St. Vincent (2014) Film-Streaming

It's a Count for our times.. If St. Vincent flirts with sappiness - it does, and how - Melfi has struck gold in the pairing of Murray and Lieberher.. A mediocre production that nevertheless will strike a deep and resonant chord with viewers.. It's a fine, old-fashioned-movie movie, which is to say it's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance.. St. Vincent is no conventional hagiography but it's the movie world's equivalent - a star vehicle. Give director Melfi credit for knowing...

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Mr. Holmes (2015) Download Voll

As someone who neither hungers for yet another incarnation of this character nor understands why anyone would, I watched in subdued bafflement.. Moses is imagined as if Scott met him on an awkward first date.. A mish-mash - part half-committed melodrama, part half-thought-out political provocation.. It's understandable that people were angry about the whitewashing of Egypt. But no aspiring actor of color should think of this as an opportunity missed so much as a bullet dodged.. It's a gentle exa...

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Margos Spuren (2015) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

If you're searching for smart, soulful teen entertainment, you can start looking inside "Paper Towns.". We've seen the elements that make up "Paper Towns" before, but that's OK. Schreier proves adept at avoiding cliches, and is helped by his actors.. Paper Towns is a movie that I really liked, but I probably would have loved if I'd seen it when I was 13.. Unlike in its predecessor, The Fault in Our Stars, the path to pubescent enlightenment in Paper Towns is more literal than existential, giving...

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Exodus - Götter und Könige (2014) Beobachten Film

Computer-generated imaging has advanced spectacularly over the decades, but moviegoers, and gamers, have been there every step of the way. Miracles aren't as impressive as they used to be.. "Exodus" is an exercise in visual trickery that reaches for nothing beyond the obvious.. Moses is imagined as if Scott met him on an awkward first date.. This is spectacular entertainment, practically a theme park ride, that could have used more spirituality and soul.. It's understandable that people were ang...

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Hannibal (2001) Beobachten Film

Here's something I never expected to say about a big-budget Oliver Stone film starring Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie and Val Kilmer: It's dull.. It's hard not to admire Wright's bold approach to Anna Karenina's story of longing and jealousy and societal condemnation.. Alexander, as expressed through the weepy histrionics of Colin Farrell, is more like a desperate housewife than a soldier.. There are disgusting movies that are worth seeing -- Silence of the Lambs, for one -- and others that are m...

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Breaking Dawn - Bis(s) zum Ende der Nacht - Teil 2 (2012) Download Film

Fans of the series, which has made more than $2 billion worldwide, will no doubt find it all terribly romantic and deeply meaningful. The rest of humanity will remain unmoved.. This "sunshine noir" bakes your brain, in a good way.. Despite the film's frustrations, it must be acknowledged that Anderson -- a master of the multi-strand, multi-character, multi-meaning plot -- is the perfect director to adapt Pynchon, in terms of both craft and spirit.. It's about as exciting as watching David Blaine...

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Gladiator (2000) Film Abspielen

Not terrifically good, but moviegoers will get what they're expecting.. A lonely young man falls head over keyboard in love with his computer's operating system...It's not just any operating system, but one designed to be empathetic with humans, and has Scarlett Johansson as its Siri-with-sex-appeal voice. Who could resist?. The film is weighed down by too many forehead-palming lapses and an overall sense of "been there.". With its conspicuous display of prefascist trappings, it says more about ...

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Dallas Buyers Club (2013) Film-Streaming

A virtual orchard of toxic excess, starting with the unnecessarily sprawling cast of characters.. The father-daughter subplot packs all the emotional heft of Madonna's Papa Don't Preach video.. The film has the DNA of a blockbuster and the soul of a haunting folk tale. It is as dangerous, dark, intelligent and beautiful as its wraithlike villainess.. Once we get past McConaughey's stunning transformation, we're transfixed by a performance that reminds us of why this guy became a movie star in th...

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Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

A movie that's the 'follow your dream' equivalent of singing karaoke along with a DVD of Flashdance.. The film has the DNA of a blockbuster and the soul of a haunting folk tale. It is as dangerous, dark, intelligent and beautiful as its wraithlike villainess.. Its view of women as objectified but unavailable sex toys is so retrograde it would be maddening if the movie weren't such an utter piece of fluff so conceptually barren it might as well be a music video.. A virtual orchard of toxic excess...

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Prestige - Die Meister der Magie (2006) Film-Streaming

This is a terrific, smartly designed adolescent adventure, visually rich, narratively satisfying, and bound to resonate for years to come.. As a piece of filmmaking it's certainly strong enough to restore his commercial viability. Whether that's to the good is another question entirely.. Forget your history lessons about what an advanced civilization the Mayans were. Here they're bloodthirsty savages.. This is the way The Harry Potter saga was meant to end.. Yates and Kloves find the grand scope...

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Big Fish - Der Zauber, der ein Leben zur Legende macht (2003) Beobachten Film

Overall, the film feels like it issues from a place Burton doesn't inhabit.. Mostly confined to bed throughout the film, Finney pulls us to him with a flawless combination of theatrical skill and movie-star radiance.. A compelling look at the relationships between fathers and sons, and the child coming to terms with the parent's mortality.. For me, a Will who wishes she were an Edward, the movie inspired by the Daniel Wallace novel is a minor classic.. Offers its audience a long and winding road...

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Die Tribute von Panem - The Hunger Games (2012) Film Abspielen

It carefully walks a difficult line: How do you tell an essentially violent story without glorifying that violence?. Watching The Hunger Games, I was struck both by how slickly Ross hit his marks and how many opportunities he was missing to take the film to the next level -- to make it more shocking, lyrical, crazy, daring.. Ross moves between action and human drama with nimble awareness of the weight of the issues coursing through the story of fascism, propaganda, and, yes, adolescence under th...

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Trash (2014) Film-Streaming

There's no doubting a certain passion among crew and cast, most notably the trio of native youngsters whose antics provide a solid level of action-packed dramedy.. A diverting two hours, and an excellent reminder of the wide world of stories out there waiting to be told.. Comparisons to "Slumdog Millionaire" are inevitable, but the kinetic "Trash" has a rhythm all its own.. An intensive, propulsive political thriller representing a tautly executed return to form for director Stephen Daldry.. I l...

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Der Marsianer - Rettet Mark Watney (2015) Beobachten Film

The film is a profound testament to the rare-and underrated-virtue of simply not screwing anything up.. The movie's a valentine to creative collaboration as well as an example of it. It's enough to make you almost grateful.. A tremendously exciting popcorn spectacle, and also a portrait of extraplanetary survival convincing enough that it had my tech-obsessed 11-year-old companion on his feet cheering on several occasions.. Ridley Scott rediscovers his light touch in a space epic that's fun to g...

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Aloha - Die Chance auf Glück (2015) Download Voll

Merely adding an older generation of lovers to a love story does not make your romance one for the ages.. Filmmaker Cameron Crowe can't catch a break with Aloha, a Hawaii-set romcom that is a handful of stories struggling for a unifying tone, but is nowhere near as toxic as its advance buzz.. Crowe introduces a serious topic without really examining it, and even the romance feels off, with a pair of lovers who seem mismatched. To complete the picture, Crowe tags on an ending that's convenient bu...

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Shelter (2015) Film Abspielen

Music perfectly fits with the movie, the story can't tear myself away from the screen for hours. Really GREAT movie!!. The film conceals as much as it reveals, and its beauty is that it pretends to do nothing else. It embraces a mystery and protects it, and it’s thrilling to behold.. The excellent performances by the cast are also what raise this movie well above your ordinary action movie.. I recommend this movie to everyone out there want to see an epic action movie that delivers to every sen...

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Black Swan (2010) Download Voll

St. Vincent is no conventional hagiography but it's the movie world's equivalent - a star vehicle. Give director Melfi credit for knowing the capacity of the engine he has under its hood.. Murray, with a stable of eccentric characters ranging across the landscape of his career, has selected increasingly idiosyncratic roles in recent years. Vincent is no exception.. The film picks at our deepest anxieties -- injury, disfigurement, loss of a coveted job, loss of identity, loss of sanity. In most f...

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Brooklyn (2015) Download Voll

The film conceals as much as it reveals, and its beauty is that it pretends to do nothing else. It embraces a mystery and protects it, and it’s thrilling to behold.. Despite its familiar structure it's a thing of beauty, a delicate, tender period piece about nice people trying to do their best.. This movie is an epic action movie that I believe in a few years from now shall be more appreciated than it is today !!. A masterpiece of genre film-making, really worth to watch.. Music perfectly fits ...

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A.I. - Künstliche Intelligenz (2001) Voll Streaming

A movie can have a superb story, amazing cinematography, and mesmerizing writing as well as directing, but without the talent to deliver it all, it finds itself lacking. Great!!. Its heart is in the right place. But the intelligence behind the rest of the movie is, well, a little too artificial.. However you take it, the film works from an immensely challenging and rewarding text.. This movie is an epic action movie that I believe in a few years from now shall be more appreciated than it is toda...

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Königreich der Himmel (2005) Download Film

No one should be offended except, of course, those who like movies that excite the mind as well as the pulse.. Filmed in Morocco, in Spain and in computers, Kingdom fills a vast canvas with breathtaking spectacle. In contrast, most of the performances are blandly ordinary.. Scott's battles are ferocious things of grim beauty -- bloody, personal and deafening crashes of armored men and horses colliding at full gallop.. As Balian, a blacksmith turned Crusader, Orlando Bloom should embody a charact...

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