"If you're into serial-killer thrillers, you'll want to see "Suspect Zero" if only to soak up the genre's reliable penchant for creepy atmosphere and creepier behavior. Dark, anguished, and saturated with superficial style, it's a passable exercise in mystery from E. Elias Merhige, who fared better (both critically and artistically) with his acclaimed 2001 film "Shadow of the Vampire". The directorial vision evident in that film is also ..."
"Kevin Spacey (American Beauty) plays David Gale, a brilliant but hard-drinking anti-death penalty crusader on death row for a rape and murder that he claims he didn't commit. The victim of the crime is Gale's close friend and anti-death penalty colleague (Laura Linney, You Can Count On Me), so Gale argues that he's been set up to discredit the cause. Committed journalist Bitsey Bloom (Kate Winslet, Titanic) takes it upon herself to ..."
"Masked & Anonymous (2004) Bob Dylan; John Goodman; Jessica L... J.K.Rowling - VHS - short for Video Home System is a standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes developed by Victor Company of Japan. It was put on the market in 1976 and uses magnetic tape 1/2 inch (1.27 cm) in width."
"Sometimes surprising, often baffling and occasionally entertaining, Masked and Anonymous is another in the long but not necessarily distinguished line of rock-star movie vehicles. Bob Dylan stars in this BBC Films coproduction as an alter ego of himself, ageing rocker Jack Fate, released from jail to play a benefit concert in an alternative America that is run down and ruled by a military dictator. When not singing he makes little impre ..."
"Die beschauliche Urlaubsidylle trügt. Während der ehrenwerte Richter George zu einer nächtlichen Angeltour aufbricht, bekommt seine Frau Nathalie überraschend Besuch von ihrem Ex-Lover Kent. Was als Schäferstündchen geplant war, endet mit dem nackten und toten Kent im Keller. Wohin mit der Leiche? Da hat George eine nervensägende Idee."
"Although it's enjoyable as a brainless diversion, National Security is one of those forgettable entertainments that denies its own considerable potential. It's a police action comedy in the mold of Beverly Hills Cop, tailored to the buddy-flick formula and laced with racial tensions of the post-Rodney King era. It's set in Los Angeles, where dedicated cop Hank (Steve Zahn) does jail time for allegedly beating Earl (Martin Lawrence ..."
"Obwohl er als anspruchslose Unterhaltung ganz amüsant ist, ist National Security einer dieser verzichtbaren Filme, der sein eigenes Potenzial verleugnet. Es handelt sich dabei um eine Polizei-Actionkomödie nach dem Strickmuster von Beverly Hills Cop, zugeschnitten auf die bewährte Polizistenkumpel-Formel und mit den Rassenspannungen der Ära nach Rodney King ausgeschmückt. Die Geschichte spielt in Los Angeles, wo der engagierte Bulle Ha ..."
"Jack Corcoran (Bill Murray) is a mildly successful motivational speaker on the lower end of the trade-show circuit. At his engagement party, he finds out his long-believed-dead dad has only recently died, leaving him a large inheritance. Of course, Jack doesn't know how large until he meets a suspicious lawyer (Harve Presnel) who unloads Dad's prized possession: a four-ton circus elephant named Vera (Tai). Larger Than Life is a buddy-ro ..."
"ENIGMA is an exciting tale of love, espionage, patriotism and betrayal set during World War II fromacclaimed director Michael Apted (Enough), Oscar(r)-winning screenwriter Tom Stoppard (Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Shakespeare in Love, 1998) and produced by rock star Mick Jagger and "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels. Still reeling from the devastating disappearance of his lover Claire, (Saffron Bu ..."
"Kevin Spacey (American Beauty) spielt David Gale, einen brillianten, wenn auch schwer trinkenden Aktivisten, der sich dem Kampf gegen die Todesstrafe verschrieben hat und wegen angeblicher Vergewaltigung und Mord im Gefängnis seine Hinrichtung erwartet. Da das Opfer des Verbrechens Gales enge Freundin und Mitstreiterin (Laura Linney, You Can Count On Me) ist, scheint für ihn der Fall klar: jemand hat ihn hereingelegt, um die gemeinsame ..."
"Codebreaking is an inherently fascinating but not especially cinematic endeavour, which is why Enigma spices up the true story of Bletchley Park and its eclectic group of Nazi code-cracking geniuses with some fictional romance and intrigue. Dougray Scott plays gaunt mathematician Tom Jericho, haunted by the spectre of his missing girlfriend Claire (self-consciously gorgeous Saffron Burrows). Tom turns to Claire's frumpy housemate Hester ..."
"This long-delayed spoof about the "true story" behind the Bay of Pigs was released shortly after Thirteen Days, another movie about a Cuban (missile) crisis. The latter represented something of a comeback for Kevin Costner (after For Love of the Game) and director Roger Donaldson (after Dante's Peak). For Douglas McGrath, who cowrote Bullets Over Broadway (1994) and directed Emma (1996), Company Man represents something of a comedown. F ..."
"This long-delayed spoof about the "true story" behind the Bay of Pigs was released shortly after Thirteen Days, another movie about a Cuban (missile) crisis. The latter represented something of a comeback for Kevin Costner (after For Love of the Game) and director Roger Donaldson (after Dante's Peak). For Douglas McGrath, who cowrote Bullets Over Broadway (1994) and directed Emma (1996), Company Man represents something of a comedown. F ..."
"Trotz einer begnadeten britisch-amerikanischen Besetzung wandert Über kurz oder lang etwas unstet zwischen Sentimentalität und Übertreibung hin und her. Der Film zielt auf die gleiche Art Drahtseilakt ab, den seinerzeit Strictly Ballroom und Priscilla, Queen of the Desert so mühelos zu Wege brachten. Aber hier ist Melodramatik angesagt. Die komischen Momente sind ein wenig überdehnt, jedoch nicht immer so amüsant wie beabsichtigt. Die B ..."
"This amiably amorphous comedy-drama about a myriad of articulate and witty people pondering the meaning of love was originally titled "Dancing About Architecture". As one of the lovelorn puts it, in trying to explain the elusive nature of desire, "Talking about love is like dancing about architecture." However, with the way the characters in Willard Carroll's film talk, it sounds like they could dance a samba around Frank Lloyd Wright. ..."