Cerebral – movies that get you thinking

Capharnaüm

CapharnaümGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★ Rated: M Directed by: Nadine Labaki Screenplay by: Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeiy, Michelle Kesrouani Screenplay in Collaboration with: Georges Khabbaz The Participation of: Khaled Mouzanar Original Music: Khaled Mouzanar Produced by: Khaled Mouzanar, Michel Merkt Starring: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawthar Al Haddad, Fadi Kamel Youssef, Haita Cedra... Read More »

Ben Is Back

Ben Is BackGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★☆ (3.8/5) Rated: M Directed and Written by: Peter Hedges Produced by: Peter Hedges, Nina Jacobson, Teddy Schwarzman, Brad Simpson Starring: Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Newton, Rachel Bay Jones, David Zaldivar, Alexandra Park, Mia Fowler, Jakari Fraser. It’s Christmas time.  Ivy (Kathryn Newton) is singing in the church choir... Read More »

Let The Sunshine In

Let The Sunshine InGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★ Directed by: Claire Denis Screenplay Written by: Claire Denis & Christine Angot Produced by: Olivier Delbosc Starring: Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Philippe Katerine, Josiane Balasko, Sandrine Dumas, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Alex Descas, Laurent Grevill, Bruno Podalydés, Paul Blain, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Gérard Depardieu. I wrote my thesis on, A Lover’s Discourse – Fragments (Ronald... Read More »

Phantom Thread

Phantom ThreadGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★★ Rated: M Writer/Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Produced by: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison, Daniel Lupi Music by: Jonny Greenwood Editing by: Dylan Tichenor Costume Design by: Mark Bridges Production Design by: Mark Tildesley Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, and Vicky Krieps. A romance for those who don’t like romance. It’s... Read More »

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

The Killing of a Sacred DeerGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★1/2 Rated: MA 15+ Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos Written By: Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou Produced by: Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos Starring: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone, Bill Cam. Director and co-writer of, The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos, has returned with another psycho-drama / medical mystery, that... Read More »

Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.3/5) Rated: MA 15+ Directed by: Denis Villeneuve Screenplay Written by: Hampton Fancher, Michael Green Story By: Hampton Fancher Based on Characters from the Novel: ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’ Written by: Philip K. Dick Cinematography: Roger Deakins Music Composed by: Jóhann Jóhannsson, Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch Produced by: Andrew a. Kosove,... Read More »

Mountain

MountainGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★★ Directed by: Jennifer Peedom Music by: Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra Words by: Robert Macfarlane Narration by: Willem Dafoe Principal Cinematography by: Renan Ozturk Sound design by: David White Edited by: Christian Gazal and Scott Gray Produced by: Jennifer Peedom and Jo-anne McGowan Filmed in: Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Canada,... Read More »

Arrival

ArrivalGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.5/5) Rated: M Directed by: Denis Villeneuve Screenplay by: Eric Heisserer Based on the story: “Story of Your Life” written by Ted Chiang Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker and Michael Stuhlbarg. Without giving too much away, Arrival is a unique movie experience where language is viewed as more than communication;... Read More »

Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie

Louis Theroux: My Scientology MovieGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.2/5) Rated: M Writer and Director: John Dower Writer and Presenter: Louis Theroux Featuring: Marty Rathbun, Steve Mango, Marc Headley, Tom De Vocht, Jeff Hawkins, Andrew Perez (as David Miscavige) and Rob Alter (as Tom Cruise). After 25 TV specials focusing on some of the most intimate and angst-ridden aspects of the... Read More »

Eye in the Sky

Eye in the SkyGoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★☆ (3.9/5) Director: Gavin Hood Screenplay: Guy Hibbert Starring: Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, Aaron Paul, Barkhad Abdi, Lain Glen, Phoebe Fox, Jeremy Northam. I was completely absorbed by this film, from beginning to end. I’m not a fan of war movies.  I find the violence a little too real and disturbing because it... Read More »

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