Doesn't try to be more than what it is: a romantic fantasy caper.. A banal slice of fluff.. A jaw-droppingly terrible animated musical that mismatches George Lucas' inane story about a pair of fairy princesses to an oddball selection of the "Star Wars'' creator's favorite pop tunes.. "Strange Magic," the new animated musical fairy tale from the mind and the mixtape of George Lucas, is indeed strange....
Scooby-Doo 2 - Die Monster sind los (2004) Voll Streaming
The monsters are the highlight of the film, and if history is any guide, there will be more ghosts and evildoers for our wholesome heroes to battle in Scooby-Doo 3.. What I like about Bee Movie is its comfy, off-the-cuff charm: unlike a lot of animated family entertainment, it's not all Thwack Smash Kaboom.. . . Bee Movie is a cute movie. Not that there's anything ... well, you know the rest. But...
Golden Shoes (2015) Download Film
A movie can have a superb story, amazing cinematography, and mesmerizing writing as well as directing, but without the talent to deliver it all, it finds itself lacking. Great!!. I really like this movie. thank you. The excellent performances by the cast are also what raise this movie well above your ordinary action movie.. This movie is an epic action movie that I believe in a few years from now...
Like Mike (2002) Film Abspielen
Pleasant but not more than recycled jock piffle.. A movie that can't help but trip over its own wholesomeness.. Slick piece of cross-promotion.. Director John Schultz's movie is as lame and predictable as you'd imagine, and it's chock full of orphanage cliches.. Bow Wow makes an impressive film debut; parents and children will love Calv's plucky can-do attitude; and the action sequences are given...
Percy Jackson - Diebe im Olymp (2010) Download Voll
Although the standard allegorical bases for mythical-quest movies are dutifully covered, the obvious similarity of Percy Jackson to the Harry Potter movies inevitably makes it feel somewhat secondhand.. Most of the charm of "Monsters Inc." comes from its vocal cast.. A worthy competitor to DreamWorks' Shrek for the first Best Animated Feature Oscar.. I thought it was mischievous and witty and amusing...
Im Dutzend billiger (2003) Streaming-
The movie has trouble stitching together disjointed episodes into a coherent narrative. Thanks to a strong voice cast, however, the characters retain their charm throughout.. Frantically paced by director Rob Minkoff ("The Lion King") and making very effective use of 3D - Hey! Get that sword out of my face! - the movie will surely appeal to kids.. The film's saving grace is its character design and...
Advantageous (2015) Download Voll
Music perfectly fits with the movie, the story can't tear myself away from the screen for hours. Really GREAT movie!!. A masterpiece of genre film-making, really worth to watch.. A masterpiece of genre film-making, really worth to watch.. Every minute of this action packed movie is amazing. This is the single best movie I have ever seen. All of the actors do great jobs at their roles from the villains...
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Die Monster Uni (2013) Film-Streaming
The excellent performances by the cast are also what raise this movie well above your ordinary action movie.. A masterpiece of genre film-making, really worth to watch.. The Half-Blood Prince is a beautifully paced feat of filmmaking, one that navigates potentially choppy shifts in scale with grace and ease.. Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. Studios don't...
Stormbreaker (2006) Film-Streaming
Ambitious and enjoyably silly teen thriller.. If they'd given this kid an umbrella, you could guarantee it would rain.. This lame teenage James Bond will leave audiences neither shaken nor stirred.. The result is effective, if too intense for younger children.. The characters lack shadings -- Nolte's ogre is loud but uninteresting -- and the tone of the fantasy world isn't witty, like Harry Potter's,...
Milo und Mars (2011) Download Film
The film conceals as much as it reveals, and its beauty is that it pretends to do nothing else. It embraces a mystery and protects it, and it’s thrilling to behold.. An entertaining, accomplished movie that shows off what its signature technology can do.... Fun at times and tedious at others, it's an action-adventure fantasy aimed particularly at gadget-loving boys.. A feeble Spy Kids imitation.....
Marley & Ich (2008) Streaming-
. The dog -- or the many dogs who play Marley through the years -- also delivers some of the funniest scenes.. Marley & Me turns out to be the best -- and truest -- film about humans and our animals to arrive onscreen in a dog's age.. Though it requires three or four hankies to mop up the mess this sentimental tale leaves behind, the tears feel largely unearned.. Marley's misadventures play like...
102 Dalmatiner (2000) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-
Taking the dogs out of the central roles leaves you with seriously weird humans and not enough puppy love.. As good as [Close] is, she's simply Cruella revisited.. Amiable, undemanding family holiday entertainment.. The sequel adds more insults and injuries that could traumatize little ones.. Close's combination of Norma Desmond and the Bride of Frankenstein will delight adults as much as the kids...
Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban (2004) Film-Streaming
A different kind of Harry Potter movie, a better kind.. Miyazaki's nonstop images are so stunning, and his imagination so vivid, that the only possible complaint you could have about Spirited Away is that there is no rest period, no timeout.. A marvelous adventure.. Children may not understand everything that happens -- I'm not sure even Miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated,...
Schweinchen Wilbur und seine Freunde (2006) Download Voll
Woe be to the child who doesn't mist up at this movie, since it's been made if not with zip, wit, or imagination, then at least with sweetness. But I hope no one will think the film is an adequate replacement for White's book. That would be a crime.. . Parents beware. Bratz will rot your child's mind, drain her soul and likely encourage early Botox dependency.. Best of all may be the narration, by...
Planet 51 (2009) Download Voll
. Definitely a planet worth a visit.. The script lacks wit, and the in-joke references to cinematic sci-fi classics will soar over little kids' heads without pleasing many adults.. With nowhere to go except toward that incongruous moral, the story is getting thin on the ground, obliging director Jorge Blanco to pad with the usual plush stuffing -- bland action and busy edits.. . The agreeable but...
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High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-
There's not much of a story, the whole thing's a bit superficial, and there's little to laugh at, but it's still a refreshing change from the norm.. Mr. Efron's athletic grace is Astaire-like in its casual authority. Ms. Hudgens's blissful smiles melt the screen.. The movie's big action scenes ... make you forget you're even watching animation.. . . There's nothing thrilling or new about the work...
The Hollars (2015) Film-Streaming
Music perfectly fits with the movie, the story can't tear myself away from the screen for hours. Really GREAT movie!!. Awesome as director this is the first time that they have been together again Since training day powerful movie go see it!!!. Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. This is the single best movie I have ever seen.Thanks for your movie info.. The...
Hotel Transsilvanien (2012) Download Voll
The 3-D adds a vertiginous thrill to a chase on flying tables and a touch of claustrophobia to a maze of underground corridors.. Every generation of trick-or-treaters deserves its monster mash.. Hotel Transylvania may lack the emotional oomph of Pixar's best efforts, but it makes up for it with rapid-fire gags and an unflagging pace that makes this a rare all-ages treat.. "Cinderella" feels real enough...
Percy Jackson - Im Bann des Zyklopen (2013) Online-Streaming-
Screenwriter Gina Wendkos, working from Meg Cabot's novel, resorts to monotonous movie cliches: almost uniformly cruel classmates and a callous, cacophonous mob of media jackals.. Tweens and young teens should be sufficiently distracted by the movie's brisk pace and heroic mayhem - if they're not too unnerved by its at times nightmarish imagery.. An epic showcase for mediocre CGI and slapdash screenwriting.....
Die Coopers - Schlimmer geht immer (2014) Film Abspielen
Miguel Arteta directs with a deft hand, and the performances charm.. Even the bathroom humor is forgivable when the end result is a crowd-pleasing comedy and a surprisingly entertaining treat for the whole family.. The latest example of a wonderful children's book turned into a mediocre movie.. A nice, pleasant, not bad, perfectly fine movie.. Stretches the book thinner than pizza dough and feels...
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Horton hört ein Hu! (2008) Beobachten Film
When Horton sticks to the sweet, funny spirit of its source, though, all's right with the worlds, big and little.. doesn't have the brisk economy of the original book, but the animated Horton feels nevertheless close to the sweet, quirky heart of Dr. Seuss.. Smurfs are the Barneys of the fantasy world.. This new Horton 'toon may be state of the art. But it's great virtue isn't the 3-D animation. It's...
Free Birds - Esst uns an einem anderen Tag (2013) Download Film
The film conceals as much as it reveals, and its beauty is that it pretends to do nothing else. It embraces a mystery and protects it, and it’s thrilling to behold.. The excellent performances by the cast are also what raise this movie well above your ordinary action movie.. A forgettable - and occasionally borderline offensive - animated tale of turkeys trying to take back Thanksgiving.. A welcome...
Rambo (1982) Download Film
Few movies have captured the intoxicating effect of pop culture on kids better than Son of Rambow.. With apologies to Mr. Stallone, no one would ever argue First Blood was an essential part of any healthy childhood. But the ability to make-believe certainly is.. Milner and Poulter are a lot of fun to watch, a pair of first-timer naturals who don't reek of Dakota Fanning Young Actorliness.. Plenty...
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Der Lorax (2012) Download Film
This tale is filled with delightful characters and it's sugarcoated with vibrant animation and candy colors.. A parallel world of wonders, zestfully conceived and radiantly rendered, in which the great-hearted ogre tries his likeable best to avoid the parallel threats of kingship and parenthood.. Par for the course in blowout CGI adaptations, a great deal of detail and bustle is gained at the expense...
Freiheit (2014) Streaming-
. Herbie is the kind of funny, frenetic family movie that really does offer something for everyone.. It's nice to see that Disney remembers its past, even if four decades of social change and global issues seem to have made no impact on it whatsoever.. The film leaves us with the impression that slaves' survival had more to do with sheer luck than dogged resilience.. All ends well, everyone gets what's...
WALL·E - Der Letzte räumt die Erde auf (2008) Streaming-
The power of WALL-E as a character, the poetic figure of the robot drawn to human splendor, remains powerful throughout -- and Pixar's loveliest creation.. The greatest of all films by Pixar Animation, the little Disney studio with the Midas touch.. WALL-E is a surprisingly moving parable of what we waste, and what we should cherish -- and wrapped in a romance so absurdly moving it could wring a tear...
Igor (2008) Online-Streaming-
A rarity to be cheered: a smart, engaging family film that stands firmly in the best of the Disney tradition.. There's scant reward for sitting through Igor, an animated twist on the Frankenstein story that never sparks to life.. Until The Rookie came along, I'd forgotten how good and smart a family film can be.. If they gave an Oscar for Best Performance in a Mediocre Movie, Dennis Quaid should already...
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Drama,
Familie,
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The Last Keepers (2013) Film-Streaming
This movie is an epic action movie that I believe in a few years from now shall be more appreciated than it is today !!. Music perfectly fits with the movie, the story can't tear myself away from the screen for hours. Really GREAT movie!!. The film conceals as much as it reveals, and its beauty is that it pretends to do nothing else. It embraces a mystery and protects it, and it’s thrilling to behold.....
Der gute Dinosaurier (2015) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-
A masterpiece of genre film-making, really worth to watch.. This movie is an epic action movie that I believe in a few years from now shall be more appreciated than it is today !!. The excellent performances by the cast are also what raise this movie well above your ordinary action movie.. Awesome as director this is the first time that they have been together again Since training day powerful movie...
Saving Christmas (2014) Online-Streaming-
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid benefits from not trying too hard, but it wouldn't hurt if it had tried just a little bit harder anyway.. Like a kid in a mid-day algebra class, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid; Dog Days" only wakes up for the louder, crasser jokes its pals crack.. I'd call "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" harmless if it weren't for some totally unnecessary gay-panic jokes that could actually encourage...
Der Sohn von Rambow (2007) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-
After the movie, I imagined its writer-director, Garth Jennings (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) being more than a little like Will, and the movie uncannily similar to one of Will's comic epics.. . A joyous, touching story of friendship, mischief and imagination.. The rapport between the two rogue cineastes is enough to carry both films: the one they're making and the one Jennings is trying...
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Triff die Robinsons (2007) Film-Streaming
Whether you see this loony, feel-good comedy in 3-D or in regular vision, it's a lot of fun.. Where "The Lorax" succeeds, it's by letting its Seussian spirit shine through.. This is a very skillfully made corporate product, but I wonder who, exactly, will be fully satisfied.. The movie is a mess.. It keeps moving forward, even if you're not always sure where it's taking you.. There's no doubt Disney...
Song of the Sea (2014) Film Abspielen
No evolutionary leap forward in the world of computer-generated animation, just another palatable, familiar children's diversion in shiny new form.. If I had to recommend the best children's film out there for all ages, this one, and The Tale of Princess Kaguya, would easily top the charts.. Yet another marvelously funny digital-animation feature.. "Song of the Sea" is a wonder to behold. This visually...
Nacho Libre (2006) Download Film
. The beautifully shot Nacho Libre presents its improbable hero -- doughy, boyish and speaking in a dubious accent -- as someone utterly confident of his abilities, and his place in the world.. A breezy, funny, touching, action-packed sequel.. Black's Po manages to retain his requisite bumptiousness while also making a credible action hero.. Nacho Libre scores points only on occasion.. The original...
Lügen haben kurze Beine (2002) Film-Streaming
Sorry. Started to doze off.. If you're a fan, you won't be disappointed.. In gleefully, thumpingly hyperbolic terms, it covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass, jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz.. Its winning formula is driven not by narrative but by what isn't there: no sex, no drugs, and no rock and roll-- unless you count the logjam of thundering power ballads.....
Die Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde (2008) Download Film
Nanny McPhee offers solid family entertainment in the face of it all. Mary Poppins, eat your heart out.. Considering all the movies not being shown to critics this year, why did the studio choose this one to subject us to?. Naughty (and nice) children of all ages, particularly little girls, should gobble this one up, and rightly so.. The cast hits the right notes.. Cheesy, sappy, full of obvious slapstick...
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Die Croods (2013) Online-Streaming-
This movie not only has its heart in the right place, it has its brain in the right place.. It may not be an instant animated classic, but it's a charmer that will leave the kids ... feeling warm and fuzzy .... . The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement picks up right where the 2001 hit original left off -- not only in its story line, but in its appeal to young girls.. The pace is brisk and occasionally...
Alvin und die Chipmunks 3 - Chipbruch (2011) Beobachten Film
Flails about in search of a creative reason to exist.. . Largely inoffensive but equally unimaginative.. 87 minutes of high-pitched singing, shenanigans, bad behaviour and family bonding, enlivened by a decent Sarah Palin joke.. In the end, I'd rather hang onto fond memories of my Eisenhower-era record, squeaky voices and all.. There is chipmunk gambling. There is seductive dancing by Chipettes wearing...
Raise Your Voice - Lebe deinen Traum (2004) Download Film
Spirited entertainment for all but the youngest members of the group (Oddball faces peril that will haunt little ones).. This is for Duff's already committed audiences, which presumably consist of the young, the innocent and the commercially acquisitive.. The film suffers from a syndrome I'll call the Pop Princess's New Clothes. Hilary can't really sing, and neither can Terri, so you can't help but...
Sind wir schon da? (2005) Download Film
We've got stereotypes-a-go-go: Raging redneck truckers. Accented Asians. Country bumpkins. Black fathers missing in action. The humor's a tad too raunchy for the kids, and the predictable plot won't win over any of the parents.. A masterpiece of genre film-making, really worth to watch.. . Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. I really like this movie. thank you....
Gnomeo und Julia (2011) Voll Streaming
Fortunately, the movie throws adults a few bones along the way; this is by no means an unpleasant film to watch, and the Ice Age short that runs with it is funny, too.. A surprisingly touching, low-key ballad of middle-aged male regret disguised as a kiddie comedy replete with poop and fart jokes and soccer balls launched at Popper's crotch.. "Toy Story" goes Shakespearean in this animated retelling...
Der Babynator (2005) Download Voll
This is great. I loved it.. The director of Bringing Down the House and the writer and co-creator of Reno 911! fail to find anything funny outside of the diaper pail.. A by-the-numbers follow-up to the highly successful 2005 feature that was no great shakes to begin with.. An abysmal comedy.. If you own a TV, you will have heard the best laughs excerpted in unrelenting commercials leading up to the...
Die Monster AG (2001) Download Voll
The good guys are those who realize that laughter is stronger than fear. That's a message worth taking to heart these jittery days.. Its reassuring message is more relevant than ever.. Supple and technologically sophisticated entertainment.. Though a bit indulgent of its star power at times, Monsters is funny and sweet enough to delight kids and inventive enough to satisfy adults.. Though the comedy...
Mensch, Dave! (2008) Online-Streaming-
The movie never quite coheres into a consistent vision.. . Made by people who clearly think themselves much smarter than their audience. In place of whimsy, it offers cynicism.. The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle is completely in the spirit of its progenitor.. Meet Dave pays lip service to the joys of exploring new worlds, but it never steps off the tour bus.. . This is made-for-TV material dressed...
Eine zauberhafte Nanny - Knall auf Fall in ein neues Abenteuer (2010) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-
The Smurfs ends up being just below average, it won't give you nightmares, and small ones might dig it.. On a hot summer day, "The Smurfs" is a decent enough excuse to haul the little ones into an air-conditioned theater.. May Nanny McPhee return again, very soon.. I wouldn't smurf Gosnell's 'The Smurfs' on my smurfiest enemy.. This Horton Hears a Who! never loses sight of the simple but perennially...
Löwen aus zweiter Hand (2003) Streaming-
. . Secondhand Lions tries to delight, but its charms are no more credible than the swashbuckling adventure that Caine's character recounts.. An air of contrivance and, worse, fraudulence, hangs over this gentle fantasy, despite some charming moments.. Of little interest to anyone except those who thought Air Bud was too smutty.. One of those headed-for-cable oddities that must have sounded like a...
Das Geheimnis von Green Lake (2003) Voll Streaming
As kids' films go, it's a thoughtful, superior piece of work, an entertaining picture that youngsters can enjoy on first viewing and perhaps fully grow into as they get a bit older.. I walked in expecting a movie for thirteensomethings, and walked out feeling challenged and satisfied.. That rare thing, a movie that will genuinely appeal to just about everyone in a family, though it emphatically is...
Charlie und die Schokoladenfabrik (2005) Online-Streaming-
The summer's most visually arresting escapist adventure.. Inconsistent and undisciplined, Minions is more an adjunct to marketing than a legitimate motion picture.. As you would expect, the script - there is one, sort of - feels as if it was written to fill the blanks in a Mad Libs story.. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, director Tim Burton does his best work in years.. Opulently entertaining.....
Speed Racer (2008) Voll Streaming
Twelve-year-old boys should be wowed, but for the rest of us, it will depend on your appetite for eye candy.. Someday, real artists may come along to use some of the techniques that the Wachowskis are developing. Then things will get interesting.. For a movie about velocity, the excitement factor is low and the races feel like a drag.. This toxic admixture of computer-generated frenzy and live-action...
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Pan (2015) Online-Streaming-
I really like this movie. thank you. The excellent performances by the cast are also what raise this movie well above your ordinary action movie.. A masterpiece of genre film-making, really worth to watch.. The excellent performances by the cast are also what raise this movie well above your ordinary action movie.. Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. Absolutely...
Hop - Osterhase oder Superstar (2011) Beobachten Film
Brand does manage to play an obnoxious creature with a kind of charm. He feels like the only person who doesn't need this movie.. It offers a glimmer of amusement, but only to kids still young enough to believe in the Easter Bunny.. A fun and funny mix of live action and animation that puts the hop back into Easter.. As fake and forgettable as a marshmallow Peep, "Hop" goes down easy enough. It's...
Aquamarin - Die vernixte erste Liebe (2006) Online-Streaming-
Aquamarine isn't good enough to be a teen classic, but its audience will leave the theater happy.. This movie, in fact, is all about conformity.. Both Roberts and Levesque are better known for their recording careers than their acting, and while they have regular-girl presence, their believability wavers greatly from scene to scene.. This film is entirely harmless. It's utterly forgettable.. The movie...
Findet Nemo (2003) Beobachten Film
Very clever and imaginative indeed.. Nemo, with its ravishing underwater fantasia, manages to trump the design glamour of earlier Pixar films.. A visual marvel, every frame packed to the gills with clever details, Finding Nemo is the best big-studio release so far this year.. A genuinely funny and touching film that, in less than a decade, has established itself as a timeless classic.. The latest...
Flutsch und weg (2006) Film Abspielen
On the short list of sequels superior to the originals -- alphabetically between The Godfather, Part II and Toy Story 2 -- you may enter Ice Age: The Meltdown.. The sequel to Ice Age is very much like the original: witty and imaginative at times, dull and predictable at others.. The Meltdown is at least faithful to its predecessor in the sense of being equally as underwhelming.. [The film] has lots...
Die Chroniken von Narnia: Der König von Narnia (2005) Online-Streaming-
Thank you for giving information about the film. this a good movie to be watched for sure.. This PG-rated movie feels safe and constricted in a way the story never does on the page. It leaves out the deep magic of a good movie, or a good sermon: the feeling that something vital is at stake.. It can be a good thing, St. Paul tells us, to put away childish things. But it is sometimes an even better...
City of Ember - Flucht aus der Dunkelheit (2008) Beobachten Film
It's very much a charming kids' film, created by a master of animation.. There's shockingly little plot in this tale of the denizens of the titular city.. Children will love this. It's classic Miyazaki.. A bright tale of wonder and connection, Ponyo is a reminder that a G rating needn't be a "little kid" designation.. Trippy in the right way, and wholly enchanting.. Except for watching Bill Murray...
Der Schatzplanet (2002) Beobachten Film
Treasure Planet doesn't have the charm of Disney's last homegrown release, Lilo & Stitch, or the dazzling artistry of Spirited Away. But it's a capable and diverting holiday season adventure for a family audience.. Has its moments, but it's pretty far from a treasure.. It's laced with literate humor, and the directors cite N.C. Wyeth's illustrations for the 1911 Scribner's edition of Treasure...
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Die Eisprinzessin (2005) Film-Streaming
. [It] may be the best of the bunch, simply because it busts the leash that tethers it to anything resembling reality.. . [I]t's dreadful.. Although this is the kind of entertainment designed to send its audience home happy, Ice Princess has its share of stinging moments and has a good deal more edge than one might have expected.. There are far too many cringe-inducing cliches and gaping plot holes.....