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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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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...
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...