Dirty Wars, 2013. Directed by Rick RowleyStarring Jeremy Scahill, Nasser Al Aulaqi and Saleha Al Aulaqi. SYNOPSIS: While investigating a devastating raid on an innocent Afghan family by US military, Jeremy Scahill discovers that this incident is far from isolated and begins his search for those responsible. The goal of the BBC is to inform, […]

Gone with the Wind, 1939. Directed by Victor Fleming.Starring Clarke Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, and Olivia de Havilland. SYNOPSIS: A manipulative Southern belle carries on a turbulent affair with a blockade runner during the American Civil War. Gone with the Wind demands the cinema experience. Now, we argue about films like Gravity and Avatar. […]

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, 2013. Directed by Ben Stiller.Starring Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn, Kathryn Hahn, Adam Scott, Patton Oswalt and Shirley MacLaine. SYNOPSIS: Walter Mitty is a middle-aged man who has done nothing with his life. He continually loses himself in daydreams, wishing that he could break free of the mental […]

The Family, 2013. Directed by Luc Besson.Starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, John D’Leo, Tommy Lee Jones and Jimmy Palumbo. SYNOPSIS: The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard. Once one of […]

Heaven’s Gate, 1980. Written and Directed by Michael Cimino.Starring Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Jeff Bridges, John Hurt, Brad Dourif and Isabelle Huppert. SYNOPSIS: In 1870 privileged Harvard graduate James Averill enjoys the exuberant pomp that is associated with the educational attainment which he and his equally well-off peers have achieved. Twenty years later he arrives […]

Blue Is the Warmest Color, 2013. Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche.Starring Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Jeremie Laheurte, Catherine Salée, Aurélien Recoing, Mona Walravens, Alma Jodorowsky, and Fanny Maurin. SYNOPSIS: Adele’s life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. […]

Parkland, 2013. Directed by Peter Landesman.Starring Zac Efron, Tom Welling, Billy Bob Thornton, Marcia Gay Harden, James Badge Dale, Ron Livingston, Kat Steffans, Paul Giamatti, Brett Stimely and Colin Hanks. SYNOPSIS: A recounting of the chaotic events that occurred at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital on the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Timely released […]

Frozen, 2013. Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee.Featuring the voice talents of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Ciaran Hinds, Alan Tudyk, Chris Williams, and Jack Whitehall. SYNOPSIS: Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to […]

Computer Chess, 2013. Directed by Andrew Bujalski.Starring Kriss Schludermann, Tom Fletcher and Wiley Wiggins. SYNOPSIS: Various programmers come together at a hotel in the early 1980s for a tournament in which they pit their computer software against each other in games of chess. ‘Mockumentary’ is a term that, while not quite pejorative, creates a pretty […]

Ikarie XB-1 (a.k.a. Voyage to the End of the Universe), 1963. Directed by Jindrich Polák.Starring Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Smolík, Dana Medrická, Irena Kacírková and Radovan Lukavský. SYNOPSIS:  The year is 2163. Starship Ikaria XB 1 embarks on a long journey across the Universe, to search for life on the planets of Alpha Centauri. In 2163, […]