Excellent humor, weak message
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Ed Skrein, Gina Carano
Director: Tim Miller
Writer (character): Rob Liefeld, Fabian Nicieza
Writer: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Cinematographer: Ken Seng
Editor: Julian Clarke
Composer: Junkie XL
A powerful movie
Actors: Maxim Gaudette, Sébastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Jacques Davidts (scenario and dialogue), Denis Villeneuve (collaboration)
Music: Benoît Charest
Cinematography: Pierre Gill
Editing: Richard Comeau
Excellent direction, weak on minorities
Cast: Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Liam Neeson, Geraldine Chaplin
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Writer: Patrick Ness, based upon the novel written by Patrick Ness, from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd
Cinematographer: Oscar Faura
Editor: Jaume Marti, Bernat Vilaplana
Composer: Fernando Velázquez
Good direction and dialogues, weak message, pretentious movie
Cast: Will Smith. Kate Winslet, Edward Norton, Michael Peña, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Jacob Latimore, Naomie Harris
Director: David Frankel
Writer: Allan Loeb
Cinematographer: Maryse Alberti
Editor: Andrew Marcus
Composer: Theodore Shapiro
Strong: message + gender
Weak: minorities
Actors: Andrea Anders, Matt Passmore, Cloris Leachman
Director: Matt Cooper
Writer: Matt Cooper
Music: Tom Howe
Cinematography: Armando Salas
Editing: Luis Colina
“The moving qualities in this film are mostly a coming-out thing, so perhaps straight people won’t relate, but there are glimmers here (and in our times) of that narrative holding enough substance to speak to universal truths.” -[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4331970/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1]
Cast: Kacey Mottet Klein, Sandrine Kiberlain, Corentin Fila, Alexis Loret, Jean Fornerod
Director: André Téchiné
Writer: Céline Sciamma, André Téchiné
Cinematographer: Julien Hirsch
Editor: Albertine Lastera
Composer: Alexis Rault
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams, Benjamin Bratt, Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mads Mikkelsen, Benedict Wong, Michael Stuhlbarg
Director: Scott Derrickson
Writer (comic book): Steve Ditko
Writer: Scott Derrickson, Jon Spaihts, C. Robert Cargill
Cinematographer: Ben Davis
Editor: Sabrina Plisco, Wyatt Smith
Composer: Michael Giacchino
Poignant story showing the intricate interaction of love and politics in tribal life. Weak point: the occidental music doesn’t mix well with the original tribal one.
Actors: Kapan Cook, Mungau Dain, Charlie Kahla
Directors: Martin Butler, Bentley Dean
Writers: Martin Butler, John Collee, Bentley Dean
Music: Antony Partos
Cinematography: Bentley Dean
Editing: Tania Nehme
Cast: Alice Lowe, Jo Hartley, Kate Dickie, Gemma Whelan, Kayvan Novak, Tom Davis,
Director: Alice Lowe
Writer: Alice Lowe
Cinematographer: Ryan Eddleston
Editor: Matteo Bini
Composer: Pablo Clements, James Griffith, Toydrum
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Ciarán Hinds, Issei Ogata
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese; based on the novel by Shûsaku Endô
Cinematographer: Rodrigo Prieto
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker
Composer: Kathryn Kluge, Kim Allen Kluge