Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts stun in this exceptional drama/romance. Driven by intense inner demons, Schoenaerts destroys everything around him, only to build it back up in a gripping climax that nearly had me in tears. This was amazing. I have loved everything that I've seen Schoenaerts in and I look forward to exploring more.
"Alain" (Matthias Schoenaerts) is a bit of a drifter who must look after his young son "Sam" (Armand Verdure). They head to Antibes where they will live with his sister and where he hopes to get a job. He's no slacker - he's not into drugs or booze and so manages to get a job as a nightclub bouncer. He also augments his income with some bare-knuckle fighting thanks to his manager "Martial" (Bouli Lanners). It's a terrible accident at the local marine park that introduces him to "Stéphanie" (Marion Cotillard). Thanks to this accident she has been left without her lower legs, and slowly the pair begin to bond. He is soon helping her with her mobility and a visit to the beach allows her to swim - a freedom she enjoys. A few prosthetic limbs later and she is much more mobile, a little more content and their relationship starts to become more physical. Ostensibly it's just sex, but as she begins to manage his boxing activities both find the casualness of that relationship isn't maybe what they want for the future. All the while, "Alain" is having to maintain a relationship with his young son and the story rather inconclusively ends in a scenario for that relationship that comes perilously close to disaster. To be honest, not a great deal happens here. It's a gradual development of their characterisation and in that it proves quite engaging. Both of these individuals have their flaws, and it's their burgeoning rapport that is enabling a degree of self-assessment and prioritisation. Cotillard is throughly convincing and her opposite number does all that is required of his less developed, but still pretty poignant role. There is something everyday about this film, the story - though exaggerated for dramatic purposes - does ring true and though one or two of the sub-plots just clutter it up, it's a solid story well told.
Lea, an adventurous and free-spirited thirteen-year-old, lives in idyllic Upstate New York with her academic parents. On the day her family prepares to relocate to Houston, her life takes a drastic turn. Just before their departure, in a tragic misstep, Lea is goaded into a fight with fifteen-year-old Bill. Acting out of frustration, she gets hold of a gun and fires in Bill's direction, causing him to fall into a deep shaft. Without knowing what became of him, Lea is forced to leave with her family. Twelve years later... Lea, who has repressed the memory of those tumultuous events, is an emotional wreck. Her memories of that fateful evening slowly drift back and torment her.
Movie Star Rating : 4.5 Read More
MARIAN is an 80 year old resident of Meadow Park Rest Home. During a difficult visit, her daughter PHILLIPA is forced out and accidentally leaves something important behind. Wandering out of the rest home, the outside world proves challenging, as Marian battles her mind in an attempt to return her daughter’s beloved possession.
Movie Star Rating : 7.2 Read More
Georgia Benfield, at her wit's end, loses control and begins physically abusing her elderly mother, just as Georgia had been abused herself as a child. As family and friends slowly begin to learn of the abuse, and long-buried family secrets come to light, both mother and daughter must learn to accept the past, to change what is happening at present in order to face a better future.
Movie Star Rating : 7 Read More
Waitress Saara meets handsome journalist Joni, and soon moves in to live with him. Joni tries his best to satisfy Saara sexually but, disturbed by violent lesbian fantasies, she is unable to experience orgasm. Trying to cope with the situation, Saara has another brief affair back in her old home town.
Movie Star Rating : 3.4 Read More
Lise (16 years old) is accused of murdering her best friend. As the trial starts, her parents stand right by her side. But once her secret life is revealed in court, the truth becomes indistinguishable.
Movie Star Rating : 6.5 Read More
The young Katelijne grows up in a strict Protestant peasant family. As the only girl between six brothers, she is hardly involved in farm work and is excluded from daily conversations. Hereby she lets her imagination run free by surrendering to Biblical stories, gossip and even fairy tales, although she is not allowed to read them. During her brother's wedding, however, she overwhelms her family with literature, saying goodbye to her childhood.
Movie Star Rating : 6.7 Read More
A down-on-his-luck apartment house manager hatches a plan to rob a Catalina Island bank and escape with his accomplices using scuba gear.
Movie Star Rating : 0 Read More
A story about the rich McCulloch Family, their overbearing father and the children's misguided blaming him for everything that doesn't go right.
Movie Star Rating : 3 Read More
A daughter helps her estranged father who's lost his memory.
Movie Star Rating : 5.9 Read More
Dusk for a Hitman 2023 - Movies (Apr 25th)
Love Lies Bleeding 2024 - Movies (Apr 25th)
Blood for Dust 2023 - Movies (Apr 25th)
City Hunter 2024 - Movies (Apr 25th)
Good Burger 2 2023 - Movies (Apr 25th)
Challengers 2024 - Movies (Apr 25th)
Madame Web 2024 - Movies (Apr 24th)
The Pod Generation 2023 - Movies (Apr 24th)
6 Hours Away 2024 - Movies (Apr 24th)
Food Inc. 2 2023 - Movies (Apr 24th)
Blackout 2023 - Movies (Apr 24th)
Mean Girls 2024 - Movies (Apr 24th)
Civil War 2024 - Movies (Apr 24th)
Hanky Panky 2023 - Movies (Apr 24th)
The Beekeeper 2024 - Movies (Apr 23rd)
Munch 2023 - Movies (Apr 23rd)
Drive-Away Dolls 2024 - Movies (Apr 23rd)
MR-9 Do or Die 2023 - Movies (Apr 23rd)
Justice League Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two 2024 - Movies (Apr 23rd)
Accidental Texan 2023 - Movies (Apr 23rd)
Exhuma 2024 - Movies (Apr 23rd)
Money for Nothing - (Apr 25th)
Gogglebox Australia - (Apr 25th)
Epleslang - (Apr 24th)
The Young and the Restless - (Apr 25th)
Weatherman Walking - (Apr 25th)
Love Triangle - (Apr 25th)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen - (Apr 25th)
The Amazing Race - (Apr 24th)
WWE Main Event - (Apr 25th)
The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle - (Apr 25th)
Bangers and Cash - (Apr 25th)
Pawn Stars- Best Of - (Apr 25th)
Deal or No Deal - (Apr 25th)
Not Dead Yet - (Apr 25th)
Motorway Patrol - (Apr 25th)
Renters - (Apr 25th)
Sister Boniface Mysteries - (Apr 24th)
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper - (Apr 24th)
Animal Control - (Apr 25th)
WWE This Is Awesome - (Apr 25th)