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Dork_knight74 (881 KP) rated Room (2015) in Movies

Aug 18, 2018

Room (2015)

2015 | Drama

8.0

(25 Ratings)

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This movie is in Netflix right now. It's a very moving movie about a girl who was held captive by a man for seven years. While in captivity she had a child. Just after he turned 5 they managed to escape. The movie is about their training from that captivity to being out in the world. The cinematography was good. The acting and storyline are really well done. The young boy "narrates" quite a bit if the movie, which it makes it even more moving. This movie will evoke a lot of emotion and questions but surprises with how engaged it keeps you. Nothing to graphic. I definitely recommend it. Worth a watch.

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100 Facts About Pandas

David O'Doherty, Claudia O'Doherty and Mike Ahern

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100 FACTS ABOUT PANDAS, chronicles for the very first time the amazing social, cultural and natural...

Edith's Diary: A Virago Modern Classic

Patricia Highsmith and Denise Mina

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Edith Howland's diary is her most precious possession, and as she is moving house she is making sure...

Olivier Assayas recommended Heaven's Gate (1980) in Movies (curated)

Heaven's Gate (1980)

1980 | Action, Drama, Western

7.5

(2 Ratings)

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"I saw this one again a few weeks ago in its incredible restored director’s cut. I have always admired Michael Cimino, and I loved Heaven’s Gate when it was released—with some quibbles. Now, I can’t believe I could have had any quibble about this masterpiece. It’s not just that it ages well; it wipes away any doubt: for some reason the passing of time (remember the only genuinely moving tagline ever? What one loves in life are things that fade.) reveals this film as the extraordinary, transcendent triumph I could not see then. And the way it finally reaches us through the echo of time only makes it more moving, heartbreaking, even."

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother) (1999) in Movies

Sep 4, 2019

Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother) (1999)

1999 | Comedy, Drama, International

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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Vibrant Spanish melodrama does a remarkable job of walking a tightrope, managing to be both outrageous and provocative, and restrained and moving, often at the same time. Written down in precis, the plot - or at least the cast of characters - sounds utterly bizarre, and the fact the film doesn't really have an unambiguously male main character probably signifies this will not be to all tastes.

However, the story is engrossing, genuinely moving, and slickly made with strong performances - to the extent that you overlook the plot's tendency towards implausible coincidences and improbable and arbitrary developments. At the very end things do become a bit unravelled, but not enough to spoil what is an impressive and satisfying film.

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Mikey H. (24 KP) rated Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) in Movies

May 26, 2018

Don't know why the grief

I'm not sure why this movie got so much hate. I truly enjoyed it, and loved the expanded Force abilities introduced. Ben and Rey are much better this time out than before, and I like that they are moving away from the original cast and into newer characters.

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Paul Tyrrell (139 KP) rated The Pianist (2002) in Movies

Apr 27, 2020

The Pianist (2002)

2002 | Drama, War

8.6

(19 Ratings)

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Those Nazi's again (0 more)

Brilliantly sad

Wow, what a movie. Very disturbing but very moving and showing just how the Jews suffered at the hands of Nazi Germany. Polanski's storytelling is sublime as always and the film though a tough watch sometimes is one that will live you for a long time