Popstar auf Umwegen (2003) Voll Streaming

It is good, clean fun and likely does not spell the end of Western civilization.. ... [Duff's] a very charming young actress, but the material just isn't there.. A banal slice of fluff.. . Looks like it was shot ultra-cheaply.. . Good clean fun.. Altogether a wasted opportunity from a Disney organization which grows more sclerotic by the minute.. . [Borstein] is the only really delightful element in the movie; everything else is simply slick and professional.. . Director Jim Fall has orchestrate...

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Der perfekte Mann (2005) Film Abspielen

Director Ted Kotcheff has all sorts of trouble with this mess, aside from credibility.. The rapport between the two rogue cineastes is enough to carry both films: the one they're making and the one Jennings is trying to make.. Jennings is clearly having a wonderful time recreating the fantasies of his youth, but sometimes his perspective get a little too inbred, and the picture suffers for it.. Sweet and sentimental, a bit racy to be a kids' film, a bit tame as grown-up entertainment, Son of Ram...

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Die Muppets (2011) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

[Filmmakers] hew close to the essential innocence informing the Muppets' silliness.. . Secondhand Lions tries to delight, but its charms are no more credible than the swashbuckling adventure that Caine's character recounts.. ... Michael Caine is badly miscast in this movie. I didn't believe him for one second in that role.. "The Muppets" is both a delightful family film about the Muppets and a winking, self-referential satire about how lame the Muppets are.. One of those headed-for-cable odditie...

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Die Boxtrolls (2014) Beobachten Film

The equivalent of throwing "Jurassic Park," "Avatar" and the absolute worst episode ever of "Land of the Lost" in a blender and pushing "garble.". Sincerely tries to pay homage to the likes of Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson but is too contaminated by today's tame sensibilities to make it fly.. "The Boxtrolls" remains relentlessly busy up through its final credits, and it's clever in a nattering way. But it's virtually charmless.. A delectable treat that balances themes of identity and cl...

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Schneefrei (2000) Beobachten Film

Snow Day fails both as arrested-development farce and as teen-age romantic comedy.. Young Grey is a firecracker of talent; Fisk delivers a lovely, unaffected performance, and Chriqui is a sparkling, doe-eyed beauty.. Not a waste of time, but not quite in control of its destination.. . . . Unless you have a craving to watch a sluggish Ski-Doo race or want to admire Chase dressed as a hula dancer, consider this the cinematic equivalent of yellow snow.. Snow Day isn't for teens, it's for the kids w...

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Madagascar 3: Flucht durch Europa (2012) Download Voll

This is that rare thing: a franchise that grows more winning with each instalment.. Cascading, colorful 3-D performance sequences are sufficiently dazzling that you'll forgive the bajillionth soundtrack sampling of "Firework.". Despite a script co-written by Noah Baumbach, "Madagascar 3" can't upgrade its own shtick, becoming a craven example of a fast-buck, no-fun family film.. It's silly, and it's lazy. And yet, again, it's pretty funny.. What might be barely tolerable in a seven-minute short ...

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Titan A.E. (2000) Download Film

Could end up being the space epic to reckon with.. CGI fairy dust, dippy tooth puns and a semi-amusing Billy Crystal cameo can't disguise the fact that this sugary distraction is as hollow as a cavity.. The film is an industrial design marvel full of impressionistic, painterly backdrops and cool CGI effects.. One of those children's movies that is made for especially dim or easily fooled children.. In a summer driven by wow factors, Titan A.E. has a galaxy's worth.. There is no excuse for the ba...

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Sky High - Diese Schule hebt ab! (2005) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

My 12-year-old self would have liked this movie a lot. The 25-year-old me likes it a bit more than he cares to admit.. . Music perfectly fits with the movie, the story can't tear myself away from the screen for hours. Really GREAT movie!!. The climax, which involves the homecoming dance and a death ray, is frenzied in its effort to entertain, yet ultimately underwhelming, much like the movie as a whole.. Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. A movie can have ...

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Spy Kids 3 - Game Over (2003) Download Voll

There's enough classically derived Road Runner-type fun to keep most family audiences happy. But the characters betray their contrivance.. While there's a certain rough charm to the handmade virtual reality world [Rodriguez] creates, the movie still has the undeniable drawback that it causes a headache.. Song of the Sea is another satisfying smack in the face of computer-generated 3D animation from Irish director Tomm Moore, after his earlier, Oscar-nominated The Secret of Kells.. Vivid concepti...

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Schwesterherzen - Ramonas wilde Welt (2010) Streaming-

The Spy Next Door makes The Pacifier look like Citizen Kane.. Besson is a pro when it comes to action movies, but this part live, part animation effort is a mess, highlighted by creepy animation, derivative plot points and a child star who speaks way too fast.. An odd imp of a movie, Arthur and the Invisibles may actually be filled with a bit too much invention for the average kid.. . There are too many things out of whack here, and too many unanswered questions.. The plot may be forgettable, bu...

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Toy Story 3 (2010) Streaming-

The 'Toy Story' films are deservedly seen as the gold standard for computer-generated animation.... Beautiful to look at, but where's its heart?. The Golden Compass is a blatant attempt to duplicate the success of the Harry Potter franchise. The only thing missing is richly imagined characters, a comprehensible story line, good acting, and satisfying special effects.. The film is sweet. Its observations of life in the aftermath of death ring true, especially for anyone who's traveled the contour...

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Tierisch Wild (2006) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-

As a movie that kids will enjoy with a few adult-oriented gags to keep parents from going completely insane with boredom, The Wild accomplishes its unambitious mission.. The animation here impresses more than in the equally defunct Madagascar, but everything else smacks of an easy money-making exercise of such dimwitted inanity even the youngest kids will see through it.. Music perfectly fits with the movie, the story can't tear myself away from the screen for hours. Really GREAT movie!!. Awesom...

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Plötzlich Prinzessin 2 (2004) Film-Streaming

It's an 8-year-old girl's fantasy of adulthood, right down to the purple-and-scarlet uniforms worn by the Genovian National Guard.. . Lumpish excuse for a contemporary fairy tale.. Though the picture is often trite and occasionally exasperating, the leading ladies give it a spoonful of sugar and a hint of enchantment.. Scenes end abruptly, laughs are as rare as yetis, and the overarching question seems to be: Can we turn this into a franchise?. Ought to charm its loyal subjects, or at least thei...

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Mein Freund, der Delfin (2011) Film-Streaming

It isn't cute. It isn't really funny. It just kind of is.. A more than worthy (and weird) holiday diversion for the whole family.. Free Birds is not (sorry) a turkey of a film. But it doesn't really soar terribly high either.. This is not only kid-friendly fare, but a lovely family movie.. It may not be a great movie, but it is an exceptionally touching one.. Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. Like so many modern animated features, Free Birds packs too muc...

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Der Grinch (2000) Voll Streaming

You can tell the script is short on punch lines by how often it resorts to poop and fart jokes, the last refuge of the desperate gag writer.. If you have little moviegoers around for the holidays, you should still make the trip to Whovillie.. Not the most gripping narrative, but the frenetic pace and nonstop gags will please young fans.. At its center, it has Carrey, whose nasty, catty Grinch is a hoot and a half.. Business as usual for the irrepressibly cheerful, pineapple-dwelling sea-creature...

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Die Eiskönigin - Völlig unverfroren (2013) Film-Streaming

Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. Make way for a new kind of fairy tale. These Frozen princesses are the kind we can definitely warm to.. Unlike in many animated movies, the borrowings aren't so much in-jokey as structural. Homages, of a sort, and fun to spot.. This is the single best movie I have ever seen.Thanks for your movie info.. A movie can have a superb story, amazing cinematography, and mesmerizing writing as well as directing, but without the ta...

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Spirit - Der Wilde Mustang (2002) Beobachten Film

Adams' hoarse anthems become a betrayal of this horse opera's true potential; fortunately, there is enough fine achievement here to make the film worth seeing.. A cartoon that's truly cinematic in scope, and a story that's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big, four-legged herbivore.. Rather exciting, rendered in a bright sunset palette and a mixture of expressive, boldly drawn traditional animation and fluid computer-generated imagery.. An exciting and exquisitely rende...

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Die Piraten - Ein Haufen merkwürdiger Typen (2012) Online-Streaming-

That the film happens to be in 3-D, with digitized settings and backgrounds, doesn't detract from the timeworn charm of watching blob-like characters lurch erratically through harebrained comic pratfalls.. The action is beautifully staged, delightful, and exciting.. The movie looks meticulously crafted, of course, and is consistently, drily amusing.. A curiosity cabinet of visual pleasures but so breezy and lightly funny that you may not realize at first how good it is. (You're too busy grinning...

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The Lego Movie (2014) Film-Streaming

Ben Stiller and crew go for the easy laughs, spackling the cracks in their armor with a cavalcade of marquee-name cameos and one dizzying action scene after another.. I stopped laughing because after 20 minutes, I'd had enough. The conceit gets stale fast.. The best part is what the movie has to say about conformity -- following the instructions on the box -- versus creativity, i.e. life as a jumble, an inspired improvisation, a joyous hodgepodge.. Ben Stiller, Steve Coogan, Owen Wilson, Ricky G...

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Chicken Run - Hennen rennen (2000) Streaming-

The level of invention on display, from the vividly detailed models and figurines to the gallery of memorable supporting characters, is astonishing at any length.. It'd be churlish to carp about this triumph of craftsmanlike technique.. . Were Larry and Andy Wachowski just really, really lucky when they made The Matrix?. I love the look and the style and the spirit of this film.. More than the story of the Racer family, Speed Racer is the visual autobiography of the Wachowskis and their pit crew...

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