Vincent Cassel

The Monk (2011)

The Monk (2011)
Rating: ★★
Apr 15, 2014Monk's Temptation by the Devil
The Monk is a sordid classic of 18th Century Gothic literature, filled with crazed lusts and Catholic guilt and damnation. However, in the hands of French director Dominik Moll, all the tortured sexuality has been watered down and the story stuffed as a costume drama
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Beauty and the Beast (2014)

Beauty and the Beast (2014)
Rating: ★★★★
Jan 18, 2015Fairy-Tale
Adaptation of the fairytale that takes place in an exquisitely dreamy sumptuousness – a stunningly designed, costumed and photographed world that has a genuine magic. However, the motion-capture animated Beast looks far too much like a CGI effect
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Tale of Tales (2015)

Tale of Tales (2015)
Rating: ★★★½
May 21, 2016Anthology of Fairytales
A trio of tales from the world's oldest fairytale collection – but quite different to anything you expect … While there is all the magic, ogres and princesses, this is a beautifully lush film made for adults and less about simple homilies that about fate and its cruel twists
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Child 44 (2015)

Child 44 (2015)
Rating: ★★½
Aug 31, 2015Serial Killer Thriller Set in the 1950s Soviet Union
This offers one of the most fascinating settings for a detective story - the Soviet Union at the height of Stalinist oppression - and borrows the story of true-life Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo
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