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Cerebrum

A man comes to help his father with his experimentens involving memory downloads, getting him into deep

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
19-06-2025
5

An explosive idea that is a drag to get through

I've never struggled with finishing a movie as much as this one. But something about the story was so promising, had such potential for satisfying mindfucks, that I kept trying. To no avail - the execution and characters remain dull, and the direction gutless that it feels it takes forever.
5

Warfare

During the Iraq war, navy seals take refuge in a house, becomed sieged and then need to find a way out again

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
16-06-2025
8

A very intense and well made war movie

The movie cover on this event only, which gives it incredible focus. The tension built up is strong, the tactics and events seem legit, and the seals are depicted as courageous and skilled, but not infallible with superpowers. Hats off.
8

Primer

Two garage scientistst accidentely discover time traveling

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
15-06-2025
8.5

A masterful story told masterfully

Watching two people, especially science people, walk and talk without caring for a moment whether the viewer understands what's going on, is strangely fascinating. And then watching it unfold into an insanely clever time travel flick that requires diagrams from Reddit to understand, even more so.
8.5

Inside Out 2

The girl reaches puberty, which means a whole new set of emotions intervene with her behaviour and sense of self

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
14-06-2025
6

Conceptually sound but lost magic

The idea that a whole bunch of new wacky emotions fight it out behind the controls of her brain seemed like the perfect and logical next step, ensuring another great movie. But the sequel curse hits quite hard with this one, as it didn't really move or surprise me, I even was a bit bored at times.
6

Hobo With a Shotgun

A homeless man arrives in a town where a vicious group terrorizing the neighberhoud distrub his plans to become a honest lawnmowerman.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
14-06-2025
5

More vile than pleasing

I watch quite a lot of very nasty movies, which apparently satisfies some kind of weird internal need. But occasionally such movies makes me feel bad and depressed in a wrong kind of way. This is one of them. The people and their acts are so despicable, that even the shotgun payback feels futile.
5

Body Melt

Am evil company is performing evil experiments on a small community, causing bodily abominations

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
13-06-2025
6

Some horror fun. Some.

With it's cartoonish characters and visuals, and with some effective gore, it is quite passable as a campy and mad horror comedy. But the script is so jumpy and allover the place, and the mood so inconsistent, that is hard to really get into it.
6

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

This time the evil ghost does ice things.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
08-06-2025
5

A dissapointing one

It takes a long time to get going, it contains too many characters (most of which seem pointless, and all of them flat). The humor is lacking, the finale lackluster and the Ray Parker track at the end only accentuates the magic that wasn't there.
5

The Woman in the Yard

A fatherless family has a woman in black sitting in their garden, just staring at them

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
04-06-2025
6.5

A great idea that only partially comes through

The simple but enticing concept starts of good, then goes into rather uninspired poltergeist territory, and then turns to the deeper layers and meaning that I thought were fair but missed the impact needed to leave a truly lasting experience. My connection to the characters was also lacking.
6.5

El Eternauta

When instantly deadly snow falls, a group of friends try to survive this new reality and figure out what's going on

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
02-06-2025
7

Does pleny of things right

The strong points of these series would be that it is based around normal, fallible people, that it contains some beautiful haunting shots of the abandoned streets, and that the story features some exciting layers of scifi mystery. Near the end the scope kind of grew too big and lost it's touch.
7

Resolution

A man tries to get his friend, living in an isolated shed, to go into rehab, but strange people and phenomena surround the place

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
01-06-2025
7

Original and intriguing mystery, but should have been more intense

With limited bombast and money, this movie manages to be a quite intriguing title, with an increasing sense of discomfort. Still, I think it could have been a lot more scary and nailbiting, if the main character wasn't so unshaken and calculated about it all.
7

Final Destination: Bloodlines

An entire bloodline has escaped death, but death is coming after them with his opportunistc and sadistic ways

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
31-05-2025
7

A one trick pony, but a great trick it is

I have to say, they really perfected the nerve wrecking built-up to the exorbitant death scenes, and having the victims starting to see and dodge the signs was a nice addition. Still, after a while it becomes gimmicky and worn out, and it becomes clear that there is not much else in here.
7

Barbarella

is sent on a space mission to find a mysterious man who may cause space disaster

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
28-05-2025
7

Deliciously out of this world

With her naive lines, revealing space apparel as she embarks on her space adventure through weird decors and campy characters, Barbarella is quite charming indeed. It's all quite irresistible as a curiosity. But it a deep, rewarding movie it is not (nor is is trying to be).
7

Replicator

When the misbehaven father of a lawyer suddenly is nice, she discoveres a dark supernatural reality

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
25-05-2025
4.5

Some good ideas burried deep

I wonder how the same team that came up with the decent story like this, who even did something interesting with the theme of sound - although I am not quite sure what - managed to turn it into such a poor movie. The biggest problem are the wooden dialogues and actors delivering them.
4.5

Andor Season 2

The story of the rebellion continuous

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
24-05-2025
5

Incomprehensible and slow

The fans are loosing their minds; this is the intelligent Starwars for intellectuals. It saved the franchise. And while I dig some of the unique element of these series, I still argue that this was slow, dragged out, awkward and completely incomprehensible for my nonintellectual brain.
5

Ash

A woman wakes up in a space station with the crew dead, and tries to find out what happened

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
22-05-2025
5

Very average space horror cloaked in red and blue

The artistic color palette might have been ok, if I didn't feel it was the only thing keeping this movie just above B-level, or even worse: that is was essential for camouflaging very average set pieces. I am a sucker for space horror, but this barely satisfied.
5

A Minecraft Movie

Folks wind up in te minecraft world and must save it with a crystal and stuff

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
20-05-2025
6.5

Hits the right buttons for the fans only

I think the movie is to be commended for understanding the joys and highlights of Minecraft, and bringing it to live with vivid visuals and a no-nonsense, fun atmosphere. But in no way it manages to go deep and be a touching and brilliant movie for adults too, like Kung Fu Panda did.
6.5

The Gorge

Two snipers are hired to prevent things living in a mysterious gorge from coming out

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
19-05-2025
4.5

Pretty dumb

What was happening inside the gorge seemed somewhat interesting - I don't know it was so dark - but the rest of the movie, the love story and the whole premise, seemed pretty dumb to me. I didn't buy any of this nonsense nor did I care about the main characters - unrealistic and hollow stereotypes.
4.5

The Lobster

A must find a partner in some hotel with other singles, and will change into an animal if he does not.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
15-05-2025
6.5

Pleasantly weird but not for it's entirety

A tale that shines with the uncomfortable yet intriguing weirdness and peculiar acting that director Yorgos Lanthimos is getting really good at. About halfway, when the story continues in the woods, it kind of lost it's touch and energy, it felt improvised and I can't remember what happened.
6.5

Blue my Mind

In the midst of finding her way through puberty, a girl also has to deal with her body changing into something fishy

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
15-05-2025
6.5

A movie that should have struck more chords than it did

Both elements of the story are quite touching, and combining the supernatural with real-life misery of puberty gave it an interesting spin. Yet somehow, the movie just remained floating in the air and I didn't know what to think of it. So maybe the message didn't quiet come across.
6.5

A Quiet Earth

A man wakes up to find no that all humans seem to have dissapeared

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
11-05-2025
6

so-so

The first half was ok, but the second half turned out so-so. The people he meets are flat and bring nothing interesting to the story, and the story or explanation for the event moves slow and didn't trickle my senses.
6

Midnight Meat Train

In an attempt to get a break in photography, a guy gets involved in macabre preceedings in a train. Around midnight.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
10-05-2025
6.5

Intense viewing but not feeling

While it is a pretty potent thriller/horror with gore, intense footage and remarkable reveal story, I found myself surprisingly unaffected by it. I think it's due the unlikeliness of many scenes, and how it's inhabited by typical movie characters. A bit pointless even?
6.5

Birth/Rebirth

When a mortician has secretely revived a diseased girl, the mother of the girl decides to join the experimental project

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
05-05-2025
6.5

I am not sure it wants to be horror, but I wish it did

I appreciated the non-Hollywood characters, the passable science and the way the it portrays the quirks of running such a macabre experiment from a home. But considering what's going on, I certainly thought it ought to be way more creepy.
6.5

The Last of Us

In a apocalyptic zombie world, a bitter man reluctantly has to escort a girl on a dangerous journey

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
04-05-2025
8

Bravo, they did it

It manages respect and stay close to the game it was based upon, while at the same time acknowledging the needs and different dynamics of live action, allowing the story and characters to breathe - sometimes with quite elaborate and daring side stories. Engrossing and touching.
8

The Blackcoat's Daughter

Two girls are left behind in a girl boardingschool during vacation, where something sinister is residing

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
02-05-2025
6

A fair idea that only meanders a bit

The idea and scenery in itself should have been sufficient for a creepy and mysterious slow burner, but the girls are so drowsy, and the whole story seems a bit insecure, low-energy and incoherent, that it failed to really scare or entertain me.
6

The Deep Dark (Gueules Noires)

A mining team is tasked with going deep and bring a scientist investigating ancient evil

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
01-05-2025
6

Missed opportunites

Well these mines certainly provide a haunting location, and positioning it in historic times gave it a promising atmosphere too. Alas, it didn't hold up. The team was a rather unlikable bunch, the cartoon-esque scientist seemed in the wrong movie, the monster was wooden and over exposed.
6

Babezilla vs the Cyber Skanks: Rise of MechaBabezilla

Yes so babezilla faces new partially nude nemeses

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
28-04-2025
6.5

Almost perfectly disastrous

This was pretty close to being the ultimate accumulation of bad ideas being badly executed into wildly entertaining pulp. But it misses the sweetspot, because it is too self aware and too pleased with itself. Still - keeping an eye out for future adventures of Babebezilla!
6.5

Babygirl

A female hotshot CEO succumbs to naughty powergames with an intern

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
23-04-2025
8

Erotic drama that feels like a thriller

I think this is the most intense erotic drama that I have ever seen. Not in softcore sense, but because of the excellent performances, the smooth direction and some scenes that had us nailed to our seats, and snacks coming to standstill in front of our faces, out of pure tension.
8

Trauma

Four female friends are brutally invaded by a ruthless man and his son

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
22-04-2025
6

Not as traumatic

There is certainly enough here to warrant trauma. But the movie as a whole doesn't have what it takes to tie it all together, and in doing so the horror doesn't hit as it ought to. Acting is so-so, connection to the characters is limited and the story feels clumsy and amateuristic.
6

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Bridget tries to handle her lost love, raising two kids, aging, and most importantly, dealing with expectations from others

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
21-04-2025
6

A bit tired

All the ingredients for the fans should be in there, but it failed to resonate with me. Her constant smirk started to look weird and overacted. My mind wandered of in some of the emotional scenes and there was a shortage of good jokes and vicarious embarrassment.
6

Alien Apocalypse aka World Invasion: Alien Attack

Two scientists mess up handling a sample from outer space and cause an alien threat to the world

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
21-04-2025
3.5

The title pretty much tells you what to expect

This mostly a group of people continuously discussing the nature of the threat and ways to deal with it, and I must say they gave their everything in producing a steady stream of mumbo jumbo - only occasionally interrupted by a CGI blob which is then deterred with painted NERF guns.
3.5

Headless

A serial killer who's victims give them head

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
17-04-2025
6.5

Very gory and nasty, but it kind of works

Nasty, uncomfortable and violent, with scenes you pray your fellow house residents don't walk into. For a while I feared it was going to be nothing more that that, but with the background story and personal demons of the killer, they even managed to create some depth to it.
6.5

Southbound

Several interconnected horror stories about people heading south

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
15-04-2025
6

Originally framed but incoherent

I liked the floating ghouls in the first story, and the way the stories connect through bystanders taking over the lead is nifty. Unfortunately the stories aren't that scary and lack coherence. I think it would have worked better if they all made more sense in relation to each other.
6

Pandemonium

After a carcrash, a man starts to realize he is dead and enters the gate of hell

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
08-04-2025
7

A unique idea with a confusing execution. Too bad.

The start is quite promising, and the overall atmosphere and setup is commendable. It's just that the two substories, that take up the majority of the running time, are so disconnected from the main story, that it becomes distracting and unclear what you're looking at.
7

Kinda Pregnant

Succumbing to social pressure, a woman decides to fake her pregnancy

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
08-04-2025
6.5

Good fun if expectations are right

You might argue it is a little raunchy and tacky and you'd probably be right. I mean were are talking stuffed turkey as belly humor. But we had a good time and got quite a few laughs out of it.
6.5

Death of a Unicorn

Father and daughter crash into a unicorn, which turns out to have healing powers. Exploit them for the sake of mankind or no?

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
07-04-2025
7

A deliciously crazy idea that only partially remains standing

I am just so glad that ideas like this exist, and even better yet get turned into a movie. But is has trouble staying close to the magic and craziness of the premise, and instead evolves into a much less inspirational horror/monster flick. Still, thanks for doing this!
7

Haantjes

Four male friends try to navigate their way through relationships and manhood

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
05-04-2025
7

Funy and naughty

Although there was something predictable about it, this never really bothered me because the jokes, recognizable characters and embarrassing situations still work, and provide for a good dose of naughty humor with a bite.
7

Enemy

A man finds out there is a man who looks exactly like him

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
04-04-2025
7

Give it some thought

There is a constant tension in the air that is great, even if the behavior of the people involved feels a bit cumbersome and unnatural. In the end I found it a bit simplistic, and it was only after I read about this movie that I became aware of the deeper possible explanations I completely missed.
7

New Life

A girl is running from a government agency, not knowing what danger she poses

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
01-04-2025
6.5

A suspenseful story lacking some suspense

There is something straightforward about the acting, storytelling and characters that give this movie an honest, non-sensationalist and realistic vibe. But considering what's at stake, the drawback is that it doesn't quite nail the suspense that the premise of this movie warrants.
6.5

Presence

A family moves into a house in which a 'presence' roams, connected to an unresolved crime that occured in the house as well

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
27-03-2025
6.5

Scores with novelty but not with involvement

It is to be applauded for the original viewpoint, and delivering a quite effective and entertaining movie with probably little resources. But I do think it could have been scarier and more captivating, and making the mother and son cold and dislikable did nothing but alienate me from this family.
6.5

Found

A bullied boy hardly finds support from his family, except maybe for his brother, who holds dark secrets

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
25-03-2025
7

An oddly flavored but hard hitting combination of horror and drama

The calm, soothing music makes this movie feel somewhat like a heartfelt drama that can be tough to watch, but is also touching in a way. But make no mistake. I accumulates in a finale that might leave a permanent mark.
7

The Electric State

Finally there is peace after a rise of the robots, but a girl and her robot friends discover at what cost

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
23-03-2025
6

A robot adventure that looks like it works, but doesn't really

It seems to check the necessary boxes: it looks good, has a simple but meaningful story, and loads of wacky robots. But something was missing. Perhaps some really smart robot jokes, characters that really touch you or a script that truly moves you. It's all a bit flat.
6

Red Rooms

During a trial against a suspect who kills girls for dark web viewers, a groupy chooses his side and shows curious behavior

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
21-03-2025
7.5

A strange, paralyzing horror/thriller

It's a bit hard to follow what the deal is with the groupie, but at the same time the movie locks you in with a sense of dread an anxiety. The nature of the atrocities adds to this, since they are not really shown but are constantly in the air and roam in your mind.
7.5

Mickey 17

Mickey volunteers for a space mission in which he willl be used for deadly tasks after which he will be reprinted

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
20-03-2025
6.5

The strangeness is both a good and bad thing here

The characters are so cartoonish, and the story so over the top, that it can't be taken seriously - so all relevance must come from the metaphors and political commentary that undoubtedly are the real essence of this movie. For me, I am not sure that worked.
6.5

Tumbbad

A boy learns of a way to gain wealth by performing a ritual with a demon

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
19-03-2025
7

Unique indian horror fairytale

It starts strong and creepy, then flattens out a bit in the middle, and ends with some unique and magical scenes. All in all, a remarkable and striking fairy tale with some pretty scary stuff but not quite ending up as a full blown horror.
7

Daddy's Head

A boy and his stepmother try to recover from the death of his father, when he start seeing his face again

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
16-03-2025
7.5

A stylish horror that makes the most of some great ideas

I'd agree that it was kind of slow at times, but for the most part I was rather impressed. The concept of the creature was terrifying. The scary scenes may have been scarce, but what was there gave me shivers I hadn't had for a while.. and I watch horror almost every weekend.
7.5

la Brea

Some people fall through a sinkhole into another time. Can they be saved?

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
14-03-2025
5

A great story brought with a very articial style

The story is irresistible, but the execution is not. Super flat and clean looking characters that play blatantly obvious and stereotypical roles in the group, artificial and pampering dialogues, and full of scenes with people and events that happen at exactly the right time.
5

Companion

Josh brings his slightly weird and somber girl to a weekend retreat with friends. It's scifi horror, not drama.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
09-03-2025
7

scifi with plenty going for it

With some standout moments, some pleasing twists and an overall original take on some familiar scifi story, I thought this was quite entertaining indeed. With some more gore, depth and/or less young-adults, it could have been even better.
7

Re-animator

A med student creates a substance that re-animates dead things. Like cats. And humans.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
05-03-2025
6.5

A solid chunk of eigthties' horror cheese

The first part I thought was a bit slow and lacked suspense, but it makes up for it with some pretty enjoyable gore, zombies, bad effects and 80s cheesiness that I somehow have grown to appreciate.
6.5

Caveat

A man takes up a job to look after a mentally ill woman in a secluded house under suspicious circumstances. The conditions are even more disturbing.

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
04-03-2025
7.5

Good horror with a distinct personality

It has a lot going for it. The whole thing is rather creepy and uncomfortable, has some striking characters and unfolds a pretty tense story too. What's more, it has a distinct style and no cheap jumpscares. About halfway through It stalls a bit, but nothing too damaging.
7.5

Clock

A woman signs up for mysterious and cutting edge therapy, that appearantly can fix her abscence of a biological clock

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
03-03-2025
7

Nice sober scifi/horror with meaning

It's quite a unique story, presented without any hysteria yet still keeping in interesting with a some horror, science fiction and deeper themes. It's a bit too sober and slow-ish to really knock you of your feet, but an interesting movie it is for sure.
7

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