Watched in the cinema (149th visit in 2024)
It seems as if the success of "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" in 2018 has encouraged the big Hollywood animation studios to leave the perfect recreation of reality to one side for a while and instead go all out artistically again. The makers behind "The Wild Robot" are also following this trend in their adaptation of Peter Brown's three-part children's book series, with the backgrounds in particular being inspired by Impressionism. As the…
Watched in the cinema (99th visit in 2024)
You will hate "A Quiet Place: Day One", there's no doubt about it. If you wanted to know what happens to the world overrun by noise-sensitive aliens after the end of "A Quiet Place 2", this prequel will seem like an unnecessary burden, like leftovers that were forgotten to be disposed of. A harsh but fair judgment: steer clear of this prequel if "A Quiet Place" means family drama fused with sci-fi…
Watched in the cinema (89th visit in 2022)
Of course, almost all films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe were successful, some more, some less. But even within the long success story, "Black Panther" was an exception. However, this was only partly due to the film itself, but rather to what it symbolized: dark-skinned heroes are a rarity in an environment that is still dominated by white heterosexual cis men. For the African American population, the title character wasn't just another…
Watched in the cinema (6th visit in 2022)
"The 355" wants to place itself tonally between Bond and Bourne. And in terms of production, it's easy to see who the role models are here. The staging is really well done in parts. Especially in the second third, there are some action scenes that don't quite move on Bourne level, but manage to skillfully use a lot of cuts without letting them degenerate into an indiscriminate massacre of cuts. Still, I…
Watched on Amazon Prime
Freely following the credo that a Liam Neeson film always tends to be worthwhile, I watched Jaume Collet-Serra's "Non-Stop" today, apart from Neeson the rest of the cast promised an entertaining experience, too, and I shouldn't be completely wrong with this assessment, even if you have to turn a blind eye to the story and its not always inherent logic in order to really enjoy the movie, which apart from that shows a not entirely new,…
Watched in the cinema
Because I definitely have to see Episode 9 a second time for a detailed review (just too much going on), right after the first experience I can only say:
Definitely not a great movie, but I had a great feeling about it.
Rewatch-a-thon to Star Wars Episode 9
Step 10 of 10
Watched on 3D-Blu-Ray
As controversial as the film is in retrospect among many, one thing is undeniable: "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens" was THE movie event in 2015. There were many records broken, the hype was not from this world. No wonder. Even under normal circumstances a new part of the star saga would have meant a state of emergency. And here the circumstances were anything but…
Rewatch-a-thon to Star Wars Episode 9
Step 9 of 10
Watched on 3D Blu-Ray
A droid with important information for the resistance that gets lost on a desert planet and is found by a young person who grew up in simple circumstances, but who is called to higher powers. That's how it all started 42 years ago with A New Hope, the great-grandson choosing exactly the same scenario down to the comma.
What might surprise you a bit at first,…
Watched on Blu-Ray
Steve McQueen and Peter Farrelly are two men who have the common ground of having won an Oscar for Best Film for a film they made about racism in America. If someone has seen neither one nor the other film, that person might wonder whether both have the authority to make a film about such a difficult subject at all. Farrelly is American though, but an older white dude. McQueen is black, but British.
The difference between…
Watched in the cinema
While I'm writing this review on my way home, I listen to "I Got 5 On It" to stay in the mood of the movie and because it's an awesome track!
My hopes have come true: Jordan Peele is definitely not a flash in the pan when it comes to staging atmospheric horror movies. And he's fucking unpredictable!
Even though Us doesn't seem to have a political agenda like Get Out, which gave Peele's directorial debut…
Watched on Blu-Ray
The Lion King meets James Bond.
I liked the unique style, which stands out from other Marvel movies. The traditional colorful costumes, the crazy spaceships in the style of african masks or insects and the score with cool hip-hop melodies and tribal songs are really fun. The actors are good. Letitia Wright was a highlight as the Q of Wakanda. Michael B. Jordan plays a villain who pursues a comprehensible agenda unlike most Marvel baddies. A jacked…