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"88 Minutes", D / CDN / USA 2007. Director: Jon Avnet. Cast: Al Pacino, Neal McDonough. Format: 2,35:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 3.90 euros.
Self-love and of women umschwärmt enjoys the respected psychiatrist Jack Gramm (Al Pacino) his life as a day to doubt the guilt of the serial killer Jon Foster (Neal McDonough) show up, against the nine years earlier expert had claimed. Shortly before his execution is now imminent Jack call a life time of 88 minutes rest prophesied. A hectic race against time begins, because everyone seems to be suspicious.
The already announced for 2005 thriller from the house of Millennium Films has a long pre-and post-production behind him. After he experienced multiple Neuschnitten despite prominent occupation until the beginning of 2007 almost secret premiere on DVD in Brazil. Hollywood star Al Pacino ( "Heat") is unfortunately a bit tired, but the script still desert some entertainment value abringen and surprised, at least visually with some incredible Föhnfrisuren. Nevertheless, the role brought him his second 2009 nomination for a Golden Raspberry as worst actor of the year.
Until 30 June in the trade
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"Where the Money Is - A hot Coup", USA 2000. Director: Marek Kanievska. Cast: Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino. Format: 1,85:1 (16:9). FSK: 6 years. Issue price: 3,70 euros.
As you well over the age of 75 years still on the screen is brilliant, the last year deceased Paul Newman ( "The Sting") in the guise of charming bank robber Henry Manning. A stroke pretends he flees the prison everyday, but by the busy nurse Carol (Linda Fiorentino), and caught at a recent raid persuades. These are all smooth, but Carol underestimated the jealousy of her husband who is not so easy abservieren leaves.
Together with Linda Fiorentino ( "The Last Seduction") feixt the Hollywood veteran Newman skillfully through a varied rogue fairy tale, the bit with the reality, but with the more successful entertainment cinema has to do.
It plays the movie with its title on the very real, legendary bank robber Willie Sutton to a total of about 600 million U.S. dollars captured, before he was taken 1952. His raids, he once explained, that he simply go there "where the money is" - what now for the winged word for banks. Conclusion: fun entertaining movie with convincing crew.
To 21 June in the trade
DVD Magazine
"Ambulance", DN 2005th Director: L. Munch-Petersen, L. A. Pedersen. Cast: Thomas Bo Larsen, Paw Henriksen. Format: 2,35:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 3,99 euros.
Even more bank robbers are from Denmark in the coming stripes that the "DVD Magazine" distributed in June. Here, however, significantly more dramatic for the case when the two brothers, Frank (Thomas Bo Larsen) and Tim (Paw Henriksen) after a bloody raid inadvertently chosen an ambulance snap to move the police to escape. As they are far too late in the pretty Sanitäterin including emergency patient load discover their beautiful plan gets completely out of kilter and you already guess that this is not good end.
In real time gives us the Regieduo Munch-Petersen & Pedersen in her film debut 76 minutes long to the fate of two brothers of unequal participation, which has been established roles as appetizers crumbles. These alternate with rapid chases and even quirky romantic moments, in which not only Thomas Bo Larsen ( "The Celebration") in his role as master of desperate Peter Mies convinced. A typical case of "Friends of the demanding action comedy" (video week) - and all who want to be.
Until the 8 July in the trade
Galore
"La Antena", ARG 2007th Director: Esteban Sapir. Cast: Rafaelo Ferro, Alejandro Urdapilleta. Format: 2,16:1 (16:9). FSK: 12 years. Issue price: 6.90 euros.
After over five years, adopted the Dortmunder Interview magazine "Galore" as a further
Victims of the industry crisis of the magazine market. On the DVD of his recent print edition, we find the very special, Argentine experimental film "La Antena", will take us into a city of mute leads. Through skillful television sprinkler there the dictator, "Mr. TV" (Alejandro Urdapilleta) his subjects speaking quit - only a gifted singer and her eyes still loose son know how to use a voice. As Mr. TV, the singer for a huge mass hypnosis to abuse, an engineer fired TV (Rafaelo Ferro), the diabolical plan with the help of her son and an old antenna system to thwart.
All in black and white, and largely only musically accompanied fetches the Argentine cameraman Esteban Sapir here visually and acoustically the expressionist silent film of the twenties to the present. With all sorts of modern assembly technology he creates a surreal scene in which every little thing seems symbolically charged. The story is in addition to these whimsical imagery somewhat on the route, but you always know exactly but then again amazed when it threatens to become boring. If you'd like, once again what the eye and the head to do this film should not miss pearl: Our Tip of the week.
Published on 10 June in the trade
PC Action
"Destination Hell", South Korea, the 2006th Director: Kim Eun-Kyeong. Cast: Yoo Joo-hee, Kim Ri-na. Format: 1,78:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 7.90 euros.
To their versemmelte Uniqualifikation yet to get land a troop of young girls for a crash course in the tough-Younghwa Internat. There is all banned, what fun, and the teachers punish even the smallest deviation with cold terror. When the rebellious Yoo-jin (Yoo Joo-hee) durchdreht slow and strange visions has examined the psychological pressure his own deadly way.
With a small budget horror film produced specialist Ahn Byeong-ki in 2006, after submission by the author Yoo Il-han a four-horror film series, whose third episode "Destination Hell" with the dark sides of the Asian education system employs. The short film director Kim Eun-Kyeong köchelte thereof up to the showdown rather bloodless piece of psycho-horror, although it offers no great surprises, but thanks to its dedicated actresses as fairly credible criticism across society. Conclusion: Can you see, you did not.
Published on 10 June in the trade
PC Go
"In Your Eyes", USA 2004. Director: Trae Briers. Cast: Caleeb Pinkett, Angie Ruiz. Format: 1,78:1 (16:9). FSK: 12 years. Price: 6,99 euros.
Also the computer magazine "PC World" is this month with the drama society and submit to the tragic love story about the African-American Yusef (Caleeb Pinkett) and his love of Mexican sandbox Cece (Angie Ruiz) on the disc. The infancy is their love for the beginning of their college time conscious, and they come in the middle of the firing line of bloody gang warfare between Latinos and blacks.
Somewhere between "Romeo and Juliet" and "West Side Story" tried Trae Briers as a young director not only his experience as a production assistant in TV series "Charmed", but also from his own youth time. That works pretty well even, because it still managed Briers, all kitsch cliff successfully circumnavigate and so sometimes romantic drama race without raised fingers deliver.
To 2 July in the trade
PC Magazine
"Lonesome Jim", USA 2005. Director: Steve Buscemi. Cast: Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler. Format: 1,78:1 (16:9). FSK: 6 years. Issue price: 6,99 euros.
Also on the basis of an autobiographical story of primarily as an actor well-known types of tragic loser Steve Buscemi ( "Fargo") in his third feature film own the fate of the small towns of Jim (Casey Affleck), who after the failed attempt of a writer after years of career in the city again in his parents' house back in order. Once there, he wants to leave again as quickly as possible until it is the beautiful Anika (Liv Tyler) learns, and with it a reason, the whole thing again to ponder.
Meanwhile you can see Casey Affleck ( "Ocean's Eleven") are increasingly without his big brother Ben, even though he likes his film partners over here like Liv Tyler with a very similar role a year earlier with Ben Affleck in "Jersey Girl" played . That was Steve Buscemi, perhaps not so inconvenient, because with a budget of only half a one million U.S. dollars is probably also on proven research. Nevertheless, he has at the end of a fine, subtle indie film out of the hat gezaubert of this country a little more attention deserved.
To 2 July in the trade
Widescreen Vision
"Kidnapped - Lethal swamp", USA 2000. Directed by Lee Stanley. Cast: Dennis Hopper, Kam Heskin. Format: 1,33:1 (4:3). FSK: 16 years
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"Gunshy", USA 1998. Director: Jeff Celentano. Cast: William Peterson, Michael Wincott. Format: 1,33:1 (4:3). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 6.50 euros.
A handful of supposedly rich high school teenagers from the unpredictable rogue JD (Dennis Hopper), including school bus and kidnapped in the swamps of the Everglades krokodilverseuchten chartered. While his accomplice takes care to collect the ransom, but JD is running for something wrong, and quickly becomes clear that eventually the blood will flow.
In just three weeks Lee Stanley turned these little abduction thriller, for his screenplay, he is probably less than three days has taken. From the novel "Ransom" by Lois Duncan ( "I know what you did last summer") he has not done much, and so we only met once again Dennis Hopper ( "Blue Velvet") in his standard role as a slightly wacky, tragic villain. Since there is little wonder, if this is just passable entertainment strip his German DVD premiere at the end of 2008 as Filmbeileger on the "SFT" had to celebrate.
Only marginally more convincing us meet William Petersen ( "CSI: Las Vegas") until the first half of the TV thriller "Gunshy". In the beautifully filmed, but a little tough starting triangle story he comes in the role of the failed Star journalist Jake Bridges peculiar reason in the hands of the brutal, but to itself Geldeintreibers doubts Frankie (Michael Wincott). For thanks, he is to his girlfriend Melissa (Diana Lane) ran. But what is considered unsuccessful film noir begins, takes a surprising twist in the second half unexpectedly ride on and then again really exciting.
Above all, Michael Wincott ( "1492"), otherwise a subscription to evil, but tragic supporting roles keeps its flavor shady character with an almost sympathetic trains. Overall, one finds in the year-to-date with regular re-equipped media Filmbeilegern magazine this thriller a rather mixed-doubles, which is his B-movie origins are clearly committed, but at the end but surprisingly entertaining show.
Until 30 June in the trade
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