Jie jiu Wu xian sheng (2015)

Slo naslov: - 

Drugi naslovi: Saving Mr. Wu

Država: Kitajska

Leto: 2015 

Dolžina: 106',  Imdb

Žanri: Akcija, Krimi, Drama   

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Ding Sheng

Scenarij: Ding Sheng

Igrajo: Andy Lau, Liu Ye, Wang Qingyuan, Wu Ruofu, Cai Lu, Lam Suet, Yu Ailei, Zhao Xiaoyue, Zhao Xiaorui, Li Meng

[ENG]

SAVING MR. WU is an action-packed crime thriller based on the true story of China's famous celebrity kidnapping case. Mr. Wu is kidnapped in Beijing by Zhang Hua and three accomplices, all disguised as cops. In the ensuing 20 hours, the Chinese detectives led by Chief Xing quickly form a task force and sweep the city. Time is of the essence though as Mr. Wu is ordered to be killed at 9pm regardless of whether the money is collected or not. The police eventually apprehend Hua alone and a dangerous mental showdown develops between police interrogators and Hua. As the deadline rapidly approaches, the detectives and captors collide in a dramatic battle.

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Though it’s largely a standard police procedural, Ding sends Saving Mr. Wu’s narrative jumping through time — from the "present" where Zhang is being interrogated 18 hours after Wu is snatched off the street, to other kidnappings weeks before and to the timescape of Wu’s captivity. In stitching all these threads together, Ding goes full Paul Greengrass, with an over-abundance of handheld shaky-cam and jagged editing (which might give Michael Bay a headache) that often makes it hard to figure out what’s going on. Mr. Wu moves at lightning speed, barely stopping to catch its breath as the police make one connection after another (if nothing the film is a paean to the efficacy of Beijing’s finest, a bureau of which is credited as co-producing) and the script drops plot points in seemingly at random. (Elizabeth Kerr, Hollywood Reporter)

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Keanu (2016)

Slo naslov: - 

Država: ZDA

Leto: 2016

Dolžina: 100',  Imdb

Žanri: Akcija, Komedija   

Slo recenzija: Filmoljub

Režija: Peter Atencio

Scenarij: Jordan Peele, Alex Rubens

Igrajo: Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Jason Mitchell, Luis Guzmán, Will Forte, Nia Long, Rob Huebel, Method Man

[SLO]

Potem ko ga je zapustila punca, se leni črnuh Rell (Peele) na domačem kavču zadeva in utaplja obup v samopomilovanju. Njegov prijatelj Clarence (Key), najbolj rahločutni zamorski nerd in geek, kar jih je videl svet hiphopa (njegov najljubši pevec je George Michael), ima prav tako težave s soprogo, ki ga ima za preveč neodločenega, pretirano medlega in ne dovolj možatega. Vsaj prvemu povrne samozavest in vero simpatičen sivo progast mucek, ki se pojavi na njegovem pragu. Poimenuje ga Keanu (po najljubšem igralcu) ter uporabi kot živalski model na seriji fotografij za posrečeni mačji koledar. Vendar je maček v resnici last mamilarskega botra... (Filmoljub)

[ENG]

Rell's life is changed forever when a cute kitten comes to his door, and he names it Keanu. Unfortunately, one weekend later, Keanu is abducted by persons unknown. Now Rell and his cousin, Clarence, are men on a mission to find Keanu against the odds. Unfortunately, those odds prove to be perilously high as they find Keanu in the care of the ruthless gangster, Cheddar, and he will only part with him for a price. Now for that cute kitten, these two middle class bumblers find themselves neck deep in a dangerous alien world of drugs and gang violence with only their desperate audacity, creativity and sheer dumb luck giving them a chance to survive.

[RT Critics Consensus]

Keanu's absurd premise and compulsively watchable starring duo add up to an agreeably fast-paced comedy that hits more than enough targets to make up for the misses.

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Emelie (2015)

Slo naslov: - 

Država: ZDA

Leto: 2015

Dolžina: 80',  Imdb

Žanri: Triler, Grozljivka  

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Michael Thelin

Scenarij: Richard Raymond Harry Herbeck

Igrajo: Sarah Bolger, Joshua Rush, Carly Adams, Thomas Bair, Elizabeth Jayne

[ENG]

The Thompsons, a loving family living in a peaceful suburb are the very definition of wholesome normalcy. But on the eve of their thirteenth wedding anniversary their usual babysitter has to cancel, leaving Dan and Joyce to call upon a new girl who seems like a dream come true to their three children: Christopher, Sally and Jacob. As the night creeps on, the kids slowly realize something is very wrong and this woman is not who she claims to be. Jacob, the eldest, must grow up quickly if he wants to save his siblings from the sinister intentions of Emelie, the disturbed woman masquerading as their babysitter.

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A low-budget, slow-burning film, Thelin and cinematographer Luca Del Puppo develop a relatable universe that never really gets too frightening, but it certainly digs into your conscience, and will make you think twice before letting a stranger into your house. (Samantha Vacca, The Playlist)

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Schneider vs. Bax (2015)

Slo naslov: - 

Država: Nizozemska

Leto: 2015

Dolžina: 96',  Imdb

Žanri: Komedija, Triler   

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Alex van Warmerdam

Scenarij: Alex van Warmerdam

Igrajo: Tom Dewispelaere, Alex van Warmerdam, Maria Kraakman, Annet Malherbe

[ENG]

Schneider, a hit man, gets a call from Mertens on the morning of his birthday. He has a rush job for Schneider who refuses it, because it is his birthday and he has promised Lucy, his wife, to help her with the preparations for the dinner party. Mertens insists that it is an important matter. Schneider is told that the target is Ramon Bax, a writer. He lives alone in a secluded place. "It's an easy job. With a little luck you're back home before noon." Schneider accepts the assignment. What seems to be a simple job turns out to be more than expected.

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Described by its renaissance man creator Alex van Warmerdam as a “ stylistic exercise”, Schneider Vs. Bax is an expertly crafted campfire yarn with a chaotic plot that pirouettes between coincidence, contrivance, bad timing and costly errors. There are no hidden depths, no overt moralising or secret meanings, just playfully subversive genre storytelling that engages from moment to moment but eventually runs out of steam. (Allan Hunter, Screen Daily)

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Magallanes (2015)

Slo naslov: - 

Država: Peru, Argentina, Kolumbija

Leto: 2015

Dolžina: 109',  Imdb

Žanri: Drama  

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Salvador del Solar

Scenarij: Salvador del Solar

Igrajo: Damián Alcázar, Magaly Solier, Federico Luppi, Christian Meier, Bruno Odar

[ENG]

An aged Peruvian taxi driver, formerly an aide to a feared military officer in the bloodiest days of government repression during the Shining Path insurgency, unexpectedly re-encounters a young indigenous woman who was brutally victimized by his superior.

Taxi driver Magallanes (Damián Alcázar) supplements his meagre earnings with a job taking an old man (Federico Luppi) out on daily excursions. This old man is now senile and frail, but he was once a much-feared colonel in the Peruvian military during its bloodiest years of conflict with the Shining Path insurgency. Magallanes was his subordinate.

One day a woman enters Magallanes' cab. Celina (Magaly Solier) doesn't recognize Magallanes, but he remembers her very well. Many years ago, Celina was a sexual plaything for the Colonel, who kidnapped the young indigenous girl and held her captive in a hotel room for an entire year. Magallanes has a photograph to prove this — a photo he can use to blackmail the Colonel's affluent son (Christian Meier). But can this aging cabbie suddenly transform himself into an extortionist? Or is Magallanes, still in love with Celina after all these years, in over his head?

Based on Alonso Cueto's novel La Pasajera, Magallanes is the story of a terrible secret and its long-term effects on the lives of two people trapped in their own socio-economic chokeholds. In his directorial debut, Peruvian actor Salvador del Solar — whom Festival audiences saw last year in The Vanished Elephant — employs an engaging combination of moody atmospherics and efficient storytelling. Yet, given del Solar's prestigious background as an actor, it is no surprise that his film's deepest impressions are made by its international cast: Luppi, the beloved Argentine most famous for starring in Guillermo Del Toro's Cronos; Solier, who imbues the tormented Celina with dignity, delivering the film's devastating climactic speech in her native Quechua; and, of course, Alcázar, one of Mexico's greats, here giving one of the most movingly vulnerable performances of his career. (Diana Sanchez, TIFF)

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The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)

Slo naslov: - 

Država: ZDA

Leto: 2016

Dolžina: 97',  Imdb

Žanri: Komedija, Drama   

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Rob Burnett

Scenarij: Rob Burnett, Jonathan Evison (knjiga)

Igrajo: Paul Rudd, Craig Roberts, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Ehle, Megan Ferguson, Frederick Weller, Bobby Cannavale

[ENG]

The film follows the story of Ben, a retired writer who becomes a caregiver after suffering a personal tragedy. After 6 weeks of training, Ben meets his first client, Trevor, a foul-mouthed 18-year-old with muscular dystrophy. One paralyzed emotionally, one paralyzed physically, Ben and Trevor take an impromptu road trip to all the places Trevor has become obsessed with while watching the local news, including their holy grail: the World's Deepest Pit. Along the way, they pick up a sassy runaway and a mother-to-be who help test the pair’s survival skills outside of their calculated existence as they come to understand the importance of hope and true friendship.

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Indie-comedy cliches get a crowdpleasing workout in “The Fundamentals of Caring,” as a grieving father, a teen with a rare disease, a foul-mouthed former child star and a quirk-filled road trip all add up to what would’ve been among the hottest titles at Sundance 2004. Solid performances and some genuinely sharp humor elevate writer-director Rob Burnett’s second feature, but the theatrical market isn’t what it used to be for this kind of product. Already acquired by Netflix for SVOD in a pricey pre-fest pick-up, that venue sounds like the best bet to connect with audiences.(Geoff Berkshire, Variety)

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De ce eu? (2015)

Slo naslov: - 

Angleški naslov: Why Me?

Država: Romunija

Leto: 2015

Dolžina: 125',  Imdb

Žanri: Drama, Triler   

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Tudor Giurgiu

Scenarij: Tudor Giurgiu, Loredana Novak

Igrajo: Emilian Oprea, Mihai Constantin, Andreea Vasile, Dan Condurache, Liviu Pintileasa

[ENG]


CAUTION: Here be spoilers

Loosely inspired by the events that led to the suicide of police prosecutor Cristian Panait, Why Me? takes on the thorny issue of corruption in Romania, which saw the country’s prime minister and Ceausescu’s secret service Securitate neatly co-opted into the state security service, the SRI. Like an Indian rope trick indeed. Changing the put-upon hero’s name to Panduru, Tudor Giurgiu’s intention is clear, gradually revealing the Pandora’s Box exposed by the police prosecutor when he’s put on a no-win case to investigate a corrupt court judge – a thorn in the side of his even more corrupt seniors. Rather than a tense, labyrinthine thriller, De Ce Eu? emerges as a moody drama of who-to-trust paranoia, betrayal and bribes. And while it’s a worthy tribute to a man who finds himself unable to play along and an important piecing together of the skeletons in the Romanian government’s newly renovated closets, Why Me? remains a rather detached and long-winded depiction of a man in crisis. It’s a great performance from Emilian Oprea as Panduru – a powerful man reduced to a nervous wreck. But with a script that doesn’t quite get under the skin of his decisions not to collaborate or to commit suicide, Why Me? isn’t quite the damning body of evidence it should be. (Mark Wilshin, Dog And Wolf)

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Luna (2014)

Slo naslov: - 

Država: VB

Leto: 2014

Dolžina: 106',  Imdb

Žanri: Drama, Fantazijski   

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Dave McKean

Scenarij: Dave McKean, Allen Spiegel

Igrajo: Ben Daniels, Dervla Kirwan, Stephanie Leonidas, Michael Maloney, Maurice Roëves

[ENG]

Grant and Christine are still struggling with the storm of grief following the death of their baby. They visit an old friend, Dean, with his new girlfriend Freya, in their isolated house by the sea. Dean tries but fails to control his drinking. Freya worries about the age difference between her and Dean. Christine confesses her secrets to Dean, upsetting his comfortably stable world of escapist fantasy and children's books. Over a long weekend, old loves, losses and resentments are revisited and the life of the dead child is lived out in a series of strange, hallucinatory dreams. Luna is a fantasy film about reality that uses cinematic imaginative language to portray the tangible and mundane alongside the fantastical and fleeting elements of life. The film combines live action with the unique animation and graphics of Dave McKean.

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Luna is, without a doubt, one of the most evocative cinematic works of the year. It is refreshingly original in both narrative and form, offering a hard-hitting exploration of grief. The film utilizes storytelling traditions that incorporate symbolism and mythology in order to explore the pitfalls of growing older and finally taking responsibility. The fantasy is neither easy nor whimsical and brings you on a journey through the subconscious world where you cannot escape what you’re hiding from. (Justine Smith)

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Triple 9 (2016)

Slo naslov: - 

Država: ZDA

Leto: 2016

Dolžina: 115',  Imdb

Žanri: Akcija, Krimi, Drama   

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: John Hillcoat

Scenarij: Matt Cook

Igrajo: Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Clifton Collins Jr., Norman Reedus, Teresa Palmer, Michael K. Williams, Gal Gadot, Woody Harrelson, Kate Winslet

[ENG]

In TRIPLE NINE, a crew of dirty cops is blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist and the only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for "officer down." Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, triggering a breakneck action-packed finale tangled with double-crosses, greed and revenge. (C) Open Road Films

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If he hadn’t already made a Prohibition-era Western called “Lawless,” director John Hillcoat might as well have saved that title for “Triple 9,” a modern-day heist thriller of unusually grim, coiled intensity: About as far removed as possible from the suave leisure-suit larcenists of an “Ocean’s Eleven” caper, the desperate crooks trying to pull off one last job here are a bunch of corrupt cops and ex-soldiers in Atlanta, navigating a shadowy urban labyrinth with no chance of escape or redemption in sight. Well suited to Hillcoat’s gifts for low-boil suspense and brutal eruptions of violence in close, male-dominated quarters, the film has grit and atmosphere to burn but also a certain narrative sketchiness, as though unable to reconcile its sharp sociological portraiture with the pleasures of a more robustly plotted crime yarn. While a diverse, high-wattage cast including Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Kate Winslet should draw some takers, the Open Road release looks set for a minor killing at best. (Justin Chang, Variety)

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El abrazo de la serpiente (2015)

Slo naslov: Kačji objem 

Drugi naslovi: Embrace of the Serpent

Država: Kolumbija, Venezuela, Argentina

Leto: 2015

Dolžina: 125',  Imdb

Žanri: Avantura, Biografija, Drama  

Slo recenzija: Koridor

Režija: Ciro Guerra

Scenarij: Ciro Guerra, Jacques Toulemonde Vidal

Igrajo: Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar, Yauenkü Miguee, Brionne Davis 

[SLO]

Via Kinodvor

Evropska znanstvenika že štirideset let potujeta po amazonskem pragozdu v iskanju svete rastline, ki bi ju lahko ozdravila. Tam naletita na Karamakateja, amazonskega šamana, zadnjega preživelega predstavnika svojega ljudstva. Iz tega odnosa se splete epska pripoved o zbliževanju, izdaji ter postopoma tudi o neomajnem prijateljstvu med šamanom in raziskovalcema. Navdih za film so bili dnevniki prvih raziskovalcev kolumbijske Amazonije, Theodorja Koch-Grunberga in Richarda Evansa Schultesa.

Nepričakovano prijateljstvo med amazonskim šamanom in evropskima raziskovalcema v najbolj odročnih kotičkih kolumbijskega pragozda.

Potovanja vetra je bil zelo oseben film o osebnih vprašanjih – družini, kulturi, identiteti. Za naslednji projekt sem se želel odpraviti na potovanje v neznano! Kolumbijcu ni nič bolj neznanega kot Amazonija – prekriva polovico države, vendar o njej vemo le malo. Želel sem spoznavati nove zamisli. V tem procesu sem odkril dnevnike prvih raziskovalcev kolumbijske Amazonije, ki so me popolnoma prevzeli in mi ponudili zgodbo, iz katere sem izhajal. (Ciro Guerra)

[ENG]

At once blistering and poetic, the ravages of colonialism cast a dark shadow over the South American landscape in EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, the third feature by Ciro Guerra. Filmed in stunning black-and-white, SERPENT centers on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. The film was inspired by the real-life journals of two explorers (Theodor Koch-Grünberg and Richard Evans Schultes) who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant.

[RT Critics Consensus]

As rich visually as it is thematically, Embrace of the Serpent offers a feast of the senses for film fans seeking a dose of bracing originality.

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Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)

Slo naslov: Ta nora 80a

Država: ZDA

Leto: 2016

Dolžina: 117' ,  Imdb

Žanri: Komedija 

Slo recenzija: RTV SLO MMC, Mladina, ARS, FilmFlow

Režija: Richard Linklater

Scenarij: Richard Linklater

Igrajo: Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechlin, Glen Powell, Ryan Guzman, Wyatt Russell, J. Quinton Johnson, Zoey Deutch, Temple Baker, Austin Amelio, Will Brittain

[SLO]

Via Kinodvor

V univerzitetnem kampusu nekje v Teksasu v zgodnjih osemdesetih letih spremljamo člane fakultetnega baseball moštva, glavne frajerje na faksu, medtem ko krmarijo med svobodo in odgovornostmi, ki jih prinaša porajajoča se odraslost. Toda do začetka novega študijskega leta manjkajo še trije dnevi in pol. Zdaj je čas za minljive radosti študentskih let, čas za popivanje, veseljačenje in razuzdane bakanalije.

Žurerska komedija z malo baseballa in veliko piva v režiji ameriškega kronista čudovite vsakdanjosti se začne tam, kjer so se sklenila Fantovska leta. Toda hkrati so Ta nora 80a »duhovno nadaljevanje« Linklaterjeve kultne klasike Zadeti in zmedeni (1993), ki zamenja sedemdeseta za osemdeseta in srednješolsko negotovost za bežen, a slasten občutek nepremagljivosti, ki zaznamuje zgodnja študijska leta.

Ker se večina mojih filmov odvija v omejenem časovnem okviru, se je zelo lahko vračati k likom. To bi lahko počel tako rekoč z vsem, kar sem kdaj posnel. In tudi sicer to velja za mnogo filmov. Vprašanje je le, zakaj to početi. Kakšno zgodbo lahko poveš o teh ljudeh, da bo dovolj zanimiva in ne bo zgolj tržni trik? Ta film je moj najboljši približek nadaljevanja [filma Zadeti in zmedeni]. In ker gre hkrati za nekakšno nadaljevanje Fantovskih let, se sprašujem, ali lahko en film predstavlja dve stvari hkrati, ali je lahko nadaljevanje dveh različnih filmov? Zame je postal predvsem avtobiografska pripoved o tistem trenutku, ko odideš na faks. /…/ Med snemanjem zadnjega prizora Fantovskih let sem igralcem razlagal, da imam zamisel za film, ki se začne natanko v trenutku, ko protagonisti odidejo študirat, in takrat sem upal, da bom lahko film tudi posnel. Zanimivo je, da brez Fantovskih let tega filma najbrž ne bi bilo. Med njima obstaja vez, ki je skoraj tako močna kot povezava s filmom Zadeti in zmedeni. Porajati sta se začela v istem času. Ta nora 80a sem imel v mislih od začetka novega tisočletja; v istem obdobju, ko sem snemal Fantovska leta, sem tudi pisal in predeloval ta film. Hecno je, da si na koncu natanko sledita, kot bi bil drugi nadaljevanje prvega. Ellar iz Fantovskih let predstavlja boljšo plat mojega značaja, Jake pa je tisti bolj veseljaški, ekstrovertiran, zabaven tip. /…/ Ta film bi ne mogel biti bolj neodvisen, pa vendar gre za Paramount! Pri tem, kdo film financira in kakšen je dogovor, ne delam razlik. Bistveno je, kaj potrebuje zgodba, kakšen je obseg in kakšen hoče film postati. Izogniti se težavam, namesto da bi jih iskal, to je moje vodilo. (Richard Linklater)

[ENG]

In the summer of 1980, freshman pitcher Jake moves into an old college house with his new rowdy teammates. Together, they must navigate their way between girls, parties and baseball, all in the last weekend before school begins. From writer and director Richard Linklater (Boyhood, Dazed and Confused) comes the movie that’s “ridiculously fun”* and proves that good times never get old.

[RT Critics Consensus]

Nostalgic in the best sense, Everybody Wants Some!! finds Richard Linklater ambling through the past with a talented cast, a sweetly meandering story, and a killer classic rock soundtrack.

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Sing Street (2016)

Slo naslov: - 

Država: Irska, VB, ZDA 

Leto: 2016

Dolžina: 106' ,  Imdb

Žanri: Komedija, Drama, Glasba 

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: John Carney

Scenarij: John Carney

Igrajo: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Mark McKenna, Kelly Thornton, Ian Kenny, Ben Carolan

[SLO]

Glasbeni film Sing Street pripoveduje zgodbo petnajstletnega Conorja (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo), ki živi na Irskem v 80. letih 20. stoletja. Starša ga zaradi finančnih težav prepišeta iz zasebne šole na javno. Tako se mora deček prilagoditi na novo okolje, hkrati pa se sooča z morebitnim razpadom svoje družine. Kmalu se zaljubi v nekaj let starejšo Raphino (Lucy Boynton), in da bi nanjo naredil vtis, s pomočjo novih sošolcev sestavi glasbeno skupino. [Cinemania group]

[ENG]

In 1980s Dublin, 14-year-old Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) is looking for a break from a home strained by his parents’ relationship and money troubles, while trying to adjust to his new inner-city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher. He finds a glimmer of hope in the mysterious, über-cool and beautiful Raphina (Lucy Boynton), and with the aim of winning her heart he invites her to star in his band’s music videos. There’s only one problem: he’s not part of a band…yet. She agrees, and now Conor must deliver what he’s promised - calling himself “Cosmo” and immersing himself in the vibrant rock music trends of the decade, he forms a band with a few lads, and the group pours their heart into writing lyrics and shooting videos. [TWC]

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He’s no Vincente Minnelli in the visual storytelling department, but no 21st-century filmmaker has a more intuitive understanding of movie-musical construction than Irishman John Carney. After “Once” and “Begin Again” both beautifully unpacked the narrative nature of the songwriting process, he’s back at it with an added dose of 1980s childhood nostalgia in “Sing Street,” a heart-melting adolescent romance that gives teenage garage bands everywhere a better name. Perched on a tricky precipice between chippy kitchen-sink realism and lush wish-fulfilment fantasy, this mini-“Commitments” gets away with even its cutesiest indulgences thanks to a wholly lovable ensemble of young Irish talent and the tightest pop tunes — riffing on Duran Duran and the Cure with equal abandon and affection — any gaggle of Catholic schoolboys could hope to write themselves. Given the right marketing and word of mouth, this Weinstein Co. release could “Sing” a song of far more than sixpence. (Guy Lodge, Variety)

[RT Critics Consensus]

Sing Street is a feel-good musical with huge heart and irresistible optimism, and its charmimg cast and hummable tunes help to elevate its familiar plotting.

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The Affair (2014– ) (Season 1)

Slo naslov: Afera 

Država: ZDA

Leto: 2014

Dolžina: 10 x 50'- 60',  Imdb

Žanri: Drama 

Več o seriji: MMC RTV SLO

Avtor: Sarah Treem, Hagai Levi

Igrajo: Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, Maura Tierney, Joshua Jackson, Julia Goldani Telles, Victor Williams, Jake Siciliano

[SLO]

Via Pickbox

Provokativna drama o čustvenih posledicah zunajzakonskega razmerja, prikazana z dveh različnih perspektiv, njegove in njene, onadva pa sta Noah in Alison. Noah je pisatelj in predava na newyorški šoli, s Helen je poročen že več kot 17 let in prišel je na otok, kjer naj bi poletje preživel na posestvu Helenine družine. Tam spozna Alison, mlado natakarico, ki so bori z vsakodnevnim življenjem, nič kaj lažje pa ji ni v zakonu s Colom, ki se trudi obdržati družinski ranč. Noah in Alison začneta zvezo, ki bo spremenila življenja vseh vpletenih.

[ENG]

At once deeply observed and intriguingly elusive, The Affair explores the emotional effects of an extramarital relationship. Noah is a New York City schoolteacher and budding novelist with a wife of twenty years and four children. Alison is a young waitress and wife from Montauk at the end of Long Island, trying to piece her life back together in the wake of a tragedy. The provocative drama unfolds separately from multiple perspectives, using the distinct memory biases of each character to tell the story.

[RT Critics Consensus]

Thanks to some smart, creative storytelling and spectacular performances, The Affair is a somber, bewitching exploration of truth and desire.

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Hardcore Henry (2015)

Slo naslov: Ponoreli Henry  

Država: Rusija, ZDA

Leto: 2016

Dolžina: 96' ,  Imdb

Žanri: Akcija, Avantura, ZF  

Slo recenzija: RTV SLO MMC, Mladina, Deseta umetnost, Filmstart

Režija: Ilya Naishuller

Scenarij: Ilya Naishuller, Will Stewart

Igrajo: Sharlto Copley, Tim Roth, Haley Bennett

[SLO]

Via Cineplexx

Ko se film začne, se ne boste spomnili prav ničesar. Predvsem zato, ker vas je ravnokar od mrtvih obudila vaša soproga (Haley Bennett). Pove vam, da vam je ime Henry. Pet minut pozneje na vas streljajo, vašo ženo pa ugrabijo, in po vsej verjetnosti bi jo morali iti rešit. Kdo jo je ugrabil? Ime mu je Akan (Danila Kozlovsky), mogočen mafijec je s celo vojsko plačancev, in namenil se je prevzeti nadzor nad vsem svetom. Poleg tega se potikate v povsem neznanem mestu – v Moskvi – in vsi bi radi, da bi bili mrtvi. Vsi razen skrivnostnega britanskega možakarja po imenu Jimmy (Sharlto Copley)… ki je morda na vaši strani, ampak prepričani pa tudi niste. 

Če preživite vso to norost in razrešite skrivnost, se vam morda še posveti, za kaj ste na tem svetu in kdo v resnici ste. Vso srečo, Henry. Potrebovali jo boste… 

[ENG]

Strap in. Hardcore Henry is one of the most unflinchingly original wild-rides to hit the big screen in a long time: You remember nothing. Mainly because you've just been brought back from the dead by your wife (Haley Bennett). She tells you that your name is Henry. Five minutes later, you are being shot at, your wife has been kidnapped, and you should probably go get her back. Who's got her? His name's Akan (Danila Kozlovsky); he's a powerful warlord with an army of mercenaries, and a plan for world domination. You're also in an unfamiliar city of Moscow, and everyone wants you dead. Everyone except for a mysterious British fellow called Jimmy (Sharlto Copley.) He may be on your side, but you aren't sure. If you can survive the insanity, and solve the mystery, you might just discover your purpose and the truth behind your identity. Good luck, Henry. You're likely going to need it...

[RT Critics Consensus]

Hardcore Henry seems poised to reinvent the action flick, but without a story or characters worth caring about, its first-person gimmick quickly loses its thrill.

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Shan he gu ren (2015)

Slo naslov: - 

Drugi naslovi: Mountains May Depart

Država: Kitajska, Francija

Leto: 2015 

Dolžina: 131' ,  Imdb

Žanri: Drama, Romantični   

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Zhangke Jia

Scenarij: Zhangke Jia

Igrajo: Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi, Liang Jin Dong, Dong Zijian, Sylvia Chang, Han Sanming

[ENG]

At once an intimate drama and a decades-spanning epic that leaps from the recent past to the present to the speculative near-future, Jia Zhangke's new film is an intensely moving study of how China's economic boom and the culture of materialism it has spawned has affected the bonds of family, tradition, and love. [Kino Lorber] 

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The cinema’s consummate chronicler of a China evolving so rapidly that its own citizens can scarcely keep apace, Jia Zhangke strikes a particularly melancholic chord in “Mountains May Depart,” a polymorphous snapshot of 21st-century capitalism and its discontents that also finds the filmmaker, like several of his characters, venturing for the first time outside of his home turf and mother tongue. Following a single family as it is tossed about by time, tide and the onward march of progress over the span of a quarter-century, Jia’s latest feature addresses a host of pet themes through a less quirky, stylized lens than 2013’s gruesomely violent “A Touch of Sin” or 2006’s “Still Life” (with its condemned buildings blasting off like rocket ships). But if “Mountains” feels a touch schematic at times, and awkward in its third-act English-language scenes, the cumulative impact is still enormously touching, highlighted by Jia’s rapturous image-making and a luminous central performance by the director’s regular muse (and wife), Zhao Tao. International exposure should run high, while the film will encounter less opposition than “Sin” from the local Chinese censors. (Scott Foundas, Variety)

[RT Critics Consensus]

Beautifully filmed, powerfully acted, and rich with meaning, Mountains May Depart represents another outstanding outing from writer/director Zhangke Jia.

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The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)

Slo naslov: - 

Država: VB, Kanada, ZDA

Leto: 2015

Dolžina: 96',  Imdb

Žanri: Komedija, Krimi   

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Robert Carlyle

Scenarij: Richard Cowan, Richard Cowan

Igrajo: Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, Ashley Jensen, Tom Courtenay, Martin Compston, James Cosmo, Kevin Guthrie

[ENG]

Barney is a hapless barber, devoid of charm and 'patter' as his fellow barbering brethren mockingly remind him. Barney's mediocre, mundane life of plotting for a way up is about to be transformed, following a typically incompetent fit of pique, when he inadvertently stumbles into serial murder, and with it headlong into the trail of a grotesque series of killings gripping Glasgow. As he makes ham-fisted attempts to cover his tracks, he finds himself on the run from the bearish Detective Inspector Holdall and a testosterone-driven local Police task force at each others throats over the ongoing crimes. With his sanity threatening to unravel, Barney fatefully turns to his domineering, emasculating mother, the formidable Glaswegian 'good-time girl', Cemolina. There's no turning back now and the path that lies ahead for Barney may yet be littered with more murderous consequences than he could have ever anticipated.

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The title may be “The Legend of Barney Thomson,” but it’s the protagonist’s near-namesake, Emma Thompson, who earns all the glory in Scottish star Robert Carlyle’s amiably uneven directorial debut. Drawn from the off-kilter comic novels of Douglas Lindsay, this grisly farce finds the helmer giving himself a generous showcase as the eponymous chump, a socially inept barber who quite accidentally becomes a modern-day Sweeney Todd. Still, it’s Thompson’s frayed, frightening turn as his unexpectedly devious mother that gives a salty kick to an otherwise minor diversion, in which simple twists of fate are as thickly matted as the characters’ Glaswegian brogues. A crowd-pleasing curtain-raiser for this year’s Edinburgh fest, “Barney Thomson” is unlikely to secure legendary status beyond Caledonia, but ancillary prospects are solid enough. 
(Guy Lodge, Variety)

[RT Critics Consensus]

The Legend of Barney Thomson may not quite live up to its grandiose title, but it offers a fine calling card for debuting director Carlyle, and Emma Thompson's performance adds a spark.

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