Philomena

Philomena

Review: A warm and beautiful story with two great actors. This film is based on a true story, and a sad and interesting one it is. The only downside in the film is how they made the character Philomena a bit too much of a innocent, funny character at times. Maybe she was like that in real life, but I feel like they compromised her in favor of some Hollywood charm. 

Rating: 6.5/10

Last Vegas

Last Vegas

Review: Sweet bromance feelgood featuring some great actors. Not a good movie, but still a bit pleasant.

Rating: 4/10

Mig äger ingen

Mig äger ingen

Review: I really liked Åsa Linderborg's novel Mig äger ingen when it came out in 2008. This film is losely based on that novel. It's a heartfelt and tragic film that really touches you. I'm not sure if I prefer it to the novel though, but the acting by especially Mikael Persbrandt and Ping Mon H. Wallén is really great and makes this a very good film indeed. 

Rating: 7/10

Unbreakable

Unbreakable

Review: Not worth the time. Some ok acting, but the plot is super weak and just left me very bored.

Rating: 3/10

Haunt

Haunt

Review: Decent horror flick. Nothing more, nothing less.

Rating: 4.5/10

Carrie

Carrie

Review: This remake of the classic film from 1976 is decent. Some good acting and some nice effects. All in all though, it feels totally pointless as long as the original is out there. 

Rating: 4.5/10

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Review: As much as I love Will Ferrell, I have to say that Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues was one of the worst flicks I've seen in quite some time.

Rating: 3/10

Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club

Review: I have to admit that I wasn't too convinced when I first heard about this film, but at the same time I knew I had to see it. And I'm really glad I did. A sad but warm story with some excellent acting. A strong recommendation!

Rating: 8/10

Her

Her

Review: The notion of a new film from Spike Jonze always makes me happy. He's never disappointed me before, and he doesn't this time either. This cute love story between a man and his computer's OS is a nice and charming one. Totally worth checking out.

Rating: 8/10

Blue Jasmine

Blue Jasmine

Review: I always look forward to a new Woody Allen film. Not that all of them are good, but they're never bad either. Blue Jasmine is one of the really good ones though, and it's all because of Cate Blanchett's marvelous performance. She is truly one of the greatest actresses alive today.

Rating: 7.5/10

Ender's Game

Ender's Game

Review: A decent action sci-fi based on Orson Scott Card's novel of the same name. Action packed, an ok story and some average acting. Easy entertainment but nothing else.

Rating: 5.5/10

Behind the Candelabra

Behind the Candelabra

Review: I must say that I really enjoyed this film about Liberace. Mostly because of the surprisingly believable acting by Michael Douglas. He really transforms into the character here. It's also interesting to get a look into the life of the original flamboyant entertainer.

Rating: 7/10

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Review: I wasn't that impressed with the first installment in the Hunger Games trilogy. This second one was slightly better, but stil neither special or memorable.

Rating: 6/10

Inside Llewyn Davis

Inside Llewyn Davis

Review: There is always something special about the films of Joel and Ethan Coen. I don't think they ever made one that I didn't like, and Inside Llewyn Davis is no exception. The story is about one week in the life of a singer-songwriter who is active in New York's folk music scene in 1961. It's a funny, warm and sad story that shows a bit of life itself.

Rating: 8/10

American Hustle

American Hustle

Review: I know that American Hustle won 3 Golden Globes a couple of days ago, and it is a good film. But it's not that good. Apart from the acting of Christian Bale and Amy Adams, I'm not that impressed. A nice watch, but not a memorable one. Talking about Amy Adams btw. Her constant cleavage in every single scene really got a bit silly after a while. Just saying. 

Rating: 5.5/10

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street

Review: I really do like this story about Jordan Belfort. Not so much for the story perhaps, but for the great acting from amongst others Leonardo DiCaprio. 3 hours is a bit too much though.

Rating: 6.5/10

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
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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

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

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

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

Don Jon

Don Jon

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

Rating: 4/10

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

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

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

Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth

Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth

Review: Undisputed Truth was a one-man show that Mike Tyson put up on Broadway. It's just him on a stage talking about his life. Might sound a bit boring, but it is strangely captivating. He is after all a person who has experienced a thing or two throughout his life. 

Rating: 6/10

jOBS

jOBS

Review: As expected, this film about Steve Jobs was a bit of a yawnfest for me. No more, no less.

Rating: 3.5/10

Doin' It in the Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC

Doin' It in the Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC

Review: Ever since I first heard that Bobbito Garcia would be making this documentary about pick-up basketball, I've been wanting to see it. And I wasn't disappointed. It's a very good documentary that really brings out the love for the game and the respect for the whole culture. Not just recommended for sport fans, I think anyone could get something out of watching this one.

Rating: 7.5/10

2 Guns

2 Guns

Review: A decent action flick. Nothing special, but sometimes just what you need on a Sunday afternoon.

Rating: 5/10