrespect and outright racism from white people across regional and class lines that Don must endure to perform. Directed by Peter Farrelly. - By
Cast: Viggo Mortensen as Tony Lip, Mahershala Ali as Dr. Don Shirley
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2018-12-16 Eva (2018) imdb.com
Director: Benoit JacquotSynopsis: A gigolo Bertrand steals a manuscript from a dying client and achieves success as a playwright. He resides in Paris with his fiance Caroline. A theatrical producer Regis is waiting for Bertrand's follow-up play. Bertrand encounters a prostitute Eva.
Cast: Isabelle Huppert as Eva, Gaspard Ulliel as Bertrand Valade, Julia Roy as Caroline
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| Bertrand finds Eva in the bath | Bertrand, Caroline | Bertrand, Eva | |||
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2018-11-21 Sofia (2018) imdb.com
Director: Meryem Benm'Barek-AloïsiSynopsis: Sofia, 20 years, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Following a denial of pregnancy, she is found in the illegality giving birth to a baby out of wedlock.
Cast: Maha Alemi as Sofia, Sarah Perles as Lena, Hamza Khafif as Omar
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| Sofia with the baby | Sofia, Lena | With Omar's family | Omar, Sofia |
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2018-11-12 The Old Man & the Gun (2018) imdb.com
Director: David LowerySynopsis: Director/co-writer David Lowery’s crime drama is based on the true story of Forrest Tucker, a career criminal who escaped from San Quentin State Prison in 1979 and embarked on a spree of bank robberies. Robert Redford stars as the gentlemanly septuagenarian robber. While evading a dedicated detective (Casey Affleck), he embarks on a late-life romance with a woman (Sissy Spacek) who accepts him in spite of his status as a wanted criminal. - By Augustine Chay
Cast: Robert Redford as Forrest Tucker, Casey Affleck as Detective John Hunt, Sissy Spacek as Jewel
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2018-11-10 Burning (2018) imdb.com
Director: Chang-dong LeeSynopsis: South Korean director/co-writer Lee Chang-dong’s unconventional thriller is loosely based on Haruki Murakami’s 1992 short story “Barn Burning”. Ah-in Yoo stars as Jongsu, a poor young man who falls in love with a beautiful young dancer named Haemi Jong-seo Jun. He becomes angry and insecure when she becomes romantically entangled with Ben (Steven Yeun), an eccentric young millionaire who claims to be occasionally impelled to burn greenhouses. - By Augustine Chay
Cast: Ah-In Yoo as Lee Jong-su, Steven Yeun as Ben, Jong-seo Jeon as Shin Hae-mi
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2018-10-07 Lost in Apocalypse (2018) imdb.com
Director: Sky WangSynopsis: A group of seemingly unrelated individuals fight their way out of a virus-infested hotel, only to find themselves at a worse place than before.
Cast: Martin Yang as Jack, Mingyi Yang as Rich, E'Naan Zhang as Helen, Fengzhu Jia as Director, Qianhua Chen as Cindy
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2018-09-30 El Angel (2018) imdb.com
Director: Luis OrtegaSynopsis: Carlitos is a seventeen-year-old youth with movie star swagger, blond curls and a baby face. As a young boy, he coveted other people's things, but it wasn't until his early adolescence that...
Cast: Lorenzo Ferro as Carlos Robledo Puch, Chino Darín as Ramón Peralta, Peter Lanzani as Miguel Prieto, Daniel Fanego as José Peralta, Mercedes Morán as Ana María Peralta
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| Carlos, Ramon | Ramon | Ramon's father Jose | Jose, Ana, Ramon | Carlos |
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2018-09-23 Museo (2018) imdb.com
Director: Alonso RuizpalaciosSynopsis: Mexican director and co-writer Alonso Ruizpalacios’s sophomore film was inspired by the 1985 Christmas Eve robbery of the National Museum of Anthropology. Gael García Bernal stars as the university dropout who masterminded the infamous art heist, successfully making off with 140 priceless pre-Columbian artifacts which haunt him from thereon.
Cast: Gael García Bernal as Juan Nuñez, Leonardo Ortizgris as Benjamin Wilson, Simon Russell Beale as Frank Graves
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| Juan | Juan, his Father | Heist. Juan | Heist. Benjamin, Juan |
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2018-09-21 Rust / Ferrugem (2018) imdb.com
Director: Aly MuritibaSynopsis: Tati and Renet were already trading pics, videos and music by their cell phones, and on the last school trip they started making eye contact. However, what could be the beginning of a love story, turns to an end.
Cast: Tifanny Dopke as Tati, Giovanni de Lorenzi as Renet, Enrique Diaz as Davi
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2018-09-16 A Simple Favor (2018) imdb.com
Director: Paul FeigSynopsis: Lonely, cheerful mommy blogger Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) becomes obsessed with Emily (Blake Lively), the chic, mysterious new mother to the neighborhood. When Emily disappears, Stephanie pieces together clues left behind by her friend while also caring for Emily's son, Nicky, and unwisely getting involved with Emily's handsome yet suspicious husband Sean (Henry Golding). Directed by Paul Feig. Based on Darcey Bell’s 2017 novel of the same name. - By Kaitliin Elise Miller
Cast: Blake Lively as Emily, Anna Kendrick as Stephanie, Jean Smart as Mrs. McLanden, Henry Golding as Sean Townsend-Nelson
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2018-05-28 The Seagull (2018) imdb.com
Director: Michael MayerSynopsis: Aging actress Irina (Annette Benning) visits her family’s summer home with her son Konstantin (Billy Howle) who pines for the neighborhood girl Nina (Saoirse Ronan). When famous writer Boris Trigorin (Corey Stoll) drops by, Nina finds herself enamored with him and ignoring Konstantin. Soon, a love triangle unfolds amid family drama. Elisabeth Moss and Brian Dennehy also star. Based on Anton Chekhov’s play of the same name, this film version was directed by Michael Mayer. - By Caroline Griswold
Cast: Saoirse Ronan as Nina, Elisabeth Moss as Masha, Annette Bening as Irina, Brian Dennehy as Sorin, Corey Stoll as Boris Trigorin, Jon Tenney as Doctor Dorn
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| Masha, Polina, Arkadina, Nina, Medvedenko, Dorn | Sorin, Nina, Dorn | Arkadina | Arkadina, Dorn | Nina, Treplev |
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