A weathered Sheriff returns to the remains of an accident he has spent a lifetime trying to forget.
Animated
Pixar short succeeds in this attempt to make a dark adult cartoon
movie; the freak accident itself, however, appears like a comedy gag
gone wrong.
A cold day in December. Long afterward, after the assassination and all the pain, the older man would remember with great clarity the young man's grace, his good manners, his capacity to put a visitor at ease.
After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of
crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk,
and violent.
Bitter satire of life in Australia's outback
is very convincing and realistic, especially considering the 'tragic'
ending; well-played and with some good cinematography.
Halliwell*: "A convincingly brutal picture of a community whose interests range from homosexuality to a bloody kangaroo hunt."
Maltin***: "Intriguing film...Unlikely to be endorsed by Australian tourist commission."
A documentary in which Freda Kelly looks back at her career as lifelong secretary for The Beatles.
Wonderful
documentary focused on a lovable person on the hidden side of fame, but
still offers little insights into the stars' lives and the music
business.
A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.
Another
exorcism horror 'shocker' below par, at times risible and quite
forgettable, the ending is quite abrupt without any thrills.
Maltin*1/2:
"Steeped in Jewish mysticism, and featuring one of the very few
on-screen exorcisms performed by a rabbi (Oldman), writer-director's
low-voltage shocker is often inadvertently comical enough to qualify as
camp. Even so, some viewers may be seriously offended by this
supernatural drama's exploitation of the Holocaust as a plot device."
When a young doctor suspects she may not be alone in her new Brooklyn
loft, she learns that her landlord has formed a frightening obsession
with her.
Mediocre stalker thriller which manages to accumulate all the cliches you'd expect from the often-told plot.
Maltin
BOMB: "Appallingly derivative stinker, barely released, goes through
the usual litany of psychotic moves before screech-halt at a dime. It's
incredible that any double Oscar winner would ever wind up headlining a
movie like this."
From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal
judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system,
revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.
Brilliant
documentary and essay on the so-called 'war on drugs' that offers some
quite amazing and shocking revelations about its true background.
I'm an American living in Regensburg, Bavaria. Born in Munich I spent my first 10 years in Kirkwood, Mo. 1971 we moved to where I am now. Finished German school in 1981, afterwards studied philosophy and German literature and languages. 1982 I joined the management of the local film club's cinema Filmgalerie, and from 1991-2001 I co-owned an own arthouse cinema STALI (Stadtamhofer Lichtspiele). In between I also was partner of the cinema and music bookstore Angry Red Planet for a few years. In the 80s I co-founded the local industrial band and performance art group Lyssa humana that officially still exists, but currently doesn't perform (last time was for our retrospective exhibition in 2010) at the Kunstverein Graz. I was also member of the shortlived noise rock band Hammersmith. Since 2001 I work for the customer service of a large American online company.
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