Bridge of Spies (7/10)
In the depths of the cold war a Russian agent Rudolf Abel (actually a KGB colonel called Vilyam Fisher, though the movie does not reveal this), played by Mark Rylance, is arrested. The US bar
A Second Chance (5/10)
Andreas appears to be living a dream life. He lives in the kind of Scandinavian home on the waterfront that has probably been showcased in various design magazines; his wife Anna is almost as good
Snowtown (7/10)
John Bunting is Australia's worst serial killer, convicted for 11 murders he committed between 1992 and 1999 (a 12th could not be proven). These murders took place mostly in the suburbs of Adelaide, but the
Before We Go (5/10)
Before We Go is the directorial debut of Chris Evans. He has chosen to do something completely different from his Captain America/Avengers franchise and go small. Maybe even too small as this movie lacks the
Z for Zachariah (7/10)
After an unexplained nuclear event, a young woman Ann has been living as sole survivor for at least a year or two on her parents' farm in a valley which seems to have been shielded
Youth (7/10)
The latest movie of Paolo Sorrentino was shot by the same director of photography as his previous movie La Grande Belezza. And the movie is (mostly) beautifully shot indeed. Set in an exclusive sanatorium in
Notes on a Scandal (9/10)
In this small-scale drama, Judi Dench both narrates and stars as Barbara Coveet, a teacher reaching the end of here career in a rough London comprehensive school. A stone is thrown into the calm pool
Southpaw (6/10)
Jake Gyllenhaal plays Billy Hope, a boxer raised in an orphanage in Hell's Kitchen where he met his wife Maureen (Rachel McAdams). The movie starts when Billy is on top of the world as reigning
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (6/10)
Greg is a teen who takes pride in having spent his teens working hard to be and stay invisible, because 'no-one likes me anyway'. His motto is that by not being anyone's friend and more
Love & Mercy (7/10)
Of course I know a number of Beach Boys hits, but I can't say I am a particur fan so I didn't know much about -as per the movie's tagline- 'the life, love and genius