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Hello dear reader. We've finished our first themed week here at Cine It and tomorrow we will announce the one for next week. (10-14 May). We promise that it will be interesting. Me and Krasnaya have a box with 6 secretive little folded papers written with the categories of our choosing. Tomorrow we will pick one of these papers up and let you know what theme we have got. Below you can click on the images of the movies we saw this week and check out our little conversations and individual ratings (listed from best to worst). Our blog is update everyday at 21:00 (WEST)

Drive My Car is a 2021 Japanese introspective drama film co-written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. It is based on Haruki Murakami's short story of the same name from his 2014 collection Men Without Women, while taking inspiration from other stories in it. At the 79th Golden Globe Awards, the film won Best Foreign Language Film. It became the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture from all three major U.S. critics groups (the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Circle, and the National Society of Film Critics). source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_My_Car_(film) A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with his wife's unexpected passing when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14039582/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** K: I was mentally prepared for a 3 hour-long movie. Drive My Car wasn't easy to endure because ...

CODA is a 2021 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Sian Heder. An English-language remake of the 2014 French-Belgian film La Famille Bélier, it stars Emilia Jones as the titular child of deaf adults (CODA). CODA won numerous accolades. At the 94th Academy Awards, the film won all three of its nominations – Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (for Kotsur), and Best Adapted Screenplay – becoming the first film distributed by a streaming service to win Best Picture. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CODA_(2021_film) As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her passion at Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366460/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** F: CODA is a light and heartwarming movie with an interesting coming of age conflict to...

Nightmare Alley is a 2021 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro from a screenplay by del Toro and Kim Morgan, based on the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham, being the second feature film adaptation of Gresham's novel, following the 1947 version. The film received positive reviews from critics but flopped at the box office, grossing a total of $39 million worldwide against a $60 million production budget. It received four nominations at the 94th Academy Awards, including Best Picture. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare_Alley_(2021_film) A grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychiatrist bent on exposing him. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7740496/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** K: Before starting my review, I found out that Nightmare Alley is the second film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Wil...

Dune (titled onscreen as Dune: Part One) is a 2021 American epic science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screenplay by Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, and Eric Roth. It is the first of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert, primarily covering the first half of the book. Among its numerous awards and nominations, it received 10 nominations at the 94th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, and won the most awards of the ceremony with six: Best Sound, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects, and Best Cinematography. A sequel, Dune: Part Two, is set to be released on October 20, 2023, covering the remaining story from the first novel. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(2021_film) A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future. source: https://ww...

Belfast is a 2021 British/Irish coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Kenneth Branagh. The film stars Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan, and newcomer Jude Hill. The film, which Branagh has described as his "most personal film", follows a young boy's childhood in Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the beginning of The Troubles in 1969. The film received seven nominations at the 94th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning for Best Original Screenplay. It was named one of the best films of 2021 by the National Board of Review. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast_(film) A nine-year-old boy must chart a path towards adulthood through a world that has suddenly turned upside down. His stable and loving community and everything he thought he understood about life is changed forever but joy, laughter, music and the formative magic of the movies remain. source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/...

Hello my dear readers (cricket sounds). We will be starting themed weeks here at Cine It. 🥳 This week we start with an easy pick. We're having 2022 Oscar Nominations! 🎥🏆 (03-07 May). We will be posting this year from every Tuesday to Saturday.  Join us in our conversations and feel free to recommend a theme for a week.  Leave it in the comments or use our form located on the right bar.