MOVIES
THE GREAT GATSBY (USA/Australia, 2013) - A Harbinger of Things to Come? - Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of THE GREAT GATBSY - the fifth to date - has generated much controversy among critics. Love it or hate, at least no one seems indifferent
Frankfurt / Gemany (Weltexpress). First published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s THE GREAT GATSBY is a major American classic and required high school reading. Two-time Oscar-winner for his extravagant rendering of MOULIN ROUGE!, it is hardly surprising that Baz Luhrmann was attracted to the glitz...[more]
EPIC (USA, 2013) - A miniscule world beyond your imagination - From the creators of ICE AGE and RIO
Frankfurt / Germany (Weltexpress) - 17-year old MK (voiced by Amanda Seyfried) returns to her father’s isolated forest home after a long absence. Hoping to finally get closer to her eccentric dad ((Jason Sudeikis), she is saddened to find that little has changed. The professor seems more obsessed...[more]
EVIL DEAD - (USA, 2013) - Many Shades of Red
Frankfurt / Germany (Weltexpress). In case anybody saw SCARY MOVIE 5, released last week in Europe, this is one of the key pictures it was lampooning. So now you know the joke. And that’s about the only joke to be had in this grisly remake of Sam Raimi’s 1981 original THE EVIL DEAD.[more]
STOKER (USA 2012) - A world somehow deranged Park Chan-wook’s Hollywood Debut
Frankfurt / Germany (Weltexpress). STOKER centers on the coming-of-age of India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska). Losing her beloved father Richard (Dermot Mulroney) in a tragic auto accident on the eve of her 18th birthday, her secluded life is suddenly shattered.[more]
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (USA, 2013) - The Final Frontier - or maybe not
Frankfurt / Germany (Weltexpress). One of the year’s most eagerly-awaited films, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS lives up to expectations. After four separate TV series, eleven motion pictures, countless parodies (GALAXY QUEST springs instantly to mind) and decades of Trekkie conventions, it was inevitable...[more]
BB KING: THE LIFE OF RILEY (UK, 2012) - A Documentary about the Man and his Music
Frankfurt / Germany (Weltexpress). The documentary directed by Jon Brewer portrays the life and work of legendary musician BB King, hailed by many as the King of Blues. Born in 1925, Riley King grew up on the cotton plantations of Mississippi, overcoming abject poverty and bitter racism to become...[more]
THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (Germany, 2013) - Documentary
Frankfurt / Germany (Weltexpress). Shot in the style of a legal thriller, this documentary illustrates the work of the International Criminal Court and the frustrations and difficulties involved in bringing some of the world’s worst criminals to justice.[more]
LE GRAND SOIR - (France, 2012) - Lost in Translation
Frankfurt / Germany (Weltexpress). Created by French filmmakers Benoit Delepine and Gustave de Kervern, THE BIG NIGHT revolves around a mini-revolution in a dreary, suburban shopping center headed by a dysfunctional French family who spontaneously resolve to adopt the nihilist conduct of their son,...[more]
I, ANNA - (UK/Germany, 2012) - Another reason to stay home & watch TV!
Frankfurt / Germany (Weltexpress). Well into her 60s, former femme fatale Charlotte Rampling, albeit still in relatively good shape, seeks to resurrect her sex appeal in I, ANNA, playing opposite a weary-looking, yet still attractive (it’s unfair, I know), Gabriel Byrne.[more]
IRON MAN 3 (USA, 2013) - “We create our own demons”
Frankfurt / Germany (Weltexpress). IRON MAN 3 opens with these words by billionaire industrialist and playboy Tony Stark. The year is 1999, the place: Berne, Switzerland. It is a gala event, where Stark is up to his old tricks: carelessly breaking hearts and arrogantly treating those around him,...[more]
SCARY MOVIE 5 (USA, 2013) - Spot the Spoof! - Out-dumbing the Competition
Frankfurt / Germany (Weltexpress). After a seven year hiatus, one of the most successful comedy-spoof franchises of all time is back with a vengeance. With SCARY MOVIE 5, writer/producer David Zucker is obviously seeking to emulate the success of its predecessors by lifting elements from every...[more]
SIDE EFFECTS (USA 2013) - Soderbergh’s last Feature is Dedicated to the Medicated!
Frankfurt / Germany (Weltexpress). If SIDE EFFECTS really is to be his last motion picture, as Steven Soderbergh has announced, then it’s not a bad swan song. A compelling, infuriating and relatively gratifying thriller, with the sort of solid acting performances that Soderbergh seems always able...[more]
THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE - (USA, 2013) - A Taste of Cinema Magic!
Frankfurt / Germany (Weltexpress). Las Vegas: the city that never sleeps; home of bright lights, gambling casinos and stage extravaganzas. Likewise home to the magician duo of Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Mervelton (Steve Buscemi), who have been captivating audiences with their...[more]
OBLIVION (2013) - Are you an Effective Team?
Frankfurt / Germany (Weltexpress). Back in 2005, writer/director Joseph Kosinski had already worked out the plot for OBLIVION and put his ideas to paper in the form of a graphic novel, hoping to later develop it into a screenplay. His work on TRON: LEGACY in 2010, however, forced him to put the...[more]
HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (UK, 2012) - The President. The First Lady. The King. The Queen. And the Lovers…
Frankfurt / Germany (Weltexpress). 1939: The world is on the brink of another world war, into which the USA would rather not be drawn now that the country is finally getting back on its feet after the Great Depression. Nevertheless, on a lovely June weekend, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Bill...[more]
