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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
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Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
Director: Frank Darabont. Writers: Stephen King (short story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption"), Frank Darabont (screenplay). Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton.
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Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940s, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner. Written by Martin Lewison.
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Tied for the best movie I have ever seen
26 November 2003 | by carflo (Texas) – See all my reviews
Why do I want to write the 234th comment on The Shawshank Redemption? I am not sure - almost everything that could be possibly said about it has been said. But like so many other people who wrote comments, I was and am profoundly moved by this simple and eloquent depiction of hope and friendship and redemption.
The only other movie I have ever seen that effects me as strongly is To Kill a Mockingbird. Both movies leave me feeling cleaner for having watched them.
I didn't intend to see this movie at all: I do not like prison movies and I don't normally watch them. I work at a branch library and one day as I was checking The Shawshank Redemption out to one of our older patrons, she said to me, "Whenever I feel down or depressed, I check out this movie and watch it and it always makes me feel better." At the time, I thought that was very strange. One day there was nothing on TV except things I absolutely would not watch under any circumstance or things that I had seen too many times already. I remembered what she said, so I watched it. I have watched it many many times since then and it gets better with every showing.
No action, no special effects - just men in prison uniforms talking to each other.
The Shawshank Redemption and To Kill a Mockingbird are the best movies I have ever seen. I do not judge it by it's technical merits - I don't really care about that. I have read that Citizen Kane or The Godfather or this or that movie is the best movie ever made. They may have the best technique or be the most influential motion pictures ever made, but not the best. The best movies are ones that touch the soul. It takes a movie like The Shawshank Redemption to touch the soul.
Kanako, a beautiful girl and one of the best students at school, goes missing with all the belongings left behind in her room. Her father Akikazu is now asked by his ex-wife to look for their daughter. He starts a desperate search of Kanako using any means, in the hope of getting his "ideal" family back in place despite the fact that the very reason of the family breakup was because of his problematic personality and behaviors. Following tracks of her past and present and talking to her "friends," he starts to get to know his daughter whom he never knew or didn't even attempt to know. When Akikazu is led to one clue, he realizes the world Kanako was facing beyond his imagination... Can the father find his daughter, and get back his perfect happy family he has dreamed of after all these years? Written by Busan International Film Festival. User Reviews The reality of society 13 March 2015 | by friday3333 (Thailand) – See all my reviews from the start of the movie until the end contain discomfort atmosphere with violent and some nudity.The story is quite confusing and I regret that I watch this movie.But after me and my friend have some discuss about this story it quite give us a lot of idea and what director want to teach us about so we give another shot for this story and we got what this story is to remind something for Japan people. The soundtrack is really various and their production is beautiful(even though cg is bad in action) Really recommend for someone who could open- mind for some weird story that is hard to understand. This movie is really good for someone who study art and who love plot twist or complicate story.
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Sicario (2015)
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An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Director: Denis Villeneuve. Writer: Taylor Sheridan. Stars: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro.
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When drug violence worsens on the USA Mexico border, the FBI sends an idealistic agent, Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) on a mission to eradicate a drug cartel responsible for a bomb that had killed members of her team. Written by Gusde. User Reviews
8/10 24 September 2015 | by James De Bello (Italy) – See all my reviews One of those select few thrillers that will have your eyes stuck to the screen from the opening credits to the very end, and I mean that literally: I changed my sitting position many times during the film, yet I clearly recall never ever turning my head away from the film, this is how intense it is. With this Denis Villenueve has now consolidated his name as one of most important and gifted directors of our time and has shown us he is here to stay. I truly marvel at how this film is so tightly put together and even despite it faults, which it has, especially in script, it just never gives you a chance to breathe and take it all in, thanks to the atmosphere that is established from shot one until the last one, you are always anticipating something's going to happen and that is the sign you are watching a great thriller. You are always on the edge of your seat and in some occasions you are really biting your knuckles. The movie has a way to throw you into the action that is really rare to find, especially in a highway sequence where I literally felt I was there. All of this is achieved thanks to probably the best cinematography of this whole year. Deakins does it again, once more playing with a lot of blacks and shadows and once more succeeding one hundred percent. Also remarkable is the use of helicopter shots which don't feel like connective tissue, but actually part of the organic, that's something really hard to pull off. The sound design of this film is flat out amazing, some of the best I have truly ever had the pleasure to experience. It is so in you face, so tight, it really contributes in making you feel a part of this even in the more intimate scenes. Music too is also excellent and while some may say it was a little too ominous and dark I felt it matched the tone perfectly and enhanced some parts magnificently, contributing to a nail-biting building of tension. Of course one couldn't get past reviewing this film without nominating the three great performances at its center. Del Toro, Brolin and Blunt are each better than the other and continue stealing the screen to themselves scene after scene. There really isn't one stand out, the three of them just excel sky high and give depth to characters that are interesting. The characters are really what holds the film together, they are truly developed three dimensionally and explored in depths that aren't normally reached. What makes the film stumble is the fact that in never has a good enough plot to make things as interesting as they should be. It really has a hard time in setting up which way it's going and in the end it actually doesn't end up with a satisfying resolution. You are certainly left with something to think about because of the themes, the characters, the atmosphere and the intensity, but all in all the plot doesn't offer interesting turns and not enough moral questioning, unlike "Prisoners", and so remains slightly one-note for the whole duration. It also has a totally useless character in Blunt's partner, which other than never understanding why he was there or what was his arch in the film, I never understood how he was being played.
Still there is nothing short of amazing in what Villenueve achieves in two hours. What could have been a screenplay turned into a very generic police drama, is actually one of the most atmospheric and tense movies of the year.
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Legend (I) (2015)
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The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s. Director: Brian Helgeland. Writers: Brian Helgeland, John Pearson (book). Stars: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton.
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Focusing on the relationship between Reggie Kray and Frances Shea, told from France's' point of view as someone who knew him best, as well as the mental health issues Ronnie Kray faced and their rise to power as the notorious gangsters of London. User Reviews Outstanding crime picture (and Hardy is a LEGEND). 16 October 2015 | by Troy_Campbell (Sydney, Australia) – See all my reviews
The infamous Kray brothers – identical twins Reggie and Ronnie – are so well known in British gangster history they've already had multiple films made about them. What writer-director Brian Helgeland brings to the table with his take on the notorious siblings is exuberant storytelling, classy visual styling and a tour de force performance by Tom Hardy as both twins. Hardy's dual turn is undeniably the centrepiece of the movie. His Reggie is all charm and swagger, with intelligence and ambition to boot, whilst the schizophrenic Ronnie is a short-tempered ball of emotional bluster. Helgeland sensibly opts to make Reggie the focus; of the two he is the more grounded one, a gangster with lofty aspirations and the ability to interact on a human level with those around him to make his goals a reality. There is also genuine chemistry between Hardy (as Reggie) and Emily Browning, her fragile yet strong-willed Frances able to draw out the romantic side of Reggie, making his bursts of savagery all the more terrifying. Sporadically placed throughout the (overlong) two hour plus runtime, the bouts of violence bubble with intensity and exhilaration, often uneasily enjoyable thanks to moments of levity sprinkled alongside them. The 60s setting is capitalised on too, Dick Pope's elegant photography giving proceedings a classical feel while Carter Burwell's powerfully soulful score affects deeply at all the right times. There's a sense of glorification here that mightn't sit well with some audience members, however the Krays were adored in the East End and to deny the glitzier parts of their life would be to deny what made them popular to begin with. An exceptional crime picture with two outstanding performances from one man, proving again that Hardy really is an acting… legend.
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Quantico (2015)
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A look at the lives of young FBI recruits training at the Quantico base in Virginia when one of them is suspected of being a sleeper terrorist. Creator: Joshua Safran. Stars: Josh Hopkins, Priyanka Chopra, Aunjanue Ellis.
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The series features Aunjanue Ellis as the Director of Quantico Miranda Shaw, and Josh Hopkins as her subordinate, FBI Special Agent Liam O'Connor, all with specific reasons for joining as flashbacks will detail their previous lives, battling their way through training at the Quantico base in Virginia. Written by Soumik Ghosh. User Reviews
The FBI is aware of the twin Muslim women. When Simon knocks on the door to invite them to coffee, she asks who it is and he responds, "I should ask you. Is it Nima or Mina...I'll take either one." Then, after she accepts, one of the twins says to the other, "you or me this time?" Her sister clearly responds, "Miranda said me." In case you don't realize, Miranda is the African-Amereican assistant director who runs the program, played by Aunjanue Ellis. So, obviously, the FBI knows there are two of them. I don't have a problem with people sharing their opinions, even if they are negative. But if you are going to bash something, you should at least have the facts straight.
Just for the record, I enjoyed it quite a lot and will be tuning in next week.
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Victoria (II) (2015)
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While on holiday in Berlin, a young woman finds her flirtation with a
local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends
reveals its secret: the four men owe someone a dangerous favor that
requires repaying that evening.
Director:Sebastian Schipper.
Writers:Olivia Neergaard-Holm,
Sebastian Schipper.
Stars:Laia Costa,
Frederick Lau,
Franz Rogowski.
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While on holiday in Berlin, a young woman finds her flirtation with a
local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends
reveals its secret: the four men owe someone a dangerous favor that
requires repaying that evening.
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Laia Costa and
Frederick Lau both played out of hell. Sturla Grøvlen with the hand
camera is the unseen most important character of this movie. Through his
eyes the audience is always close to the action. Changing loyalties,
trust, human longings are the driving forces of live. Sometimes leading
to happiness, sometimes to disaster. Victoria is the wonder of a young
Spanish girl, strolling around through the night, in Berlin. Curious
about the mind of other people, open-hearted, just here at the moment.
Everything can (and will) happen to her. Something in you will long for
her innocent way to look at live and to trust in people. Something in
you will - at the same time - feel all the danger of such a state, in
which everything can happen. Don't let this film pass you unseen!!
Sebastian Schipper and Laia Costa may not have too many opportunities to
make such a once-in-a-life-movie. Please, Germany, nominate this one
for Oscar - most of it is English spoken anyway.
