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Kung Fury (2015)

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Kung Fury is a title I have been looking forward to for a while. It has been written, directed and stars Swedish David Sandberg. His idea was to create a tribute to the action and police movies of the eighties. With a couple of friends he created a trailer for his film and started Kickstarter to make it a reality. The goal was to get 200.000 dollars, which it managed to reach easily. In the end he had 630.000 dollars to start the prodcution: A 30 minute movie which would be available online for free. After being shown at the Cannes film festival to amazing reviews it has now been released online for everyone to enjoy. Within a couple of hours the movie has already passed the one million views and I expect it will become a lot more as the end result really is stunning. Continue reading →

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Three Colors: White (1993)

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My third movie in my Blindspot series I’ve watched (yes, I know I’m a bit behind) is the second movie from the Three colors trilogy by director Krzysztof Kieslowski. After being really impressed by the first movie, I couldn’t wait to find out if the movie would be as good or even better.

Even though the movies are part of a trilogy, it isn’t really necessary to watch them in order (at least that’s the case for the first two I saw, have to see if that’s the case for the third one). There are small moments which link the movies (if you blink you might miss them), but each movie is a separate film. Continue reading →

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Tomorrowland (2015)

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When director and writer Brad Bird attaches himself to a project, there is enough reason to take notice and anticipate the end result. He directed movies like The Iron Giant, The Incredibles and Ratatouille, but was also responsible for the exciting Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. Tomorrowland is his newest “live action” movie. Is the end result worth watching? Continue reading →

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Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

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As I consume quite a big number of movies each year, you’d expect that I would also keep up with the latest news and watch the latest trailers. However, this is not the case. If I haven’t seen a new movie yet I usually won’t be able to tell you a thing about it. The reason is that I enjoy that feeling of surprise and shock when watching a movie. The only thing I’ve seen of Kingsman was its poster which had a wardrobe on it filled with nice seats and some guns. I knew that Samuel L. Jackson was in it. Nothing would have been able to prepare me for the spectacle this movie offers.

Had I looked at the writer/director, Matthew Vaughn, I could have known that this movie would have something special. He was responsible for the screenplays of Kick-Ass, The Debt and X-Men: First Class. With Kingsman: The Secret Service he serves up his ode to the spy movies, made popular by James Bond. Continue reading →

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Dumbo (1941)

Review Dumbo

When you have children of course you can’t escape having to watch movies with them. Of course this give you the opportunity as a parent to pick out quality movies and see how they react to them. Often watching their response is more enjoyable than the movie itself. Dumbo is an animation classic which is, especially compared to the current animated movies, relatively simple. It was a while for me since I had last seen it and was curious if I would still enjoy it, but I was also looking forward to seeing my own daughter respond to it as she saw it for the first time. Continue reading →

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Krush Groove (1985)

Review Krush Groove

Complex.com has been looking back at various classic hip hop songs for a while with interviews with those involved in their series Magnum Opus . It is an enjoyable look behind the scenes which shows how these songs came to into existence. In one of the latest videos LL Cool J’s Rock the Bells was featured and a clip of the movie Krush Groove was shown, where he had a small cameo. Despite the fact that I had seen quite a lot of hip hop related movies, this was one I missed. Time to add this one. Continue reading →

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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Review Mad Max Fury Road

Hell has never been shot so beautifully. In the future, after several wars, the world is a nothing but a shadow of its former self. Water and oil have become scarce and the world has changed into a big desert. Max (Tom Hardy) has survived it all, but is still struggling with visions of people he wasn´t able to save. He´s captured by the War Boys, a private army of tyrannical Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) and is used as a “bloodbag” for a sick War Boy, Nux (Nicholas Hoult). Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron), a confidante of Immortan Joe. Her assignment is to drive a big truck, the War Rig, to a nearby town to get gasoline. She leaves, but leaves the road and when Immortan Joe realizes what she´s doing, he sends out his War Boys to stop her. Max involuntarily gets involved as he´s strapped on the front of one of the cars and he has to try to survive. Continue reading →

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Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)

Review Pitch Perfect 2

The original Pitch Perfect was an unexpected success. The expectations in advance weren’t really high, whih is why it managed to surprise many people, including myself. I loved it. The story about an a capella group, the Bellas, who had to form a team to win hit all the right notes (no pun intended).

This wasn’t only because the music choices were great and performed weel, but also because of the cast. Anna Kendrick carried the story, but the weird supporting characters were memorable. Rebel Wilson shined in her role as Fat Amy and Hana Mae Lee was very funny as the almost silent Lilly. Add to that the politically incorrect comments from Gail (Elizabeth Banks) and John (John Michael Higgins) as commentators at the various competitions and the result was a surprising, almost (pitch) perfect combination of these elements. That surprise isn’t there now and the expectations are high. Does this second movie manage to meet them? Continue reading →

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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Review Kung Pow Enter the Fist

Out of all comedies I know Kung Pow might be one of the most unusual ones. Although Woody Allen already dubbed an Asian movie with his What’s Up Tiger Lilly before Steve Oedekerk did, the latter one took the concept to its extreme. He took the kung fu film Tiger and Crane Fist (also known as Savage Killers), wrote a whole new story for it, added himself to some of the scenes and badly dubbed all the voices himself on purpose. The result is movie unlike any other. Continue reading →

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Top Five (2014)

Review Top Five
Chris Rock has been one of my favourite standup comedians for years. He’s always sharp, has valid criticism about things in society and always has some quoatable moments that will stay with you. Besides his work on the podium he has worked in the world of movies as well as writer, producer, actor and directory. He has written, directed and stars in Top Five. A title which reference his top five of best rappers ever. Continue reading →