Blue Valentine (2010) Voll Streaming

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Step Up (2006) Download Film

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Transcendence (2014) Streaming-

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Kein Ort ohne Dich (2015) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

<p>Though Tillman doesn't quite elevate the maudlin material into serious drama, the result is uncommonly sensitive.. Conforms to a timeworn, and shopworn, Sparks formula of troubled protagonists receiving wisdom, or inspiration, or both, from unexpected sources.. 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 behold.. Awesome as director this is the first time that they have been together... <div id="rmore">2726560</div></p>

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Top Five (2014) Voll Streaming

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Peter Pan (2003) Film Abspielen

<p>There just isn't enough in the movie, despite its marvelous design, to warrant another visit to this material.. A tribute to the power of good storytelling.. I recommend this movie to everyone out there want to see an epic action movie that delivers to every sense of the word and I'm not WHO Easily could be convinced with good action no matter how big and famous. I recommend this movie to everyone out there want to see an epic action movie that delivers to every sense of the word and I'm not WHO... <div id="rmore">0316396</div></p>

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Forbidden Kingdom (2008) Film Abspielen

<p>Unfortunately, the plot becomes such a puzzle that the central characters lose their urgency and the movie overstays its welcome.. It's even hard to simply enjoy the performances of the two stars, who give more that the film deserves.. Between bedroom scenes, viewers may find themselves wishing they could roll over and take a nap.. Medem packs it with so much stunning, wildly colorful imagery -- and so much sex -- that it transfixes you even when you're not quite sure what's going on.. . It's a ... <div id="rmore">0865556</div></p>

Unfortunately, the plot becomes such a puzzle that the central characters lose their urgency and the movie overstays its welcome.. It's even hard to simply enjoy the performances of the two stars, who give more that the film deserves.. Between bedroo…

Nach 7 Tagen Ausgeflittert (2007) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

<p>In some ways, the Farrelly brothers' remake of The Heartbreak Kid is better than Elaine May's 1972 comedy. In other ways, not so much.. While the film needs the put-upon Ben Stiller of Flirting With Disaster or There's Something About Mary, it instead gets the recently emerged, more manic version of Stiller, who immediately throws the humor out of balance.. It's funny in spots if you can tune out the Farrellys' ultra-crass jokes -- along with any memory of the first movie.. [It] won't get any pr... <div id="rmore">0408839</div></p>

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30 über Nacht (2004) Streaming-

<p>It's nice to know that, Hanks or Garner, male or female, Big is still an idea that works, 16 years after it opened.. With its set 'em up, knock 'em down series of cliches, The Ugly Truth marks off the romantic comedy checklist.. Often 13 Going on 30's pleasures aren't deep so much as they are the trained responses to a push of our MTV-programmed buttons.. A movie that defies categorization, slips convenient genre boundaries, and leaves viewers feeling haunted and inspired in equal measure.. Roma... <div id="rmore">0337563</div></p>

It's nice to know that, Hanks or Garner, male or female, Big is still an idea that works, 16 years after it opened.. With its set 'em up, knock 'em down series of cliches, The Ugly Truth marks off the romantic comedy checklist.. Often 13 Going on 30'…

Breaking Dawn - Bis(s) zum Ende der Nacht - Teil 1 (2011) Film-Streaming

<p>For its delicate tone, provocative themes, impeccable craftsmanship and superb performances -- by Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and Keira Knightley -- Never Let Me Go earned my great admiration.. Never Let Me Go is sci-fi for the Belle & Sebastian set.. Romanek does so many difficult things beautifully in this movie, which richly deserves the Oscar consideration it will surely receive.. The film is a success. It works. Greatness eludes it, yes. But greatness eludes almost every film adaptation... <div id="rmore">1324999</div></p>

For its delicate tone, provocative themes, impeccable craftsmanship and superb performances -- by Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and Keira Knightley -- Never Let Me Go earned my great admiration.. Never Let Me Go is sci-fi for the Belle & Sebastian …

Alles eine Frage der Zeit (2013) Voll Streaming

<p>A Grimm brothers fairy tale taken to the Outer Limits.. Far more interesting as a trip than a destination.. Shyamalan, far from being a master of suspense, hasn't yet figured out that the shadowy things you glimpse out of the corner of your eye are always scarier than those you're allowed to gaze upon directly.. For moviegoers who can't fathom any situation worth $10.50 to witness everlasting love, steer clear of "About Time." But the drama offers something for almost everyone else .... Might ha... <div id="rmore">2194499</div></p>

A Grimm brothers fairy tale taken to the Outer Limits.. Far more interesting as a trip than a destination.. Shyamalan, far from being a master of suspense, hasn't yet figured out that the shadowy things you glimpse out of the corner of your eye are a…

Winter's Tale (2014) Film-Streaming

<p>This live-action fairy tale aims to recapture the romantic splendor MGM's golden era; the dialogue and metaphysical conceits are often risible, but even they convey an emotionalism rare in 21st-century Hollywood.. Never Let Me Go is strangely moving and mournful, but I wish more had been made of the beauty these people are relinquishing, if only as a counterweight to all that artful drear.. The emotional impact creeps up on the reader only gradually. Then, bam, it hits forcefully, memorably, and... <div id="rmore">1837709</div></p>

This live-action fairy tale aims to recapture the romantic splendor MGM's golden era; the dialogue and metaphysical conceits are often risible, but even they convey an emotionalism rare in 21st-century Hollywood.. Never Let Me Go is strangely moving …

Dating Queen (2015) Download Voll

<p>It's a familiar rom-com dynamic, but the reversal of traditional on-screen gender roles-combined with Schumer and Hader's easy chemistry-makes "Trainwreck" feel new and fresh.. In the way of most Apatow films, Trainwreck is a little too long, a little too shaggy and a little too conservative in insisting that all's square in love and war.. This is a film that belongs not to its director but to its star, who, if there is any justice in the world, is about to ascend from cult icon to mass phenomen... <div id="rmore">3152624</div></p>

It's a familiar rom-com dynamic, but the reversal of traditional on-screen gender roles-combined with Schumer and Hader's easy chemistry-makes "Trainwreck" feel new and fresh.. In the way of most Apatow films, Trainwreck is a little too long, a littl…

Corpse Bride - Hochzeit mit einer Leiche (2005) Film-Streaming

<p>The movie is a bit betwixt and between -- whimsical but eerie, funny but melancholy. That said, Corpse Bride truly is like nothing else at the movies these days.. Corpse Bride suffers from the same problem that has plagued Burton's recent live-action films: for all its formidable razzle-dazzle, it doesn't engage the heart.. They just keep going through the same things over and over again. The songs are forgettable.. There's a happy Halloween in store even for children who aren't allowed to trick... <div id="rmore">0121164</div></p>

The movie is a bit betwixt and between -- whimsical but eerie, funny but melancholy. That said, Corpse Bride truly is like nothing else at the movies these days.. Corpse Bride suffers from the same problem that has plagued Burton's recent live-action…

Vanilla Sky (2001) Streaming-

<p>The film's aim -- to dazzle and inspire -- is sapped by Cruise's vein-popping, running-the-marathon performance.. If Crowe's eyes are open, he seems to have directed most of Vanilla Sky with his mind wide shut.. Who would have thought that Cameron Crowe had a movie as bad as Vanilla Sky in him?. What works in a quirky foreign film can look silly with expansive Hollywood treatment.. A flawed film, but at times utterly engrossing.. . . Stands as a genuine existential idyll, a movie that muses rath... <div id="rmore">0259711</div></p>

The film's aim -- to dazzle and inspire -- is sapped by Cruise's vein-popping, running-the-marathon performance.. If Crowe's eyes are open, he seems to have directed most of Vanilla Sky with his mind wide shut.. Who would have thought that Cameron Cr…

Alles erlaubt - Eine Woche ohne Regeln (2011) Streaming-

<p>Guys can be desperately pathetic creatures when it comes to the opposite sex.. "Something about Mary" seems a lifetime ago.. Everything feels forced. Nothing kills laughter faster than trying too hard.. The Farrellys hedged their bets on whether to take marital infidelity seriously, when what they ought to have done is go all-out with the vulgar, one-dimensional slapstick, and leave it at that.. It wastes a lot of energy to very little effect.. Ever catch yourself thinking, "Man, I wish beer com... <div id="rmore">0480687</div></p>

Guys can be desperately pathetic creatures when it comes to the opposite sex.. "Something about Mary" seems a lifetime ago.. Everything feels forced. Nothing kills laughter faster than trying too hard.. The Farrellys hedged their bets on whether to t…

Pompeii (2014) Download Film

<p>The movie brushes against some of India's worst social ills, but it's essentially a fairy tale.. The film is a delight.. If there were a hint of a sense of play or humor in the filmmaking, beyond a briefly amusing moment of comeuppance for a foppish slaveowner, Pompeii might be a fun February diversion instead of a dull, eye-rolling slog.. It's a spectacle all right - but mostly just of a lot of people, some of whom should know better, making an utter ash of themselves.. Parmageddon is nigh in t... <div id="rmore">1921064</div></p>

The movie brushes against some of India's worst social ills, but it's essentially a fairy tale.. The film is a delight.. If there were a hint of a sense of play or humor in the filmmaking, beyond a briefly amusing moment of comeuppance for a foppish …

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<p>Transparently misogynist at its core.. If Crowe's eyes are open, he seems to have directed most of Vanilla Sky with his mind wide shut.. Neither Johansson nor Portman convince.. Unsexy and not particularly good-looking.. . Makes something wistful, enduring and even optimistic out of humanity's basest instincts.. Why in the name of ermine boleros would anyone make such a dull, coy and, worst of all, pretty film about Anne Boleyn?. . Any moral lesson the film pretends to hold is as muddled as it i... <div id="rmore">0213847</div></p>

Transparently misogynist at its core.. If Crowe's eyes are open, he seems to have directed most of Vanilla Sky with his mind wide shut.. Neither Johansson nor Portman convince.. Unsexy and not particularly good-looking.. . Makes something wistful, en…

Knight of Cups (2015) Film Abspielen

<p>Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. Music perfectly fits with the movie, the story can't tear myself away from the screen for hours. Really GREAT movie!!. This movie is an epic action movie that I believe in a few years from now shall be more appreciated than it is today !!. A masterpiece of genre film-making, really worth to watch.. A movie can have a superb story, amazing cinematography, and mesmerizing writing as well as directing, but without the talent... <div id="rmore">2101383</div></p>

Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. Music perfectly fits with the movie, the story can't tear myself away from the screen for hours. Really GREAT movie!!. This movie is an epic action movie that I believe in a f…

Tage am Strand (2013) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

<p>A lot rides on coincidence. Or fate. Or the magic pull of the moon. It all makes sense in the end.. . Pretty darn good, despite its smarty-pants aura.. It's a hall of mirrors, this flick -- every one of them pretentious.. Outre love stories are great, as are love stories that make viewers squirm. But they have to ring true emotionally, and despite its talented cast, Adore does not.. . This isn't an Oedipus complex. This is a Preposterous complex.. I have no idea why such strapping young men woul... <div id="rmore">2103267</div></p>

A lot rides on coincidence. Or fate. Or the magic pull of the moon. It all makes sense in the end.. . Pretty darn good, despite its smarty-pants aura.. It's a hall of mirrors, this flick -- every one of them pretentious.. Outre love stories are great…

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) Download Film

<p>It's not that the leads aren't affable. They are. It's not that they aren't nice to look at. They are. (Although the cinematography makes them look sort of blotchy.) It's just hard to care if they hook up after they, well, hook up.. The picture is no great shakes as cinema, and a shade too cute for its own good. Still, it's a mild shock to see a competent film released in the January trough.. What you get, above all, is some enchanting flashes of classic Miyazaki and the nagging sense that somet... <div id="rmore">0356910</div></p>

It's not that the leads aren't affable. They are. It's not that they aren't nice to look at. They are. (Although the cinematography makes them look sort of blotchy.) It's just hard to care if they hook up after they, well, hook up.. The picture is no…

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<p>As miraculous as the setting is and the realization of Wedge's vision, the story fails to really engage on any level save the kinetic.. This is Hollywood liberal humanism as muted join-the-dots melodrama, all carefully calculated colouring, broad outlines, and no room for fruitful digression.. With his unerring eye for characters, even their hidden dark corners, Brooks makes Spanglish a rich blend of humor and heartbreak.. You're constantly aware of how oddly these people are behaving, and the a... <div id="rmore">0358082</div></p>

As miraculous as the setting is and the realization of Wedge's vision, the story fails to really engage on any level save the kinetic.. This is Hollywood liberal humanism as muted join-the-dots melodrama, all carefully calculated colouring, broad out…

We Are Your Friends (2015) Film Abspielen

<p>This movie is an epic action movie that I believe in a few years from now shall be more appreciated than it is today !!. Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. Every minute of this action packed movie is amazing. This is the single best movie I have ever seen. All of the actors do great jobs at their roles from the villains to the side characters they all give convincing performances.. The film conceals as much as it reveals, and its beauty is that it pretends... <div id="rmore">3787590</div></p>

This movie is an epic action movie that I believe in a few years from now shall be more appreciated than it is today !!. Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. Every minute of this action packed movie is amazing. T…

Der Schatzplanet (2002) Streaming-

<p>Everything is beautiful -- even the squalor of poverty, the suffering of war. And nothing, ever, is revealed.. There's enough meaty plot and character left beneath the fancy effects to make watching the film a satisfying experience.. The subject remained interesting enough to this provincial American to accept and ultimately enjoy the film's well-worn romanticism, even with its resignedly tired happy ending.. Memoirs of a Geisha is everything you'd expect it to be: beautiful, mesmerizing, tastef... <div id="rmore">0133240</div></p>

Everything is beautiful -- even the squalor of poverty, the suffering of war. And nothing, ever, is revealed.. There's enough meaty plot and character left beneath the fancy effects to make watching the film a satisfying experience.. The subject rema…

Odd Thomas (2013) Film-Streaming

<p>If Richard Linklater attempted a remake of Val Lewton's Cat People, the end result might resemble Spring.. The protagonist of this low-budget indie is so well characterized that it might have developed into a straight drama instead of the horror movie it becomes, though of course that's the key to most good genre films.. The actors get a chance to create a real relationship, and they make the most of the opportunity.. A semi-adventure and even less of a romantic comedy, only pretends to whip up ... <div id="rmore">1767354</div></p>

If Richard Linklater attempted a remake of Val Lewton's Cat People, the end result might resemble Spring.. The protagonist of this low-budget indie is so well characterized that it might have developed into a straight drama instead of the horror movi…

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<p>A lazy (in all ways) Nicholas Sparks romance that's as pretty and vacant as its hero.. There is a moment in "The Tourist" when Johnny Depp turns to Angelina Jolie and asks "Why is all this happening?" It's a question moviegoers will be asking themselves as well.. As for Depp, his character makes so little sense that he can hardly be blamed for blinking his way through the movie with an expression of blank-faced puzzlement that recalls Dan Quayle in the 1988 vice-presidential debate.. Unable as I... <div id="rmore">1243957</div></p>

A lazy (in all ways) Nicholas Sparks romance that's as pretty and vacant as its hero.. There is a moment in "The Tourist" when Johnny Depp turns to Angelina Jolie and asks "Why is all this happening?" It's a question moviegoers will be asking themsel…

Mortdecai - Der Teilzeitgauner (2015) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

<p>Mortdecai isn't particularly funny, but it's also not the Pistachio Disguisey 2015 train wreck the Internet has spent the last few months anticipating. It's brainless, but it's painless.. Daffy, dated, and precisely as intended.. It's hard to escape the suspicion that the only people sure to enjoy 'Mortdecai' are Depp, Paltrow, Tim Burton and Madonna.. Johnny Depp has done so much for us. Let us now return the favor and pretend "Mortdecai," a disastrously misjudged career low, never existed.. Wi... <div id="rmore">3045616</div></p>

Mortdecai isn't particularly funny, but it's also not the Pistachio Disguisey 2015 train wreck the Internet has spent the last few months anticipating. It's brainless, but it's painless.. Daffy, dated, and precisely as intended.. It's hard to escape …

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<p>Screenwriters Chris Shafer and Paul Vicknair's script feels like a first draft that was written in one night as they got pumped up on Red Bull and speed-watched Netflix.. Relying too much on fantasy sequences and obvious from the first scenes in intent and conclusion, it's puzzling why Evans misses so badly.. You know you're in trouble when almost every character is given a name except the two leads.. Proving that its chosen genre is best when its tropes are treated with a balance of sincere swe... <div id="rmore">2139555</div></p>

Screenwriters Chris Shafer and Paul Vicknair's script feels like a first draft that was written in one night as they got pumped up on Red Bull and speed-watched Netflix.. Relying too much on fantasy sequences and obvious from the first scenes in inte…

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<p>This should be and could be a really fun and entertaining, silly movie and it isn't.. Kutcher and Heigl are unable to bring any warmth to what is at heart a bitter, cynical script. Just awful.. At a certain point, it actually becomes embarrassing to watch Heigl and Kutcher play at being in love.. Maybe filmmakers should shoot what Ashton's up to off-camera, because not many laughs are making it to the screen.. For someone so classically handsome, Kutcher is surprisingly anticharismatic as a star... <div id="rmore">1103153</div></p>

This should be and could be a really fun and entertaining, silly movie and it isn't.. Kutcher and Heigl are unable to bring any warmth to what is at heart a bitter, cynical script. Just awful.. At a certain point, it actually becomes embarrassing to …

Almost Famous - Fast berühmt (2000) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

<p>This is the celluloid version of a glossy magazine feature -- easily perused, modestly entertaining, the kind of piece designed to please the publisher by not taxing (or offending) the reader.. City of Bones isn't the worst of its kind, but crap served with flair is still basically crap.. Hollywood filmmaking at its best, brimming over with feeling, texture, spirit, and several kinds of keenness that transmute experience into big pop myth.. It rocks hard and sweetly, making that past live and si... <div id="rmore">0181875</div></p>

This is the celluloid version of a glossy magazine feature -- easily perused, modestly entertaining, the kind of piece designed to please the publisher by not taxing (or offending) the reader.. City of Bones isn't the worst of its kind, but crap serv…

Burlesque (2010) Streaming-

<p>A campy, satisfying showcase for the impressively flashy vocal and sartorial stylings of Cher and Christina Aguilera.. This corny guilty pleasure of a movie is a fitting two-hander for these seasoned pros.. . A 99-minute film that seems to last for three hours ... one of the worst films to sport the label "romantic comedy.". Some Kind Of Beautiful has a fine cast, but they're stuck doing shtick.. Hayek swings for the fences, but none of the gags she's tasked with delivering are funny, not even w... <div id="rmore">1126591</div></p>

A campy, satisfying showcase for the impressively flashy vocal and sartorial stylings of Cher and Christina Aguilera.. This corny guilty pleasure of a movie is a fitting two-hander for these seasoned pros.. . A 99-minute film that seems to last for t…

Die Entdeckung der Unendlichkeit (2014) Film-Streaming

<p>The film both adheres to and gently upends the conventions of the Great Man genre.. "The Theory of Everything" is mostly a conventional biopic about two very unconventional people, and it rests comfortably in the hands of the two actors playing Stephen and Jane.. This is rich material for the film's lead actors, and both are superb.. "The Theory of Everything" breaks down simply, perhaps too much so: a great performance in a good movie.. "The Theory of Everything" is a brainy bio that exerts a g... <div id="rmore">2980516</div></p>

The film both adheres to and gently upends the conventions of the Great Man genre.. "The Theory of Everything" is mostly a conventional biopic about two very unconventional people, and it rests comfortably in the hands of the two actors playing Steph…

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

<p>Belying its title, Like Crazy is a film not about the ferocity of love, but about its fragility.. A romantic drama that makes other romantic films look obvious and calculated in comparison.. 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.. It's not exactly Casablanca, but times have changed.. Very bad medicine indeed.. The writing is sharp and the performances bright, and if you've been through the forced gestationa... <div id="rmore">1586265</div></p>

Belying its title, Like Crazy is a film not about the ferocity of love, but about its fragility.. A romantic drama that makes other romantic films look obvious and calculated in comparison.. The film is dully shot and so predictably plotted, you coul…

Valentinstag (2010) Download Film

<p>A Garry Marshall movie has to be funny in order to be anything at all, and this one is so deeply involved with its pseudo-meaningful roundelay of beautiful but inexplicably lovelorn people as to be teeth-grindingly, mind-warpingly boring.. It's a very glib, shallow movie, but it keeps you moving around enough that you could actually have a good time.. It's got a cold, shiny cash register right where its heart should be.. . Charmingly cast and phenomenally so-so.. It's not a great comedy, but it'... <div id="rmore">0817230</div></p>

A Garry Marshall movie has to be funny in order to be anything at all, and this one is so deeply involved with its pseudo-meaningful roundelay of beautiful but inexplicably lovelorn people as to be teeth-grindingly, mind-warpingly boring.. It's a ver…

Zwei an einem Tag (2011) Streaming-

<p>The result is a rom-com with ambition, keen to actually develop the characters and to mix a few tears with the laughs. Well, the effort is admirable, the movie not so much.. "One Day" is a beautiful movie, but beautiful in a way that life often is, not movies.. Perhaps one day, Hathaway and Sturgess will reunite in a more emotionally satisfying romance.. No popular storyteller ever went broke stoking the undying female fantasy that if a good woman puts her mind to it, a heel can always be brough... <div id="rmore">1563738</div></p>

The result is a rom-com with ambition, keen to actually develop the characters and to mix a few tears with the laughs. Well, the effort is admirable, the movie not so much.. "One Day" is a beautiful movie, but beautiful in a way that life often is, n…

Rache ist sexy (2006) Film-Streaming

<p>... a teen payback comedy that squanders any potential it might have had on the altar of that all-important teen desire: It wants us to think it's cute.. John Tucker Must Die is trying to be Mean Girls with a more pointed purpose, but it's less fun than it sounds.. Jeff Lowell's slapdash script is as phony as Beth's trendy animal activism, but it does offer plenty of easy laughs.. Not the worst of its kind, but few over the age of 14 will find it worth forking out for.. ... it's so tediously for... <div id="rmore">0455967</div></p>

... a teen payback comedy that squanders any potential it might have had on the altar of that all-important teen desire: It wants us to think it's cute.. John Tucker Must Die is trying to be Mean Girls with a more pointed purpose, but it's less fun t…

Love and other Drugs - Nebenwirkung inklusive (2010) Streaming-

<p>Altogether, not a bad trip.. Sideways is neither effete nor snooty. It's a knowing, often-tender comedy about the plight of middle-aged men who aren't exactly living fast-track lives.. A polished romantic dramedy that won't change your life but might make you a little happier for a couple of hours.. With four fine films under his belt, Payne should be regarded as an American treasure.. Jake Gyllenhaal is great in Love & Other Drugs. So is Anne Hathaway. Too bad the movie's a mess.. Love and Othe... <div id="rmore">0758752</div></p>

Altogether, not a bad trip.. Sideways is neither effete nor snooty. It's a knowing, often-tender comedy about the plight of middle-aged men who aren't exactly living fast-track lives.. A polished romantic dramedy that won't change your life but might…

Fast verheiratet (2012) Online-Streaming-

<p>"Endless Love" isn't so much a remake of the 1981 Franco Zeffirelli film as it is an extended ad for the idyllic Abercrombie & Fitch lifestyle.. At best, "The Five-Year Engagement" is very well played by its leads and supporting characters. You can't go wrong with Segel, Blunt, Pratt and Brie, the latter two TV stars who are movie-ready.. A fun, entertaining picture, and another credit to Segel's rising career as a writer and star.. None of the players exhibits much personality, but it's hard to... <div id="rmore">1195478</div></p>

"Endless Love" isn't so much a remake of the 1981 Franco Zeffirelli film as it is an extended ad for the idyllic Abercrombie & Fitch lifestyle.. At best, "The Five-Year Engagement" is very well played by its leads and supporting characters. You can't…

Plötzlich Prinzessin (2001) Film Abspielen

<p>A surprisingly sophisticated comedy.. "A Little Chaos" wants us to be fascinated by a feminist who never was, then undermines her by casting an approving eye on the steamy affair she begins with her boss.. Gratingly unfunny, mean-spirited Farrelly brothers flick.. . The new version doesn't have any of the ethnic nuance or black-comic nastiness of the earlier one, and the Farrellys miss the opportunity to add their own.. Engrossing and entertaining if sometimes trite and manipulative and totally ... <div id="rmore">0247638</div></p>

A surprisingly sophisticated comedy.. "A Little Chaos" wants us to be fascinated by a feminist who never was, then undermines her by casting an approving eye on the steamy affair she begins with her boss.. Gratingly unfunny, mean-spirited Farrelly br…

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<p>In the end, Bridesmaids is touching and funny and a tiny bit sickening. Just like a real wedding.. This movie is an epic action movie that I believe in a few years from now shall be more appreciated than it is today !!. By the time two hours had dragged by, I felt a lot like I had sat through a five-hour wedding.. Tinged with shadows and ignited by Lawrence and Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook raises the bar on romantic comedy. It's crazy good.. Going deep without resorting to trick plays, the su... <div id="rmore">1045658</div></p>

In the end, Bridesmaids is touching and funny and a tiny bit sickening. Just like a real wedding.. This movie is an epic action movie that I believe in a few years from now shall be more appreciated than it is today !!. By the time two hours had drag…

High Fidelity (2000) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

<p>It's hard to remember the last time guys were nailed so perceptively and dragged into adulthood so warmly and entertainingly.. Why not give it a spin?. A funny, perceptive movie about pop music, a man's confused passions for records and women, and the lure of perpetual teenagehood.. Cusack works especially well with the unknowns in the cast, while Frears creates an ensemble that complements Cusack's more flamboyant moments.. As for Mr. Cusack, there's nothing potential about his stardom any more... <div id="rmore">0146882</div></p>

It's hard to remember the last time guys were nailed so perceptively and dragged into adulthood so warmly and entertainingly.. Why not give it a spin?. A funny, perceptive movie about pop music, a man's confused passions for records and women, and th…

Blau ist eine warme Farbe (2013) Online-Streaming-

<p>A love story so erotically charged that it short circuits our higher functions.. The two actresses, seen up close or from far away, are extraordinary. The emotional trajectory of their passion is entirely believable and ultimately heartbreaking.. Love hurts in Blue Is the Warmest Color. That's why it sticks with you.. Make no mistake, "Blue Is the Warmest Color" constitutes a breakthrough, in addition to being the best film of 2013.. About our appetites-for love, connection, life fully and vibra... <div id="rmore">2278871</div></p>

A love story so erotically charged that it short circuits our higher functions.. The two actresses, seen up close or from far away, are extraordinary. The emotional trajectory of their passion is entirely believable and ultimately heartbreaking.. Lov…

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<p>Captures with such immediacy the elation and anxiety of new love, the tingle and the terror, the profound sense that you have never been more alive and the occasional wish that you could die on the spot.. A romantic comedy that feels like real life.. If it just misses being this generation's 'Annie Hall', it's still deliciously refreshing, sweet and fizzy. A sherbet dip of a movie.. It's very smooth and well done; Marc Webb clearly has a solid visual eye and natural sense of pacing.. It isn't Hu... <div id="rmore">1022603</div></p>

Captures with such immediacy the elation and anxiety of new love, the tingle and the terror, the profound sense that you have never been more alive and the occasional wish that you could die on the spot.. A romantic comedy that feels like real life..…

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<p>You'd have to be a zombie not to enjoy it.. We're left with a setup that guarantees only 15 minutes of wholehearted enjoyment, followed by 80 minutes of intermittent mild amusement.. In a genre that's grown so exhausted - what are we, up to "Night of the Resident Evil Dead Part 23" by now? - "Warm Bodies" not only brings in some fresh blood, but has brains to spare.. Warm Bodies doesn't even have the conviction to follow through on its lame ideas, let alone its good ones. It's a mostly terrible ... <div id="rmore">1588173</div></p>

You'd have to be a zombie not to enjoy it.. We're left with a setup that guarantees only 15 minutes of wholehearted enjoyment, followed by 80 minutes of intermittent mild amusement.. In a genre that's grown so exhausted - what are we, up to "Night of…

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<p>This movie is an epic action movie that I believe in a few years from now shall be more appreciated than it is today !!. The excellent performances by the cast are also what raise this movie well above your ordinary action movie.. Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. A masterpiece of genre film-making, really worth to watch.. Awesome as director this is the first time that they have been together again Since training day powerful movie go see it!!!. The film... <div id="rmore">4007558</div></p>

This movie is an epic action movie that I believe in a few years from now shall be more appreciated than it is today !!. The excellent performances by the cast are also what raise this movie well above your ordinary action movie.. Absolutely one of t…

Moulin Rouge (2001) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

<p>... the movie loses its meanness in its last third, a cop-out that robs it of the reason for making it and giving it such a nasty title. ... slightly smarmy.. Not the worst of its kind, but few over the age of 14 will find it worth forking out for.. This is definitely the worst installment of the franchise to date.. ... John Tucker Must Die is clever enough to avoid the places you expect it to end up, occasionally racy without being trashy, inventive in its torture.. Although Eclipse isn't a gre... <div id="rmore">0203009</div></p>

... the movie loses its meanness in its last third, a cop-out that robs it of the reason for making it and giving it such a nasty title. ... slightly smarmy.. Not the worst of its kind, but few over the age of 14 will find it worth forking out for.. …

Küss den Frosch (2009) Online-Streaming-

<p>With eye-popping saturated color and streamlined figures, codirectors Ron Clements and John Musker (the duo behind the vibrant Aladdin) lovingly invoke Harlem Renaissance artistry.. A welcome return to the Disney tradition of 2-D animation.. You can exhale now: The Princess and the Frog is a triumph on every one of the myriad levels it has been asked to succeed on.. A charming carnival of a movie, Disney's The Princess and the Frog is a landmark, business as usual and a return to form for the wo... <div id="rmore">0780521</div></p>

With eye-popping saturated color and streamlined figures, codirectors Ron Clements and John Musker (the duo behind the vibrant Aladdin) lovingly invoke Harlem Renaissance artistry.. A welcome return to the Disney tradition of 2-D animation.. You can …

Sideways (2004) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

<p>There's not a false note here, and the entire supporting cast -- Madsen, Oh, Church and Marylouise Burke as Miles's Mother -- is uniformly excellent.. As character study, as exercise in American ambiance or, simply as an entertaining movie, Sideways triumphs.. Sideways is neither effete nor snooty. It's a knowing, often-tender comedy about the plight of middle-aged men who aren't exactly living fast-track lives.. Sideways stays resolutely life-size. And that, in this age of hype and hyperventila... <div id="rmore">0375063</div></p>

There's not a false note here, and the entire supporting cast -- Madsen, Oh, Church and Marylouise Burke as Miles's Mother -- is uniformly excellent.. As character study, as exercise in American ambiance or, simply as an entertaining movie, Sideways …

Vergiss mein nicht! (2004) Streaming-

<p>The film is highly manipulative, all right, but in ways that allow the audience a modicum of self-respect. The sniffling legions at the screening I attended needn't have felt like fools.. Works marvel after marvel in expressing the bewildering beauty and existential horror of being trapped inside one's own addled mind, and in allegorising the self-preserving amnesia of a broken but hopeful heart.. Led by the unforgettable work from a young actress who's among the best of her generation, "The Fau... <div id="rmore">0338013</div></p>

The film is highly manipulative, all right, but in ways that allow the audience a modicum of self-respect. The sniffling legions at the screening I attended needn't have felt like fools.. Works marvel after marvel in expressing the bewildering beauty…

Der Plan (2011) Beobachten Film

<p>Underneath its hocus-pocus is a compelling story, very well told.. The love story is corny, the pacing is slow and some cast members are out of their element (yes, that means Biel), but the film has a cer tain cryptic charm.. The movie's content and style generate all the synergy of fingernails and blackboard.. As 1992 rolls around, a sense of dread sets in: Are they really going to do every single year?. This terrific romantic thriller, set in 1900 Vienna, is an outstanding example of frugality... <div id="rmore">1385826</div></p>

Underneath its hocus-pocus is a compelling story, very well told.. The love story is corny, the pacing is slow and some cast members are out of their element (yes, that means Biel), but the film has a cer tain cryptic charm.. The movie's content and …

5 to 7 (2014) Beobachten Film

<p>Levin, in an effort to appease an American sensibility, has taken sophisticated subject matter and made a movie for children.. Though it's understandable that the melancholy Arielle is moved by Brian's passion for her, the contrasts between them always makes her seem like more of a babysitter than a paramour.. Sumptuous and romantic in an attractively old-fashioned way despite a hitch designed to give some contemporary American idealists pause... the film satisfies in a wholly commercial way.. T... <div id="rmore">2486678</div></p>

Levin, in an effort to appease an American sensibility, has taken sophisticated subject matter and made a movie for children.. Though it's understandable that the melancholy Arielle is moved by Brian's passion for her, the contrasts between them alwa…

Suite Française (2014) Online-Streaming-

<p>A slice of Masterpiece Theatre cheese in which a biracial heiress makes her way through 18th-century English society while her guardian tries an insurance fraud case involving a slave ship.. A little gem of a film full of believably offbeat characters and eclectic mood music.. Garden State may not define an entire generation, but it has a sharp eye for the passive aimlessness that can take hold when young adults realize there's no handbook on how to find purpose and meaning in life.. This Britis... <div id="rmore">0900387</div></p>

A slice of Masterpiece Theatre cheese in which a biracial heiress makes her way through 18th-century English society while her guardian tries an insurance fraud case involving a slave ship.. A little gem of a film full of believably offbeat character…

Ritter aus Leidenschaft (2001) Download Film

<p>. You might find yourself smiling and laughing all the way through it.. Essentially, it's a screenful of pseudo-medieval popcorn that hits a high enough level of goofy fun to transcend a pretty blatant marketing strategy aimed at the MTV demographic.. Strip away its 14th Century trappings and A Knight's Tale is just a Middle Ages Rocky that spares no cliche in its unduly long, 2 1/4 hours.. A meandering story packed with corny moments, mostly dull acting and a star who, hype aside, shares only a... <div id="rmore">0183790</div></p>

. You might find yourself smiling and laughing all the way through it.. Essentially, it's a screenful of pseudo-medieval popcorn that hits a high enough level of goofy fun to transcend a pretty blatant marketing strategy aimed at the MTV demographic.…

Serena (2014) Download Film

<p>Funny how there are fans of Jennifer Lawrence who will never see her in "Serena." It's not her best film, but it contains one of her best performances, in a role that challenges her more than any other.. Both actors, gracefully dressed and lightly anguished, draw deep on their professional aplomb in a bid to keep a straight face; the credible, bulked-up pain that Cooper brought to "American Sniper" seems a world away.. What were Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence thinking? Seriously?. Lawrence... <div id="rmore">1247690</div></p>

Funny how there are fans of Jennifer Lawrence who will never see her in "Serena." It's not her best film, but it contains one of her best performances, in a role that challenges her more than any other.. Both actors, gracefully dressed and lightly an…

Breaking Dawn - Bis(s) zum Ende der Nacht - Teil 2 (2012) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

<p>With so many scenes of well-dressed vampires sitting or standing, stiffly, while Taylor Lautner or Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart passes another micro-slab of dialogue like a kidney stone, [Sheen's] overacting's greatly appreciated, thanks.. While parting involved no sorrow, it was sweeter than expected.. It made me realize that, as narratively lumpy as they can be, I like the Twilight films because they're really about the eternal movie romance of vampires at play.. What makes this melanch... <div id="rmore">1673434</div></p>

With so many scenes of well-dressed vampires sitting or standing, stiffly, while Taylor Lautner or Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart passes another micro-slab of dialogue like a kidney stone, [Sheen's] overacting's greatly appreciated, thanks.. Whi…

Bride Wars - Beste Feindinnen (2009) Streaming-

<p>Bride Wars takes the burgeoning Anne Hathaway wedding-movie subgenre from the sublime to the despicable.. In these recessionary times, it's not just misogynistic to assume that intelligent women turn into feral dogs at the sight of a Tiffany gift box, but it's also beside the point.. Bride Wars makes Sex and the City seem like Jane Austen.. There's more cheer to be gained from staring outside at a bleak and desolate winterscape in the twilight of a shortened day than paying good money to endure ... <div id="rmore">0901476</div></p>

Bride Wars takes the burgeoning Anne Hathaway wedding-movie subgenre from the sublime to the despicable.. In these recessionary times, it's not just misogynistic to assume that intelligent women turn into feral dogs at the sight of a Tiffany gift box…

Footloose - Es ist wieder Zeit zum Tanzen (2011) Film-Streaming

<p>In terms of empty-headed exuberance, it's hard to top Footloose.. Escobar offers an odd mix of action movie, romantic melodrama and cautionary traveler's tale, which works better than it should thanks to Del Toro's fascinating performance and Di Stefano's assured, muscular helming.. "Footloose" has the look and feel of an OK basic cable movie.". A fresh dramatic perspective breathes some welcome new life into the modern drug trade genre in Escobar: Paradise Lost.. In the second half ... the film... <div id="rmore">1068242</div></p>

In terms of empty-headed exuberance, it's hard to top Footloose.. Escobar offers an odd mix of action movie, romantic melodrama and cautionary traveler's tale, which works better than it should thanks to Del Toro's fascinating performance and Di Stef…

Was Mädchen wollen (2003) Film Abspielen

<p>A dreadful teen comedy.. An execrable and witless nonstarter that makes a potent case for hanging the Cinderella myth out to dry till the end of time.. . An unsubtle but sunny fairy tale.. The new film is an excellent choice for American parents who want their children to grow up infatuated with British royalty.. The movie asks the timeless question: Can a little girl from America find love and happiness as the daughter of a wealthy and titled English lord? If you are a fan of Bynes, you will pr... <div id="rmore">0286788</div></p>

A dreadful teen comedy.. An execrable and witless nonstarter that makes a potent case for hanging the Cinderella myth out to dry till the end of time.. . An unsubtle but sunny fairy tale.. The new film is an excellent choice for American parents who …