"Ian Hart's second performance as John Lennon (the first was the little-seen The Hours and Times) commands attention in this marvelous musical bio of the Beatles in Hamburg directly before their stardom. The focus is on the "5th Beatle," Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff), a bluesy bass guitar player who finds Germany has more interesting things (art and a woman) than music. The woman, Astrid (Sheryl Lee), chronicles the early years o ..."
"Der in Regen, Nebel und seltsame Bayou-Atmosphäre getauchte Film Der verbotene Schlüssel ist ein unterhaltsamer übernatürlicher Thriller, der seine Drehorte in Louisiana effektiv in Szene setzt. New Orleans und die ländliche Umgebung von Terrebonne Parish sind die Hauptbestandteile der gruseligen Umstände, in denen sich die leidenschaftliche Pflegerin Caroline Ellis (Kate Hudson) wiederfindet. Sie erhält eine neue Anstellung im abgelege ..."
"As a depiction of the computer-hacker underground, this movie is bogus to the bone. As a thriller, it's cartoonish and conventional. The premise (computer-happy kids hack into the wrong system, and the Forces of Repression come after them) is recycled from John Badham's 1983 WarGames. And the corporate-creep bad guy, played by Fisher Stevens, steeples his fingers and growls mossy villainous clichés. ("By the time they realize the truth, ..."
"Ian Hart's second performance as John Lennon (the first was the little-seen The Hours and Times) commands attention in this marvelous musical bio of the Beatles in Hamburg directly before their stardom. The focus is on the "5th Beatle," Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff), a bluesy bass guitar player who finds Germany has more interesting things (art and a woman) than music. The woman, Astrid (Sheryl Lee), chronicles the early years o ..."