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...
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...
Karate Kid (2010) Download Voll
It's a kids' movie, aimed at kids and the people who buy their tickets. And on that level, it doesn't disappoint.. It's as sweet-natured a movie as you could expect about a 12-year-old learning to beat the crap out of his schoolmates.. If the movie's overlong (and it is, by about 20 minutes), it's long for a reason: It gives Dre time to grow.. The Karate Kid indulgently runs 2 hours, 20 minutes, at...
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,...
Winnie Puuh (2011) Streaming-
"Winnie the Pooh" may not be a movie that grown-ups seek out on their own, but it may make some of them jealous of the 4-year-olds who are making the noble bear's acquaintance for the first time.. This is indeed good old Pooh, nothing to fear. No space robots or serial killers have been added to the cast.. It's a pleasure to sink into an animated family movie from Disney that radiates charm with a...
Die Biene Maja - Der Kinofilm (2014) Online-Streaming-
"Maya the Bee" embodies the kind of self-consciously uplifting treacle some adults insist kids want. They package "Maya" like honey, but it tastes like medicine.. This sweet, play-it-safe adaptation of TV's honeybee heroine is as innocuous and uninspired as preschool animation gets.. Lacks the zingy surprise that Pixar or Disney might have brought.. The film's messages about friendship, acceptance...
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...
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...
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...
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.....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Thunderbirds (2004) Beobachten Film
A feeble Spy Kids imitation.. 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 shall be more appreciated than it is today !!. . Aside from possibly launching a Ben Kingsley line of cosmetics, Thunderbirds seems destined to leave no lasting mark.. The film conceals...
Label:
Abenteuer,
Action,
Familie,
Fantasy,
Science Fiction
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Home - Ein smektakulärer Trip (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!!. Tim Johnson ( Antz) has capitalized on DreamWorks' proprietary animation platform, Apollo to create a rich, intricate setting...But the technology doesn't save the film from falling flat on other levels.. The combination...
Nachts im Museum (2006) Online-Streaming-
Rarely has so much production value yielded so little in terms of audience engagement.. ... an aimless and riotous mess.. . The special effects are far more inspired than the comedy in Night at the Museum, which strands several generations of performers in a highly derivative script and hackneyed direction.. The movie, despite some lavish special effects, feels perfunctory and generic. Kids may well...
Harry Potter und der Feuerkelch (2005) Beobachten Film
Whenever it hits its stride, it's a well-acted, vividly executed, full-speed-ahead special-effects extravaganza that puts as much bang as possible into every remaining scene.. Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. A masterpiece of genre film-making, really worth to watch.. The film conceals as much as it reveals, and its beauty is that it pretends to do nothing...
Gregs Tagebuch 2 - Gibt's Probleme? (2011) Online-Streaming-
A film about as funny as a seeping wound.. A brisk, reverent, and subtly different sequel.. This follow-up seems so similar to the 1953 Disney classic that it makes one long for a geriatric Peter.. Preceded by a 1957 Pluto short, Never Land is a warmly nostalgic throwback.. For the most part this is a collection of set pieces that movies have served up many, many times before.. They've wimped out.....
Cats & Dogs - Wie Hund und Katz (2001) Film-Streaming
Storks samba! Toucans tumba! Parrots party in kaleidoscopic formations to the music of Sergio Mendes!. The visuals have so much intrinsic motion that it's too bad Robots is oppressively rollercoasterish.. It may not shatter any molds, but it clicks along in a genial, spirited manner.. . Rio is a brightly-colored, dizzying pinwheel of 3D animation in which nothing much happens. Sounds like summer is...
Label:
Abenteuer,
Animation,
Komdie,
Science Fiction
Shrek - Der tollkühne Held (2001) Film Abspielen
Tangled is lovely to look at, but if you're not a pre-teen girl, you may be distracted by the split ends.. The script, instead of being what we tolerate in order to savor the visuals, is a delight all by itself.. A teeter-totter between O.K. and Meh.. Banal, shallow and markedly cynical.. This romantic fantasy complicates the roles of beauty and beast, making it hard to guess what form a sensitive...
Ein Königreich für ein Lama (2000) Online-Streaming-
Duff plays off her Lizzie Maguire persona as a cute but unassuming girl, but also conveys soulfulness and earnest longing.. The first Disney animated movie since The Little Mermaid that amounts to nothing more than a throwaway.. The Prince is a wet rag, the slapstick stepsisters are dull and even the fretful Sam seems colorless.. Let me get quickly to the word that best describes this movie. It is...
Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz (2009) Streaming-
It really helps in these situations to have first-rate actors.. Harry is better than ever, a triumph of visual wonder and emotional storytelling.. 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.. This is the darkest, saddest, most sophisticated Harry Potter film yet.. Music perfectly...
Die Maske 2 - Die nächste Generation (2005) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-
No doubt extensive market research shows that there's an audience out there for movies like Son Of The Mask, but it's too depressing to speculate who that might be.. What we basically have here is a license for the filmmakers to do whatever they want to do with the special effects, while the plot, like Wile E. Coyote, keeps running into the wall.. If he keeps working hard and honing his craft, Jamie...
Die Chroniken von Narnia: Prinz Kaspian von Narnia (2008) Film-Streaming
It's nice that the film brings some real-world crunch to the story - ethnic characters whose presence make a social point ... and a clear message about the downside of a society where food is overabundant.. Sure, it's a big-budget spectacle. But it's also the kind of grandly old-fashioned entertainment we don't get enough of anymore.. 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' may not scale the artistic...
Ella - Verflixt & zauberhaft (2004) Online-Streaming-
With bigger battles and scarier monsters than its predecessor, the new movie flaunts grander visual effects, and, with one notable exception, a dash more individuality than the initial installment.. Why oh why are these sequels always bigger and louder and longer and bad?. Determined to have their cake and eat it too, writer-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller first invite us to revel in ice cream...
Sinbad - Der Herr der sieben Meere (2003) Online-Streaming-
Sinbad is rich with ideas and images.. Business-as-usual movie that isn't trying to make anything more than a medium-size splash.. The excellent performances by the cast are also what raise this movie well above your ordinary action movie.. The effects are competent, the action has exciting moments and the story is interesting enough, but the parts don't add up to a compelling sum.. This is the single...
Monsters vs Aliens (2009) Download Film
It's an affectionate, fairly funny riff on 1950s sci-fi movies, which often featured aliens, sometimes in the form of gelatinous glop, trying to take over Earth before earthlings, usually of the military variety, save the day.. This blandly conceived and executed attempt at a juve-style Indiana Jones with Jules Verne trappings recycles familiar adventure and cartoon devices with minimal wit and flair.....
Label:
Abenteuer,
Animation,
Familie,
Science Fiction
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004) Online-Streaming-
The sort of incoherent mess that invariably goes straight to video.. Features even more toddlers acting in a way only collectors of velvet paintings will consider irresistible.. The shtick is as stale and over-processed as expired Froot Loops, with references that were dated even when the original was released.. Whatever wit could be mined from the idea of breaking the code to baby talk was exhausted...
Shrek 2 - Der tollkühne Held kehrt zurück (2004) Download Voll
Delivers more fun than there is slime in a green ogre's swamp.. A rare example of a sequel that's better than the original.. . It's laced with literate humor, and the directors cite N.C. Wyeth's illustrations for the 1911 Scribner's edition of Treasure Island as the inspiration for their marvelously detailed fantasy world.. 'Treasure Plane' starts with the clever idea of transforming the story into...
Label:
Abenteuer,
Familie,
Fantasy,
Science Fiction
Rio 2 - Dschungelfieber (2014) Beobachten Film
Those who enjoyed the adventures of Blu and Jewel and company in the first Rio are going to find the sequel an equally pleasing diversion.. All in all, though, the movie feels at once too busy and too derivative. That's no easy feat, but it's also one sequel-makers probably shouldn't aspire to.. Wonderfully animated and well-voiced, "Rio 2" is nevertheless too much. Too much plot, too many issues,...
Brendan und das Geheimnis von Kells (2009) Film-Streaming
I really like this movie. thank you. Absolutely one of the greatest, most cringe-worthy movies I've ever seen.. Awesome as director this is the first time that they have been together again Since training day powerful movie go see it!!!. A beguiling kaleidoscopic indulgence for the eyes and soul.. A movie can have a superb story, amazing cinematography, and mesmerizing writing as well as directing,...
Snow Dogs - Acht Helden auf vier Pfoten (2002) Streaming-
A miserable waste of a harebrained script fleshed out with mediocre performances by a flailing cast.. Lima ... hits all the obvious notes hard, and must be held to account for indulging so much hammy mugging from his cast.. . A generic family comedy unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set.. . It's particularly good at capturing that time of life when you simultaneously believe...
Max (2015) Download Film
Mr. Yakin opts for bullets, explosions and blood vengeance when handcuffs and perp walks would do the job. Not that "Max" has any clear or coherent sense of mission.. "Minions'" all-silliness all-the-time philosophy will put a smile on faces and keep it there, like a fizzy beverage on a hot afternoon.. Yakin doesn't condescend to his audience, and infuses his plot with a surprisingly ambitious and...
Bedtime Stories (2008) Download Film
Sandler's laziness, sloppiness, and cynical pandering are all over Bedtime Stories, and it turns what's intended to be a graceful intersection of fairytale whimsy and real-world slapstick into an ugly, head-on collision.. When it comes to holiday tales, it would be best to reread The Night Before Christmas rather than waste time or money on Bedtime Stories.. The twitchy anxiety that once powered his...
Mein Freund der Wasserdrache (2007) Wiedergabe Von Streaming-
Thank you for giving information about the film. this a good movie to be watched for sure.. I really like this movie. thank you. I recommend this movie to everyone out there want to see an epic action movie that delivers to every sense of the word and I'm not WHO Easily could be convinced with good action no matter how big and famous. I recommend this movie to everyone out there want to see an epic...
Harry Potter und der Orden des Phönix (2007) Online-Streaming-
Beautifully shot but a soulless cash machine, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" delivers no dramatic payoff, no resolution and not much fun.. Director David Yates, who is new to the Potter franchise, moves the story along briskly, at the expense of texture and nuance.. This one is a long, archetypal journey that screeches to a halt a few stops short of its destination.. The whole Hogwarts...
Drachenzähmen leicht gemacht (2010) Beobachten Film
Smartly dispensing with the usual hubbub of pop references that dot many of these films, the movie offers touching, quiet moments and imaginative, high-flying beauty. It's fantastically entertaining.. It's a thrilling action-adventure saga with exhilarating 3-D animation, a clever comedy with witty dialogue, a coming-of-age tale with surprising depth and a sweetly poignant tale of friendship between...
Wolkig mit Aussicht auf Fleischbällchen 2 (2013) Online-Streaming-
Better in every respect than the original "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.". Mostly, "Cloudy 2" relies on the usual noxious recipe for junky kid flicks: loud noise, pop music and poop jokes.. Suspend your ideas about what is logical or truly real and just have a nice 90-minute escape into the brightly colorful world directors Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn and their team have created here.. The movie...
Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland (2001) Beobachten Film
That rare movie that has the emotional and psychological depth to match its stunning surface.. In scene after scene, Spirited Away unleashes so much wonder and visual imagination that you end up watching the movie in a state of rapturous, awestruck bliss.. Children may not understand everything that happens -- I'm not sure even Miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated,...