Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Judi Dench & Ali Fazal
It is extremely impressive and refreshing to watch Judi Dench at 81 dominating the screen again on her own giving such a powerful and moving performance.
While watching her this time …. With each scene I want to stand to bow to her and at the same time I want to jump to give her a hug. She has this charming presence that combines strength and compassion.
Director: Pablo Larrain
Starring: Natalie Portman
I am a big fan of historic dramas and biographical movies, as it is the most interesting way to learn history.
Jackie movie was surly interesting to watch since there aren’t many movies about Jacqueline Kennedy despite the many movies about the president John Kennedy.
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Starring: Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay, Isabella Vidovic, Noah Jupe
For anyone who feels they are different, imperfect or do not fit in a world which is obsessed with perfect immaculate look to be barely acceptable.
Mothers who never ever stopped believing in their children and fathers who made it all possible.
Sisters and brothers who had to be invisible.
Friends who can see beyond.
And remembering not all what you see is the entire truth.
Oh my God ……….. this movie .. made me laugh and cry …. anxious and relieved …. up and down at the same time in every moment.
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Josh Gad, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Judi Dench
This movie as many know is based on the famous Agatha Christie’s novel by the same name which is a about a crime that takes place during a luxurious trip on the Orient Express train in 1935.
Everything in this film seems to be almost perfect, it starts with beautiful scenes from Jerusalem, this takes you to scenes from Turkey where the characters starts to be introduced.
Director and Co-writer George Clooney
Starring: Matt Damon , Julian Moor
It only took Matt Damon name on the movie poster for me to decide to book the centime ticket. Not only I enjoy Matt Damon performance and of course his handsome look but I trust his choices on the roles he takes and the movies he decides to appear in.
This time round I didn’t know he is co-starting with the beautiful Julian Moor or the movie is written and directed by George Clooney …..both are also my favorites … I just saw his name and I decided this will be a film worth watching …. and so it was.
Director: Doug Liman
Written by: Gary Spinelli
Starring: Tom Cruise
When you see Tom Cruise on the movie poster it is like no brainer, of course I am going specially with the lack of any other movie of my liking for the entire summer. Tom Cruise has always been and probably will always be a box office star. You know you will get action, entertainment and your cinema ticket is worth its price tag. But what I didn’t see coming is seeing Tom Cruise in a biographical action drama showing the unsurprising dirty side of the US foreign policy in south America during the eighties. Oh and you will still get the charming entertaining action thriller that you paid for. I must admit it brought joy to me seeing Tom Cruise back to more serious cinema …brought back the days of A few Good Men and Jerry Maguire.
Staring – Chris Pine, Ben Foster and Jeff Bridges
Directed by David Mackenzie
Still trying to catch up on 2016 movies which were nominated for Best Picture award at the Oscars (due to most of them for some reason didn’t make it to the cinema theater in Dubai) and after reading many reviews highly recommending this movie, I thought it is time to watch it.
Writer & Director: M. Night Shyamala
Starring: James McAvoy
I certainly have heard of multiple personality disorder, and may have seen some comedy movies showing the humor side of it but to be able to watch someone switching between those personalities in such elegance was truly remarkable. The performance of James McAvoy was brilliant and I can’t picture any other actor doing it. I am puzzled how his role was not nominated for the main film awards such as The Golden Globe and The Oscars.
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