Million Dollar Baby (2004) Download Voll

[A] solid boxing drama.. Though conventional in many respects, it feels like no other boxing film ever made, due largely to Eastwood's unmistakable presence on both sides of the camera.. The result is the kind of movie they don't make anymore -- a real crowd-pleaser.. When you think you know its moves, it throws in fancy footwork. Then it sucker-punches you when you're not looking.. It's impressive, in the sense that a sucker-punch impresses itself on your skull.. The only differences between th...

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Wild Tales - Jeder dreht mal durch! (2014) Download Voll

A pint-size killer gains a conscience in Ariel Kleiman's confidently told debut feature.. Partisan is too obscure to appeal even to American arthouse crowds. It's too obscure and uneventful, ultimately, for its own good.. Szifron gives us a window onto other people's worst impulses rather than a mirror reflecting our own; the laughs come fast and full, and they come a little too easily.. Newcomer Jeremy Chabriel commands as 11-year-old Alexander, a chosen son whose dawning sense of right and wro...

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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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La giovinezza (2015) Online-Streaming-

Youth is a voluptuary's feast, a full-body immersion in the sensory pleasures of the cinema.. Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel make beautiful music together in a witty, wise and swooningly beautiful dramatic comedy.. It diverts more than it delights.. An emotionally rich contemplation of life's wisdom gained, lost and remembered -- with cynicism harping from the sidelines, but as a wearied chord rather than a major motif.. Every shot is a thing of beauty. For most of this film I had the impulse t...

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Was passiert, wenn's passiert ist (2012) Streaming-

The film is dully shot and so predictably plotted, you could tick off the items like you're packing a bag for the delivery room.. There is nothing moral about Irreversible -- only sneeringly superior and nihilistic, like Johnny Rotten at his most fatuous.. It's a new twist on the zombie genre, one that was verging on being done to death.. A genuine outlaw work of art.. It's a sad story, or would be if the zombie apocalypse backdrop - and the inky splotches creeping across Maggie's body - didn't ...

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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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