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Livid

When three friends sneak into an old ladie's mansion looking for treasure, a haunted past finds them

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
23-12-2024
5

Not scary and out of fashion

Despite a few decent moments, my main impression was that it is very dated: the old mansion with vines and cobwebs, a pale lady, creepy dolls and stuffed animals, little ghost girls. Even the music sounded out of fashion. Perhaps it is an ode to those days, but then at least make it scary.
5

Starry Eyes

An actress desperate for a role auditions at a cult movie company, that slowly alters her behavior and even herself

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
22-12-2024
6.5

Decent but immature

It's quite original and has some some nice mystique and a pretty dense atmosphere. But it wasn't too scary, and the story felt a bit underdeveloped, like some ideas not fully formed into a well flowing script.
6.5

Wild Robot, The

A robot designed for serving humans crashslands in a forest with only animals and needs to reinvent herself

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
22-12-2024
8

Great movie with a big heart

If you want to call it 'Wall-E in the woods' that's fine by me - it still is a great movie that made me laugh and even cry a bit, and the remarkable 'paint' style looks great. It has pleasant, sensible life themes that are well balanced and never overdone.
8

Crash (1996)

A couple comes into contact with a group who are arroused by wrecked cars and people, preferably both at once

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
22-12-2024
7

Forbidden pleasures

As uncomfortable as it sounds (and is), there is something exciting about peaking into this subculture. It's definitely a peculiar and pleasantly forbidden movie, but it would have been more involving if the characters themselves were at all impressed with their newly found fetish.
7

Foundation (season 1)

In a galaxy ruled by powerful emperors, group of rebels rise - who use math to predict the future and stay one step ahead

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
15-12-2024
7.5

Series with epic grandeur but some distance

This show features plenty of interesting and well casted characters, some unique scifi designs and plenty some subplots that work well together. It's a bit cold and distant though, which may fit in the cold universe this is, but makes it less involving.
7.5

MaXXXine

She finally gets her big break to play in a non-adult movie. And there is a killer on the loose

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
15-12-2024
6

A dissapointing end of the trilogy

On itself it already was a rather meaningless movie that can only you make you shrug. But seeing this as a part of the trilogy with the remarkable Pearl and X, really makes you wonder how this ended up here and what they were thinking. Mink needs a better finale.
6

Tous les Dieux du Ciel (All the Gods in the Sky)

A man takes care of his disabled sister, working towards a mysterious resolution for the both of them

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
14-12-2024
7

Remarkable and uncomfortable.

A gloomy and twisted movie that is not about sensationalism, but a more subtle sense of sickness and discomfort. It effectively uses some scifi and horror elements to create an interesting mix.
7

Blood, Sweat and Terrors

Several short stories about.. fighting?

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
14-12-2024
3

Chocolates were emtpy inside

I usually like these short stories, like a box of chocolates. But these were pointless, poorly acted, badly choreographed, bad looking and just utterly boring.
3

Don't Move

A woman goes to the forest to end it all, but ends up paralized by a kidnapper and needs to fights for her live without moving

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
05-12-2024
7

An orignal and tense story. Not great but perfectly fine.

While it never quite reaches the nailbiting, unbearable anxiety the premise ought to have, it still did a good job of keeping me hooked and involved. Extra points for originality. That guy though, twas just too damn pretty. Somehow I think it would have worked better if he looked like actual people.
7

Banshee Chapter

A woman investigates the dissapearance of an old friend, who took a mysterious drug that allowed him to see... them

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
05-12-2024
4.5

A semi-found footage flick that's messy and fails to impress

The mysterious broadcasts were creepy, I wish they had stuck with that. Instead it was a pointless addition to an underdeveloped story that actually got a bit boring at times. That reporter guy out-acted everyone and therefore almost seemed in the wrong movie. Misleading artwork too.
4.5

Elevation

Monsters have driven the last humans above 2400 meters, but they have to get below that for medicines

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
02-12-2024
6.5

Average entertainment with no surprises

A scfi monstermovie will probably always provide some solid entertainement, even if it can be pretty darn average. The monsters are unimpressive, the characters okay but flat or unlikable, the plot is predictable. Even the music was run of the mill. Decent, but leaves your mind immediately.
6.5

Smile 2

This time, a pop diva is haunted by the smile

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
27-11-2024
8

Great horror full of inspiration

I felt there might be some inconsistencies in the lore, and perhaps the script is even a little jumpy. But my my - what great and fibrant horror! Full of memorable scenes to give you the chills, not relying on lazy jumpscares. Fine performances and great sounds and music.
8

Megalopolis

One guy wants to redesign New York but the mayor does not. Or something.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
25-11-2024
3.5

Extremely unclear and boring

Who knows - maybe in 10 years time this movie will have a cult following, pondering it's deeper meaning and misunderstood brilliance. But as it stands, I did not understand what was going on and was extremely bored by it - begging for it to end.
3.5

Vesper

A girl tries to get by and take care of her father in a ecologically destroyed world in the future

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
19-11-2024
6.5

Likable movie in need of a tad more spices

While this scores with a non-sensationalist approach, sympathetic characters and some pleasing effects and biological creatures, it is let down by an overall slowness and lack of dynamics in the already sober story.
6.5

Watchmen Chapter 1

When one of the watchmen semi-super hero's is killed, the now retired (and outcast) others are left with the question why

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
19-11-2024
7

Objectively good, but not involving

A very good looking animation, that - I think - retains the gloomy and underdog atmosphere and unique style of the comics. Nevertheless, I found it hard to get really moved by it, or get involved with any of the characters - except of course for the spectacular Dr. Manhatten.
7

Deadpool & Wolverine

They need to figth some evil person to escape some evil place with the help of other heros and so on and so forth

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
12-11-2024
5

A two hour long fart

I still think I get this humor, and could enjoy the anarchy and meta self awareness. But mostly it feels like two hours of immature teen jokes. Everyone's invincible so the fighting is pointless and boring as hell, and the story is just completely irrelevant. Hmmm, maybe I don't get it after all.
5

Slingshot

When a spaceship traveling to Titan is hit by a mysterious object, the crew's coherence is put to the test as to whether to continue the mission

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
04-11-2024
6.5

A reasonable scifi with a reasonable, but not entirely new, twist

The story and the twist were done before in another movie, but is still worthwhile. Up until the twist, it is okay, with decent performances, decor and a nicely accumulating sense that something is wrong.
6.5

Fly Me to the Moon

A marketing spindoctor goes to work for Nasa, where she needs to sell a product that weighs heavy on her conscience

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
04-11-2024
6.5

Another average comedy, albeit in a nice setting

It's fine. The 60's atmosphere mixed with space rockets emit a good vibe. But like all comedies, it seems, it evokes some light chuckles at best. For me, the stiff and lifeless character and/or performance by Tatum was the main culprit.
6.5

Trap

The police seal of a concert in a hunt for a serial killer

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
27-10-2024
6

Played cards too early?

It starts of pretty interesting, but pretty early on we already get what feels like would be the twist. After that, what remains is a mildly entertaining, but hardly believable or groundbreaking crime/thriller.
6

KAOS

The Greek Gods, and some mortals, plan to bring down Zeus

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
26-10-2024
6.5

Unique but can be boring and slow

Reimagining the Greek Gods in a (very) modern setting was a great idea, and I generally liked the style and vibe of these series. But I also found it was rather dragged out, and at times very low energy, especially the scenes in the afterlife - during which my mind wandered of several times.
6.5

Witch

A woman in a medieval town is accused of being a witch, and with the help of a mysterious man tries to survive the hunt for her

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
20-10-2024
3

Poor quality drab

Sometimes you are reminded how hard it must be to properly shoot a movie, because, as this movie shows, even people simply walking from A to B can look awful and fake. And that's before we come to the tedious dragged out screenplay and conversation, bad dialogue and complete lack of tension.
3

Exists Within

For her study project, a girls decides to investigate the mysterious sounds coming from the appartment above her

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
14-10-2024
6

Too tame, missed oportunities

I guess the charm of this movie would be an everyday urban girl unraveling horror and drama way bigger than she bargained for. The problem is the execution though: it is al quite slow and flat, potential nail biting moments fail to raise the temperature, worsened by mismatched upbeat music.
6

Wandering Earth II, The

A prequel showing the extraordinary hardships en technological global challenges to get earth moving

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
13-10-2024
6.5

Feels like a three hour trailer

The space tech in here is bold and looks stunning, and the movie feels more mature than part I. But the script and storytelling is exhaustive, consisting out of endless shots of people doing and saying techno stuff instead of really following a character.
6.5

Escape Pod

Two people escape a destroyed space ship in a pod, in which extraterrestial danger and hidden motives await

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
10-10-2024
5.5

Cheap, but they had some ideas that work

Most people probably won't be able to see through the no-budget quality, silly pod decor, and so-so actors. But something in the story managed to keep my interest, and even unfolds some layers that were quite amusing. An example of ideas being able to overcome limited resources. Barely.
5.5

Uncharted

A guy gets a change to find hidden treasure, and his mysteriously disappeared brother

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
08-10-2024
6

A half decent adventure, but without soul

I guess this will satisfy the basics of treasure hunting adventure movies, but that's about it for me. I found none of the characters particularly likable or able to carry this, the treasure finding was so convenient and lazy and the finale is a bit much.
6

Inland Empire

An actress starts to drift in alternate (sur)realities as she performs a role

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
08-10-2024
7

Divisive, not for everyone, but I am glad I experienced it

I am still not sure about this understandably divisive movie. Did I watch agonizing, slow and pretentious nonsense, or a harrowing, smart and artistic descend into madness? The first two hours felt like the former. The last hour I began to see the latter.
7

Subservience

With his wife in the hospital, a man takes in a robot nanny. Gee I wonder will all be okay.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
06-10-2024
5

A pretty tired take on a familiar story

It finds very little to add to the familiar story of androids becoming hostile, being predictable and plain. Perhaps the erotic tension earns it some credits, even though that could have been miles better too. Fox was cold, even for a robot. Madeline Zima was the warm highlight of this movie.
5

Kalki

Good versus evil epic scifi kind of thing

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
02-10-2024
5

Abort

I don't want to review movies I did not watch in it's entirety, but I am not sure I would have survived this exhaustive mix of epic but fake looking stuff, a dissonant slapstick hero amidst serious themes and a cardboard feel to everything and everyone, with nothing to care about.
5

Frontera Verde

A detective investgates bodies in the jungle, leading her deeper into the jungle, it's native tribes and jungle magic

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
01-10-2024
6.5

A strong concept shaped with a lack of energy

On paper this was amazing. A crime story set against the background of beautiful jungle footage, mysterious forces and tribal rituals. What's not to like? Well, the pacing for one, as it constantly looses momentum and wanders aimlessly through the story as she does through the jungle.
6.5

Andromeda

A man is called by Nasa to travel (?) into outer space to find a new home for mankind

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
29-09-2024
4.5

A poor movie about big ideas

Well there definitely are some wild ideas about space travel, even if they feel made up as they go. The problem is the presentation; guys needlessly standing in the dark, problematic dialogues and a lack of flow and good story telling. Hard to stay awake with.
4.5

Broken, The

One day, a woman sees herself. And discovers a terrible truth about mirrors.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
26-09-2024
7

A modest but pleasing sciencefiction thriller

While this movie may not be spectacular in terms of quality or script, it nevertheless has an intriguing story to tell, and does so with care and a gentle touch. There is something mature about it, not relying on trickery or spectacle, but on it's story.
7

Substance, The

When a star is dumped because she's too old, she tries a substance that promises to grow a younger version of herself. Out of herself.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
25-09-2024
8.5

A blast

An truly awesome movie, thanks to it´s nasty body horror, snappy imagery, great actors and crazy (but not so subtle) story. But what´s best is how loud and proud it delivers the insanity, making it just so damn enjoyable. I can't remember being this much entertained by a movie lately.
8.5

Parallax

A couple struggles with the depression and apathy of the woman, which turns out to have a mind bending cause

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
22-09-2024
4.5

Weak potentials denied

There might be some interesting layers and scifi conundrums at the end, but you'll have to make it through the terribly slow, gutless and stale first hour to get there, after which I was too exhausted to notice or care.
4.5

Before Dawn

A young Australian boy decides to leave the farm and fight in the trenches of the first world war

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
22-09-2024
5

A very average WW1 flick

I found the confrontations lacking tension, the drama felt forced (especially with the cheesy music), there was no sense of scale of the battles or battlefield, and the script felt a bit random. I am sorry mates: it's a no for me.
5

Oddity

A woman dies under mysterious circumstances. Her blind sister, and her creepy wooden man, investigates.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
15-09-2024
7.5

An interesting horror/crime story with plenty of horror shenanigans

A creepy combination of crime and horror, that scores points for being unique and weird, and doing it's own thing. It can be ridiculously dark (who lives like this?) and perhaps a bit nonsensical, but it's one of the more interesting horrors of the year.
7.5

Watchers, The

A girl gets lost in an unmapped forest and finds shelter with other stranded people, who hide from something lurking in the dark

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
15-09-2024
5

Unconvincing and not scary

Some story elements are somewhat interesting, but most of them are rather far-fetched and childish. But the bigger problem is that it's not scary at all, and feels almost like scary movie for kids. Too scripted, too little room to breathe.
5

Devil's Bath, The

Somewhere in the 17th century, in a secluded village, a depressed woman finds a way to commit suicide without going to hell for it

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
05-09-2024
7.5

A slow burner, perhaps not even horror, but engaging nonetheless

This movie is very slow, with pacing aligned to the lifestyle and rituals of the village, adding to a suffocating and bleak yet authentic atmosphere, whilst slowly building an ominous atmosphere. Would a tad more horror events have improved this? Perhaps.
7.5

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

The backstory of that one girl from that other Mad Max movie

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
05-09-2024
6.5

More motor mayhem that doesn't rattle

I am not am really into this franchise, but it always provides entertaining and raw gasoline action. The same can be said for this one, but somehow it didn't really grab or excite me. Perhaps because I didn't find this character was in need of a backstory, so there's nothing to do but shrug.
6.5

In a Violent Nature

A serial killer/monster is accidently awoken from his grave

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
22-08-2024
7.5

A different slasher with a lot going for it

The perspective from the point of the killer really made this rather interesting. Even the very long walks through the woods worked for me, adding to a hypnotic and ominous atmosphere. Add some painful and gory kills with relentless camera focus and this becomes rather successful.
7.5

Twisters

After a trauma caused by a Hurricane accident, a scientist reluctantly returns to do more dangerous hurricane research

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
21-08-2024
4

Annoying

My God these self content tornado junky's, screaming yihaa as they drive into a hurricane, are annoying as hell! I didn't buy anything that happens in this movie, was constantly annoyed and just didn't feel any thrill at all. Sometimes, a movie presses all the wrong buttons.
4

Alien:romulus

A group if miners fly to an abandoned spacestation, hoping it is their way out ot there

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
20-08-2024
7

Entertaining, but great alien props and sights are not enough

While I adored the future retro space tech design, I cannot help but feeling mostly disappointed. Firstly there's the cast of teenagers (who somehow know to operate a goddamn spacestation) but mostly it failed to be much more than another cat and mouse game in dark steamy hallways.
7

Thin Red Line, The

In worldwar 2, an American platoon tries to conquor a Japanese mountain

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
16-08-2024
7

A decent war pic with some tricks up it's sleeve that only partly work

This movie sets out reasonably intensive combat, with emphasis on the decisions in the command structure. What sets the movie apart is frequent footage of nature, and voiceovers reading poetic contemplations. It sets the movie apart, but was quite vague and hard to follow.
7

Longlegs

FBI agent with psychic tendecies tries to solve a case of a serial killer who never seems to be at the scene of the crime

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
15-08-2024
7.5

Almost great

While I did not find it lived up to the hype, I did find that is as quite a unique combination of crime/thriller and supernatural horror, with a remarkable atmosphere and some good moments. But I can't shake the feeling that with only some minor changes, it would have been a classic.
7.5

Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, The

About a daring ww2 sabotage mission, apparently exectued by the first ever special forces?

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
11-08-2024
7

Entertaining but hardly realistic or thrilling

The laidback assaults, accompanied by jazz music and british humor, make for an original and entertaining war movie, but also mean it never gets really thrilling. These guys don't even duck as they raid an enemy base; they just walk in, shoot from the hip, hit everything, never get hit. Hmmmm.
7

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

They need Godzilla to help Kong in middle earth or something

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
11-08-2024
4

Awful movie. How did my hero Rebecca end up here?

A convoluted mess, stuffed with all kinds of monsters in a hysteric script that is allover the place and introduces something new in every scene. It's so bad that they needed a character who is there solely for exposition, constantly explaining what the hell is going on.
4

Napoleon

The rise and fall of his battles and relationship

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
08-08-2024
7.5

This epic was right for me

I read that there are all sorts of historical errors and problems with this movie, which may very well be the case. For me though, it checked the right boxes for an impressive epic: great actors, outstanding visuals, beautiful costumes and a slowish but gripping script.
7.5

Thor: Love and Thunder

In confronting a new menace to all of the gods, Thor gets help from an old love

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
08-08-2024
6

Appearantly Thor is not to be taken seriously

A curious product where noon seemed to care anymore, and they just cooked up a ridiculous, corny and over the top comedy where every idea and fart was greenlighted. It's either painful and preposterous, or it will slowly get to you and make you chuckle uncontrollably.
6

Nobody

A man, caught in the daily family grind, snaps after a burgary and gets into war with the Russian mob

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
23-07-2024
6.5

First part good, second part amusing but unconvincing

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.
6.5

Lost Highway

A saxophone player gets sucked into an ever stranger murder case, involving a femme fatal

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
22-07-2024
7

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.
7

Verliefd op Bali

A mother and her two daughters go to Bali to process grandma's death, and their cursed proceedings in love

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
22-07-2024
6

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 lukewarm, lacking a sharp script to make it pop.
6

Appleseed Alpha

A soldier and her cyborg compagnion assist a mysterious girl in a post war world

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
21-07-2024
6.5

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.
6.5

Starfish (2018)

While grieving for her friend, a girl unlicks a mysterious code and.. the end of the world?

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
21-07-2024
6.5

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 ends.
6.5

Acolyte, The

A Starwars crime detective story involving twins with a mysterious origins and a hunger for revenge against the jedi

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
19-07-2024
4.5

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.
4.5

'71

Amidst the religous wars in Belfast, a soldier gets left behind on the wrong side of town

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
18-07-2024
7

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.
7

Begotten

Extremely grainy footage of vague but disturbing stuff happening

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
17-07-2024
7.5

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. One of those movies that will live with you. I think that's good.
7.5

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
Wittenberg
16-07-2024
6.5

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.
6.5

247°F

Three kids get locked in a sauna.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
07-07-2024
6.5

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.
6.5

Godzilla Minus One

A disillusioned kamikaze pilot gets a change to redeem himself when Godzilla comes

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
06-07-2024
6.5

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 lore, 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.
6.5

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
Wittenberg
04-07-2024
7.5

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.
7.5

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
Wittenberg
03-07-2024
2.5

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.
2.5

Avgrunden

An earthquake hits a small town in Sweden

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
02-07-2024
6.5

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.
6.5

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
Wittenberg
28-06-2024
7

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.
7

Mars Express

A detective and her (robot?) partner go to Mars to solve a crime

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
28-06-2024
6.5

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, and needed more badass music, action and standout moments.
6.5

Civil War

Journalists on a roadtrip to try and reach their destination in the midst of an American civil war

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
24-06-2024
7.5

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.
7.5

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
Wittenberg
16-06-2024
5

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.
5

John Wick Chapter 4

To really break free from his curse of violence, John must challenge a higher up member of the table

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
15-06-2024
7

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.
7

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
Wittenberg
15-06-2024
6.5

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.
6.5

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
Wittenberg
12-06-2024
6.5

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. A slightly more exciting and tight script could have made it a hidden gem indeed.
6.5

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
Wittenberg
10-06-2024
7.5

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.
7.5

Masters of the Air

About the '100th' bombardment group during the ww2

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
07-06-2024
6.5

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 everyone's clever and witty, and it all comes across as a bit thin, uninspired and done better elsewhere. Even the flight scenes.
6.5

Atlas

A mech army goes to a distant planet to take down a rogue AI droid threatening the world

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
07-06-2024
6.5

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.
6.5

April 9th

A Danish military squad on bicycles is facing impossible odds when Germany attacks Denmark during worldwar two.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
04-06-2024
7

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.
7

Suitable Flesh

A psychiatrist comes into contact with a boy who seems to contain an evil spirit looking for more host bodies

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
29-05-2024
3.5

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.
3.5

Slaughterhouse Slumber Party

A new girl joins the slumberparty of a group of friends, but she brings dark secrets with her

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
28-05-2024
6.5

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.
6.5

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The

When his clanmembers are taken hostage by other apes, a remaining member needs help of a human to get them back

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
26-05-2024
7.5

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.
7.5

Immaculate

Girl becomes nun but finds a horrible secret about the monastry

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
26-05-2024
6.5

Not bad, but not really impactful

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.
6.5

Sentinel

Three spacewarriors timetravel to earth to defeat a sentinel lurking there

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
20-05-2024
3.5

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.
3.5

Mandy

When his wife is violently murdered by hippie reli psychos, the man takes revenge

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
20-05-2024
6.5

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.
6.5

Bodkin

A team of of 3 distinct personalities goes to an irish village to make a true crime podcast about dissappeared locals

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
19-05-2024
6

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.
6

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
Wittenberg
17-05-2024
7

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.
7

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
Wittenberg
15-05-2024
7

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.
7

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
Wittenberg
15-05-2024
7.5

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.
7.5

Cosmic Sin

When extraterrestrial live is discovered, a team goes to another planet to neutralize the threat, bringing an old veteran with them

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
05-05-2024
3.5

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.
3.5

Land of Bad

The succes of a dangerous rescue mission relies heavily on the supporting drone operators

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
28-04-2024
7.5

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.
7.5

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
Wittenberg
28-04-2024
6.5

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.
6.5

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
Wittenberg
24-04-2024
7

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.
7

Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver

The assembled squad must now defend the farmers against the evil space people

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
21-04-2024
6.5

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.
6.5

Cryo

People wake up - prematurely? - from their cryo tubes and need to find out who's who and what's happening

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
21-04-2024
4.5

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.
4.5

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
Wittenberg
17-04-2024
7

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 into autopilot. Still, nice little find
7

Imaginary

Family is confonted with an evil imaginary friend of the youngest daughter

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
14-04-2024
4

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.
4

Dune: Part Two

Paul joins the Fremen on Arakis. Some say he is the chosen one to lead their cause.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
10-04-2024
8

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.
8

Insidious: The Red Door

Father and son forgot their trauma through hypnosis, but when the son goes to college, the past comes back.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
09-04-2024
4

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.
4

Pi

A man obsessed with numbers looses his mind where he tries to find patterns in both the stock exchange and the Tora

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
08-04-2024
7

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.
7

3 Body Problem

When science appears to be broken, a group of scientists discover an amazing upcoming event causing it

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
04-04-2024
7.5

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.
7.5

Creepozoids

A group of deserted soldiers (?) in a post nucelar world hide in a lab, but there even bigger dangers await

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
03-04-2024
6.5

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.
6.5

Galaxy of Terror

A rescue mission to a crashed spaceship makes the rescue crew face their deepest fears

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
03-04-2024
7

A poor but amusing alien clone

Even if it is nowhere near as good, it steals a lot of scenery and creepiness from 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.
7

Deep Fear

A sailor rescues two shiprecked people, which leads into an ordeal of crime and shark invested waters

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
24-03-2024
3.5

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.
3.5

Animalia

As a woman struggles to get back to her husband, strange things happen to the world around her

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
24-03-2024
7.5

A beautiful mystery

The things are in fact quite vague, and I am not even sure I understand what was happening. But somehow is doesn't really matter. It is a journey of believable, interesting people that grabs and enchants you, without knowing where it is going.
7.5

Kung Fu Panda 4

While in search for a succesor, the panda must face his most formidable foe(s) yet

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
23-03-2024
7

The secret ingredient was missing

One of those curious cases where everything seems to be there, yet still something's not quite right, and you can't pinpoint what it is. It is made just fine, but I had trouble getting into it, getting exciting by it, and remembering much of it.
7

Alien Invasion

A group of partying kids accidentaly hatch an alien and now need to stay alive

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
23-03-2024
3

Amateur movie without an x factor

Looks like it was put together in a weekend with a bunch of friends who got a hold of an alien suite. I was looking for some quirks to make this worthwhile still, but was unable to find any. It's hardly an invasion, but perhaps at this level that doesn't even matter.
3

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