2012
Movies I watched in the year two thousand twelve
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- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuhammet UzunerYilmaz ErdoganTaner BirselA group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.Lekker traag en mooie beelden, film gesitueerd op het platteland van Turkije. Zwarte komedie, Coen brothers. Tevens een leuk inzicht in het leven in de Turkse provincie Anatolia. Elk personage heeft zijn eigen sores en daarmee ook een soort eigen belang. De karakters komen niet echt samen, maar zijn min of meer tot elkaar veroordeeld. Arthouse. 8/10
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsSterling HaydenColeen GrayVince EdwardsCrook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.Een voorloper van de moderne aktiefilm. Overvallers met clownmaskers en veel geweld. Een film van meer dan 50 jaar oud en voelt nog steeds modern. Hoog tempo en goede suspense. Kijken dus. Klassieker. 8/10
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsForest WhitakerHenry SilvaJohn TormeyAn African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.Wat je bij blijft zijn dromigere shots, de beats van the RZA en het schele oog van Whitaker.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsAl PacinoRobin WilliamsHilary SwankTwo Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.Pacino zoals we hem graag zien. Zeer sterk neergezet.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsChristian BaleSteve ZahnJeremy DaviesA U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.Razend spannend en beklemmend. De jungle als gevangenis en als groene al aanwezige vijand. Uitgehongerd sleept Christian Bale zich door deze film. Waargebeurd verhaal.
- DirectorKim Rossi StuartStarsAlessandro MoraceKim Rossi StuartBarbora BobulovaA young father and his two children struggle to find harmony after his wife leaves them for another man.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael BatesIn the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.
- DirectorDavid O. RussellStarsMark WahlbergChristian BaleAmy AdamsBased on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.
- DirectorMary HarronStarsChristian BaleJustin TherouxJosh LucasA wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.
- DirectorDaniel EspinosaStarsDenzel WashingtonRyan ReynoldsRobert PatrickA young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.Het is verhaal voelt wat obligaat. Goed acteerwerk en dito montage-/camerawerk. Maw gewoon een gelikte film. Uitgewerkte karakters, toch niet meer een dan een standaard aktie film. Niet onaardig, niet bovengemiddeld goed, gewoon vermakelijk. 7/10
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJude LawJennifer Jason LeighIan HolmA game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
- DirectorAri FolmanStarsAri FolmanRon Ben-YishaiRonny DayagAn Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsFrançois CluzetOmar SyAnne Le NyAfter he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.
- DirectorJohn DahlStarsMatt DamonEdward NortonGretchen MolA young, reformed gambler must return to playing high stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law school.
- DirectorSean PennStarsEmile HirschVince VaughnCatherine KeenerAfter graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
- DirectorRudolf van den BergStarsJeroen SpitzenbergerKarl MarkovicsNyncke BeekhuyzenDuring WWII, a member of the Jewish Council of Amsterdam finds a way to spare children from deportation to the death camps.Geen gemakkelijk onderwerp, de systematische deporatie van Joden in Amsterdam in de tweede wereld oorlog. Een pijnlijk beeld van het opzij kijken van Nederland en de passitiviteit van de Joodse gemeenschap. Spannend, goed acteerwerk, realistische aankleding. Waargebeurd verhaal maakt het extra indrukwekkend. 7/10
- DirectorDaniel MonzónStarsLuis TosarAlberto AmmannAntonio ResinesThe story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsNoomi RapaceLogan Marshall-GreenMichael FassbenderFollowing clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.
- DirectorBobby FarrellyPeter FarrellyStarsJim CarreyRenée ZellwegerAnthony AndersonA nice-guy cop with Dissociative Identity Disorder must protect a woman on the run from a corrupt ex-boyfriend and his associates.
- DirectorJoss WhedonStarsRobert Downey Jr.Chris EvansScarlett JohanssonEarth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppFreddie HighmoreDavid KellyCharlie, a young boy from an impoverished family, and four other kids win a tour of an amazing chocolate factory run by an imaginative chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and his staff of Oompa-Loompas.
- DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsValerio MastandreaMicaela RamazzottiStefania SandrelliA misanthropic professor returns to his hometown to assist his dying mother.
- DirectorSimon BrandStarsJim CaviezelGreg KinnearBridget MoynahanFive men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.Interessant uitgangspunt over goed en slecht, en ook een aardige benadering van de vraag "wie ben ik" en "wie/wat bepaalt wat je bent". Goed acteerwerk en een grimmige sfeer. Het verhaal blijft slap en onnavolgbaar. Uiteindelijk een B film met een goede cast. 5/10
- DirectorTarik SalehStarsVincent GalloJuliette LewisUdo KierA complex story of a misaligned man, though good intent, creating a nightmarish Dystopian existence.
- DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsMark WahlbergGiovanni RibisiKate BeckinsaleTo protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.Simpel, voorspelbaar en cliché-matig. Inwisselbare karakters en een ongeloofwaardig verhaal. Aardig film werk, mooie belichting en coole shots. Een 5 voor de moeite. 5/10
- DirectorFaruk AksoyStarsDevrim EvinIbrahim CelikkolDilek SerbestAfter the death of his father Murat II, Mehmet II ascends to the Ottoman throne. After braving internal and external enemies, he decides to complete what he was destined to do - conquer Constantinople.Wat een but film. Duurt te lang, belegeringsscenes van Istanbul duren eindeloos. Eenzijdige, oninteressante karakters, verheerlijking van de Turkse geschiedenis. Eendimensionale benadering van een interessante geschiedenis. Kitscherig, nep en over the top. 4/10
- DirectorOren PeliStarsKatie FeatherstonMicah SloatMark FredrichsAfter moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.Film vastgelegd met amateurbeelden van een burgerlijk stelletje. Manier van filmen geeft de film een realistisch tintje. Zou spannend moeten zijn, is het niet. Film is een parodie op zichzelf. Platte, oninteressante, saaie karakters. Geen plot, niet spannend, repetitief. 4/10
- DirectorJon AvnetStarsAl PacinoAlicia WittBen McKenzieOn the day that a serial killer that he helped put away is supposed to be executed, a noted forensic psychologist and college professor receives a call informing him that he has 88 minutes left to live.Platte karakters, afgezaagd verhaal, niet spannend. Clichematig en op geen enkel vlak vernieuwend. Snel vergeten deze film, dat zal niet moeilijk zijn. Kleurloos en gedateerd. 3/10
- DirectorDanny LeinerStarsJohn ChoKal PennEthan EmbryA Korean-American office worker and his Indian-American stoner friend embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers.
- DirectorLen WisemanStarsColin FarrellBokeem WoodbineBryan CranstonA factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run.