The Cobbler (2014) Download Film

Fans of Adam Sandler are a hardy lot, impervious to the derision of friends and family and the slings and arrows his films frequently attract from critics. The Cobbler is likely to test their mettle.. A handsome, grandly theatrical reimagining of the Tolstoy novel starring his muse, Keira Knightley.. It's a toxic smear of curdled whimsy about a New York shoe-repair man (a lumbering Adam Sandler), who transforms into his customers when he puts on their shoes. The film is beyond awful.. Without To...

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Love & Mercy (2015) Online Streaming

To capture the artistic process in this way is extraordinary, and in many ways unprecedented.. Innovation, precision, a complete switch in focus, daring ... these are not things you expect from a Hollywood film biography.. Naming a film "Love & Mercy," even if that's one of the lead character's famous songs, implies that it will provide insight and sympathy. That's just what this fascinating drama delivers.. One of the most touching - and gripping - biopics you will ever see.. It's a loving trib...

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The Road Within (2014) Spille Film

he Road Within backfires by emphasizing the same quirks and imbalances it seeks to soften. Reducing it to the genre of idiot comedy doesn't advance the cause, either.. All the film's problems are secondary to Williams himself.. "The Road Within" suffers from midfilm wandering and a hasty ending, but the message of self-acceptance rings true and clear.. Boulevard is a movie that feels at least a decade past its sell-by date, if not two.. While it's all too clear that Nolan is unhappy - he also ha...

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About Time (2013) Spille Streaming

A mostly charming romance, leavened by deft comedy, interesting sidelights (there are a few wonderful jabs at the world of the British theater) and a lovely cast.. Even in a work of science fiction like this, Gleeson seems beyond real. All those foam-faces being made in the dark? They're for him.. Time travel can be a nifty device for stirring and complicating romantic drama.. The latest sprawling romcom/family drama from Richard Curtis way outlasts its charm.. A soap opera of babies, poignant m...

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Child 44 (2015) Download Film

The movie hints at a riveting story but is incapable of delivering it.. "Child 44" is involving despite itself.. "Child 44" plays like a curious relic of an earlier Cold War mindset, when Western audiences took comfort that they were living on the right side of the Iron Curtain, and relied on movies to remind them as much.. For long stretches, it's dull and plodding, chugging along on the fumes of its earnest intentions. Still, there are worse ways to kill two hours than watching Hardy work his ...

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Et smukt sind (2001) Spille Film

The directors show a great talent for jagged-edged farce.. Pity the crowds expecting another cute comedy like "Date Night" who wind up at "Crazy, Stupid, Love." It'll be like asking for a burger and getting served escargot.. The result is mainstream moviemaking at its highest, most satisfying level.. I laughed all the way through, thanks to both consistently clever dialogue and deft delivery from Carell and Gosling, who clearly relished a chance to flex his comic muscles.. Screenwriter Akiva Gol...

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Sweeney Todd: Den Djævelske Barber fra Fleet Street (2007) Se Fuld Film

It's as if Burton was born to direct it.. Burton's overall restraint is a welcome surprise. Shorn of his usual camp trappings, the director evokes a sadness beneath every uneasy smile he draws from the audience.. A thoughtful, sincere and moving film, buttressed by a fine, central performance by an actor at the top of his form.. Sondheim's original musical was already a mad synthesis of Jacobean shock, Brechtian irony and Dickensian pathos -- to which Burton's lush visuals add another layer of a...

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