Film Review: Kidnapping Mr Heineken (2014)
byDaniel Alfredson’s movie about the abduction and ransom of the Heineken brewery CEO in 1983 seems, despite an excellent cast, somehow less than the…
Daniel Alfredson’s movie about the abduction and ransom of the Heineken brewery CEO in 1983 seems, despite an excellent cast, somehow less than the…
If this were a two-line review, it would read something like this: Romantic-science fiction film in which two desegregated worlds are brought together thanks…
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