In an interview with my colleague Kamil Moll for FILMSTARTS, Paul W.S. Anderson explained that he aimed for a „very distinctive look,“ something that „looks different from everything else,“ where you’d say, „Wow, this is something you don’t see in theaters every week.“ He also framed this as a direct response to what the big Marvel and DC movies offer—and I have to say, he absolutely delivered on that promise.
I watched „In The Lost Lands“ as part of a…
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The Bodyguard 2024
My first film by Qin Pengfei, who is currently being hailed as a must-see director in action cinema – and who has released five (!) new films for Chinese streaming platforms in 2024 alone. Among them is „The Bodyguard“, available on the (btw in Germany accessible) VoD provider iQIYI, a delightfully straightforward old-school action spectacle. Within minutes, the story is set: A former elite cop must protect a wealthy scientist who wants nothing to do with her – while seemingly…
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SCHW31NS7EIGER: Memories - Von Anfang bis Legende 2020
Ich mag Bastian Schweinsteiger und auch in dieser Doku kommt er sympathisch rüber, auch wenn das Ich-mag-keine-Büchern-und-Museen-Gehabe kurzzeitig etwas affig ist. Doch die Doku erschöpft sich dann auch weitestgehend darin, den tollen Basti zu zeigen (und diverse Weggefährten dies bestätigen zu lassen) und einfach noch mal die wichtigsten Stationen seiner Karriere abzuarbeiten.
Das geschieht größtenteils chronologisch, nur die maue ManU-Zeit hat man mit dem WM-Triumph getauscht, um die Enttäuschung-Triumph-Wellen-Erzählung beibehalten zu können. Für mich als Fußballfan gibt es da noch…
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Joker 2019
Many critics are hailing "Joker" as a cinematic masterpiece. Some of the people I spoke with after the premiere in Venice were thrilled. When I have such a clearly different opinion, I can usually at least understand the arguments for why a film is considered great. Here, I can hardly do that.
Yes, Joaquin Phoenix delivers a particularly physically memorable performance as Arthur Fleck, and the rundown 80s New York/Gotham often looks quite good—but what’s the point if it's hardly…
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