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/slash 2015 – Day 3: Nina Forever

Nina Forever GB 2015 Written by Ben Blaine & Chris Blaine Directed by Ben Blaine & Chris Blaine Watched on 19.09.2015 Last year, we already got two movies with dead ex-girlfriends coming back zombie-style. I haven’t yet seen “Life After … Continue reading

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/slash 2015 – Day 3: Cooties

Cooties USA 2014 Written by Leigh Whannell & Ian Brennan Directed by Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion Watched on 19.09.2015 “Cooties” was hilarious, and so far, I’d say that it was definitely the biggest crowd pleaser of this years /slash … Continue reading

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/slash 2015 – Day 3: Uncle Kent 2

Uncle Kent 2 USA 2015 Written by Kent Osborne Directed by Todd Rohal Watched on 19.09.2015 Like 99.9 percent of moviegoers, I’ve never seen “Uncle Kent”. Fortunately, it’s not really necessary in order to watch – and enjoy – the … Continue reading

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/slash 2015 – Day 2: Deathgasm

Deathgasm NZ 2015 Written by Jason Lei Howden Directed by Jason Lei Howden Watched on 18.09.2015 First, a word of warning: I’m not a “metalhead”, for whom – by writer/director Jason Lei Howden’s own admission – this movie was primarily … Continue reading

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At the Movies 2015: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. USA 2015 Written by Guy Ritchie & Lionel Wigram Directed by Guy Ritchie Watched on 20.08.2015 While I don’t rule out the possibility that I might have stumbled upon a couple of episode of the 60s … Continue reading

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Austrian Cinema #03: Der Knochenmann (The Bone Man)

Der Knochenmann AUT 2009 Written by Wolf Haas, Josef Hader & Wolfgang Murnberger Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger Watched on 08.08.2015 “Der Knochenmann” ranks somewhere in the middle between “Komm, süßer Tod” and “Silentium” for me. Once again, Simon Brenner stumbles … Continue reading

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Austrian Cinema #02: Silentium

Silentium AUT 2004 Written by Wolf Haas, Josef Hader & Wolfgang Murnberger Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger Watched on 23.07.2015 After the success of “Komm, süßer Tod”, and given the fact that there were many more Brenner-novels by Wolf Haas who … Continue reading

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At the Movies 2015: She’s Funny That Way

She’s Funny That Way USA 2014 Written by Louise Stratten & Peter Bogdanovich Directed by Peter Bogdanovich Watched on 14.08.2015 “She’s Funny That Way” was the fourth and final Viennale-preview at this years “Kino wie noch nie” open air cinema … Continue reading

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At the Movies 2015: Ant-Man

Ant-Man USA 2015 Written by Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay & Paul Rudd Directed by Peyton Reed Watched on 24.07.2015 In “Serenity”, there’s this scene where Mal gets ready to set out on a heroic mission, and he tells … Continue reading

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/slash ½ 2015 – Day 2: The Guest

The Guest USA | UK 2014 Written by Simon Barrett Directed by Adam Wingard Watched on 30.04.2015 In my assessment, “The Guest” was the biggest crowd-pleaser of this years “/slash ½”-festival. And while I liked it too, I was not … Continue reading

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