Nawals hemmelighed (2010) Spille Film

A kind name for this attitude is false moral equivalence, or perhaps post-imperial cringe. A less kind one is Western self-hatred, or an urgent plea to tolerate the intolerant.. Villeneuve has a sober eye and a steady hand.. A strong film based on a weak story.. Rage has no expiration date in Incendies, director Denis Villeneuve's gripping, era-jumping drama about a family melded to its war-torn past.. Azabal, a Belgian actress, has a feral, mesmerizing power.. "Incendies" is no mere riff on a G...

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Eagle Eye (2008) Fuld Streaming

. It all wears very thin by the third act, when The Voice really starts to grate and all remaining sense slams into a brick wall.. Though the premise is provocative enough, the execution feels like a host of other violent action-drenched movies.. Complex, sinuously plotted and, somehow, off-puttingly cold.. Ultimately, clarity matters, both in breaking codes and making movies. Enigma lacks it.. [Woo] still has pretty much of a tin ear for American performances, so he lets Affleck doze through th...

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Scooby-Doo (2002) Se Fuld Film

Get out your pooper-scoopers.. Villaneuve knows how to stoke a hot debate about the legacy of violence. But in this case, where there's smoke, there's not enough air.. For all its missteps, Mystic River gets the big things right: It turns you inside out with grief.. . A deeply textured drama in which the sins (or perceived sins) of the past weigh heavily on the present.. Eastwood and his terrific cast leave you shaken in ways that matter.. By the end they've acquired a measure of self-knowledge ...

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Mystic River (2003) Fuld Streaming

The movie, engrossing as it is intentionally horrifying, is capped by a last-minute revelation that brings the story to a haunting, powerful close.. It is an impressive movie masquerading as an important one.. Solid, rarely showy performances, meticulously recreated detective work and moments of pure unadulterated grief accent this whodunit, a movie that will have those who haven't read the book fooled for much of its length.. Deals with themes Eastwood has often explored before, but never so de...

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Enigma (2001) Spille Streaming

. For most of it's 117 minutes, Enigma delivers a powerful story from World War II that's based on real events.. Ultimately, clarity matters, both in breaking codes and making movies. Enigma lacks it.. Ben Affleck is a handsome fellow. No argument there. What he isn't is a particularly compelling leading man.. Affleck gives a sleek, economical performance as Jennings.. If the movie's plot is a rare combination of impenetrable and inconsequential, it has been laid out compellingly by director Mic...

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