The Lobster

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2015
Thriller, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

You might even want to turn this off and watch some action. It starts weird, pretentious and slow. Just like Swiss Army Man, which is another level of pretentiousness, which…
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The Hateful Eight

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2015
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western

Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

I’ll go ahead and say this is one of the best movies from Tarantino. I see how it may seem lacking due to being set in a small environment, but…
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Inherent Vice

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2014
Comedy, Romance, Crime, Drama, Mystery

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry “Doc” Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

I see how this isn‘t a generally loved movie. It‘s almost too confusing, but luckily the detective line doesn‘t matter that much after all. The hippie detective moves through a…
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Ex Machina

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2015
Drama, Science Fiction

Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world’s largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world’s first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot […]

There‘s a lot going on in this technically minimalistic sci-fi. The movie is futuristic and cold, but also clever, entertaining and emotional. Add good acting and stylish scenography, and you…
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Gone Girl

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2014
Mystery, Thriller, Drama

With his wife’s disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it’s suspected that he may not be innocent.

Nothing you haven’t seen before, but it’s really well done. I didn’t know Rosamund Pike and how good she is until this movie.
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Interstellar

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2014
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

Might be the most personal Nolan‘s movie. And the best one. I mean, movies like Batman always have a certain limit due to not having a message, but this one…
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Venus in Fur

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2013
Drama

An enigmatic actress may have a hidden agenda when she auditions for a part in a misogynistic writer’s play.

It takes only a few talented people to make a masterpiece. The director, the operator, the composer and two actors are what it took for making this movie. I just…
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Snowpiercer

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2013
Action, Science Fiction, Drama

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

A very carefully crafted sci-fi thriller. It appeals more to the mind rather than heart, but does it so well that I just enjoyed the tasty cinematography, the intelligent script…
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August: Osage County

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2013
Comedy, Drama

A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

Strong directing and cast make this movie a strong drama. The script is executed flawlessly, there are enough of funny scenes, which fit very well and make everything look even…
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Inside Llewyn Davis

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2013
Drama

In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future following the suicide of his singing partner.

A movie about a country musician? Should I watch this? Yeah, you definitely should. You will forget to be watching a biographical drama. Music, camera work, acting, everything is top…
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