Opinion as a Movie-freak

Summary :
In the south of France, former special-ops mercenary Frank Martin enters into a game of chess with a femme-fatale and her three sidekicks who are looking for revenge against a sinister Russian kingpin.

Genre : Action
Country : France/China

Cast :
Ed Skrein : Frank Martin
Ray Stevenson : Frank Senior
Loan Chabanol : Anna

Director : Camille Delamare

3/10 Crime

Top Dog (2014)

donderdag, februari 25, 2016

Summary :
London bad boy Billy Evans gets in over his head when he joins a dangerous criminal gang.

Genre : Crime/Drama
Country : UK

Cast :
Leo Gregory : Billy Evans
Ricci Harnett : Mickey
Vincent Regan : Watson

Director : Martin Kemp

5/10 SF

Terminus (2015)

donderdag, februari 25, 2016

Summary :
Following a near-fatal accident, David Chamberlain makes an unprecedented discovery that will not only determine the fate of his family, but of mankind.

Genre : SF
Country : Australia

Cast :
Jai Koutrae : David Chamberlain
Kendra Appleton : Annabelle Chamberlain
Todd Lasance : Zach

Director : Marc Furmie

6/10 Biography Drama

The Walk (2015)

zondag, februari 21, 2016

Summary :
Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man - Philippe Petit - has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Petit and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan.

Genre : Biography/Drama
Country : USA

Cast :
Joseph Gordon-Levitt : Philippe Petit
Ben Kingsley : Papa Rudy
Charlotte Le Bon : Annie

Director : Robert Zemeckis

3/10 Drama

The Runner (2015)

zaterdag, februari 20, 2016

Summary :
In the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill, an idealistic but flawed politician is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal.

Genre : Drama
Country : USA

Cast :
Nicolas Cage : Colin Pryce
Connie Nielsen : Deborah Pryce
Sarah Paulson : Kate Haber

Director : Austin Stark

8/10 Mystery Western

The Hateful Eight (2015)

maandag, februari 15, 2016

Summary :
Some time after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive captive Daisy Domergue race towards the town of Red Rock, where Ruth will bring Daisy to justice. Along the road, they encounter Major Marquis Warren and Chris Mannix. Lost in a blizzard, the bunch seeks refuge at Minnie's Haberdashery. When they arrive they are greeted by unfamiliar faces. As the storm overtakes the mountainside, the eight travelers come to learn that they might not make it to Red Rock after all...

Genre : Mystery/Western
Country : USA

Cast :
Kurt Russell : John Ruth
Samuel L. Jackson : Major Marquis Warren
Jennifer Jason Leigh : Daisy Domergue

Director : Quentin Tarantino

3/10 Action

Mercury Plains (2016)

zaterdag, februari 13, 2016

Summary :
A troubled young man runs away to Mexico, where he is recruited to join a paramilitary group of teens fighting the drug cartels. Isolated in the desert, he proves himself by becoming The Captain's top soldier, but questions the group's true purpose. As the Mexican police close in, he realizes that his only way out is to escape back to America, but first he must outwit The Captain.

Genre : Action
Country : USA

Cast :
Scott Eastwood : Mitch Davis
Angela Sarafyan : Alyssa
Nick Chinlund : The Captain

Director : Charles Burmeister

3/10 Horror

Pod (2015)

vrijdag, februari 12, 2016

Summary :
A family intervention goes horrifically awry within the snowy confines of an isolated lake house.

Genre : Horror
Country : USA

Cast :
Larry Fessenden : Smith
Lauren Ashley Carter : Lyla
Brian Morvant : Martin
Dean Cates : Ed

Director : Mickey Keating

Summary :
A family intervention goes horrifically awry within the snowy confines of an isolated lake house.

6/10 Biography Crime

Legend (2015)

woensdag, februari 10, 2016

Summary
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.

Genre : Crime/Biography
Country : UK/France

Cast :
Tom Hardy : Reggie/Ron Kray
Emily Browning : Frances Shea
David Thewlis : Leslie Payne

Director : Brian Helgeland

8/10 Romance

Brooklyn (2015)

vrijdag, februari 05, 2016

Summary
Eilis Lacey leaves small town Ireland for a better life in New York, arranged by an Irish priest in Brooklyn. Working in a shop she takes a bookeeping course and participates in the Irish community. There she meets an Italian, and falls in love.

Genre : Romance
Country : Ireland/UK/Canada

Cast :
Saoirse Ronan : Eilis Lacey
Emory Cohen : Tony
Domhnall Gleeson : Jim Farrell

Director : John Crowley

4/10 Crime Drama

Criminal Activities (2015)

donderdag, februari 04, 2016

Summary
Four young guys reunite at an ex-classmate's funeral. One mentions to the others inside information on a stock that is a guaranteed lock to make them instant millionaires. Unfortunately, the deal goes south along with their investment. Things go from bad to worse: one of them borrowed his share of the money from a mobster.

Genre : Crime/Drama
Country : USA

Cast :
Dan Stevens : Noah
John Travolta : Eddie
Michael Pitt : Zach

Director : Jackie Earle Haley

7/10 Biography Drama

Bridge of Spies (2015)

dinsdag, februari 02, 2016

Summary :
In the cold war, a lawyer, James B. Donovan recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers that was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission- with a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel who was arrested for espionage in the US.

Genre : Biography/Drama
Country : USA/Germany

Cast :
Tom Hanks : James B. Donovan
Mark Rylance : Rudolf Abel
Amy Ryan : Mary Donovan

Director : Steven Spielberg