The 5. 0 Best Films Of 2. Feature . Movie critiquing is a subjective business so each and every member of the Empireverse was asked to submit a list of their favourite films release in the UK in 2.
Human Capital. Director: Paolo Virzi. Cast: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Luigi Lo Cascio. Best for.. The concerns of the seriously moneyed being much the same the world over, the change of setting just adds another layer of Berlusconi- era greed and venality to the aftermath of a fatal hit- and- run. With two families – one wealthy, one aspiring – entwined and swirling down the same moral plughole, it’s basically Dallas with slightly smaller hair. Stream Human Capital now with Amazon Video. Of Horses And Men. Director: Benedikt Erlingsson.
Cast: Ingvar Eggert Sigur. War Horse’s Love. Film list. Quirky, funny and really very, very awkward, the opening sequence of this Icelandic equine love letter involves a fastidious rider trapped in the saddle as his mare takes a moment to get “romantic” with a neighbour’s stallion. From there it spins out into a study of a horse- loving (and occasionally abusing) community in a remote paart of Iceland that has as much to say about its two- legged characters as the four- legged variety. And speaking of variety, here was that oh- so- familiar but still starkly beautiful Icelandic landscape given top billing without a single Thark, Engineer or space- crazy astronaut to distract us.
Check out Empire's review of Of Horses And Men here. Stream Of Horses And Men now with Amazon Video. American Hustle. Director: David O. Russell. Cast: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner. Best for.. Russell gathers a best- of cast from his recent films, slaps them into wigs, pastels and sequins and unleashes a based- on- truth story that lives up to the old saying about it being stranger than fiction. Bale, Adams and Cooper and the rest spin a tale of crooked con- types and smarmy feds being caught up in one scheme after another. Lawrence, meanwhile, has her “science oven” and the brassy attitude to steal scenes.
The ensemble, along with Russell’s nimble direction lets this one beguile you with their various styles meshing perfectly en route to well- deserved Oscar nominations all round. Check out Empire's review of American Hustle here Stream American Hustle now with Amazon Video. Winter Sleep. Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
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Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Demet Akbag, Melisa S. Palme d’Or- winning meditations. Clocking in at 1. Turkish master Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest is probably not a film to double- bill with Interstellar – at least, not if you have plans for the rest of the week – but it rewards audiences’ patience with an immaculately crafted character piece. Winter Sleep follows the romantic entanglements of a hotelier (Haluk Bilginer) high in the mountains of southern Europe.
If that makes it sound like Grand Budapest Hotel 2, this is a serious- minded, talky piece of work with a pompous, self- involved protagonist dubbed “selfish, spiteful and cynical” by his own wife. Watch and marvel as Ceylan’s film deflates all that bombast like air from a tyre. Check out Empire's review of Winter Sleep here. Stream Winter Sleep now with Amazon Video.
Maps To The Stars. Director: David Cronenberg. Cast: Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska. Best for.. Moore’s full- bore, modesty- be- damned performance as a fast- fading star was our generation’s Norma Desmond, the best thing in David Cronenberg’s sharpest film since Eastern Promises. On the surface, it shaped up as a Hollywood satire in the same vein as The Player or Sunset Boulevard, but the Canadian auteur was much more interested in unravelling psyches than Tinseltown powerplay. Entourage, this definitely ain’t.
Check out Empire's review of Maps To The Stars here. Stream Maps To The Stars now with Amazon Video. The Two Faces Of January. Director: Hossein Amini.
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Cast: Oscar Isaac, Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst. Best for.. Patricia Highsmith aficionados.
Hossein Amini has penned a few literary adaptations in his time, including a pair of wildly- contrasting gems (Drive and The Wings Of The Dove), and his first stab at directing his own material can stand proudly in the same company. The estate of Patricia Highsmith doesn’t entrust the author’s works to just anybody, but the man they call . Viggo Mortensen’s American- with- a- secret Chester Mac. Farland is Don Draper, only a little sweatier and less cocksure, while his co- stars, Kirsten Dunst and Oscar Isaac, bring fateful chemistry to this knotty three- hander. The eyeball- wowing Greek backdrops made you wish there was an Easy. Jet flight direct to early . Two Days, One Night.
Directors: Jean- Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Cast: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione. Best for.. But for anyone suffering CG fatigue, here was a reminder that a year with a film by the Belgians is automatically a better year. There was, if not an extinction- level event, definitely a pretty disastrous one driving the narrative here, as Marion Cotillard’s severely put- upon, pill- popping worker, Sandra, is subject to the humiliation of having to beg her colleagues to forego their bonuses so she can keep her job. The famous Belgians likened the set- up to a Western, as Sandra staggers from showdown to showdown, each playing out with subtle variations.
At no point does Cotillard smash a barstool over someone’s head. Check out Empire's review of Two Days, One Night here. Free Lego Ninjago (2017) Online here. Stream Two Days, One Night now with Amazon Video. Feet From Stardom.
Director: Morgan Neville. Cast: Darlene Love, Judith Hill, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, T. In this Oscar- winning doc, though, it was true in the literal sense.
Shifting from about 2. Merry Clayton (The Rolling Stones), Judith Hill (Michael Jackson) and Darlene Love (The Ronettes). The supercharged Love – Mrs. Roger Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon – stole the show, but each singer’s story was gripping enough to warrant a film in its own right. The varying reasons they didn’t quite translate their rare vocal talents into solo success (and not all craved it) offer a tantalising trip into the very nature of stardom. Check out Empire's review of 2. Feet From Stardom here.
Stream 2. 0 Feet From Stardom now with Amazon Video. Next Goal Wins. Directors: Mike Brett and Steve Jamison. Cast: The American Samoa football team, Thomas Rongen. Best for.. Eleven Samoans.
No goals.”, such were the initial struggles endured by the American Samoan national side in their attempts to qualify for the World Cup. Then their new Dutch coach turned up, shaped the rabble into a team, inspired them with some of his life experience, and, presto, we had a new Cool Runnings on our hands. A 3. 1- 0 defeat to Australia made painful viewing, but it was followed by a cheering recovery to lure us out from behind the sofa. Affectionate but never patronising, and a celebration of diversity rather than diving, this unlikely footballing tale by two British filmmakers was the perfect antidote to Premier League fatigue.
Check out Empire's review of Next Goal Wins here Watch Next Goal Wins online now with Amazon Prime – 3. Chef. Director: Jon Favreau. Cast: Jon Favreau, John Leguizamo, Bobby Cannavale, Emjay Anthony, Scarlett Johansson, Sofia Vergara, Dustin Hoffman. Best for.. But in a great way: this story of a chef looking to take control of his life and career is bursting with genuine warmth and wit. Favreau relishes the chance to take the lead again, but cannily surrounds himself with a supporting cast able to take the comedy workload, particularly John Leguizamo.
The result is a cinematic hug that should nevertheless not be seen on an empty stomach. Check out Empire's review of Chef here Stream Chef now with Amazon Video. Fruitvale Station.
Director: Ryan Coogler. Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray, Ahna O’Reilly, Ariana Neal.