Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Movies 2013


Yet another movie year has come to an end. Seen a few movies during the year, both old and new ones. Feels like it's been a good year all in all. If I have to pick some of my favourites though, I think it has to be Jagten, Django Unchained, The World's End and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Amongst documentaries, Stories We Tell, Doin' It in the Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC and Searching for Sugar Man were some of the best. 

A Band Called Death
Adams æbler
Animal Factory
Anna Karenina
Argo
At Night I Fly
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
Brave
Bully
Cabin in the Woods, The
CBGB
Central Park Five, The
Champion
Cloud Atlas
Cockneys vs Zombies
Dead Man Down
Despicable Me 2
Detachment
Devil's Playground
Disconnect
Django Unchained
Doin' It in the Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC
Don Jon
Dragon Lore: Curse of the Shadow
Elysium
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Frankenstein's Army
Fuck You, Fuck You Very Much
Gangster Squad
Good Day to Die Hard, A
Good Vibrations
Gravity
Great Debaters, The
Great Gatsby, The
Green Street 3: Never Back Down
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hitchcook
Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Idiocracy
Imposter, The
Iron Man 3
Jack Reacher
Jack the Giant Killer
Jagten
jOBS
John Dies at the End
Kick-Ass 2
Klovn: The Movie
Knight of the Dead
Kovasikajuttu
La Source des Femmes
Last Shop Standing
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lone Ranger, The
Looper
Lost Christmas
Louder Than a Bomb
Machete Kills
Mammas pojkar
Man of Steel
Mansome
Master, The
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth
Monica Z
Moon
Movie 43
Mud
Now You See Me
Oblivion
Olympus Has Fallen
Oz the Great and Powerful
Pacific Rim
Palme
Perfect Sense
Prince Avalanche
Red 2
Robot & Frank
Schultze Gets the Blues
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Searching for Sugar Man
Seven Psychopaths
Sharknado
Silver Linings Playbook
Small Town Gay Bar
Speak of the Devil
Spring Breakers
Star Trek Into Darkness
Stories We Tell
Sune i Grekland
Tabloid
Taxi to the Dark Side
This is 40
This is the End
Thor: The Dark World
To Do List, The
TPB AFK
Trek Nation
2 Guns
Vamp U
Vinyl
Wadjda
Warm Bodies
We're the Millers
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Wolverine, The
Woodsman, The
World' End, The
World War Z
Zero Dark Thirty
Äta Sova Dö

Monday, December 30, 2013

Stories We Tell

Stories We Tell

Review: At first I wondered if this documentary about a quite ordinary family would be interesting. But in all honesty, all families have their stories, and this story is told with such warmth and love that it left me with a warm feeling inside. One of the best documentaries I've seen in quite a while. 

Rating: 8/10


Sunday, December 29, 2013

Thor: The Dark World

Thor: The Dark World

Review: Action packed Marvel movie. What more can you really ask for? The Thor series is not among my favourite, but still worth watching.

Rating: 5.5/10


Saturday, December 28, 2013

Moon

Moon

Review: A really good sci-fi film. Moon is more or less a one man show starring Sam Rockwell, and he's doing a good job of it all. A bit of a step back to the older space films, without the action and monsters of later years. A bit slow, but not the worse for it. 

Rating: 7/10


Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Review: If you enjoyed Kick-Ass, then you ought to like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Not quite as violent and dark, but still a really fun watch. 

Rating: 6.5/10


Friday, December 27, 2013

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug


Review: Ah, you really can't be disappointed after watching another one of Peter Jackson's films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's work. The second part of The Hobbit is pure beauty, and there is not a single moment in it when I'm bored. Might get a bit tired of the overuse of effects at times, but all in all, it's pure enjoyment. And casting Benedict Cumberbatch as the voice of Smaug was nothing less than the move of a genius. 

Rating: 8.5/10


Saturday, December 21, 2013

Don Jon

Don Jon

Review: Decent movie with some good acting in it. Nothing special though.

Rating: 4/10


Thursday, December 12, 2013

Gravity

Gravity

Review: Wow! I hadn't expected this. A movie with Sandra Bullock being very good. But Gravity really is. Perhaps not as much for the acting as for the cinematography and overall feel of the film, but Bullock is making good of her part in it all. Probably one of the finest space films I ever seen. Recommended!

Rating: 8/10


Wednesday, December 4, 2013

A Band Called Death

A Band Called Death

Review: A Band Called Death is a documentary that is quite similar to Searching for Sugarman. It's about this protopunk band called Death that existed in the 70's before breaking up after only releasing one vinyl single. Then in the 90's, they got "discovered" again and the story of Death got started again. A warm and interesting tale with some really good music. Worth checking out.

Rating: 7.5/10


Sunday, December 1, 2013

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Review: Finally got around to see The Great Gatsby. I've been wanting to ever since it first came out, but for some reason I never got around to it. Was never a huge fan of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, but I still felt that it might be interesting as a film. Was it then? Well, not really. It was very beautiful and a joy to watch for that reason, but as a film it never truly captivated me. A decent flick, nothing more unfortunately.

Rating: 5/10