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Nobody
A man, caught in the daily family grind, snaps after a burgary and gets into war with the Russian mob
Wittenberg
23-07-2024
First part good, second part amusing but unconvincing action
Initially was quite excited, as this felt like an interesting variation of Falling Down, with a normal man snapping and no longer caring. But then it turns into John Wick mode, where he endlessly escapes bullets from mindless goons - if they shoot at all. This was the lesser part.Lost Highway
A saxophone player gets sucked into an ever stranger murder case, involving a femme fatal
Wittenberg
22-07-2024
Filmnoir with a some absurdity - which I wanted to like more.
Maybe these film-noir type of movies are just not be cup of tea, but I had trouble getting into this, and Pullman, with his single-expression stonerface, wasn't helping. The weird twists and turns were nice though, as was the lovely Arquette. But I felt I was missing something.Verliefd op Bali
A mother and her two daughters go to Bali to process grandma's death, and their cursed proceedings in love
Wittenberg
22-07-2024
Slightly amusing but deserved to be great
This is not a movie I would normally watch, so I'll try to be fair. The story provides fruitful soil for comical situations, a stab at Bali tourism and has room for some deeper explorations. It's all there, it kinda works, but it's also a lukewarm, lacking a sharp script to make it pop.Appleseed Alpha
A soldier and her cyborg compagnion assist a mysterious girl in a post war world
Wittenberg
21-07-2024
Some cool graphics served rather plainly
Unfamiliar with the anime backstory, I had to take it as it was. I really liked some of the visuals, and the story was descent enough. But it failed to make a real impact, it all felt kind of flat and 1 dimensional. Some good supporting music was suspiciously absent or mixed in way too soft.Starfish (2018)
While grieving for her friend, a mysterious code unlocks.. the end of the world?
Wittenberg
21-07-2024
A balancing act
At times I found this mysterious, arty and dreamy slow burner, nicely flavored with a dash of horror and science fiction, intriguing and pretty. At other times I found it pretentious, sleep-inducing and pointless. I suspect most will only find it one of these.The Acolyte
A Starwars crime detective story involving twins with a mysterious origins and a hunger for revenge against the jedi
Wittenberg
19-07-2024
An unnecessary, unremarkable and average starwars show
I did not think it was AS bad as the internet thought it was, but I did think it was extremely average on all counts. Most noticeably, you can only shrug when it's over because it doesn't feel like a starwars story, it didn't need to be, and it doesn't seem to affect it any way.'71
Amidst the religous wars in Belfast, a soldier gets left behind on the wrong side of town
Wittenberg
18-07-2024
A solid manhunt
Tension runs high as both the people who hunt him down, as those that try to rescue him, are involved in shady groups and alliances. It's a well made, tense movie with some hefty moments. Ultimately is more a manhunt than a political commentary, which is probably for the better.Begotten
Extremely grainy footage of extemely disturbing stuff happening
Wittenberg
17-07-2024
A curious and unstelling project that intrigues
The disturbing and intriguing images, presented on extremely deteriorated film with nausea inducing sounds, make this almost unbearable (had to turn down the brightness), which I guess was the idea. I did find that looking at something you don't understand can only last for so long.I.S.S.
Russians and American inhabitants of ISS can no longer trust each other when a war breaks out on between their countries
Wittenberg
16-07-2024
A nice idea done nicely
The movie mostly plays out as you'd expect and is reasonably exciting, but nerve wrecking it is not. Similarly, effects and acting are also decent enough, but nothing truly impressive. So yeh, an entertaining, original yet average scifi flick it is.247°F
Three kids get locked in a sauna.
Wittenberg
07-07-2024
Execution a bit lacklustre, but what an idea
As a horror, it is kind of so-so. The script lacks finesse to really make us feel the heat, and the characters are not likable enough to care and share the anguish. The idea of it though, is quite sensational, and had me pondering what I what do, so it does give something.Godzilla Minus One
A disillusioned kamikaze pilot gets a change to redeem himself when Godzilla comes
Wittenberg
06-07-2024
Not everyone thinks it is a masterpiece
Frankly, I was quite surprised at all the praise this movie got. Yes, it looks okay and is probably true to the real Godzilla stuff, but I found the terribly enacted drama in between a slog to get through, the tactics to defeat Godzilla ridiculous and it just wasn't terrifying to me.I Saw the TV Glow
A boy befriends a girl with a common fascination for a TV show, that slowly seems to interfere with their sense of reality
Wittenberg
04-07-2024
A beautiful but unclear trip
A rather unique movie, both in terms of the story and the presentation of it. The characters are sympathetic, the happenings are pleasantly weird and the music is beautiful. But I don't think I really understood the movie, and wonder if it could have been more touching if I did.Light
Two woman crashland seperately on a moon and try to find a son and stay away from danger lurking in the dark/myst
Wittenberg
03-07-2024
This might be the most boring movie I know
If you have no money for sets, it's worth a try to situate everything on a dark cloudy planet and do only closeups. But for that to work, you need great actors and an even better script. Alas, this movie has neither, and turned out to be a torturous boredom fest of people in big helmets talking.Avgrunden
An earthquake hits a small town in Sweden
Wittenberg
02-07-2024
A fair smalltown disaster movie lacking tension
The small town vibes and small group of focus people are quite refreshing, making this disaster movie more relatable and personal than bombastic Hollywood destruction. But I did not find the script particularly inspired, and some of the scenes go on way too long without being tense.Three Thousand Years of Longing
A woman releases a genie, and together they ponder their lives in trying to find out what wishes to make
Wittenberg
28-06-2024
Conversations done right
The movie mixes some philosophy, history and fantasy, but above all is quite a chatty intellectual movie about longing and purpose. But is remains accessible, and never gets heavy handed due to it's lighthearted atmosphere.Mars Express
A detective and her (robot?) partner go to Mars to solve a crime
Wittenberg
28-06-2024
Interesting but a little too tame for me
While there is a lot to like, such as the mature atmosphere and the razor sharp visuals, I ultimately was slightly underwhelmed. I thought it could have been bigger and bolder, with more badass music, action and standout moments.Civil War
Journalists on a roadtrip to try and reach their destination in the midst of an American civil war
Wittenberg
24-06-2024
High tension war drama but finding the message may be difficult
The neutral viewpoint of the journalists, and no explanation who is fighting who and why, is a smart move to make this about fear and war, not choosing sides. There is constant tension in the air. The downside of it that I am not really sure what the movie is trying to say.Sous La Seine (Under Paris)
There's a shark in the Seine, a scientist being ignored, an ignorant major and some tiktok kids making things worse
Wittenberg
16-06-2024
Why so serious
The main problem is that it takes it's premise rather seriously, which makes all illogical, nonsensical and sometimes preposterous events stick out like a sore thumb. So now it's neither tense shark horror nor a fun spoof.John Wick Chapter 4
To really break free from his curse of violence, John must challenge a higher up member of the table
Wittenberg
15-06-2024
An even bigger dose of the same. I am slowly checking out.
With the familiar stylistics, even longer John Wick style fighting, and some memorable scenes, this should satisfy the fans. For me personally, I am not sure I was really excited by it, because it is so excessive, and the way the bad guys wait with shooting, or miss, or both, is getting conspicuous.Girl House
A woman decides to work in a house loaded with camera's for online viewers, but one viewer is evil and knows where the house is....
Wittenberg
15-06-2024
Decent idea worthy of better execution.
After some snappy titles, a surprisingly strong backstory of the killer, the quality kind of plummets. The main character seems miscasted (I didn't buy her taking up this job), the tension is half baked and the slashing is all a bit so-so. Everything being broadcasted is a nice idea though.Prospect
Two space people go to a planet to collect some precious goods, end up having to cooperate with enemies in order to leave the planet again
Wittenberg
12-06-2024
Almost a gem showing budget is secundary. Almost.
While the movie clearly shows a limited budget, some cool space graphics, a well directed landing scene, the future retro space suits and the overall dreamy vibe all generate an interesting atmosphere indeed. A slightly more exciting and tight script could have made it a hidden gem indeed.Constellation
An astronaut survives an accident in the ISS, but once back on earth things don't seem to be the same. Not exactly.
Wittenberg
10-06-2024
Great scifi puzzler
I quite liked these series, as they successfully mix time/dimensional trickery, science fiction, quantum oddities, a dash of horror and some interesting characters played by great actors. It's looking good and the weirdness is pleasing while never becoming convoluted.Masters of the Air
About the '100th' bombardment group during the ww2
Wittenberg
07-06-2024
Ultimately a disappointment
I found it hard to connect with the characters, who come across over-scripted, over-directed and over-concerned with being handsome. I got tired of the bar scenes where they are clever and witty, and it all comes across as a bit thin, uninspired and done better elsewhere. Even the flight scenes.Atlas
A mech army goes to a distant planet to take down a rogue AI droid threatening the world
Wittenberg
07-06-2024
Enjoyable brainless action
There are quiet a few problems with this over-the-top flick. Most notably the main character, who is either written weird, played weird, or both. But I have to say, as scifi action pulp I found it quite entertaining and good looking, and it features some of the best mech scenes I know.April 9th
A Danish military squad on bicycles is facing impossible odds when Germany attacks Denmark during worldwar two.
Wittenberg
04-06-2024
A remarkable and effective war story
I found this movie quite effective. The way the soldiers, on their bicycles with a handful of bullets, confront armored tanks almost elicits pity, and the plain way is is shot makes it feel pure and non-sensationalist. Too bad the emotional connection with the guys remains limited.Suitable Flesh
A psychiatrist comes into contact with a boy who seems to contain an evil spirit looking for more host bodies
Wittenberg
29-05-2024
Embarrassing
A movie that feels so terribly out of date in terms of feel, screenplay and acting that it becomes embarrassing to look at. I read somewhere that it is meant as an ode to 80s mystery shows. Perhaps that would have won me over if the script was worthwhile, but it is not.Slaughterhouse Slumber Party
A new girl joins the slumberparty of a group of friends, but she brings dark secrets with her
Wittenberg
28-05-2024
There's fun at the bottom end
A preposterous and abysmal movie in every way imaginable, but they made it anyway and somehow that makes it work. I gradually started to dig the humor and puns, and actually had a decent time. Be warned though - after watching this you may conclude that there's something wrong me as well.The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
When his clanmembers are taken hostage by other apes, a remaining member needs help of a human to get them back
Wittenberg
26-05-2024
An impressive sidequest in the franchise
This time it's a more personal, intimate an detailed story that still fits well in the franchise. It's all very solid en striking, and my emotional involvement with CGI apes was quite remarkable... albeit still not way up there.Immaculate
Girl becomes nun but finds a horrible secret about the monastry
Wittenberg
26-05-2024
Not a rip-off, but not really impactful either
Aside from some lesser jump-scares, this movie manages to more or less set up it's own atmosphere and personality. It's quite sober and pure, and the lead actress does a good job. Unfortunately, it doesn't get really scary or through provoking, and it is unable to reap the creepiness of religion.Sentinel
Three spacewarriors timetravel to earth to defeat a sentinel lurking there
Wittenberg
20-05-2024
Boring and confusing spacepulp
There is some stuff in here that I thought was okay-ish, but this still is a C-class bottom shelve product. The boring and confusing screenplay (which made me doze of several times), the hopeless dialogues and the disjointed (stock?)music are just some of the problems.Mandy
When his wife is violently murdered by hippie reli psychos, the man takes revenge
Wittenberg
20-05-2024
A revenge trip low on script
It really is a rather straightforward revenge story, but it is presented with a trippy and artistic flair that gives it depth and some relevance. The usage of animation was really interesting but seemed underdeveloped. More story would have made this better.Bodkin
A team of of 3 distinct personalities goes to an irish village to make a true crime podcast about dissappeared locals
Wittenberg
19-05-2024
A bold and quirky detective, just not for me
These series should win a lot of fans, with a remarkable lighthearted vibe, quirky characters and plenty of small-town detective-work. For me personally, I just wasn't thrilled by it. Everything was too unlikely, convenient and too written out for that. I am not even sure I liked everyone.Spaceman
An astronaut on a solo mission has a hard team dealing with a breakup with his wife, but then gets a very special friend to help him through
Wittenberg
17-05-2024
A warm and unique spacemovie about relationships
This is probably the exact philosophical, dreamy, oddball, puzzling and emotional relationship movie it needs to be and wants to be. My slight desire for a bit more juice is probably misplaced.Kandahar
When his secret mission is exposed, a CIA operative and his guide must make it out of Afghanistan when all extremists groups in existence come after him
Wittenberg
15-05-2024
Decent, but outclassed by a slightly similar movie
The developing relationship between the man and his guide reminded my of the movie 'The Covenant', but I was less moved or convinced by this one. Likewise, the action and thrills are sufficient for an exciting watch, but also less slick and less nail-biting than said movie.Even Horizon
A space rescue team heads out for a mysterious spaceship that suddenly reappears after having been lost, coming back from a dark and unknown place.
Wittenberg
15-05-2024
A horror scifi classic
After re-watching this classic, I found it was a bit goofy at times, and the story, despite the deep theme, was actually quite plain: they want to get on the ship, then they want to get off. However, this still is one of the best and most entertaining combinations of horror and scifi you can find.Cosmic Sin
When extraterrestrial live is discovered, a team goes to another planet to neutralize the threat, bringing an old veteran with them
Wittenberg
05-05-2024
crappy
I knew this was crappy ,but I was hoping it would turn into some amusing goofball entertainment. But is really was just crappy, with long tiresome dialogues ("They may very well be alive, but highly unlikely"), gutless combat and no real sense of being in the future.Land of Bad
The succes of a dangerous rescue mission relies heavily on the supporting drone operators
Wittenberg
28-04-2024
Flawed but effective war action
I thought the main hero was a bit of a dissonant cardboard pretty boy, and the uninterested, TV watching ground support team was just preposterous. Other that that, it still is a tense, heart pounding movie, in a way that only war movies seem to tickle me.Paradise
In a future where people can sell years of their live for money, allowing the rich to get younger, a couple gets caught in a web
Wittenberg
28-04-2024
A fair but plain future crime story
A fine futuristic crime story providing adequate friday-evening entertainment. I did find everything was a bit plain, lacking energy or a really tight script. It needs a better, less generic title too.Taeter City
In a future where criminals are turned into burgers, people hunt for an individual who seems immune to the controlling radiowaves. Or something.
Wittenberg
24-04-2024
A bizarre gore anarchy
Initially I was wondering if there was going to be any point to this, but gradually the continuous very gory executions, set against this totalitarian society with continuous advertisement for human meat.... somehow began to work. Very rebellious and sickening. For some, that is a plus.Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
The assembled squad must now defend the farmers against the evil space people
Wittenberg
21-04-2024
A failure with some nice looking stuff here and there
In the end there was some satisfying space warfare porn, and I like how this movie has it's own distinct look. But other than that this is such a strange failure. 100% flat characters, cringy lines, kitschy slowmotion scenes of grain harvesting, and an overall sluggishness woven throughout it all.Cryo
People wake up - prematurely? - from their cryo tubes and need to find out who's who and what's happening
Wittenberg
21-04-2024
Nice story. Now what we need is a good script.
The premise, including the twist at the end, is decent enough. It's just so dull, long and low budget that I was struggling to stay awake.Stopmotion
A woman tries to complete the stopmotionfilm of her dying mother, leading her into a surreal trip where the movie becomes part of real life
Wittenberg
17-04-2024
An original and pretty good horror
There can be something eerie about many stop motion films, so using it as the basis for a horror is an exciting move. It is well done with stylish and moody imaginary and a good doze of surrealism. Halfway through though, the curve flattens as it sort of goes to autopilot. Still, nice little findImaginary
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.Dune: Part Two
Paul joins the Fremen on Arakis. Some say he is the chosen one to lead their cause.
Wittenberg
10-04-2024
An epic epic
This part spends more time on the characters and the tribe rituals, but there is also epicness in large quantities, making this a massive joy to simply experience. But I have to say, there's still something preventing it from truly knocking your socks off.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.Pi
A man obsessed with numbers looses his mind where he tries to find patterns in both the stock exchange and the Tora
Wittenberg
08-04-2024
A pleasant fix of gloomy weirdness
I wonder if it's just because of the black and white that it reminded me of Eraserhead? Or was it also the sweaty claustrophobic cinematography, the insanity and otherworldlyness of it all? Who knows. It's a cult niche thing, but a worthy one for sure.3 Body Problem
When science appears to be broken, a group of scientists discover an amazing upcoming event causing it
Wittenberg
04-04-2024
Not perfect, but loaded with plenty of scifi perks
There were quite a few elements that I found a bit of-putting - mainly that this world cataclysmic event only seemed to occupy a small group of befriended people - but this did not take away from the fact that it is a highly enjoyable scifi epic, loaded with strange stuff and enticing mystery.Creepozoids
A group of deserted soldiers (?) in a post nucelar world hide in a lab, but there even bigger dangers await
Wittenberg
03-04-2024
A bad movie the way I like 'em
Poor effects, attacking rat puppets that move only because the actors handles them, a nonsensical story, unnecessary nudity and people running through the same hallways over and over. And that's just for starters. But it's all quite quirky and amusing.Galaxy of Terror
A rescue mission to a crashed spaceship makes the rescue crew face their deepest fears
Wittenberg
03-04-2024
A poor but amusing alien clone
Even if it is nowhere near as good, it steals a lot of scenery and creepiness form Alien, which is okay with me. It really is a poor-mans version of said movie, but in a fun and sympathetic way, and it manages to bring in some memorable scenes of it's own.Deep Fear
A sailor rescues two shiprecked people, which leads into an ordeal of crime and shark invested waters
Wittenberg
24-03-2024
Another crap shark movie
When the lead is a pumped up bimbo with spot-on make-up even after two deepdives, shot in numerous preposterous shots to show her curves, a movie is pretty much lost. Add crappy acting and a poor script and it becomes hopeless. Two shark attack scenes were surprisingly ok compared to the rest of it.Movies found: 1078 | max movies per page: 50 | Showing: 1 - 50
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