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Saltburn (2023)

Title: Saltburn
Rating: R
Directed by: Emerald Fennell
Written by: Emerald Fennell
Starring: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, and Carey Mulligan
Release Date: 11/17/2023
Running Time: 131 minutes

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Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi), who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.


Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Special thanks to Gabe, Michael, Will, Frank, Sam, Tony, and Alex for this submission


Informer, The (2019)

Title: The Informer
Rating: NR
Directed by: Andrea Di Stefano
Written by: Rowan Joffe, Andrea Di Stefano, and Matt Cook
Based on the novel by: Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström
Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Clive Owen, Common, and Ana de Armas
Release Date: 1/10/2019
Running Time: 113 minutes

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Honorably discharged Special Ops soldier Pete Koslow’s (Joel Kinnaman) world is turned upside-down when he is jailed after a fight to protect his wife (Ana de Armas). He’s given a chance for early release by becoming an informant for the FBI (Academy Award nominees Rosamund Pike and Clive Owen) and using his covert skills in an operation to take down The General, the most powerful crime boss in New York. But when the FBI sting meant to finally earn Koslow his freedom results in the death of an undercover NYPD cop, Koslow finds himself caught in the crossfire between the mob and the FBI. The General insists Koslow takes the heat and sends him back to prison to spearhead a drug operation from inside, and the FBI affirms that going back to jail to do The General’s bidding is the only way for Koslow to keep his deal with them alive. Caught in a world of impossible choices, Koslow must return to prison, where he formulates a plan to escape the clutches of three of New York City’s most powerful organizations – the mob, the NYPD and the FBI – in order to save himself and his family.


Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Memoriam: In Memory of
Börge Hellström

Special thanks to Frank for this submission


Private War, A (2018)

Title: A Private War
Rating: R
Directed by: Matthew Heineman
Written by: Arash Amel
Based on an article by: Marie Brenner
Starring: Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci, and Tom Hollander
Release Date: 11/16/2018
Running Time: 110 minutes

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In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin (Rosamund Pike) is one of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time. Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless, while constantly testing the limits between bravery and bravado. After being hit by a grenade in Sri Lanka, she wears a distinctive eye patch and is still as comfortable sipping martinis with London’s elite as she is confronting dictators. Colvin sacrifices loving relationships, and over time, her personal life starts to unravel as the trauma she’s witnessed takes its toll. Yet, her mission to show the true cost of war leads her — along with renowned war photographer Paul Conroy (Jamie Dornan) — to embark on the most dangerous assignment of their lives in the besieged Syrian city of Homs.


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Dedication: Dedicated to Marie Catherine Colvin
1956 – 2012

Memoriam: In loving memory of Jeffrey Hammond Long
1982 – 2018

Special thanks to Frank for this submission


Beirut (2018)?

Title: Beirut
Rating: R
Directed by: Brad Anderson
Written by: Tony Gilroy
Starring: Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, Dean Norris, Larry Pine, and Shea Whigham
Release Date: 4/11/2018
Running Time: 109 minutes

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What did you think of this film?
Caught in the crossfire of civil war, CIA operatives (Rosamund Pike) send a former U.S. diplomat (Jon Hamm) to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.


Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Special thanks to Frank for this submission


7 Days in Entebbe (2018)*

Title: 7 Days in Entebbe
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: José Padilha
Written by: Gregory Burke
Starring: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl, and Eddie Marsan
Release Date: 3/16/2018
Running Time: 107 minutes

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When four hijackers takeover an Air France jet en route from Tel Aviv to Paris on June 27, 1976, the 248 passengers aboard are unaware of the harrowing ordeal that awaits them. Forced at gunpoint to relinquish their passports, the terrified hostages comply with their captors’ demands, while discretely attempting to hide their identities.

Two of the hijackers are Palestinian members of the radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations, while the other two, Wilfried Bo?se (Daniel Bru?hl) and Brigitte Kuhlmann (Rosamund Pike), are leftist German radicals sympathetic to the Palestinian cause.

Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Lior Ashkenazi) receives word of the hijacking during a tense meeting about the country’s skyrocketing military budget. Quickly dismissing his cabinet, he and Defense Minister Shimon Peres (Eddie Marsan) debate what Israel’s response should be. Peres urges Rabin not to negotiate with the hijackers who are demanding $5 million dollars and the release of more than 50 pro-Palestinian militants imprisoned around the globe, and instead suggests a covert military solution.

The hijacked plane is diverted to Entebbe Airport in Uganda, where it is met by the country’s notorious dictator, Idi Amin (Nonso Anozie). Held captive in an abandoned transit hall under the watchful eye of additional armed hijackers, the passengers are eventually divided by nationality, with Israelis put into a separate room.

Under mounting pressure from the victims’ families, and with the threat of mass bloodshed should the hijackers ‘ demands go unmet, Rabin authorizes a daring rescue mission. Dubbed “Operation Thunderbolt,” the audacious plan requires split-second timing, the element of surprise, and cooperation from a neighboring country. As the deadline looms and tensions rise, an elite squadron of Israeli commandos race toward Entebbe in a daring and unprecedented attempt to free the hostages before it’s too late.


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Hostiles (2017)

Title: Hostiles
Rating: R
Directed by: Scott Cooper
Written by: Scott Cooper
Starring: Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Jesse Plemons, Adam Beach, Rory Cochrane, and Ben Foster
Release Date: 1/19/2018
Running Time: 133 minutes

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Set in 1892, Hostiles tells the story of a legendary Army Captain (Christian Bale), who after stern resistance, reluctantly agrees to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief (Wes Studi) and his family back to tribal lands. Making the harrowing and perilous journey from Fort Berringer, an isolated Army outpost in New Mexico, to the grasslands of Montana, the former rivals encounter a young widow (Rosamund Pike), whose family was murdered on the plains. Together, they must join forces to overcome the punishing landscape, hostile Comanche and vicious outliers that they encounter along the way.


Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No


United Kingdom, A (2016)

Title: A United Kingdom
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Amma Asante
Written by: Guy Hibbert
Starring: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike and Jack Davenport
Release Date: 2/10/2017
Running Time: 111 minutes

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The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire – their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.


Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Memoriams:

In Memory of
Naledi Khama
Died 4th May 2016

Muriel Sanderson
Died 25th June 2015


Return to Sender (2015)

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Title: Return to Sender
Rating: NR
Director: Fouad Mikati
Writer: Patricia Beauchamp and Joe Gossett
Stars: Rosamund Pike, Shiloh Fernandez, Nick Nolte, Samantha Beaulieu, Tony Bentley and Lucas Boffin
Release Date: 2015
Running Time: 95 minutes

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A nurse living in small town goes on a blind date with a man who is not the person he says he is.


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Special thanks to Frank S. for this submission


Gone Girl Review – 4.5 out of 5 Stars

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I will start off with this; you should watch the movie first before reading any review. Trust me; the film is one of the most spectacular things I’ve seen this year. I will try as hard as I can to steer away from spoilers but talking about much of what I got from this movie comes at the expense of hinting at shocking plot points. If you want to experience this movie best, go in with only the basic idea of what Gone Girl is about and prepare for the gripping ride that follows. You have been warned.

Gone Girl is a story about the once happily married couple Nick (Ben Affleck) and Amy (Rosamund Pike) who have now grown to resent each other. On the day of their 5 year anniversary, Amy goes missing and Nick becomes the top suspect. What follows is a series of details and sequences that grotesquely deconstruct this perfect American, suburban couple.

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Director David Fincher is often at his best to me when he is exploring how things very often don’t have a simple answer. Zodiac and Se7en both explore a complex, mysterious crime and the questionable, messy challenges it takes to come to an ultimately bitter and unsatisfying conclusion, the mystery of his movies has something to say about life itself. In The Social Network (his best movie in my opinion), he shows the true loneliness and isolation that comes with building an empire in the 21st century. Gone Girl mixes two of these things together, it’s a twisty, complex mystery with an unsettling, bitter conclusion and it’s a brilliant, critique on the 21st century in how it handles relationships.

Gone Girl is a cold, dark almost Gilliam-esque take on what is for all intents and purposes a terrible marriage. Amy and Nick met each other with the hopes of finding a love that breaks all boundaries and would never fall apart. Over time, both of them have shown there big flaws. Nick is a lazy, cheating hack who views women as lesser and consumes all the money of his wife. Amy is an insecure, cold, ever watching sociopath who is willing to manipulate and destroy people to make herself seem like a better person to others. While one of them becomes more obviously evil in the 2nd half, neither of them are good people and in many ways they both represent the extremes that men hate about women and women hate about men.

I call this Gilliam-esque because it takes something that is very human and he expresses it by exaggerating it to almost satirical levels. If you go into this movie looking for plot holes, then I think you’re looking at this movie wrong. Of course what is happening could never happen in real life and of course the self-centered anger of the two main characters are going to be raised to the hugest extreme, but that is the point. Nick’s hatred of being nagged and his huge selfishness are going to be transformed into trying to defeat the evil, fatal schemes of his wife and hiding from the media that bombards every part of his life. Amy’s fear of no attention and obsessive behavior will lead her to do horrific, violent things and escape to the corners of the earth. All of the things that boil under the surfaces of most marriages are dissected and raised to their highest point in this mystery. The minor things that build up and destroy a marriage are amplified to life or death situations. If Nick can’t remember something sweet that happened with him and Amy a long time ago, him and twin sister Margo could face going to prison. If Amy can’t forgive Nick, he will die and she will be stuck to a relationship that is way worse. If you look at the simple, basic structure of what is happening and you take out the weird twists, you are looking at a serious, realistic thing that happens at one point or another in a lot of marriages, two tired people who are sick of the other and are searching for a way to achieve that spark again. Nick talks out this crazy stuff with his marriage with his friends and family while Amy tries to leave and go someplace different for a while to evaluate her life.

A lot of people aren’t going to like the ending to the movie. It may come off to some viewers as a very dry, cold, quiet ending to a very loud and intense movie but I think that’s why this movie works so well. It’s this huge, over the top satire yet it still finds a way to come back to being this story of these two very well written characters and the struggles they go through in there now, horrible marriage. By the end, the only thing that keeps their marriage alive is financial and social stability for Nick, Amy’s inability to be satisfied and a direct plan that should revitalize their marriage for just a bit longer. They aren’t in the same position they were at the start but they are still deeply flawed, angry, selfish people. Nothing they have done has solved anything with their marriage and they are bound to fight each other and resent each other till their last breath. For all the messed up stuff that has happened, they end the movie reverting back to the same usual, urban discontent.

Technically, this movie is the sort of thing I’ve come to expect from director David Fincher. The movie is paced very well and for a two hour and 25 minute film, it is something that I could watch again right now with ease. The cinematography is moody, stylish and unsettling as we’ve come to expect from Fincher. Visually, I don’t think the movie is as good as Zodiac, The Social Network or even The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo but it is a movie that fits perfectly into his strange world. Undoubtedly, my favorite aspect of the movie is the music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Every movie by Fincher has an amazing soundtrack whether it is the haunting use of Hurdy Gurdy Man in Zodiac or the calm, dreamlike melancholy of Reznor and Ross’s also incredible soundtrack for The Social Network. Yet, I think Gone Girl might be my favorite to come from them to date. It’s everything you want from a soundtrack, it’s intense, it’s beautiful, it plays perfectly to what’s happening on screen, it’s exciting, it’s terrifying and it’s extremely absorbing. Much like the movie, it has moments of warmth invaded by a feeling of suspicion and lack of privacy. This movie was going to be greatly directed because it’s Fincher and by no means does this disappoint.

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The movie has a great cast all around and it’s helped by some well written characters. I’ve already gone into full discussion about how complex and well-crafted Amy and Nick are but the deal is sealed by great performances from Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Ben Affleck kills it playing this sort of misogynistic, douchebag character who is still very likable and sympathetic. Equally, Rosamund Pike plays Amy very coldly and psychotic with glimpses of humanity thrown in there. My favorite performance in the entire movie surprisingly came from Carrie Coon as Nick’s twin sister Margo. Margo almost comes off to me as author Gillian Flynn’s way of entering into her own story. She stands by her brother and agrees with him on Amy being a wreck…but she’ll call him out on the terrible aspects about him, you could call her the films happy median between Amy and Nick and she’s definitely the most relatable character in this movie. Carrie Coon plays Margo very down to earth and her balance between comedy and serious drama made her extremely likable. Many critics have already spoke about how good Tyler Perry is as Nick’s lawyer and they’re right, he has some of the funniest lines in the movie and he does a very, good job delivering them. Which while we’re on the topic, this is a way better look at marriage than Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor.

While I did consider giving this my first 5 star of the year, I can’t fall completely head over heels for the movie. I would argue that the movie has a couple of supporting characters that could’ve been written with more dimensions. Amy’s ex-boyfriend Desi (Neil Patrick Harris) isn’t noticeably bad in any way so much as his character serves more as a device for the story arc of Amy. I would’ve liked to see more of Nick’s father as I’ve heard he carries a much more important role in the book. Mostly, my problems are ones that come with watching a movie for the first time. Now that I know the complete story, I look forward to watching it again with more of a focus on the themes behind the relationship at its core.

Man oh man, now this is a way to start the fall Oscar season. Gone Girl is an ambitiously constructed satire about the darker themes living within a marriage. You’ll be entertained throughout and you’re going to be left with thought provoking messages that will absorb you. The film creates an incredible, complex relationship between two people who rarely are in the same room together.

Rating:(4.5/5)

Review by: Ryan M.

Release Date: 4/4/2014

Rating: R

Cast: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry and Carrie Coon

Directed by: David Fincher

Screenplay by: Gillian Flynn

Based on the novel by: Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl (2014)

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TITLE: Gone Girl

RELEASE DATE: 10/3/2014

RATING: R

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.

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