Oblivion

Oblivion 

Of course Tom Cruise graces effective advertising every poster, but the main man behind "Oblivion" is for once not the megastar, but his director: The sci-fi blockbuster is primarily a Joseph Kosinski film and as such instantly recognizable after its 400-million-dollar worldwide hit "Tron: Legacy". served the former engineering and architecture student in "Oblivion" again immaculately-effective future designs from fully automatic cloud home to practical folding bike - based on these designs would be the bosses of vehicle manufacturers and communication companies (yes, even from Apple) licking your fingers. This quest for perfection is reflected in Kosinski's staging resist, which is why the film sometimes seems a bit clinical and cold. With some unexpected twists and his glorious sound design, "Oblivion" turns out however nevertheless as a pioneering study of the future and fascinating cinematic experience.

Oblivion 

In the year 2077 the Earth is in ruins. A war against alien invaders has indeed won mankind, but the Blue Planet (and the moon!) There were completely destroyed. While the majority of the population now lives in a colony in space, the art expert Jack Harper (Tom Cruise, "Mission: Impossible"), and his partner Victoria (Andrea Riseborough, "All we had to give") on a futuristic Cloud Home remained of the earth to ensure trouble-free removal of the most vital of all resources: water! ("Quantum of Solace James Bond 007" Olga Kurylenko) in a space capsule from the sky, which turns everything to their very existence into question what Jack believed ever know ... but then suddenly drops a beautiful woman named Julia

Oblivion 

Joseph Kosinski has written the plot as a twelve-page short story eight years ago - and because he then assumed that "Oblivion" his first film project might be, he sat much aware of a number of small to (for example, he was limited to a few characters) . Following the success of "Tron: Legacy" and the signature of Tom Cruise's box but suddenly a lot more money to spend - and although the budget of an estimated $ 120 million for visually stunning panoramas of the ruined earth's surface was quite well spent, is "Oblivion" in the core is still an intimate four-person units (with Jack, Julia, Victoria and Melissa Leo as Sally, who issued a video chat spooky polite instructions from space). A chamber play with blockbuster budget and excursions in Bubbleship, a mini spacecraft with the shape of a soap bubble: These seemingly contradictory elements are brought together in "Oblivion" on atmospheric surprisingly coherent manner.

Oblivion 

In "Oblivion" is not the played "Blue Danube Waltz", but parallels to "2001 - A Space Odyssey," there is still Kosinski wants Stanley Kubrick obviously quite anticipate with his futuristic concepts like once the actual future -., And it is at its chic-functional design very well imagine that one can ascribe to him in 50 years, a similar visionary gift as today its famous predecessor., and infamous with Kubrick's perfectionism keeps the former commercial director (including those for Nike, "Halo 3" and "Gears of War. ") Kosinski with each setting affects how licked particularly impressive here is that the transition between vehicles and people in the foreground and the computer-designed backgrounds of the destroyed planet's probably never been so seamlessly and naturally succeeded as in" Oblivion "- and since you would not like to forgo such sharpness and clarity, it was also the gold right decision and, contrary to the movie "Tron: Legacy" not to shoot in 3D, and not to convert it later.

Oblivion 

The stars Tom Cruise and Olga Kurylenko are similar to flawless as the designs around them - even broken noses are make-them in perfect symmetry. So that their characters are missing but literally the corners and edges, rather tenterhooks is not announced. Acting highlights, however, put the two actresses from the second row: Andrea Riseborough as desperately to their ignorance clinging Victoria and Melissa Leo (Oscar for "The Fighter") as opaque Skype chat boss spread with her robot-like sense of duty, a subtly frightening mood. (we want more than the name is not revealed at this point) The role of Morgan Freeman as Beech, however, is hardly larger than an extended cameo - the falls with the black sunglasses and casual in his mouth hanging cigar but at least damn cool!

Conclusion: "Tron: Legacy" mastermind Joseph Kosinski served with his second film "Oblivion" again a unique visionary, even if sometimes slightly supercooled noise design.

Oblivion 

The Croods

Synopsis & details

The Croods

During the prehistoric era Crood members of the family are among the last survivors of their species and live well protected in their home cave. Once the home of the Croods was destroyed, they are forced to leave their safe place. In search of a new home they get into wild adventures and get to see stunning plants, animals and extraordinary places. One day meet Grug (German voice: Uwe Ochsenknecht), patriarch of the family, a stranger name Guy (Kostya Ullmann). To the chagrin Grugs bright young nomad in love with Grugs daughter Eep (Janin Reinhardt). The ancient cave safety of domestic moves further and further away, but gradually realize Grug and his family, the loss also contributes an exciting new beginning in the ...

"How to Train Your Dragon" has been withdrawn at the Oscars in 2011 against the equally great "Toy Story 3" the shorter, but more advanced the computer animation genre still has the Viking adventure from the DreamWorks. Finally director Chris Sanders created just with the flight deposits some action sequences that were fulminant and kinetic than what it was previously seen in animated films. This approach has been taken Sanders and his new co-director Kirk De Micco with "The Croods" now consistently. In the 3D Stone Age adventure, there are some so brilliantly staged chase scenes that it in the cinema in 2013 probably at best yet from Justin Lin's "Fast & Furious 6 could be "topped off. And that's not all: "The Croods" feels as if the makers would get a free pass to be allowed to be creative limitless and without regard to nothing simply and from that straight for a big-budget Hollywood. makes the film unprecedented gift directing duo for blessing the audience extensively use!

The Croods are the only Stone Age family in the local area that has not been trampled by dinosaurs or eaten by giant snakes. And this is mainly due to the strict rules of family patriarch Grug (voice of Nicolas Cage, German Uwe Ochsenknecht): When the darkness falls, a large stone is rolled from the cave entrance and no one may need to go out. Moreover, it is always the motto: Never have no fear! Grugs woken daughter Eep (Emma Stone, Janin Reinhardt), however, did not agree always to live in the dark and full of fear. But with her curiosity, she pushes the rest of her family on nothing but incomprehension. Only when the continents split, break up the soil and the cave collapses, the family their old rules must, willy-nilly throw overboard and embarks on an adventurous search for a new housing ...

The Croods

The makers lose any time. After a short but already the dry humor of the film anticipatory 2D prologue a harmless Eierklau quickly degenerates into a full-blown chase from - including football-match atmosphere and all sorts of creative designtem prehistoric animals. As in "Train Your Dragon made" (and before that "Wall-E") also in "The Croods" the legendary Roger Deakins (2013 as a cinematographer of "Skyfall" the total tenth Oscar nomination) helped illuminate the animated sets as that they act as vividly as in a real well photographed film. And it pays off: Before "The Croods" would have the most of "The Incredibles" or "Kung Fu Panda 2" claims, but the coup of Sanders and De Micco actually offers some of the most impressive action sequences of the movie year it. is nice to see that the big studios are increasingly not only on the quality of the animation (which is also in "The Croods" immaculate) focus, but rather on the quality of the production.

And then it suddenly becomes really crazy: Breaking the continents once apart, the Croods leave her supposedly safe desert cookies behind and beat instead by a colorful, crazy jungle world in the style of James Cameron's "Avatar" There is not only elephants mice, but. whales on legs that are nibbled by piranha birds in seconds to the bone. From here the film seems as if stone-age research on LSD (at least!) script and animations responsible. This also fits the often extremely dry humor including Zalando ARTIGEM shoe screams and a grandma who is thrown into the air without batting an eyelid as coin set for a round of "head or butt."

The Croods

In the spectacular finale, indeed more and more Grug crystallized out as the real hero of the story, but it's mostly his daughter Eep that drives the adventure with their curiosity. Following the release of the first trailer were therefore already repeatedly comparisons protagonist of Pixar's "Brave - Highlands" employed - and they are certainly not completely be dismissed out of hand, but the end is "The Croods" even a bit. courageous: Even if Merida with bow and arrow shoot their freedom, she is with her long curly hair just still a little sweet girl, the ohnenhin no one can blame his rebelliousness. With its super-wide shoulders and almost all of its triangular body is Eep - despite their attractive spokeswoman Emma Stone ("The Amazing Spider-Man") - however not necessarily pretty, at least not in the traditional sense, the marketing department should have prepared for the sleepless nights, but the.. Viewers leave the theater anyway with the feeling that the makers of "The Croods" everything was allowed to. And this confidence they pay back countless times with her exuberant creative film.

Conclusion: With its brilliant action sequences, its freaky characters designs, his dry humor and his ever tons of creative ideas turns out to be "The Croods" an extremely entertaining family entertainment and a midnight movie cult, with considerable potential in one.

Kristen Stewart as Snow White in the cinema again

Kristen Stewart as Snow White will return to the cinema. However, fans will have to wait, because the second part of the movie "Snow White and the Huntsman" is slated for release until 2015.

Kristen Stewart

Picture: Eva Rinaldi
Finally it's official, after months of rumors: The sequel to the film "Snow White and the Huntsman" is scheduled and Kristen Stewart will reprise the lead role as Snow White. In the "CinemaCon 2013" in Las Vegas this gave Adam Fogelson, chairman of Universal Pictures, known. Whether the actors Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth are back with this, is still open.
After Kristen's affair with director Rupert Sanders, it was far from clear whether the actress for the sequel to the cinema strip is required. Reported as the "Hollywood Reporter" in August, 2012, that it is excluded from the plans of the fairy tale film. But now seems to be agreed.

And privately it runs good again for the 23-year-old. Meanwhile, Robert Pattinson has forgiven her the affair and recently the two were spotted holding at the Coachella music festival hands.

However, Liberty Ross, the wife of director Rupert Sanders filed for divorce. For the second part of "Snow White" Sanders will not take over the government.

In December last year, Stewart made ​​no great secret that they would like to once again take on the role of Snow White. So then she told the magazine "Us Weekly": "It is absolute madness. I'm totally excited, it's crazy. "On the plot of the film is otherwise so far nothing is known.

Robert Pattinson got hold role in the sequel of "Cosmopolis"

Director David Cronenberg (70) will cooperate with Hokkywood star Robert Pattinson (26). So Pattinson has now got a role and his new film "Map To The Stars". The film is supposed to be the successor of the movie "Cosmopolis".

Robert Pattinson

Image: Tom Sorensen
The 26-year-old will again take on the role of billionaire Eric Packer in "Map To The Stars". "The Hollywood Reporter" reported that in the continuation of the dream occupation will not change. Thus, also actress Sarah Gadon (26) is again assume the role of Elise Shifrin.
What is new is that the Golden Globe winner Julianne Moore (52) and actor John Crusack (46) with it this time. Cronenberg will of course take over the government. In addition, the company Prospero Pictures and producer Martin Katz will be at his side.

Bruce Wagner, the screenwriter of "Map To The Stars" described the story as a dark thriller in the comic look. Apparently the film is set in Los Angeles. Is rumored to be a ghost story and an indie drama. Details about the plot but are not yet known. For Robert Pattinson and his castmates to start filming in July and then it will go to Toronto.

Robert's girlfriend Kristen Stewart's new film project would not like it because it has retired recently from the movie thriller project "Focus", according to insiders to have more time for Robert.

Charlie Sheen & Co.: The "Scary Movie 5" workout

Finally spring is here and with it come the time to start a brutal fitness program for the dream body. Sit-ups and squats are from yesterday, now it says:

Scary Movie 5

Image: Constantin Film
Train Less Ordinary with the very latest spoof workout. How to do this show from 25 April 2013 our "Scary Movie 5" stars (including Charlie Sheen) in the movie. Here are a foretaste of the four-step plan - just do not be shy, this is a pure delight!
1 The grueling training of bedrooms Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen is a true fat burner: acrobatic feats, abseiling, lifting and gymnastics with the highest figures Verknotungsgefahr require tremendous skill, tremendous concentration and extraordinary perseverance. Just exactly what the two are famous.

2 After the warm-up phase is followed by a crisp SM Workout with Mike Tyson. Since fists fly, that there is only so crunches. As a reward for all the blows there with Iron Mike still chain bondage games and fun - the stretshing the muscles and pumping adrenaline into the bloodstream properly!

3 So it goes well perfused with Ashley Tisdale and Erica Ash on the dance floor. We start the Cours de Danse as handsome swan on the top and rock us loose flaky with hip-hop beats in ear, mind-altering substances in the blood and sexy hip movement towards the bar

4 Finally, we mobilize all remaining forces and once again give everything, for it is said: Raise your glasses and drink to the loss of the mother tongue! And who the next day neither has a film tear, will be blackmailed with embarrassing videos from the rush of all intoxications, has definitely given no trouble. So that is nothing to the Scary Body!

With: Charlie Sheen, Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex, Erica Ash, Katrina Bowden, Terry Crews, Heather Locklear and many others
Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee
Screenwriter: David Zucker & Pat Proft
Producers: David Zucker, Phil Dornfeld

Alexander Siddig in "Kidnapped in Damascus"

A father is fighting against arbitrariness and corruption in an authoritarian country: ZDF shows 22 April 2013, 22.00 clock, the Canadian-South African film "Kidnapped in Damascus" as a free-TV premiere. Director Ruba Nadda directed the thriller starring Alexander Siddig, Marisa Tomei, Joshua Jackson, Oded Fehr and many others.

Picture: ZDF / Fadia Nadda
Adib (Alexander Siddig), who left his home in Syria to Canada years ago. When he comes one day from work to home, expect him frightening news: His eldest daughter Muna (Jay Anstey) has gone without his permission to Damascus to get an idea about the origin of her father - and has now disappeared.
The immediately forges worried father plans to travel for the first time in thirty years back in his homeland. He uses channels that provide much information about his past: Adib was an officer in the Syrian intelligence when he came under suspicion of spying for Israel.

Through his flight abroad although he had to pull his head out of the loop, but also lost contact with loved ones in the home, on which he now - depends - in the hour of need. Of his former fiancée Fatima (Marisa Tomei), he receives the necessary help in Syria, although they still can not forgive him, that he sold without their knowledge abroad and all these years has not contacted her.

Both fall into the troubled country in a web of intrigue and dubious meet contemporaries such as the Canadian embassy staff Paul (Joshua Jackson) or the Syrian government servant Sayid (Oded Fehr). When the secret finally learns of the presence Adibs in Damascus, the chances of survival for his daughter fall dramatically. The desperate father must now mobilize all its forces and arm themselves in order to have a real chance to get his daughter out of the country alive.

Director Ruba Nadda, a Canadian with Syrian and Palestinian roots, staged with "Kidnapped in Damascus" her fifth film, and relit the fate of a Syrian immigrant, his past catches up to.

Unlike previous productions - as early as "Sabah" (2005) provides Nadda a Syrian woman in the foreground, which einhandelt by her love for a non-Muslim problems with her family - they waived this time on comedic elements in favor of an uncompromising thriller plot and shows very clearly the desperation of a man who wants to save the most important thing in his life: his child.

Actor Alexander Siddig, who plays Adib can fall back on "Kidnapped in Damascus" on his broad experience in the action genre: After appearances in several television series in his career (including "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"), he is in especially with movies like "Doomsday" or "Clash of the Titans" on the big screen to see the last few years.

Generally, "Kidnapped in Damascus" relies on full-on action-competence, which the participation by Oded Fehr, who had his most famous roles in the films The Mummy and Resident Evil series, impressively confirmed.

End of Watch

End of Watch

Ahead of the World Cup 2006 in Germany was the bad word of the "no-go areas" around and shooed the full of anticipation for the big event panting Republic. Former government spokesman Uwe-Karsten Heye fabled even bluntly of areas in Brandenburg whose visit he could recommend any people with different skin color, because maybe they would not these places out alive. The fact that such crude warnings proved to be absurd and the nation instead of the whole world celebrated the famous fairytale summer, is known. However, the phenomenon of no-go areas far from everywhere just a fantasy pompous politicians. Whoever about lost as Los Angeles-Travel at night on the streets of South Central LA is, look around yourself. Here rule the street gangs; the murder rate is eight times higher stand than in the already rich country average and the lawmen fighting a losing battle. How this works in practice, turned director David Ayer shows in his in found-footage style, enthralling-realistic cop drama "End of Watch." He describes the everyday life of two simple street cops who fight a constant battle with the gangs.

The two police officers Brian Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Mike Zavala (Michael Pena) are at home on the streets of South Central Los Angeles and lay a strong self-confidence to the day fearlessly they confront the all-dominant response and cannot by its members intimidating - because in its belief they make all the difference: between good and evil, and even between life and death. They drag in the service also always around a small camera with him, which they hold anything that comes in front of the lens. Well as by their arms two suspects die, they can stop the brief. Your experienced colleague Van Hauser (David Harbour) sees it all very skeptical and warns his young fellow from too much mischief, but will not be heard. Taylor especially is a macho who sticks his nose in matters that he had passed on to the detective’s better drug Dezernats. When the two streets Cops detect a connection to a Mexican drug cartel that wants to settle in Los Angeles, the nights in South Central LA are still uncomfortable.

End of Watch

--> David Ayer is a police drama specialist and knows his way around in the cop-underworld of Los Angeles. As a youth he was by his parents simply put out the door, and then he moved in with a cousin in LA and made his way alone. He developed a passion for police work and researched intensively with the Los Angeles Police Department, these impressions and experiences later led to the screenplays for "Training Day," "Dark Blue" and "SWAT". Even as he moved to the director's chair remained, Ayer police loyal to the materials and the City of Angels. So after "Harsh Times" and "Street Kings" and his third directorial effort, "End Of Watch" is reintroduced in the same California cop microcosm.

In each thematic continuity Ayer found in his works always new and different aspects of police work and its cinematic representation. "End Of Watch" he now creates a pseudo-documentary - as a kind of cop-drama version of "The Blair Witch Project" on the streets of South Central LA look to what is happening is mostly from the perspective of the small hand-held camera by cop Brian Taylor it outweigh rigid attitudes and almost monochrome images. A typically found-footage films Handheld-wagging hand holding cameras here but with a few exceptions in the limits, Ayer makes almost always sufficient overview. Is in doubt, even more important than the purist adherence to the formal premise: it keeps the perspective not consistent and sometimes delivers images that cannot be from a source in the film. He also mixed the footage of Brian and Mike with images from fixed cameras in the police car for the two cops - and the gang members maintain a distinct passion for home videos. Thus we see sometimes, what happens when the crooks to mess with slopes and wrongdoing with the digicam.

Even the choice of found-footage approach indicates that David Ayer appreciates an impression of quasi documentary realism: The sometimes mindless policing the small street Cops is as lifelike as possible act. But not only has the look suggested lives nearby, also in the figure drawing is not glossed over. How it works "End Of Watch" primarily as a precise character study of two men who do not even really likable. But that does ultimately only fascinating, partly because Ayer the monotony that characterizes their daily lives, not just hide. He waived (initially at least) to dramatic escalations and taking time for the routine of work and also for the private lives of the protagonists, who are not only colleagues, but also best friends. A bald Jake Gyllenhaal ("Brothers," "Brokeback Mountain") indicating the full Macho, who himself for the biggest cop under the sun holds, while the quieter Michael Pena ("World Trade Center"), the rough-irascible temperament of his partner balances. With the wonderful natural Anna Kendrick ("Up in the Air") as Janet, who falls in love with the macho Taylor, then comes even that charm in the film, which otherwise lacks.

The stresses at the beginning undramatic, for a genre film actually decelerated narrative David Ayer reserves did not last long in this radical form - it almost seems like he was not quite believe his own concept on the road. This lack of consistency last fall until the finale does not really significant, but then goes on Ayer at once an action-packed showdown. Against such a big bang at the end, of course, is basically nothing wrong with, but here it stands in stark contrast to previously seen. On the home stretch of a documentary is so-sober look at everyday police work-a grimly pointed cop action film. No trace of summer fairy tale.

Conclusion: With the radically unspectacular, in mockumentary style held cop drama "End of Watch" succeeds director David Ayer a raw, unglamorous character study about the hard life and survival of two single policeman on the streets of South Central Los Angeles: realistic, bitter and yet also a bit cock-full.

Milla Jovovich: 'Resident Evil: Retribution "- number 1 at the box office in Germany

"Resident Evil: Retribution", the international cinema world in the grip. On weekends, the 3D action-adventure with Amazon Milla Jovovich started in the United States, Russia, parts of Asia and Latin America, and after the first weekend of the fifth part of the successful franchise reaches worldwide box office earnings of approximately $ 71.1 million.

Resident Evil: Retribution

"Resident Evil: Retribution" is already in 65 markets worldwide and is available in virtually every country on the 1st Place within the next three weeks, more than 10,000 copies in the market. Only 50 million dollars the franchise generated outside the U.S. In the U.S., the action-adventure made with about $ 21.1 million also at # 1 at the box office.

The biggest fans of Alice can be found in Asian and Latin American markets. In countries such as Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Brazil and Russia were the first advertisement 30 percent above the already very successful fourth "Resident Evil" part that grossed $ 300 million. This week starts "Resident Evil: Retribution" in Germany on more than 500 screens and also in Austria and Switzerland.

Mastermind Paul W.S. Anderson returns for 'Resident Evil: Retribution "for the third time in the director's chair. Once again, he also wrote the screenplay and produced again with Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer, Don Carmody and Samuel Hadida the apocalyptic thriller. Martin Moszkowicz is the executive producer, co-producer Victor Hadida.

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Release date for "Resident Evil: Retribution 'with Milla Jovovich in this country is the coming Thursday, 20 September 2012.

Since nearly two weeks does the T-Virus from "Resident Evil: Retribution" world (Milla Jovovich in the lead role) around. Now he has arrived in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and is spreading rapidly.

Around 270,000 spectators (including previews) could be infected in Germany alone. "Resident Evil: Retribution," "making it clear that new # 1 of German cinema charts and achieved a turnover of 2.94 million Euros.

And internationally is "Resident Evil: Retribution 'with Milla Jovovich highly contagious in the lead role: The 3D adventure reached after 12 days, a preliminary total box office earnings of approximately $ 136.9 million. This is now a stronger result than the first or second part in their lifetime.

In the coming week the action film starts in still another strong European markets such as Britain, France and Italy.

Resident Evil: Retribution

Mastermind Paul W.S. Anderson returns for 'Resident Evil: Retribution "for the third time in the director's chair. Once again, he also wrote the screenplay and produced again with Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer, Don Carmody and Samuel Hadida the apocalyptic thriller. Martin Moszkowicz is the executive producer, co-producer Victor Hadida.

Release date for "Resident Evil: Retribution" with Milla Jovovich was on 20 September 2012 distributed by Constantin Film.

Miley Cyrus loves Liam as a unicorn

Miley Cyrus (19) is thrilled by the appearance of her fiancé Liam Hemsworth (22). In her new video clip Hemsworth, known from the movie "The Tribute of Panem - Dangerous Games" here represents a unicorn

Miley Cyrus

 | Picture: Twitter / Miley Cyrus

The video clip was shot in Los Angeles, in the "Beacher's Madhouse" nightclub and the "Roosevelt Hotel". Sun Miley is probably every effort to represent her new punky image. With "45 Club children" they will dance in the video clip, according to the "New York Post".

"That was fucking crazy ... my fiancé was dressed as a unicorn. We make rum in the video, which is really funny. For us, the whole thing is like a party, so it's cool, "the singer says after the shooting. Miley wears in the video clip a short leather shorts and even jumps from a large birthday cake.

Some even rumored that the 19-year-old on the set lay down a striptease liner to entertain the crew. Why the singer just in the popular "Beacher's Madhouse" turned the video clip surprised, not really, because she loves this club. Recently, she saw a 82-year-even here to the stripping.

"2016: Obama's America" becomes a surprise hit in U.S. cinemas

Anti-Obama documentary is for movie hit

2016: Obama's America (2012)

Creates it in the top ten of the charts - Conservative criticism of the U.S. president as content

Los Angeles - A few months before the U.S. presidential election has made it an anti-Obama documentary up into the top ten of the U.S. box office. The movie "2016: Osama’s America" ​​was started last weekend in theaters nationwide. He has since played already a $ 6.2 million and reached number 8 in the rankings, which was of Sylvester Stallone's "The Expendables 2" led with $ 18.5 million.

"2016: Osama’s America" ​​is a harsh conservative criticism of the policies of U.S. President Barack Obama, who is currently fighting for his re-election. In the film, an image is created, such as the U.S. will look like in four years if Obama remains in power.

Usually, after the summer blockbusters in the U.S. business is the end of August rather bad. Since that time, but in Hollywood brings out less banding, also opens the doors for surprise successes such as "Osama’s America" ​​that was shown after the initial launch in selected cinemas in mid-July to this past weekend in more than 1,000 cinemas.

Overall, the film based on the book "The Roots of Osama’s Rage" is based (The Roots of Osama’s hatred) by Dinesh D'Souza, played in the U.S. $ 9.1 million. A solid performance for a political documentary, but still far behind the leader, Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11", which came in the U.S. alone at $ 119.1 million. (APA, 27/08/2012)

2016: Obama's America (2012)

Austria's Faymann

Austria is a leader when it comes to information from the civil to hide why would get little information together for it.

One need only watch the ads affair - in any other Western European country would be the chancellor resigned voluntarily. In the banana republic Austria just reading: "not indictable" - and good.

Ethics education in schools would be really good idea but our politicians should emulate this course quickly when Humboldt.

One of you can go to the comments here and find elsewhere:

Obama and his trailer have destroyed the relationship between the races more than anyone since George Wallace.

2016: Obama's America (2012)

Not only can you criticize Obama in any way, you may also use some ordinary words like "cool", "skinny" or "angry" is no longer associated with Obama.

Even Bill Clinton was called a racist and thus silenced. Since then goes through a crack, the Democratic Party, which will hurt the Democrats still?

Obama and his trailer have made Martin Luther King's famous words on his head. It no longer counts for a man's character, but only his skin.

2016: Obama's America (2012)

In the U.S., it exists as an official category. Works primarily on self-assignment, as a cultural, identification assignment, not biological taxonomy meant quality, but in this sense they are there. One must at all

Not (scientific or otherwise) consider a single language as the sole, absolute, and the everyday language is probably right, especially if they remain there and thought of other things. For example, one can make sense in some contexts, the "whale" talk (as a mythological figure or the constellation, at least), even if the scientific assignment contrary, because the word was there before, the whale (which is probably a word for fish derived) was not seen erroneously as fish, but "fish", "animal", etc. according to other criteria were defined (as the spider was never an insect, because actually purely scientific term, insects, spiders, other invertebrates and snakes dragon + Rather, the group of "worms" were).

Hope Springs (2012)

Hope Springs (2012)

Since you pay a fortune and yet must do everything themselves
After 31 years of marriage to Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold Soames (Tommy Lee Jones) out of the air. Every morning, Kay makes her husband breakfast, he reads the newspaper and goes to work. Dinner is eaten in silence, and finally sleeping Arnold one in his chair while looking his golf broadcast. The two spend the night together anymore. Everyone retires to his own bed. No wonder that in addition to gentle touches and the Sex fails completely.

Whether the seller would have guessed it?

Hope Springs (2012)

One day, Kay holds the togetherness is no longer lonely and does her husband before a decision: Arnold to come with her for a week in a marriage counseling in Great Hope Springs, otherwise she goes alone. Reluctantly gives Arnold the request of his wife to accompany them and finally to Maine. But while Kay longs for love and is willing to try new things, Arnold shows little interest in the sessions with Dr. Field (Steve Carell) and his wife. Can escape from the routine and the two rekindle a spark of passion in their relationship, or is this the end of the relationship?

Movie rating

What, again a movie with Meryl Streep? The actress for her age still powerful and active particularly stands out for their many nominations at the Academy Awards. At seventeen nominations and won three gold males (for Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie's Choice and The Iron Lady), it belongs to the record holders and is the favorite of many a critic. Hope Springs Streep meets alongside actors like Tommy Lee Jones (No Country for Old Men, In the Valley of Elah) and Steve Carell (Crazy Stupid Love) and an old friend: the director David Frankel, with whom she already comedy The Devil Wears Prada has worked.
Hope Springs is in spite of the great actors find it difficult to reach a wide audience. Young people, this film shows not only a relationship that they themselves will never have - passion and without any boring routine - but also the fact that old people still have sex or are at least like to want. All things that we want most like to know about. The few funny moments that occur mainly by Tommy Lee Jones' sullen figure to light, can not be a really deep breath of the depressing problems.

So much so, that you are just watching asks if the couple does not blow the thing and perhaps the relationship should also be completely rather than themselves and the audience to plague even further with embarrassing (S) experiments. While indeed the small town atmosphere is staged managed - Great Hope Springs has all the charm of Stars Hollow from Gilmore Girls - the characters are too little drawn in detail, so that one does not want to be clear quite what joined the two other than their marriage at all ever. So it is then that arise out of discomfort no real emotion and the film progresses very slowly, the audience loses sometime. Even the annoying pop music can get any traction in this tense situation, and if Streep is hiding with bananas and a Sexratgeber by a gay author in the bathroom, you want to take only the head and finish the whole can.

Hope Springs (2012)

The conclusion is then unfortunately the biggest problem represents three times the film seems to come to an end. But unfortunately, the screenplay writer Vanessa Taylor dares nothing, and the film comes to an end, which - as so often in Hollywood - smells of peace Joy pancakes. The credits spans the nerve then completely when the whole cast peacefully on the beach dancing and the film makes quite a farce. Pity about the top actors, despite the solid performance can not save the film.

Conclusion: Hope Springs is nothing for young people and those who expect a comedy. Who ever wanted to know, however, how it feels one sex therapy should not miss this film. Yet it is still enjoyable, as moviegoers witness of this film are shallow, as a matter of sitting in the treatment room.

Hope Springs (2012)

The Expendable 2

The Expendable 2

With "The Expendables" brought together Sylvester Stallone two decades later, some of the biggest stars and warhorses of action movies of the 80s. He fought alongside his former "Rocky"-rivals Dolph Lundgren and the superstars Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger looked for brief appearances over. The result was testosterone cinema in its purest form, while it was mainly a question of stylizing the performer as action icons. With "The Expendables 2" Stallone is now pursuing the usual for sequels principle: More The performances of Willis and Schwarzenegger have been expanded, it now was also "Kick boxer" Jean-Claude Van Damme is involved and even the lone wolf Chuck Norris returns for 80 Revival after seven years from the provisional retirement back. The directed by Simon West ("Con Air") film delivers exactly what the fans expect. Lot of tangible and trigger-action garnished with knock dry humor The plot is exactly like the character development not care where it is more about the. Mostly been developed over decades screen personalities of the performers to bring out and celebrate. And this is not only detailed, but done well and consistently better than the predecessor.

Just recently they have returned from a difficult mission in Nepal, as the mercenary company "The Expendables" to leader Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) has been on the next adventure. On The government officials Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) solves an old debt wants and that a mysterious object from a crashed plane is recovered in Eastern Europe. Though Ying Yang (Jet Li) is currently engaged in another activity, the group, led by Ross, his best mate Lee Christmas (Jason Statham) and the young sharpshooter Billy (Liam Hemsworth) do not operate in a lower number, because with the beautiful Maggie (Nan Yu) Church support summoned to the team. Mysterious object proves map that leads to a ton of nuclear bombs capable plutonium and also them villain Jean Vilain (Jean-Claude Van Damme) still abjagt He killed one of the Expendables and then who know only one goal: Vilain track down and kill her!

The Expendable 2

Operated the "Expendables" in the first part still really as a team, in which even ex-football player Terry Crews and former martial artist Randy Couture had larger individual moments are at the successor almost exclusively the big icons in the center. So Jet Li adopted after a amusing Griddles-brawl on vacation, Crews and Couture usually remain in the background and even Jason Statham despite a knives butchery in cassock and a final fight with martial arts artist Scott Adkins ("Undisputed 2") much less Bad-ass performances as in "The Expendables." But especially in the finale allowed the triumvirate of Stallone, Willis and Schwarzenegger take command. The former competitor at the box office and common co-owner of the restaurant chain "Planet Hollywood" pester with little sayings, use and especially her larger than life image as action icons. Whether that "I'll be back" from "Terminator" or Arnie Willis' "Yippee-ki-yay" from the "Die Hard" movies, the one-liners that are connected forever with the actors, are also here tries, yet quite varied amusing. As with the meeting of the trio in a church in the predecessor, even here the figures appear completely in the background and it's all about the performer.

The Expendable 2

The bird in the self-stylization shoots as expected in the meantime became a cult figure Chuck Norris. Which is no longer for his performances in reactionary B-movie thriller-like "Missing in Action" and "Delta Force" known, but owes its enduring popularity to many through the Internet ghost ends sayings, known as "Chuck Norris Facts", which may be image as a "Mega Tough Guy" satirize and simultaneously solidify. Today's audience is likely that more sentences like "Chuck Norris has counted to infinity .... Twice "call as films with the bearded old star. True to its reputation playing the" Lone Wolf "here a larger than life, messianic single fighter who appears out of nowhere, clean up and disappears. This accompanied by the sounds of Ennio Morrison’s "Wedding Crashers" Music performances are then logically also spiced with spells in the style of "Chuck Norris Facts". And the villain this time is one of the big action names of the 80s and 90s: Jean-Claude Van Damme ("Universal Soldier", "Bloodsport") plays the antagonist with an almost bored arrogance, which is a nice contrast to the more let live "Expendables".

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With a figure the icons testosterone cinema gets from "The Expendables 2", but surprisingly a slightly different note. They gave her awards at numerous international festivals Chinese actress Yu Nan ("Tuya's Marriage", "In Love We Trust"), the 2010 sat in the jury of the Berlinale, and may the old men give strong as Maggie protest. Unlike the first part, as women only hot pants-wearing objects were who needed the protection of men, must in this case at least get involved a female character strong. You can Dolph Lundgren Gunnar rebuffed powerful and embarrassed even makes Stallone's tough mercenary veterans Barney. If it is then the crucial phase goes, but again, the (male) Stars asked to clean up the final with their enemies. For quiet moments in the show is little. place in one of the few thoughtful scenes may be young star Liam Hemsworth ("The Hunger Panem") - as a kind of successor to this time abstinent Mickey Rourke - speak in earnest words about the expense of the soldiers and soldiering.

The Expendable 2

Was some discussion about it in advance to the level of violence of "The Expendables 2" It was said that in order to reach even more viewers to strive for a lower age ratings but do not worry:.. "The Expendables 2" is not one bit tamer than its predecessor. It made no prisoners, but opponents beheaded or shot to pieces. Great splatter effects are still none, instead the action hard, simple and fast. The blood is again digitally and comes out of the computer, the integration into the film but this time managed much better - this is again not the case for all of the computer-derived effects. Sometimes "The Expendables 2" is also visually closer to the dirty busters from the past few protagonists as today glossy blockbuster. Serve with the shabby ruins scenes of a genre-typical rundown of Eastern Europe. Special scene-feature will be a by the Russians during the Cold War erected for training pattern street in the style of a U.S. town of the 80s. Answers are here invoked on double jointed, the ghosts of the past, at the same time reminded of those dreary desert towns in the old west. On this quintessentially American genre in many ways is referred to, as when Stallone enters a building and fires his gun in the best Clint Eastwood-style.

Conclusion: Cool old warhorse and a tough woman at her side, catchy sayings, big guns and a couple of fights, "The Expendables 2" satisfies like its predecessor the appetites of fans, there is even more action-icons even a shovel upped the ante.

The Expendable 2

The Expendable 2

The Expendable 2

The Expendable 2

The Expendable 2

Ice Age: Continental Drift

In the movie American Summer came back CG Anime Series also popular here. And four bullet of the series, the power-up is 3D "Ice Age: Continental Drift".

The stage of the Ice Age series, Mammoth Manny Sid Diego who, of sloth, saber-Tiger to be active. This is a new adventure unfolds as aiming the New World aboard the ice.

Music by John Powell has worked on have been pitched from second part of this series.

Are challenged with the full orchestration modulated in response to movement of agile animals this time. Again, it has become an up-tempo adventure game score of the principal brass fastball, if you have an animation full of the fun, arrangements have been made even comical, such as flamenco and jazz style.

Animation has become a soundtrack score also say the king of entertainment such as chorus also appeared in glittering beautiful melody becomes close to ending that combines exciting and suppleness of John Powell.

John is becoming a maestro of animation, such as composer now working on the most, such as "Shrek," "Happy Feet," "Kung Fu Panda" as the first series of this work, the CG animated hit in recent years large Powell, but I feel like I want to listen to the music of live-action action-adventure adrenaline complete recovery, such as "Jason Bourne" series will soon have listened to this score and ·.





There is also a theme in this film Song of Songs 2 In addition to the score by John Powell.

People who are in charge of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Jennifer Lopez, Nicky Minaju and "Chasing the Sun" of the pop group The Wanted in the UK, the voice of the character singing "We Are Family is ".

Does not suit in this film that takes place in the ice age with two songs, has become a state-of-the-art electro-dance-pop is a refreshing light.

The Dark Knight rises: movie review

The Dark Knight rises

There is more than fair share of discussion about the finale of the trilogy, "Batman" in Christopher Nolan certainly, "The Dark Knight Rises" - but much of it, and the movie itself does not matter. Because it is one of the best superhero movies, it's such a pity.

"Paprika", "Inception" King  is despite the fact that Satoshi Kon's animated classic that it is a blatant rip-off (unaccredited) in the second half, Christopher Nolan is a big fan. To become a super hero when he worked Nolan Batman, and was the perfect choice to bring a different style to superhero film was the best choice. The Academy may have screwed Nolan not nominate either of the first two of a trilogy (which is legendary bias against their relevant SF or fantasy, nothing) Best Picture, it is that You can change the facts of the Nolan Batman film is not, perhaps the most dark, which is the most subtle adaptation of superhero comics so far.

The Dark Knight rises

It was great all along the topic at DKR as a film, distraction, began even before it was released. In fact forget the fact that Romney useful that was written a long film before it becomes a candidate for his party, that has been a bane - We are the presence of Bain, liberal to Mitt Romney smear as the villain in the first printing of almost 20 years off of the radio personality had a particular thing is a plot was suggested that a Batman. Then, far more seriously, Aurora tragic events in Colorado. Although some are trying to propose guilt-by-association for DKR here, it is stupid - just action of a madman crazy a reflection is not on the film he was using as a place staging of him.

But, for me, after it took place in Colorado, almost impolite to talk about the first movie itself - but that impulse is incorrect. I think I will go down as one of the highlights of the superhero genre that this film, and deserves to be told in its own right. It features one of the scary screen villains, it is one grittiest, most ruthless action movie you will see, it is implied meaning of character and political commentary has been packed.

I think that rail is focused on the fire of those on the target they were wrong If you want to conspiracy theorists "The Dark Knight Rises". There is no doubt that there in my mind that it is to go for one of the core themes Nolan, was charged with 1% - He is the real world are looking at as bleeding and dried to Gotham City and the corruption and greed villain. DKR are equipped with suspicious banking insider trading, stock manipulation and - along with the corrupt politicians and bad cop necessary.

 However, it is being manipulated by cynical Bain to mob bloodthirsty vigilante social blind to see that they are used it is also the fate of their obediently play the blame 99% of acceptance, we have provided. There is also some criticism about the need for state-of-the-art in order to find us the Patriot Act, the hero - and scapegoat.

Another attractive element, this is so Batman film without Nolan is that it is different in the movie - Bruce Wayne, more than half the time, which is off-screen, most of the rest, He is dressed in rags and prison suit rather than the bat suit. Batman is not a superpower except for the technology at the disposal of his body and his ability always has been between a man strange heroes. Sick of the world spend this Batman is treated him badly, did not recognize his heroic act, which is Bruce Wayne beaten. It is a fact that was itself Wayne assumed the role of the villain in order to devote the legacy of Harvey Dent is, of course, ignores, however, justice will be not there for he cannot.

The Dark Knight rises

The Dark Knight rises

You are equipped with a spectacular performance in the movie as expected, is - Nolan is the director of actors. Although we have come to rely on Christian Bale for Bruce Wayne sensitive yet brooding in his Gary Old man, the star again and (hero of the work in many ways) Commissioner Gordon once is. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the appearance was awarded as an idealistic young cop he might look over. However, the real revelation is Tom Hardy as Bane here. His towering presence dominates every scene to be displayed in. - The mask and his raspy voice of his grid, Bain of Hardy is a singular villain of the movie.

DKR is the first time that you hijacked airplane movie scene the first extension of other things to provide a spade is not forgotten, to be up, since there are no action scenes are some incredible. I shall either very different, especially Batman film was impressed by the scene of the prison of the third act of the movie.

 As a movie superhero of all, there is the story "The Dark Knight will rise" of human beings as much as possible, these scenes, which shows both the darkness and its restoration in the human mind. In addition, this is (especially if this one, at least 166 minutes) is a rare action films get better as it goes. The first act is the biggest weakness of the film, it is in the middle story of collecting the resonance and emotional momentum as the development it is a lull, I (is for your conclusions like runaway train on) is not to mess with it, there is no bearing.

The Dark Knight rises

You hear any other DKR, make a decision based on the movie itself film going. And, generally smart and powerful movie or Batman superhero, comic, this should actually be displayed if you're a fan of you. 5 out of 5 stars I give this movie king . Academy will appear fit to respect it in the next year hopefully nominated for Best Film.

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

For the initiated

As a twelve year old is Wes Anderson has fallen in love with a girl. It came upon the director, who was then scouting, out of the blue. He has never felt this way, he has never suffered so much. Not for nothing, it means that one is "crush". The Americans say "crush". That intensity of feeling, this unimaginable event of emotions, can hardly put into words. Not for nothing is director Wes Anderson and not a poet. If he lacks the words, the right photo for dramatic experience that he has all.

Precisely for this reason may be the latest film Moonrise Kingdom, the 65th of Edition of the Cannes Film Festival opened, as are the most personal work of the American. At first glance, everything is as usual. Without further ado you can see that it is the work of a bona fide Anderson. The camera moves without cutting through the rooms of a family home as if it were not for dolls and for people. Off screen is "A Young Person's Guide to Orchestra" and analyzed the structure of a piece of the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Leonard Bernstein. And there is like an orchestra of many groups of instruments, which all have their place, their rights and obligations, so too must the family members get along with each other to form a unit. This is the message of Moonrise Kingdom and it is the message of all Anderson films: Please bear with you.

Sam (Jared Gilman), the Boy Scouts, and Suzy (Kara Hayward), the sad-veträumte outsider, are both twelve. You fall in love and decide to escape from the world into the wilderness. But soon they all are on the trail. Sam's hot-tempered and martial Pathfinder colleagues, whose leader (Edward Norton), the police chief of the sleepy coastal town (Bruce Willis), and soon Suzy's neurotic parents (Francis McDormand and Bill Murray). And finally, even on an assertive social worker (Tilda Swinton) a.

Anderson, the script again to Moonrise Kingdom has written with his regular screenwriter Roman Coppola settled on its history in 1965. The submerged and the misty pale yellow tones in the images of the film are all referring to the autobiographical aspect of the story. Otherwise finds himself these incredible attention to detail that characterizes all Anderson films. Because of fishing hook earrings are crafted in tents escape holes are cut and built tree houses on absurdly high strains.

Dramatically, the movie has some weaknesses at first sight, just to end when a huge storm rears and anticipate the impending end of love seems to solve the conflict on almost everyone's satisfaction. In addition, overloaded very much on the shoulders of the two young actors. In contrast to the well-known Anderson-ensemble (Jason Schwartzman is also back with this) they have to reap the sympathy of the audience. Suzy and Sam are drawn far less neurotic and quirky than the rest and Gilman and Hayward are sometimes overwhelmed with the task clearly. But who can resist two hard Preteens love anyway? This is precisely the question that you have in the film. Why, everything in the world, all want to bring the two kids apart? Now, like so much to Anderson the answer to this rather simple: the raging nature, the angry fellow citizens are just projections of a child whose emotional world has come completely out of balance, and perhaps even feel it - so adult children are but then - that Fortunately this is possibly not last forever.

Moonrise Kingdom also has its weaknesses, which can not fail, and yet, Anderson portrays adolescent insecurities and fears with a keen sense of the absurd and fragile such a time. Surely this alone is not a mark of quality and far from a reinvention of the genre. But behind the ludicrous Stoik the performer, the melancholy-drenched music and addictive tracking shots and pans, distills the director of The Royal Tenenbaums and The Darjeeling Limited is a driving desire that escapes are only rarely romantic kitsch. But they were forgiven him swerve, as the film is marked by a surprising honesty that reveals the desires and hopes of the characters ever.

And although the film in its playful, dreamy Zärte the escapist dreams of a Francois Truffaut recalls, Moonrise Kingdom is more of a work for the initiated, for members and converts the Wes Anderson-clubs. Anyone who has not entered into this universe of dysfunctional families, loved ones and prevent out grotesque humor deposits is slowed, which will be murdered by this film - or just plain bored. However, the whiners and the nose ends hulls Anderson detractors have to admit this time that the hermetic closure of his film world has now reached an impressive density and complexity.

THE DICTATOR - OUR REVIEW

REVIEW THE DICTATOR SACHA BARON COHEN

Sacha Baron Cohen and Larry Charles return with a play wrong, but too confused


Sacha Baron Cohen is a true provocateur. As such, gives rise to alternatively love and hate, depending on whether you like it or not the political incorrectness to the bitter end, worn as a dress was a bit 'kitsch to brag about. "The Dictator," the third film that the actor realizes the director of "Borat," Larry Charles, makes absolutely no exception: indeed, goes much further, even too much sometimes, to a cynical humor, brash and in the worst cases even infantile and disgusting.

Let me be clear, all is not to throw in this "The Dictator": first, the first hour is really funny. Cohen is histrionic in the role of Admiral General Aladeen, was dictator of North African Wadiya, a position he holds with ineptitude and total disregard for the lives of his subjects. But, basically, we find that Aladeen is still a child who has never really been loved and lonely. Cohen succeeds in spite of everything to make it funny, and Charles winks more than once to "The Great Dictator" Chaplin, however, overturning the tables in a final sequence that distorts the meaning of the speech to the nations of Charlie Chaplin .

Very well-aimed gags (Aladeen unintentionally frightening the tourists, the wall of shame on which the dictator keeps Polaroids of those are brought to bed) alternate with others that leave people indifferent, but all in all have fun. The script plays on the classical structure of the "hero's journey" to describe the awareness of the negative Aladeen, which, instead of learning to improve themselves, realizes that he wants to become "the greatest dictator of all." The moral of the story is very dark: the power to your head and who has not let it go.

Then, however, Charles Cohen and stomp on the accelerator and vulgarity free on provocation's sake, and lose the compass. No category was spared: African, Chinese, feminists, they all end up in the meat grinder. The result is a film confused and superficial, in which any hopes of complaint - not only against extremism, but also to the Western system - inevitably ends up losing effectiveness.

THE WAY BACK REVIEW PETER WEIR COLIN FARRELL Sturgess RONAN GULAG

THE WAY BACK - OUR REVIEW

THE WAY BACK

Journey into human psychology in the background of the tragedy of the Gulag. Peter Weir directs

Only a director from patronizing pat for all mankind such as Peter Weir could succeed. Making The Way Back issues using mammoth not exactly original - the struggle against nature and humanity, despite staying the hell of the Gulag - without the blockbuster budget and still obtain a good movie and a credible collective fresco.

How he succeeded Mr. Weir? Based on the novel by Slavomir Rawicz, between us and liberty (edited by Corbaccio) - based on real events - and telling the journey to the freedom of seven escaped from a Siberian Gulag, headed by the official Polish Janusz (Jim Sturgess). Seven thousand kilometers for survival are the perfect material to bring out the complexity of human nature in its essence, the privileged object of the work of Australian director. Hardship, fatigue, hunger, learns to invest in the group after the isolation of prison, where the challenge for survival is individual and not collective. What saved this piece of humanity, something could still save it? Altruism, the desire for freedom, the power of the pack and, paradoxically, the humor embodied by the character of Zoran (Dragos Bucur).

THE WAY BACK

The director, as the first floors of Truman Burbank in The Truman Show and paraphrasing the creative act, the characters trapped by narrowing the space in which they work to the detriment of the action. What emerges is a pure distillation of genuine feelings and incredibly realistic.

The Way Back, due out June 6, is distributed by 01 Distribution.

THE WAY BACK