Watched in the cinema (65th visit in 2024)
What drives sportsmen and sportswomen to peak performances, what motivates them to train for years on end and practice self-discipline? When the three main characters in this film are 18 years old, all doors seem to be open to them in the sport of tennis. 13 years later - over which period the feature film tells their story in a constant back and forth - tennis still plays the leading role in…
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 Blu-Ray
Clichés and overdramatisation are often used in the film landscape, especially in dramas, to entertain and carry away the audience. In the form of their exaggeration, they are meant to break the barrier between the audience and the events behind the screen and, through the intensified effect, transfer exactly the emotion to the audience that seems most important for the scene being shown. This can work excellently and successfully transport the audience into the world of the…
Watched on Netflix
"Don't Look Up" should come with a warning sticker like cigarettes: Caution, Dead Laugh Danger and may trigger panic attacks. Adam McKay's latest film is a star-studded all-out attack on everything that, in his opinion, is currently going so wrong on planet Earth. He mercilessly holds up a mirror to us. It's often funny, but at other times it makes you want to scream out loud.
Such a planet-killing comet affects the whole world, of course, but…