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  • Offside

    ★★★★

  • Beasts of No Nation

    ★★★½

  • District 9

    ★★★½

  • The Battle of Algiers

    ★★★½

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  • Offside

    Offside

    ★★★★

    Offside is an Iranian film made in 2006. The film tells the story of a group of teenage girls who disguise themselves as boys in order to sneak into a soccer stadium to watch a World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain. This film depicts gender inequality in Iran because they talk about how women were denied going into the football stadium because they were women.

    Offside" is a film that has helped to raise awareness of the issue…

  • Beasts of No Nation

    Beasts of No Nation

    ★★★½

    Following the story of a young soldier named Agu, a civil war breaks out in his home village, and he is forced to see all the brutalities of the war. Instead of going to school, he has to experience all the dark sides of the war, with the killing and violence, and even ends up killing innocent people by himself. The background and the tension building was very good, to create nerve-wracking scenes for the audience. It was great in…

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  • RRR

    RRR

    ★★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Salaam Bombay!

    Salaam Bombay!

    ★★

    This movie had no subtitles and it was hard to understand. Even with the visuals, I couldn't really grasp the idea of the film. However, even though it was hard to understand, I could see the actions of the characters shown through their facial expressions. I think that the character could portray what they were feeling. However, the plot wasn't too good, and it was a bit dragged on.