Kingdom of Heaven (2005) Download Film

The religious sentiment accumulates into a tower of politically correct Jell-O.. The latest and loveliest alternative universe created by Charlie Kaufman, America's most -- we should probably say only -- intellectually provocative screenwriter.. If the picture isn't as engaging as it should have been, Scott's images still make it entrancing.. It doesn't have a genuine moment. But even period authenticity would not compensate for cardboard characters and a contrived narrative.. Works marvel after...

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Pearl Harbor (2001) Spille Film

The net result of this mighty effort is perhaps predictable: near total inconsequence.. Shot without visual style, sharp dialogue or discernible logic, the movie seems to be riding entirely on the star power of Aniston, Clive Owen and the boastful Weinsteins.. It blows up as good as anything movie technology has yet detonated, and it leaves you feeling absolutely, incontrovertibly numb.. Pearl Harbor is essentially Top Gun with period costumes and the campy homoeroticism in check.. The centerpie...

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Woman in Gold (2015) Spille Film

Stirring at times, soggy and overly sentimental at others, the film moves surprisingly slow, even though its action, which takes place over many years of legal maneuvering, has been condensed for narrative expediency.. There's not much that's insidious, or subtle, here. A prolonged scene involving an unnerving high-pitched burglar alarm does get under our skin. But it's far more annoying than frightening.. Even Helen Mirren, the Queen Midas of class acting, can't fix this well-intentioned miss.....

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Suffragette (2015) Download Film

Meirelles has crafted a distinctive motion picture -- one takes us into the streets with an unsurpassed intensity and immediacy.. The film stands, overall, as one of the director's richer provocations .... City of God delivers a bruising, visceral experience of the vicious spiral of violence that draws kids into a life of crime, brutality and murder as the only avenue open to them.. Once a year, St. Petersburg is awash with thoughtless, unpleasant people making poor decisions. This spring, Korin...

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Into the Wild (2007) Fuld Film Streaming

Sean Penn's Into the Wild is certainly visual -- it's entirely too visual, to the point of being cheaply lyrical.. . The movie tries its hardest to celebrate the impetuousness of its hero and the exhilaration of his accomplishments. Mostly, though, it just reminds you of the severity of his mistakes.. In its expansive spirit of investigation and embrace of life as a creative act, Into the Wild comes as close as any picture ever made to capturing the America that Jack Kerouac discovered half a ce...

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American Hustle (2013) Se Fuld Film

It turns out that comb-overs, cleavage, cocaine and kookiness are an unbeatable combo.. Filled with rich characters and sharp dialogue, the movie turns on questions of friendship and fidelity, both personal and political, with a knockout performance by Jennifer Lawrence as the con man's jealous, ball-busting wife.. Save your admiration for the performances, especially Lawrence, who is now Hollywood's most important presence in front of the camera.. Russell, following last year's sweet "The Silve...

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Derailed (2005) Download Fuld

. [Derailed has] a ludicrous script whose twists and turns are laughably obvious or just plain laughable.. In the end, the movie has the musty odor of a cheap hotel room, the kind where you're not entirely convinced that the management bothers to change the sheets after every guest.. Yet another in the seemingly endless line of stupid, generic thrillers that Hollywood foists upon the movie-going public.. It has a great look, a couple of genuinely terrifying turns and a surprise or two that I did...

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