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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · 2017

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2017

Midnight Screenings

Programme

6 films · 5 reviews

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47 Meters Down (47 Metres Down)

Review preview for 47 Meters Down

"I'm so scared we're going to die down here."

Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
Two sisters trapped in a shark cage and running out of oxygen have to fight to survive.

(Country: UK, US, Dominican Republic; Year: 2017; Director: Johannes Roberts; Writer: Johannes Roberts, Ernest Riera; Stars: Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Chris Johnson, Yani Gellman, Santiago Segura, Matthew Modine, Mayra Juarez, Axel Mansilla)

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Baby Driver

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This is not a serious film, rather a parody. Every attribute of style over content is here

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
His name is Baby and he’s a young and exceptionally talented getaway driver for a criminal gang. Pedal to the metal, music cranked up on his headphones, and flashing lights in the rear-view mirror. Just one last job and Baby can make a fresh start.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Edgar Wright; Writer: Edgar Wright; Stars: Ansel Eigort, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jon Bernthal, Mical Howard, Sky Ferreira, Lance Palmer, Flea)

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A Dark Song

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Walker's performance as a woman mentally imprisoned by the strength of her own feelings is painful to watch, in a good way.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A grieving mother sets out to contact her dead child.

(Country: Ireland, UK; Year: 2016; Director: Liam Gavin; Writer: Liam Gavin; Stars: Catherine Walker, Steve Oram, Mark Huberman, Susan Loughnane)

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Double Date

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You'll laugh, and wince, and laugh again.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
An innocent out to prove his manhood meets a pair of femmes fatales.

(Country: UK; Year: 2017; Director: Benjamin Barfoot; Writer: Danny Morgan; Stars: Danny Morgan, Georgia Groome, Michael Socha, Kelly Wenham, Dougie Poynter, Brooke Norbury, Lee Shone, Benny Bereal, Liz Kingsman, Elena Valdameri, Lewis Holloway, Kelly Wells, Sarah Carmen, Kerrieanne Booker, Charley Clark)

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Meatball Machine Kodoku (Kodoku: Mîtobôru Mashin, Kodoku: Meatball Machine)

A 50-yea-old debt collector learns that he has cancer and only three months to live. But then there are those pesky aliens, who might shorten the time even more by turning him into a cyborg, and he’s not the only one.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2017; Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Terminator 2: Judgment Day Special Edition, Terminator 2, T2, Terminator 2 Judgment Day)

Review preview for Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2 is a wonderful sequel, dramatically satisfying and a fine entertainment.

Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
A Terminator robot comes back in time to protect a boy from another, more advanced killer robot.

(Country: US; Year: 1991; Director: James Cameron; Writer: James Cameron, William Wisher; Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl Boen, Joe Morton, S Epatha Merkerson, Castulo Guerra, Danny Cooksey, Jenette Goldstein, Xander Berkeley)

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