Monatsarchiv: August 2011

I’m a magnet for weirdos

I was sitting in a train from Villach to Vienna, and was working on my laptop while listening to movie soundtracks. Suddenly the door opened and a rather plump girl entered, asking if there was a free seat. I nodded … Weiterlesen

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Run Morrison, Run: Batman – Batman and Son

Morrison’s Batman- run begins here! Artwork by Andy Kubert. After The Infinite Crisis (a DC-wide cross-over event), one year has passed. Two-Face is back, Penguin and Riddler have turned good, and Batman has returned after a one- year- break. Several months after his … Weiterlesen

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If Chins could kill – Confessions of a B-movie actor

„If Chins could kill“ is the autobiography of B-movie star Bruce Campbell. You may know him from „Hercules- The legendary journeys“ or Sam Raimi’s „Evil Dead-Trilogy„. He is the best friend of Sam Raimi (which ecomes very clear in this … Weiterlesen

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The Knightfall-saga… and a guy named Bane

WARNING! Disturbing images and spoilers ahead! When Batman returns on the big screen in next year’s The Dark Knight Rises, he will battle the villain Bane (Tom Hardy) NO! Not that one! The real one. the cunning one. The dangerous … Weiterlesen

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The Chronicles of the Immortals – The Comic – At the Abyss pt I

Today we are taking on a different „child“ of the Chronicles: The comic-adaptation. In 2004 „The Chronicles of the Immortals: At the Abyss pt I“ was released in Germany and Austria. It was drawn and coloured by Benjamin von Eckartsberg … Weiterlesen

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Captain America – a little different from ordinary reviews, but just a little…

I’ve seen this movie in Sarajevo, but I had no time to write a review about it and post it here. Till now. Captain America is one of the „tie-in movies“ for the upcoming crossover event-movie „The Avengers“ (not to … Weiterlesen

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The Chronicles of the Immortals Volume VIII – The Cursed (Die Verfluchten)

This volume sets this half’s storyline in motion (yeah, part VII was rather a proloque,like part I for the first half). story: After the events in“The Hunted“ (no accurate dates, but it takes place „many years later“, though still in the … Weiterlesen

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Rubber

No reason Rubber is an insider tipp. The „slasher-movie“ about a tire that comes to life and kills people by telekinetic powers is both ridiculous and brilliant. It’s not just a trash movie, it’s more, much more. Rubber takes movie- … Weiterlesen

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Super 8

The extra stops pretending to talk on the phone the moment he notices the acting talent of the lead actress (Elle Fanning), and watches her like everyone else. Her acting partner has also difficulties to remember his lines, and stumbles … Weiterlesen

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Kochegar / The Stoker

A Russian satire about gangsters. More or less It very rarely happens that I love and hate a movie at the same time. Stoker is one of these cases. I haven’t read what it was about, just the words „Russian … Weiterlesen

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