cinemadiso's - 2016 So Far List

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Rick (Christian Bale) is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles, while successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence.

Women provide a distraction to his daily pain, and every encounter brings him closer to finding his place in the world.

Hail, Caesar! follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix.

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Two titans of justice, Batman/Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) and Superman/Clark Kent (Henry Cavill), meet in the most anticipated showdown of our time.

Fearing the actions of a godlike super hero left unchecked, Gotham City's formidable vigilante takes on Metropolis' revered saviour while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. But as Batman and Superman go to war, a separate danger arises, one that may threaten all of humanity.

Set in the world of 1980s college life, 'Everybody Wants Some' follows a freshman's first weekend at college, experiencing a fraternity-like lifestyle with his hard partying teammates as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.

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"Sing Street" takes us back to 1980's Dublin, where an economic recession forces Conor out of his comfortable private school and into survival mode at the inner-city public school.

He finds hope in the mysterious and über-cool Raphina, and with the aim of winning her heart, invites her to star in his band's music videos - without actually having a band! After renaming calling himself "Cosmo", Conor forms a band with a few lads and they dedicate their time into writing lyrics and shooting videos. Combining John Carney's trademark warmth and humour and a brilliant soundtrack with hits from The Cure, The Police, and Genesis, 'Sing Street' will have you dancing in your seat!

When aspiring model Jesse (Elle Fanning) moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will use any means necessary to get what she has.

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Based on the classic novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon and brought to life by master director Terence Davies, 'Sunset Song' is an intimate epic of hope, tragedy and love at the dawning of the Great War.

Set in the rural community of Kinraddie, Sunset Song is driven by the young heroine Chris and her intense passion for life, for the unsettled Ewan and for the unforgiving land. As the approaching war brings the modern world to bear on the rural community, Chris must endure against the hardships of rural Scottish life and draw strength from this ancient land.

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Based on the bestselling novel by M.L. Stedman and from acclaimed director Derek Cianfrance, 'The Light Between Oceans' is a beautiful and heart-breaking reminder of the infinite power of love and the lengths that we'll go to in order to protect it.

When lighthouse keeper Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) and his adored wife Isabel (Alicia Vikander) discover a baby adrift in a boat off the remote coast of Western Australia they assume the worse that her parents are dead. Determined to give her a happy life full of love they choose to raise the child as their own but it's not until years later that the shattering consequences of their decision will change their lives forever.