24 Days (2015) Movie Critics Review Runtime: 110 min Official Site: http://www.menemshafilms.com/24-days Production: Région Ile-de-France Genres: Drama, Thriller Country: France,USA Language: French, English Director: Alexandre Arcady Stars: Zabou Breitman, Pascal Elbé, Jacques Gamblin
24 Days (2015) Movie Reviews, Trailer, Clips, Movie News - 24 Days Movie Directed by Alexandre Arcady. Under Production: Région Ile-de-France. In Cinema 24,April 2015 with Stars: Zabou Breitman, Pascal Elbé, Jacques Gamblin - 24 Days Movie Reviews
24 Days takes strength from real-world specifics. But the most powerful
thing about the movie is its rejection of omniscience. The crime it
reconstructs is beyond understanding.
As a suspenseful true crime story, "24 Days" succeeds. As a warning
against the ever present dangers of anti-Semitism, it is eloquent and
disturbing. It's in combining the two that Arcady mishandles the case.
Despite strenuous efforts, 24 Days fails to make the case that Halimi
would be alive now had the anti-Semitism of his abductors been properly
recognized.
Its ending known beforehand, the story nevertheless unfolds as a
suspenseful thriller rather than docudrama, much of the credit for which
goes to Manu de Sousa's jumpy editing.
Would that the film had explored such emotional contradictions in
greater detail, but this retelling is more concerned with
black-and-white morality, which drains it of suspense.
Just Before I Go (2015) Movie Critics Review Runtime: 95 min Rating: Rated R for sexual content, language and some drug use Production: Coquette Productions Genres: Drama, Comedy Country: USA Language: English Home Release Date: 24, April 2015 - May 12, 2015 Director: Just Before I Go Stars: Seann William Scott, Olivia Thirlby, Garret Dillahunt
Just Before I Go (2015) Movie Reviews, Trailer, Clips, Movie News - Just Before I Go Movie Directed by Just Before I Go. Under Production: Coquette Productions. In Cinema 24,April 2015 with Stars: Seann William Scott, Olivia Thirlby, Garret Dillahunt - Just Before I Go Movie Reviews
Courteney Cox's misbegotten project is a comedy-drama that, to Cox's
credit, doesn't feel at all like a TV sitcom. The former "Friends" star
clearly wanted something special, but sadly the result is ... this.
Cox must have seen something in this screenplay that encouraged her to
film it, but whatever that critical element was, it's not apparent in
the finished product.
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The Water Diviner (2015) Movie Critics Review Runtime: 111 min Rating: Rated R for war violence including some disturbing images Production: Hopscotch Features Genres: Drama, War Countries: Turkey, USA, Australia Languages: English, Russian, Greek, Turkish Director: Russell Crowe Stars: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney
The Water Diviner (2015) Movie Review: An Australian farmer travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to trace his three missing sons....
Crowe makes the most of his own quiet presence, and this ode to the
world's never-recovered soldiers and their families is a fitting
meditation on the insanity of war.
As a director, Mr. Crowe's camera meanders all over the place; as an
actor, he mumbles and growls his way through the carnage like it was
nothing more important than a re-make of Gladiator, filmed on old sets
from Gene Autry westerns.
Russell Crowe proves to be a proficient director in need of better
material with The Water Diviner, an adaptation of Andrew Anastasios and
Dr. Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios's inspired-by-true-events novel.
Russell Crowe's directing debut is an entertaining albeit flawed
drama-adventure set in the aftermath of one of the most infamous battles
of World War I.
In straining for the profound, the film ultimately loses its way in a
veritable no-man's land of ill-conceived stylistic choices and narrative
switchbacks.
If Crowe's performance wasn't as strong as it is then The Water
Diviner simply wouldn't work at all and it would be harder to forgive
some of his less impressive directorial judgements.
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See You in Valhalla (2015) Movie Critics Review Runtime: 82 min Rating: Rated R for language, sexual references and drug use Production: Tarnol Group Pictures Genres: Drama, Comedy Country: USA Language: English Home Release Date: 24, April, May 26, 2015 Director: Jarret Tarnol Stars: Sarah Hyland, Steve Howey, Odeya Rush
See You in Valhalla (2015) Movie Review: - After the bizarre death of her brother, Johana
Burwood must return home after four years to face her
quirky family, including her estranged dad, her two competitive brothers
and various significant others. The family is uncomfortable with each
other at first, and their inner turmoil manifests itself in quarrels and
outright fights. Johana is forced to face some secrets from her past....
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Brotherly Love (2015) Movie Critics Review
Runtime: 90 min
Rating: Rated R for violence and language
Official Site: http://brotherlylovethemovie.com/
Production: Flavor Unit Entertainment
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Jamal Hill
Stars: Keke Palmer, Cory Hardrict, Romeo Miller
Love Brotherly Love (2015) Movie Reviews - Set on the backdrop of Philadelphia's famed Overbrook High School, we
track the lives of the nations number one high school basketball player
Sergio Taylor as he deals with the early pressures of hood fame.
Chauranga (2015) Movie Review: Chauranga is a 2015 Hindi film. It is the debut feature film of Indian writer-director Bikas Ranjan Mishra, produced by Onir and Sanjay Suri. The film was developed at the Screenwriters' Lab organized by National Film Development Corporation of India in collaboration with Locarno Film Festival and the ScriptStation of Berlinale Talent Campus, a part of Berlin Film Festival. The Film won Golden Gateway of India Award for Best Film (India Gold 2014) at the 16th Mumbai Film Festival
The Forger (2015) Movie Critics Review
Runtime: 92 min
Rating: Rated R for language and some violence
Production: Code Entertainment
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Philip Martin
Stars: Abigail Spencer, John Travolta, Jennifer Ehle
The Forger (2015) Movie Reviews: The world's best art forger (John Travolta) makes a
deal with a crime syndicate to get an early release from prison, but in
return he must pull off an impossible heist - he must forge a painting
by Claude Monet, steal the original from a museum, and replace it with a
replica so perfect that no one will notice.... Cast
John Travolta
Abigail Spencer
Christopher Plummer
Jennifer Ehle
Tye Sheridan
IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2376218/
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Chuck Bowen | Slant Magazine
A sluggish, obvious fusion of a disease-of-the-week tearjerker with a
comedic family crime romp that abounds in stiflingly over-emphasized
Boston-crime-movie details.
A contrived thriller that wraps a gritty Boston milieu redolent of a
Dennis Lehane story around a sentimental heart, with a high-stakes art
heist that belongs in a more robustly plotted Hollywood studio picture.
Nothing feels fresh here - not even Christopher Plummer hamming it up
as a crusty-coot grandpa - and Philip Martin's routinely polished
direction only underscores the cliche-composting of Richard D'Ovidio's
script.
Uninspired films utilizing cinematic devices that felt old decades ago
are a regrettable part of the cinematic viewing experience, and "The
Forger" squarely falls into this category. Even Travolta is better than
this.
Blackbird (2015) Movie Critics Review
Runtime: 99 min
Production: Tall Skinny Black Boy Productions
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Patrik-Ian Polk
Stars: Mo'Nique, Julian Walker, Kevin Allesee
Blackbird (2015) Movie Review: A young singer struggles with his sexuality and the treatment of others
while coming of age in a small Southern Baptist community.
Mo'Nique as Claire Rousseau
Isaiah Washington as Lance Rousseau
Terrell Tilford as Pastor Crandall
Gary Leroi Gray as Efrem
IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3181920
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Mike D'Angelo | The Dissolve
At no point does anyone in the film even vaguely resemble an actual
21st-century teenager; when these kids text each other, it comes across
like science fiction.
Director Patrik-Ian Polk makes the ending a little too pat, but he
makes us root for these characters to be happy, and for their world to
be a better place.
Adult Beginners (2015) Movie Critics Review
Runtime: 90 min
Production: Duplass Brothers Productions
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Ross Katz
Stars: Kevin James, Emily Watson, Ted Levine
Adult Beginners (2015) Movie Review: A young, hipster entrepreneur (Nick Kroll) crashes
and burns on the eve of his company’s big launch. With his entire life
in disarray, he leaves Manhattan to move in with his estranged pregnant
sister (Rose Byrne), brother-in-law (Bobby Cannavale) and three year-old
nephew in the suburbs — only to become their manny. Faced with real
responsibility, he may finally have to grow up — but not without some
bad behavior first.
Every arc and every twist is predictable from the get-go and the stakes
are pretty low given the circumstances. But, there's something truly
cozy about this picture. It's comfort food.
Adult Beginners benefits from a strong cast that showcases Nick Kroll's
ability to blend cynicism and drama, despite working with a story that
only offers a few new insights.
It's not perfect, but as far as feature debuts go, there's very little
you can fault "Adult Beginners" for. Slightly pedantic and maudlin at
times, with telegraphed metaphors and rushed pacing, it's still hard to
call any of these hiccups major flaws.
Little Boy (2015) Movie Critics Review
Rating: Rated PG-13 for some mature thematic material and violence
Official Site: http://littleboymovie.com/
Production: Metanoia Films
Genres: Drama, Comedy, War
Countries: USA, Mexico
Language: English
Director: Alejandro Monteverde
Stars: Kevin James, Emily Watson, Ted Levine
Little Boy (2015) Movie Review: An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World
War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the
indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son
has for his father.
IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1810683/
Little Boy Movie Review By MDBReviews
Ed Gonzalez | Slant Magazine
It conveys life experience to such a sentimentalized degree that the
world comes to resemble only the sham of a Norman Rockwell painting.
The Age of Adaline (2015) Movie Critics Review
Runtime: 110 min
Rating: Rated PG-13 for a suggestive comment
Production: Lakeshore Entertainment
Genres: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Stars: Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford
The Age of Adaline (2015) Movie Review: A young woman, born at the turn of 20th
century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After years of a
solitary life, she meets a man who might be worth losing her immortality
IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655441
The Age of Adaline Movie Review By MDBReviews
Jim Schembri | 3AW
In what is likely to be the year's most deliriously satisfying
illustration of what happens when you feed a chick flick steroids, Blake
Lively (Gossip Girl) hits emotional paydirt as a
turn-of-the-20th-century gal who stops ageing at 29.
Indie darling Lee Toland Krieger has managed to pull off this high
concept film with an innocent charm that harks back to Golden Age
Hollywood romance.
Harrison Ford emerges as Krieger's trump card...It is a raw, vulnerable
performance that ensures the film soars and draws fresh reserves out of
Lively (the definition of 'Supporting Actor', surely).
Never mind that the story is far fetched, the film engages largely due
to a winning central performance by Blake Lively as the ageless Adaline,
who spends her life running instead of living because she fears someone
will learn her secret
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Ek Adbhut Dakshina... Guru Dakshina (2015) Movie Critics Review
Production: Moonwalk Production
Genres: Drama
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Producer: Aayush Phadnis, Eshaan Phadnis
Director: Kiran Phadnis
Stars: Girish Karnad, Roopa Ganguly, Rajeev Pillai, Sulagna Panigrahi, Rajesh Shringarpure
Ek Adbhut Dakshina... Guru Dakshina (2015) Movie Review: The story is based on the premises of Bengal and around the naxalite den
of Purulia, it’s a love drama and a story of a sacrifice of a
protagonist who is an orphan boy picked up by a guruji from the juvenile
correctional centre. The antagonist Gambhira is a selfish dubious
opportunist and fundamentalist naxalit.
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Margarita With A Straw (2015) Movie Critics Review
Production: Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Producer: Shonali Bose
Director: Shonali Bose
Stars: Kalki Koechlin, Revathy, Sayani Gupta, Hussain Dalal
Margarita With A Straw (2015) Movie Review: Margarita With A Straw, previously known as Choone Chali Aasman in the Indian market & Margarita With A Straw in the International market is a 2015 Indian film directed by Shonali Bose, starring Kalki Koechlin. Kalki plays a girl with cerebral palsy. The movie talks about her struggle with the normal activities in her life. Margarita, with a Straw is one of the five projects selected for the Work In Progress Lab of Film Bazaar 2013. The film made its world premiere on 8 September 2014 as part of the Contemporary World Cinema Programme at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival . The movie later went on to be screened at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia, BFI London Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival . It is expected to have a national release in India on 17 April 2015.
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True Story (2015) Movie Critic Reviews
Runtime: 100 min
Rating: Rated R for language and some disturbing material
Production: Regency Enterprises
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Rupert Goold
Stars: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones
True Story (2015) Movie Review: When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused
killer Christian Longo - who has taken on Finkel's identity - his
investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse.
IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2273657
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How Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill) came to meet Chris Longo (James Franco) is an entrancing story of chance and merciless wrongdoing. The way its portrayed in True Story, however, uncovers less about the realities of Finkel and Longo's peculiar, genuine cooperation than it does the way of truth, and the relationship in the middle of correspondent and subject.As we're introduced to Finkel, he's in the middle of getting the boot from his job with The New York Times,
for conflating the experiences of a number of young African boys who
were used for slave labor in cocoa plantations along the Ivory Coast
into a single figure in his 2001 New York Times Magazine story
"Is Youssouf Malé a Slave?" The path that leads him from this disgrace
to sitting beside Longo might have been treated as a tale of redemption,
a talented writer finding his journalistic conviction in the wake of a
huge professional betrayal, but the filmmakers see this more as the
story of Finkel coming to terms with the hard, often conflicting truths
at the center of his profession.
First experience with Longo is a blaze of wild incident, as Hill's moderately aged correspondent is telephoned for a quote concerning Longo professing to be Finkel when he was captured in Cancun for the homicide of his family in Oregon. Whatever remains of the film bases on Longo's homicide trial and the composition of Longo's diary, which serves as the source material for and shares its name with Rupert Goold's film, yet the particulars of the dramatization and dialog depend on the subjectivity of verifiable and fiction narrating alike. In Goold and David Kajganich's script, Franco's cranky, pacified executioner jumbles the premise of his blame every step of the way, admitting to the homicide of two of his kids, yet not his wife, Mary Jane , or their third kid, guaranteeing a spotty memory of the occasions. The script sees Finkel as experiencing a kind of scraped area toward oneself, attempting to discover, and much in the same route as his editors at the Times, the escape clauses and breaks in the story that Longo apparently turns for him.
Finkel and Longo's relationship is reminiscent of the one that developed between Truman Capote and Perry Smith during the writing of In Cold Blood, a process that served as the basis of Bennett Miller's Capote. The similarities, however, don't end there, as Goold's aesthetic comes off as a barely thought-out variation of Miller's signature style, particularly in its cold, lugubrious vision of American landscapes. But whereas Miller's compositions and use of long takes in Capote invoke a haunting sense of how the past is at once philosophically weighty and essentially unknowable, Goold's images only go toward building a mildly glum atmosphere of impending dread. If True Story's copycat visual artistry illuminates nothing, at least its script is sincerely devoted to probing Finkel and Longo's odd partnership.
Longo is composed as a genial, if not precisely enchanting, man, and Franco's unpretentious conveyance brings out the phantom of a chilly, vital controller stowing away underneath the agreeability.Similarly, Hill plays Finkel as welcoming, but also slyly stirs up a
sense of greed and desperation in his character when money and
reputation are at stake. Their exchanges give the film an involving
dramatic backbone, whereas Goold's visuals keep things vaguely moody
without ever truly reflecting the violent emotions at the core of the
story. At one point, the director casts Franco's criminal in
shadow-drenched silhouette, an image that transparently suggests both
the character's emptiness and Finkel's—and in turn, our—inability to
truly know him. The script tangles outstandingly with the thought that any "genuine story" is to a great extent subject to the point of view of the storyteller, however the treat cutter inauspiciousness of Goold's visual strategies just offers the film up 'til now another acceptable cut of American genuine wrongdoing.
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