Watched in the cinema (26th visit in 2024)
Sony's Spider-Man universe finally wants to pick up speed outside of the main films from director Jon Watts. While the first "Venom" still offered forgettable entertainment, the sequels and "Morbius" in particular have now gained an almost legendary bad reputation - and largely deserve it. With "Madame Web", Sony is now trying to turn the tide, combat the fatigue in the superhero genre and establish its own piece in the MCU -…
Watched on Netflix
They were the summer blockbusters par excellence: "Transformers" and "Revenge of the Fallen" brought real action popcorn cinema to the big screen again in 2007 and 2009. After all the box-office takings, it was only logical that Michael Bay would make a third part about the alien robots. And he continued in 2011 exactly where the first two films left off.
"Transformers 3" is again loud and visually spectacular cinema. While the film builds up quietly at…
Watched on Blu-Ray
After Steven Spielberg's somewhat underwhelming second part, "The Lost World", expectations for the third dinosaur film were more subdued. With Joe Johnston, however, an experienced director was hired who had already succeeded in making other effect films ("The Rocketeer", "Honey I Shrunk the Kids"). All the more pleasing was the return of Sam Neill as Dr. Grant, who managed to inject "Jurassic Park 3" with a lot of pizzazz and self-irony. Of course, the dinosaurs are great…
Watched on Blu-Ray
He could be described as the Mozart of destruction or the Van Gogh of violent excess. I am talking about Hong Kong action director John Woo. No one is better able to send so many villains to the grave in a perfect artistic manner with an unmistakable signature. Not for nothing is he considered the epitome of "heroic bloodshed" (a subgenre of action films). Countless films and directors today copy Woo's style in order to stage their…
Watched on Blu-Ray
A big, positive surprise came to our cinemas at the end of 2007. "Enchanted" turned out to be a beautifully kitschy Disney fairy tale that did not stop at delightful winks and had various references to offer for fans and friends of classic fairy tales. In Germany, this comedy attracted over 1.4 million viewers to the cinemas and hardly anyone was disappointed.
Initially still an animated fairy tale (including the cute little animals and their cleaning orgy),…
Watched on Netflix
Julia Roberts is from another star. The way she stands there, with her step firm and her gaze fixed on him. How she beams, even when she cries. How she beams when she imitates a hearty laugh. Because no one can do that as well as she can. She radiates right into the back rows of seats, illuminating the darkest corners and nooks to which the cynic likes to retreat so as not to be illuminated. At…