Everything is pretty much the same, Alexandre Aja continues to waste his talent on contrived scripts. The absurd premise predictably evolves towards a single meaningful non-absurd denouement. This then arrives, relatively timely, so that for a while the film seems to build to a rather chilling ending on top of it. But…

Spoilers/History – The unexpected gift in the form of a director's cut raises the biggest question: are three and a half hours enough for a comprehensive look? Not even close. At least not for something with the gigantic scope that David Scarpa's screenplay was seeking. Ridley Scott thus faces the traditional drawback…

One of those great Hollywood films made before Pearl Harbor. The important aspect is the play by Lillian Hellman from 1939, which she herself adapted into a film script. The Oscar nominations and, above all, Bette Davis's performance are significant. The grand Southern drama deals with the transformation of a once…

In das Milieu der Papstwahl sind heiße gesellschaftliche Themen eingewoben: solche, die auch die Zustände in den höchsten Kreisen der katholischen Kirche betreffen, wie Machtmanipulation, Konservatismus vs. Progressivität im Verständnis von Multikulturalismus oder Geschlechterungleichheit. Und auch Migration und…

The Flash has never managed to survive outside of crossovers, but fortunately, many special episodes have been produced over the years. Thus, a year after the end of Season 3 of Batwoman, Ryan Wilder finally gets her epilogue here. Javicia Leslie plays the classic Batwoman 2.0 and Red Death. It's not bad, although I…

Ein Thriller mit einem nicht durchdachten Drehbuch, einer hinkenden Dramaturgie ohne Gefühl für die Ernsthaftigkeit des Themas und einer verwirrten Definition der männlichen Hauptfigur. Ein ungeschicktes Kochen aus Wasser mit Genre-Zutaten wie von einem Autor, der entweder noch nie einen Genre-Film mit einem ähnlichen…

This intense immersion into one life as an alternative history of the individual in relation to world history is not only absorbing with its immediacy and openness, but it is also breathtaking in its formalistic rendering. The fact that I’m Not Everything I Want to Be is composed of 3,000 photographs, as highlighted…

The very concept of The Valley of Gwangi, i.e. a combination of a western revue and dinosaurs, radiates a warm naïveté and magnificent old-world escapism. These values are given the lion’s share of space in the film and are developed into a delightfully trashy adventure. Ray Harryhausen, the master of stop-motion…

A likable low-budget genre movie and deliberate hokum built on the ethos of wrestling. Dark Match isn’t anything ground-breaking, but it has a sincerely trashy heart and a satisfactory build-up – the first twenty minutes are reminiscent of a stylish retro sports movie, then a portent of something sinister appears and,…

Whereas CGI spectacles have long since lost the ability to amaze us, here a green screen in combination with a group of friends in plush-toy costumes again and again becomes a field of limitless possibilities. The hyperactive genius Ryland Tews and his up-for-anything partner Mike Cheslik revive the tradition of both…