Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Genre

Action | Adventure

Director

Sam Raimi

Country

USA

Cast

Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, J.K.Simmons, Donna Murphy, Daniel Gillies, Dylan Baker, Willem Dafoe, Mageina Tovah, Stan Lee, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Deschanel, Daniel Dae Kim, Vanessa Ferlito, Gregg Edelman, John Landis, Phil LaMarr

Plot

It's been two years since Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) transformed into Spider-Man, and he is still struggling to balance life perfectly. As if his personal problems weren't enough, a new enemy is in town: Dr. Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina).

300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

Genre

Action | Fantasy | War

Director

Noam Murro

Country

USA

Cast

Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro, Jack O'Connell, Hans Matheson, Callan Mulvey, David Wenham, Andrew Tiernan, Yigal Naor, Andrew Pleavin, Ben Turner, Ashraf Barhom, Peter Mensah, Gerard Butler, Michael Fassbender, Caitlin Carmichael, Jade Chynoweth

Plot

Greek general Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton) leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and vengeful commander of the Persian navy Artemisia (Eva Green).

Rivalries (2015)

Genre

Thriller

Director

Philip Stainsby

Country

UK

Cast

Patrick Doyle, Mark Manning

Plot

The film sees a man, an employee (Patrick Doyle), try to come to terms with this mega city while trying to deliver a document to his employer (Mark Manning), along the way he becomes increasingly at odds with himself in a reflection of sorts of Freudian ideas of the psyche.

Opinion

I do like indies because they prove no big amounts of money are needed to make something good, and Rivalries is a good example of that.

At his feature length debut, director and writer Philip Stainsby manages to bring the audience into the state of consciousness of the protagonist, creating a continuous and increasing tension, partially enhanced by the spectacular and pulsating music, composed by Andrew Mobbs.

Beautifully shot, the chaotic city of Shanghai has an important role in the story. The employee/Doyle's inner monologue, which provides most of the film's dialogue, is very interesting.

As Neil Hopkins did in Detour, Patrick Doyle is able to carry the film through until the end alone, delivering a fantastic performance.

Quotes

The employee: Apparently too much fast food can... oh, like I give a fuck. Gotta other things to worry about.

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Adult World (2013)

Genre

Comedy

Director

Scott Coffey

Country

USA

Cast

Emma Roberts, Evan Peters, John Cusack, Armando Riesco, Shannon Woodward, Chris Riggi, Scott Coffey, Jo Mei, Leah Lauren, Cloris Leachman, John Cullum, Catherine Lloyd Burns, Reed Birney, 

Plot

Naive college graduate Amy (Emma Roberts) believes she's destined to be a great poet. Pressed to earn a living by her father (Reed Birney), she begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with writer Rat Billings (John Cusack).