Australia (2008) Film-Streaming

. . The only thing certain about Behind Enemy Lines is that Mr. Wilson is in it for the chance to work with Mr. Hackman, and Mr. Hackman is in it for the money.. Australia delivers with real panache.. . A slickly entertaining war movie that's sometimes striking, sometimes silly -- but never, ever boring.. Are we so desperate to sate our malnourished nostalgia for movie magic that we'd settle for a facsimile so grand, lavish and empty?. Put into the context of a real world at war, the movie seems...

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Gefahr und Begierde (2007) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

Overly extended adaptation of a short story about a female Chinese nationalist who uses sex to compromise and trap a cruel Japanese collaborator.. . . The film looks gorgeous but the plotting is clumsy and the acting is flat.. There is deception, suspicion and self-delusion, but it all seems rendered at arm's length, despite the consummate artistry of the filmmaking.. Mixing a stately pace with bursts of raw violence and blunt eroticism, Lust, Caution indeed deftly blends those two attitudes.. T...

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Mein Kriegswinter (2008) Voll Streaming

Most impressive, however, is Farahani's lead performance. Though often pitiable, the heroine never registers as a martyr or a victim, but a relatable, multifaceted human being.. The bare room where the husband lies helpless becomes a confessional where Farahani pours out the woman's life story in a performance that grabs you with its quiet yet searing power.. Writer-director Martin Koolhoven hits just the right balance of domesticity and oppression here, setting up the film's tense second half w...

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Monuments Men - Ungewöhnliche Helden (2014) Download Voll

Clooney's movie is a slow-witted, occasionally agreeable retread of numerous WWII band-of-brothers flicks its director no doubt watched on TV as a 1970s teenager.. Clooney's obviously going for old-school charm and camaraderie here, but the first half of the film is so scattered, and the characters are so lacking in specifics, that a sense of group bravado never feels earned.. Earnest and well-intentioned but ultimately inert, "The Monuments Men" talks a better game than it can deliver.. A frust...

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Mathilde - Eine große Liebe (2004) Download Film

There is little suspense.. . . At its best, Rules Of Engagement is merely bad.. Extraordinary film.. At their best, [Jackson and Jones] are merely two of the most cunning, commanding performers in all of movies.. . Entertaining.. This is a long movie that almost wears out its 2 1/4 -hour welcome, yet it's full of surprises.. Nothing in this movie makes much sense.. Merging heart-wrenching emotions with quirky humor and splicing bloody war footage with goofy comedy, the movie mixes vastly dispara...

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Unterwegs nach Cold Mountain (2003) Film Abspielen

That these boys could not fathom what was actually going on in the camps also rings true and is the reason why stories like this one must endure.. Young Scanlon and Butterfield are scathingly effective, never overplaying their roles.. It reeks of self-righteousness.. When Bruno makes an effort to set things right, the film goes powerfully wrong.. In truth, the film is sure to stop the hearts of many who see it. There may indeed be hope in hell, but better to avoid hell altogether.. [Law and Kidm...

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Lone Survivor (2013) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

The film effectively assaults its audience almost as aggressively as its subjects.. Lone Survivor' hits home and hits hard.. Wahlberg remains one of our most reliable and least actorly of movie stars, innately macho but vulnerable enough to seem like a human being caught in an inhuman situation.. Lone Survivor is a brutally effective movie, made by people who think that they're serving their country. But they're just making us coarser and more self-centered.. Gripping, unrelenting, brutally prof...

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