Monsters: Dark Continent (2014) Download Film

Plays like a dorm-room answer to modern war films, complete with the constant profanity and masculine hysterics that pass for impact in an immature script.. Not so much a sequel as another stultifying character drama set in a world overrun by aliens .... A desert-set men-on-a-mission movie complete with jabbering jihadis, macho hysteria and the occasional extraterrestrial waving its tentacles in the background as if to say: 'Isn't this supposed to be about me?'. Whatever the filmmakers' subtextu...

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Valiant (2005) Download Film

Arguably the blandest of the burgeoning crop of big budget digitally animated films, Valiant aims to prove that the death of traditional animation has simply pushed lackluster screenplays into the digital realm.. Though it's made with wit, style and sweetness, it may be a tricky match for American audiences.. Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. A movie can have a superb story, amazing cinematography, and mesmerizing writing as well as directing, but without...

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Shooting Dogs (2005) Online Streaming

This is a spiritual drama, not a political one, drawing a thick line between our good intentions and the selfish choices we ultimately make.. By dodging cultural and political specifics in favor of a thriller-lite framework Beyond the Gates ends up serving largely as a tribute to the virtues of hindsight.. Beyond the Gates is tragedy writ large, and an indictment of the international community which did nothing to stop it.. I think Beyond the Gates is an important film, and it's too bad that it'...

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Passchendaele (2008) Online Streaming

. Why does this hot-and-heavy love story feel so cold and clipped overall?. The film conceals as much as it reveals, and its beauty is that it pretends to do nothing else. It embraces a mystery and protects it, and it’s thrilling to behold.. This is the single best movie I have ever seen.Thanks for your movie info.. . Passchendaele hearkens back to war films of decades past, when patriotism, valour and integrity were presented without irony. But it is infused with the stoicism of people who kno...

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For Greater Glory - The True Story of Cristiada (2012) Download Fuld

It is well-made, yes, but has such pro-Catholic tunnel vision I began to question its view of events.. If Michael Bay woke up one day and said to himself, "I need to make a movie about religious persecution in 1920s Mexico," I imagine it would look something like this.. The scenes just plod along without much to help distinguish them. It's not an epic movie so much as an epic run-on sentence.. As generic as the title, this historical drama spares no cliche in depicting Mexico's Cristero War of t...

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Монгол (2007) Se Fuld Film

The result is a wallow in old movie pleasures, full of battles, flying dust, thousands of men on horseback, beautiful women, treachery, slaughter, really cool hats and even more slaughter.. There are plenty of haunting landscapes... along with the sort of warfare scenes that define epics, but also an unexpected take on one of history's most fearsome leaders.. I really like this movie. thank you. Music perfectly fits with the movie, the story can't tear myself away from the screen for hours. Real...

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Escape from Huang Shi (2008) Se Streaming

. . It's a compelling story, with only a few jarring notes.. By keeping most of the action contained to the school grounds and immediate environs, director Michael Caton-Jones creates a claustrophobic atmosphere where fear can fester.. Tells an engrossing story of a remarkable man, but nevertheless it's underwhelming.. . A gripping fictionalized account of a 1994 incident in Rwanda that became a shocking emblem of the Rwandan Hutus' mass slaughter of the Tutsis.. It's a sturdy film, vivid if utt...

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