Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

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2016
Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Family

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

I was intrigued from the start, but then followed a second quarter filled with clichés to the extent that I started to think turning it off. Lucky me I didn’t.…
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Based on a True Story

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2017
Thriller, Mystery, Drama

Delphine is the author of an autobiographical novel that has become a bestseller. Exhausted by the promotional tour, just when she feels out of place, paralyzed by the idea of having to start writing again, she meets Elle, a young, attractive, intelligent, intuitive woman who seems to understand her better than anyone.

I am a fan of Polanski but this is one of his weakest films. It has a darkish mysterious theme from his other movies but the story is lacking and…
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