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Two astonauts passing time on their way to the end of the universe
Wittenberg
07-04-2017
Unbearingly boring
Possibly it was trying to say something deep. But this barrage of long, pointless, repetitious scenes, goofy acting and plywood set pieces was just god-awful and made sure I didn't care what it was. A shame, because a journey to the end of the universe sounds so freaking amazing.Isn't it Romantic
no-life woman bumbs her head and wakes up in a Romatic Comedy
Wittenberg
08-04-2019
I just wish it was nastier
It's a great idea that will yield a few laughs. But ironically, it's not really funnier than the movies it is making fun of, and even comes up with the very moral lesson I thought it was revolting against.Irreversible
Told in reverse order, a guy is out for revenge when his girlfriend is brutally raped
Wittenberg
15-03-2022
Very distrubing and very well done
Why do people make movies like this? Why do I watch it? Why do I rate it favorably? It's hard to understand, but somehow it made sense. The audacious cinematography, the sickening feeling it evokes, and the acting in very long (albeit unbearable) shots are just unique and a a class apart.Iron Sky
Not realizing the war is over, the nazis on the dark side of the moon are preparing an invasion of earth
Wittenberg
09-02-2014
They should have gone crazier
Smart ideas and very smart looks, but ultimately it lacks the inspiration to really succeed as either a comedy or action adventure. A b-ish flavour remains. They should have gone whack.Iron Man 3
Iron man takes on a terrorist
Wittenberg
13-10-2013
Iron mess
Mindblowing events and technology, yet noone seems to give a damn. So neither did I. A mess of rushed storytelling, boredom, an unlikable hero, noise and so much Iron man suits that I stopped caring about any of them. Suicide by abundance.Ip Man
The (true?) story of a Kung Fu master who stood up against the Japanese during ww2.
Wittenberg
15-02-2018
Good and bad things from China
It's not always an easy watch because of that painful Chinese overacting and slapstick performances that make it feel like a farce. But as the war begins, the colors fade and gradually it strikes a more serious and interesting tone, and the elaborate superfast kung fu keeps it afloat.IO
Woman is trying to find cures for a dying world, but an uninvited stranger urges her to join him and catch the last rescue ship into space
Wittenberg
19-01-2019
Sympathetic but very boring
I really tried to get into the flow of this slow-burn movie, as a small, delicate an intimate story about big issues. But boring is boring, and the quasi-meaningful dialogue and cascade of pointless scenes made me yell COME ON too many times.Invitation, The
Introvert man is invited to a party, at which something feels not quite right
Wittenberg
03-06-2018
Party sucked, movie did not
One of those movies that plays out in a single place with a single group of people, and a good one at that. The main goal of slowly building up a feeling of discomfort and anxiety to resolve what's going on is successfully achieved by the fine actors, story and no frills.Invisible Man, The
Woman escapes her tirant husband, but he comes back to haunt her in ways she did not see coming. Mwuaha.
Wittenberg
15-11-2020
Classy version
It's at it's best when it patiently explores the uncanny feeling of someone being in your house, without resorting to cheesy effects of cheap scares. Later on it turns into more gimmicky cat-and-mouse affair, but still with plenty of class. Great lead actress, too!Into The Storm
Tornados
Wittenberg
31-12-2014
Cloaked with bad decisions
The question is: can you handle obnoxious teenagers with all kinds of uninteresting teenager problems, an unlikely crew of unlikable people, stiff acting and a pointless handheld camera approach in exchange for a few amusing tornado shots? Well, can you?Into the Heart of the Sea
The 'true' story of Moby Dick, of whale hunters becoming hunted by a whale
Wittenberg
10-04-2016
Well made but not engaging enough
It has a nice look and feel to it, and it was clearly made with much love and dedication. But these grumpy and dirty men harpooning whales were hardly sympathetic, so their misfortune was hardly engaging. The thick arty layers of unnatural colors take away a sense or realism too.Interview, The
Dodgy network channel gets the chance to interview the leader of North Korea, and are asked by the CIA to kill him in the progress
Wittenberg
28-02-2015
Another okay-ish comedy
Given the the actors, plot and possibilties, I expected more of this. Besides a few laughs, there's also very long periods with not much in it, and the movie can be hysteric and a bit embarrassing at times.Interstellar
Earth is dying, so astronauts fly into a wormhole in search of new home
Wittenberg
30-11-2014
Stellar
A grandiose, delicate, stunning and truly stellar experience - with brains too. I thought it was let down somewhat by characters that walk and talk too much like only filmpeople do. Like explaining to each other what a wormhole is, not until they're freaking flying into one. And the music, my god!Internship, The
With no relevant skills, two sacked salesmen enlist for an internship at Google.
Wittenberg
02-02-2014
404 humor not found
Instead of having a ball with the funny premise, this movie is extremely generic, consisting entirely out of tiresome jokes and gut-wrenching Hollywood cliches so banal it made me look away from the screen.Insurgent
In a future where people are living in factions based to their personalities, a group of rebels aim to break these boundaries
Wittenberg
14-02-2016
Can you make it till the end
I am afraid I loathe these 'young adult' future novels as of late. I can't stand these plastic, one dimensional people living in these ridiculous worlds doing unlikely stuff, always looking oh so pretty as they go along. The only savior are the imaginative and classy 'sim' scenes near the end.Insidious: The Red Door
Father and son forgot their trauma through hypnosis, but when the son goes to college, the past comes back.
Wittenberg
09-04-2024
Uninspired and uncapable
An utterly uninspired attempt to do some more with this franchise. It looses any creepiness early on, only to continue with a tiresome, slow and predictable waste of time.Insidious
Family moves into a home, soonafter which paranormal things happen and the boy falls into a chronic sleep (but it's not a coma!)
Wittenberg
12-06-2016
Half great, half ok
Starts of terrifying indeed. But then the inevitable ghost expert team moves in and sort of break the tension with misguided humor, along with the cliched medium and a tacky explanation for it all, and it sort of drifts into a slightly messy Poltergeist clone.Inside Out
5 separate emotions in a girls' head are trying to keep it together when she and her parents move to a new city
Wittenberg
31-07-2015
Unique, emotional, courageous and wonderful
One of the most unique, brave and original movies ever to come out of a major animation studio. A collage of symbolism en abstractions that is still child-friendly and a great experience. It made me cry as well, which I needed to hide from popcorn munching kiddies all around me in the theater.Inside
Art burgar gets trapped inside a house for a long time, and needs to find ways to survive (and possibly escape)
Wittenberg
17-04-2023
Quite a unique survival movie
Indoor survival, what an idea! It's all executed perfectly fine, and Dafoe manages to not overdo the gradually increasing frustration and insanity. Nothing mind-blowing here, but it's a worthwhile and refreshingly different movie for sure.Innocents, The
Girl and autistic sister find new friends when they move to a new appartment, with whom they develop by paranormal abilities and games, but not all in a good way
Wittenberg
11-09-2022
Intriguing childrens' horror
The semi-relaxed atmosphere, mysterious but never sensationalist, together with telling the story mostly form the perspective of the children, makes this a a slow but unique and satisfying watch. I was bit puzzled what drove the evil one, though.Ingress: The animation
Man who can sense the past of objects, gets caught up in a worldwide conspiracy involving even weirder stuff with dark energy
Wittenberg
16-05-2023
Lots to like, but too vague for it's own good
Another anime that I really wanted to like, with it's classy opening, cool animation and imaginative story. But it's also hard to follow, almost like it is struggling with it's own complexity as everyone keeps explaining stuff. And I HATE ALL ANIME GASPS DEEPLY.Infinity Pool
Couple on vacation in a fascistic country descend into hellish and surrealistic peril when they leave the resort
Wittenberg
26-02-2023
A tasty shocker
Although it has plenty of bizarre and shocking scenes, this movie doesn't solely rely on them, but also is a feisty crime and science fiction story on it's own right. I was really enjoying this, and Mia is such a screen presence again!Infinitum: Subject Unknown
In a sort of experiment, a woman must escape from a house during which she interacts with parallel escape attempts from herself in other dimensions
Wittenberg
30-07-2021
Quite plain considering the subject
I think the misleading poster artwork is what they actually had in mind: a mind-bending puzzler about realities intertwined through dimension. It contrasts starkly with the very plain and and basic execution in which someone tries to escape a house and the dimension thing hardly takes of.Infini
Rescue squad gets transported to a distant space base to save the last survivor
Wittenberg
26-02-2017
Looong everyting
Occasionally it strikes a chord, but EVERYTHING - be it people talking, staring, chasing, monologuing, contemplating, fighting, briefing or debriefing - takes so freaking long it starts to mess with your mind.Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Retired Indy comes back into action when the nazi's are after a device promising mastery of time
Wittenberg
06-08-2023
Tremendous fun and adventure. A success.
Me and my wife agreed that the balance between action/chase scenes and supernatural historical mystery could perhaps be opposite of what it is, but this is entertaining and fun, pretty much the way it should be. Whether it truly has lasting standout moments, I am not sure.Independence Daysaster
Aliens strike from above and below, smalltown folk (and president) scramble into action
Wittenberg
13-04-2014
Bad - but sympathetic and unpretentious
You B-movie you! With your continuous bombastic music blasting over shaky camera shots of people constantly jumping in and out a car! But it's sort of all right, it does what it can. Effects are sufficient. Fair game.Independence Day: Resurgence
Mankind has had a major tech and weapons upgrade, but will it be enough to counter a second alien invasion?
Wittenberg
11-07-2016
Leave brain at home
I guess it rightfully is the brainless over-the-top popcorn scifi movie it needs to be, so that it doesn't need to make excuses for being shallow, stupid and hardly exiting. Fun, but ultimately I find these movies less and less satisfying. Couple of days later, I have already forgotten most of it.Incredibles 2, The
Again living in secrecy, the family gets a chance to do their superhero stuff again when they are contacted by a secret organization
Wittenberg
30-06-2018
What a lovely family
A lovely episode that once again shows the aces of the franchise: Spectacular action, a lot of humor and an exciting, well-developed story line. But what The Incredibles absolutely excel at are the non-heroic moments where we see them as normal, fallible persons trying to get by like anyone else.Incantation
A woman is cursed of doing some ritual wrong. And she also adopts this daugther - I am not sure how it was related
Wittenberg
09-07-2022
Too messy
There are a couple of intense images, and the underlying vibe of strange and spooky rituals has potential. But the mockumentary approach was far-fetched and not doing it any favors, and the story and timeline are very confusing and jumpy. And honestly, I was kind of bored with it.In the Tall Grass
Pursuing cries for help, a brother and sister get lost in a field of tall grass - where weird stuff is going
Wittenberg
29-11-2019
Lacks the quality to make it last
It's an interesting idea, but would require a clever story and/or great actors to make it work for the entire duration of a movie. Unfortunately, it doesn't really have neither, so after a while and starts to loose appeal. Bonus points for trying though.In the Earth
Two scientists go deep into the woods to find a lost colleague, where they face mystical natural phenomena
Wittenberg
06-12-2023
Could have used some more focus and excitement
I like it when things get sciency, and it goes well with natural presentation and some slow burning. But in this case, it can be a little too dull, and the story lacked a focus. It felt like it invented itself as it went on.Impossible, The
A family tries to survive the 2004 tsunami in Thailand
Wittenberg
13-04-2014
Terrifying and heart shattering
A terrifying and heart shattering experience throughout. Very well done, although maybe a little over eager to bring the viewer to tears.... but goodness did they succeed!Immortals
Gods select mortal man to act against the havoc of King Hyperio
Wittenberg
02-10-2013
Too nasty
It looks fantastic and was made well. But the brutality and sheer nastiness in the movie left a bad taste in my mouth. I am still having nightmares about Brazen Bulls.Immanence
Scientists go on a boat to sea to investigate possible extraterrestial phenomena.. or is it divine phenomena?
Wittenberg
06-03-2022
The story was there, the rest was not
I usually dig science babble, but coming out of the mouths of these guys it sounded ridiculous. And while the story had potential, I am afraid the execution fell short in many other fields as well. Confusing and weird, in a bad way. Clearly not filmed on sea, disguised by pitch black surroundings.Imitation Game, The
The life and achievements of Alan Turing
RockmeNow
25-01-2015
Bit boring movie with good acting
The movie provides an overview of the impressive achievements of Alan Turing during World War 2, as well as aspects of his personal life afterwards. Great role by Cumberbatch, but the pace is rather slow and I actually almost fell asleep towards the end (although it was also rather late).Imaginary
Family is confonted with an evil imaginary friend of the youngest daughter
Wittenberg
14-04-2024
A great idea planted in fruitless soil
What a fantastic idea to make horror about imaginary friends. Unfortunately, this movie had just one moment that impressed me. The rest is a formulaic affair with a badly acting daughter, some stupid lines an characters, missed opportunities and a generic trademark Blumhouse horrormovie feel to it.Im Westen Nichts Neues
Follows a few young German boys into the first worldwar trench hell against France
Wittenberg
02-11-2022
An impressive and heavy warflick that ought to have hit harder
A film that impressive in many ways: The raw depiction of war, the insanity of trench wars in particular and the cinematography. But somehow it didn't fully manage to transfer the deep sense of fear or dread like some other war movie have. Perhaps I didn't really bond with the characters.Ichi The Killer
A ganster mob routine of torturing and killing people gets disrupted by a mysterious killer that leaves the rooms soaked in blood and guts
Wittenberg
08-08-2017
A torture movie for research rather than enjoyment
I actually got used to the torture scenes of amputations and various acts with sharp objects. I actually became somewhat interested in, and empathized with, the mysterious killer. But mostly I still felt sick and depressed rather than amused after watching this.iBoy
A guy accidentely gets a piece of phone lodged in his brain, giving him superpowers he the uses for a good cause
Wittenberg
28-07-2020
A fair variation on superhero movies
The story is told more interestingly and seriously as the title and subject would have you think, and I quite enjoyed this small but tasteful superhero variation.I, Frankenstein
Frankenstein's monster's chosen profession, being alive and all, is demon hunter. Together, with gargoyles!
Wittenberg
09-06-2014
Pointless and quite uninteresting
The creation of the monster is briefly told in flashbacks while the opening titles are still running. The fact that he is Frankentein's is hardly relevant. He is basically a strong, civilized dude fighting demons, in a dull and stiff copycat of Underworld and Van Helsing Gothic stylistics.I Spit on Your Grave
Girl survives a brutal redneck gang rape and comes back to torture them to death
Wittenberg
20-02-2016
A heavy, deeply uncomfortable, depressing affair.
If you manage to finally make it through the rape scenes, the next endurance test is full frontal torture, slightly more bearable because of the payback. I thought the complicated torture setups deployed seemed overly elaborate, prone to errors. But how can we rate movies like this? A 7 perhaps?I Saw the Devil
After his sister is murdered by a brutal serial killer, a cop hunts him down, nearly kills him then releases him to repeat the pattern
Wittenberg
29-12-2022
Hefty serial killer without much engagement
The serial killers methods are hefty and relentless, so you never feel sorry for the his painful fate. It's a good flick if you like serial killers and gore, but I didn't really feel involved mainly because the cop is such a sterile and robotic character.I Origins
In a search for the evolutionary origins of the eye, the lovelifes of the scientists lead to an even more profound discovery
Wittenberg
19-01-2015
A wonderfull mix science of spirituality
Appeared slighty pro-spirituality, anti-science, depicting scientist as strange, rigid, disconnected people. It's no big problem though, because it is still a very well done, nicely paced movie with an unsubstantiated premise that is nevertheless nice to see where it's going.I Kill Giants
Outcast girl apparently is fighting giants and setting traps for them.
Wittenberg
22-08-2018
A big little movie
A reminder that glimpses can be more effective than in your face CGI mayhem, and that simple stories told and acted with care can be just as engrossing as any. A rather nifty little movie.I am Thinking of Ending Things
Woman takes a long roadtrip to meet her parents-in-law, but the jounrey and visit get darker and stranger as it goes
Wittenberg
03-10-2021
A strange but tasty slowburner
A well-acted and mysterious flick that makes you sense something is wrong way before it is. It is slow and without a manual, but near the end you wind up so clueless that it leaves a slightly unrewarding feeling though.I Am Mother
In a secluded facility, a robot raises a little girl as a first in a repopulation program for a toxic earth, but then the girl let's in an unexpected visitor.
Wittenberg
08-06-2019
Decent
A decent looking and interesting story with plot twists that, while not completely unexpected, keep things interesting. After a while it started to drag a bit, and I found the visitor so unpleasant and annoying that, instead of sympathizing with her, I wished mother would have gotten rid her.Huntsman: Winter's War, The
An alternative, side-story story situated around the area and events of the snow white fairy tale
Wittenberg
28-01-2017
Nothing to stand out or excite
I think the good intentions are there, but I found it rather flat and uninvolving, appearing rather insignificant next to giants like The Lord of the Ring.Hunter Killer
American submarine is sent to rescue the Russian president... without starting a world war
Wittenberg
31-03-2019
Decent macho stuff
It tries a little too hard to be macho and has everyone talking in super tough guy one liners... all at the expense of realism and true tension. But what's left is still an entertaining, action-packed submarine movie for us to jerk off to the glorious American military.Hungerford
Some roomies/friends try to survice, after space visitors turn everyone into zombies. Good thing one of them was just doing a film project.
Wittenberg
13-11-2020
A minimal found-footage flick with annoying protagonist
I should sympathize with what they managed to create using very little resources, but it really was pretty basic zombie stuff. Some acted pretty good, some were ok, but the main character was a really annoying dude, and I started to despise his constant heavy breathing and drama.Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The
The winners from the previous games are used to suppress rebellion or something
Wittenberg
09-03-2014
Pretentious, boring and annoying
I found it impossible to care about this world or any of the lifeless flat characters inhabiting it. I didn't understand what they were doing or what was driving them, and was annoyed and bored out of my mind. One of the rare movies I switched off - so I guess you could say I liked Sharknado better.Movies found: 1044 | max movies per page: 50 | Showing: 551 - 600
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