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  Spotlight 2015

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Jan 2016

  Spotlight chronicles The Boston Globe's Pulitzer price winning investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, a problem that starts revealing its true width as soon as the journalist's dig deeper into their investigation. Spotlight is a team of investigative reporters headed by, Warren Robinson, but the journalists are not the stars of the film. The star is the story they uncovered and the secrets they discovered.

  Co-writer and director of the film, Tom McCarthy, has crafted an elaborate drama,…

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  The Martian 2015

  ★★★½ Watched 08 Jan 2016

  In his latest film, director Ridley Scott, takes yet another trip to space to tell the story about fictional astronaut, Mark Wattney, who is left behind after he is presumed dead during a science expedition on Mars. The story of The Martian is a story about survival and the human spirit. Very ambitious, surprisingly funny and for the most part engaging.

  Coming from the director of Alien and Prometheus, a scenario revolving around Mars exploration seems rather grounded, but I…

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  12 Angry Men 1957

  ★★★★★ Watched 14 Dec 2014 5

  12 Angry Men was one of those films that I had never seen, but for which I knew almost the entire plot and ending. I think this will be the case for most people who watch the film since it's one of those essential classics which has spawned an endless supply of parodies and homages. To me its most genius quality is the simplicity. About 99 percent of the story takes place on one set as 12 jurors deliberate the…

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  The Lives of Others 2006

  ★★★★½ Watched 20 Mar 2015 7

  "An innocent prisoner will become more angry by the hour due to the injustice suffered. He will shout and rage. A guilty prisoner becomes more calm and quiet. Or he cries. He knows he's there for a reason. The best way to establish guilt or innocence is non-stop interrogation."

  The 2007 winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is the German thriller The Lives of Others directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The film follows the professional and…