Ararat (2002) Streaming-

In the end, Ararat has enough artistry and intelligence -- and enough commitment from Egoyan, producer Robert Lantos and company -- to justify more than a higher-than-mixed rating.. . A pertinent powerfully intelligent account of the morality of making history.. The Armenian genocide deserves a more engaged and honest treatment.. Given the convoluted approach -- and tongue-tied delivery -- we're left to conclude that Egoyan's emotions got the better of him this time.. Only the most patient, sens...

0273435

Read more »

Phantom (2013) Voll Streaming

Phantom offers no more plausible a vision of the doomed K-129 than A Good Day to Die Hard does of post-meltdown Chernobyl.. Much of what's contained in Phantom is at best speculative and at worst completely made-up. But, regardless of the accuracy, it makes for compelling viewing.. The plot is dragged down by a script filled with awkward exposition and blunt audience cues.. The scenes may be embarrassing, but at least Gross can't be accused of playing it safe.. Toronto fest opener crudely welds ...

1922685

Read more »

Der Patriot (2000) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

It's a film about drive, about imagination, and how brilliance thrives outside the mainstream. These are common enough themes given uncommon purchase in a film about a man who likely saved millions of lives by never fitting in.. 300 is about as subtle as a spear through the head. But it's also shamelessly entertaining, and not a bad way to make time move a little faster.. Snyder gives his movie the encompassing look and feel of a graphic novel. Perhaps because he shot the actors in front of digi...

0187393

Read more »

Die Vier Federn (2002) Beobachten Film

The film succeeds as a deeply involving study of men and women caught up in a whirlwind beyond their control.. It's a pretty compelling yarn, not to mention full of pretty pictures, and yet it could be so much more than that.. The excellent performances by the cast are also what raise this movie well above your ordinary action 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 behol...

0240510

Read more »

John Rabe (2009) Beobachten Film

. Neither as moving nor as illuminating as it should be.. One of the main virtues of John Rabe is to demonstrate that, however much we know about the worst of all wars, it still has little-known corners that can amaze us.. A handsome period production of fluidity and subtlety, intimate and large-scale.. . Think of this once-removed re-creation as a melodramatic shoehorn into unspeakable despair.. Tukur's performance is the centerpiece of the movie; it's a wonderful mixture of outrage and swiftly...

1124377

Read more »

The Founding of a Republic (2009) Voll Streaming

Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. A masterpiece of genre film-making, really worth to watch.. A masterpiece of genre film-making, really worth to watch.. I really like this movie. thank you. 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 thri...

1438461

Read more »

Die Spiele der Frauen (2004) Online-Streaming-

It wants to be a hard-panting melodrama, with spies and sex and love and death, and there are times when a movie like this is exactly what you feel like indulging.. Unfortunately, the movie's unwieldy, episodic structure undercuts Theron's impressive performance.. There's plenty of eye candy -- gorgeous scenery, gorgeous costumes, gorgeous people -- to keep the viewer from minding (too much) the Olympic leaps of faith required to invest in the film's plot.. A snooze, despite all the sex and othe...

0338097

Read more »