Film Reviews
How to Become Myself |
A lonely Japanese girl reaches out to a former classmate. |
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Beasts of the Southern Wild |
Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe – for a time when he’s no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack – temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink’s health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother. |
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Library Wars |
Set in the year 2019 in Japan. In order to crack down on free expression, a new law is passed, which allows for the government to create an armed force to find and destroy objectionable printed material. Meanwhile, to oppose this oppressive crackdown, the Library Force is created. The Library force, including instructor Atsushi Dojo and Iku Kasahara, work to protect the libraries. A fierce battle then ensues between these two groups. |
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Nico Icon |
A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels, to glamorous diva of the Velvet Underground, to cult item, junkie and hag. Many faces for the same woman, whom, you realize, just couldn't bring herself to care enough to live. |
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Dorian Blues |
Dorian realizes he is gay in his final year of high school. He meets another gay youth locally, but remains confused. He starts therapy, then resorts to confession in the Church, and finally comes out to his brother. Dorian then decides to come out to his father; he gets kicked out of the house. |
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Mojin: The Lost Legend |
At the beginning of the 1990s, famous tomb explorer Hu Bayi decided to retire and move to the United States with his girlfriend Shirley. But before his wedding, Bayi discovers his first love Ding Shitian, who supposedly had died in the "One Hundred Cave" 20 years ago, is actually still alive. Together with Shirley and his old exploration partner, Bayi unravels a terrible millennium-old secret... |
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Lejdis |
To zwariowana historia czterech przyjaciółek (Łucja - Edyta Olszówka, Korba - Anna Dereszowska, Monia - Magdalena Różczka, Gośka - Iza Kuna), których życie w wyniku galopady szalonych wydarzeń ulega w ciągu roku całkowitej zmianie. Towarzyszą im w tej galopadzie mężczyźni szlachetni (Istvan - Tomasz Kot, Wojtek - Tomasz Karolak, Tomek - Rafał Królikowski, Tadeusz - Krzysztof Globisz), mężczyźni nieszlachetni (Marek Dywanik - Robert Więckiewicz, Błażej Dywanik - Borys Szyc) oraz trudni do zdefiniowania (Artur - Piotr Adamczyk).To miłość i seks, zabawa i spontan oraz zdrada i zemsta w jednym! To świat, w którym kobiety naprawdę rządzą! W którym wiedzą, czego chcą, a zwłaszcza czego nie chcą! I w którym nie boją się powiedzieć facetom prosto w oczy, że jeśli naprawdę są z Marsa, to niech tam wracają! |
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The Matchbreaker |
When an idealistic romantic gets fired from his day job, he is offered a "one-time gig" to break up a girl's relationship for her disapproving parents. This "one-time" gig spreads through word-of-mouth and he ends up becoming a professional match-breaker. However, he ends up falling for one of his clients and must figure out how to balance his secret job with his love-life. |
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$1,000 on the Black |
Johnny Liston has just been released from prison where he has wrongly served twelve years for a murder. He returns to Campos, the village of his birth, where the whole town is terrorized by Johnny's brother, Sartana, who has taken Manuela, Johnny's fiancèe to be his lover. With his only friend a mute, Johnny must seize all opportunity to find out why he was framed, who was involved and why he is not welcome. source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net |
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Mine |
MINE is the powerful story about the essential bond between humans and animals told against the backdrop of one of the worst natural disasters in U.S |
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Moms on Strike |
She was an overworked mom trying to get her family's attention. She didn't know she would become a national sensation. |
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Deal of a Lifetime |
The agent for the Devil takes the soul of a high school sophomore in exchange for a date with the most popular girl on campus. |
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King Creole |
Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer. |
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New York Confidential |
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts. |
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Hope Floats |
Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom. |
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