Missed chance

3

Reviewed Stepford Wives

’’The Stepford wives’’ by Frank Oz with Nicole Kidman as Joanna Eberhard, Matthew Broderick as her husband Walter Kresby, Bette Midler as Boread more...

The Game - No Masti

2

Reviewed Masti

In ’’The Game’’, Michael Douglas is a rich character who has forgotten to be nice to anyone, even to himself. His loser-brother Sean Penn prread more...

Don't!

5

Reviewed Venice

The last time I was in Venice (Italy) is 38 years ago. I was twelve then and really don’t remember much, except a tiny little restaurant where I had the fread more...

''Indian Love Story''

3

Reviewed Kal Ho Naa Ho

There are lots of Hollywood ’’angel movies’’, all of them so banal that I don’t even remember their titles. In a way, Kal Ho Naa Ho is read more...

Personal choice

Reviewed Ten Best English Movies

1. O Brother where art thou? by Joel & Ethan Coen (2000)

Page turner

4

Reviewed Prey - Michael Crichton

Yesterday I read ’’Prey’’ by Michael Crichton. The book had been on the shelf for about a year, but now I finally took it up. I took it up aread more...

Gosford Park: Upstairs - downstairs

5

Reviewed Gosford Park

I knew only little about Gosford Park before, only that it had won an Oscar and that one of my favourite actors (Stephen Fry) was in it. Outwardly it is a murderead more...

Hmmph!

2

Reviewed The Passion of Christ

Yesterday I watched The Passion of The Christ. After all this uproar about the movie I just wanted to see for myself. The plot and text are taken from the bibleread more...

Lajja - still a long way to go

4

Reviewed Lajja - Bollywood

Yesterday I watched Lajja for the first time. (What does the title mean?) As this is an older movie, I’m not giving any information about the movie itself.read more...

Mixed feelings

2

Reviewed Kuch Naa Kaho

I watched Kuch Naa Kaho (something like: say nothing more?) only last week from dvd. In the beginning I was fascinated by the intro, I liked it very much. Enterread more...

My favourite car

5

Reviewed Toyota Previa

My Toyota Previa is now 14 years old and has done 270 000 km. It was always reliable, even at temperatures of - 20 °C. One day, at a filling station, thereread more...

Humming it all day!

5

Reviewed Dil Se Songs

I’m rather new to Bollywood movies, but the singing and dancing was something I did not find difficult to adjust to. Not only do these songs add atmosphereread more...

View from Germay: Roja

3

Reviewed Roja

With Roja one thing that strikes me in particular (but in a way with almost all Bollywood movies) is that -unlike in Hollywood- the bad ones are never completelread more...

The satanic verses

5

Reviewed Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie

In a way, when I first read Rushdie’s Satanic Verses (when was that, by the time this fatwa was pronounced - I remember the bookstore assistant wrapping itread more...

The best movie ever

5

Reviewed O Brother, Where Art Thou

O Brother, where art thou? is an odyssee set in Mississippi during depression. Everett Ulysses McGill and his companions (all three escaped convicts) have some read more...

Novel ideas

5

Reviewed High Society - Ben Elton

Peter Paget, MP., has the chance of his life: he introduces a Private Member’s Bill in Parliament to legalize all drugs. His main arguments: The war on druread more...

This time I cried.

4

Reviewed Baghban

I am really not the crying type in movies, I think the last time I did cry was when Fury died and I was seven, but Baghban made me use tons of handkerchiefs. Foread more...

Once in your life you should go there!

5

Reviewed Hawaii

Hawaii is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Since Oahu is already wonderfully described in the first review, I can concentrate on the Big Island, Hawairead more...

View from Germany: HDDCS

5

Reviewed Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

HDDCS is one of my favourite Bollywood movies (I know ca. 40). Aishwarya is wonderfully beautiful and a wonderful dancer, and the music is wonderful, too. The mread more...

View from Germany

4

Reviewed One 2 Ka 4

One 2 ka four - What does that title mean? Two cops, Javed and Arun, try to nail drug dealer KKV. Javed is the senior of the two and an intelligent and responsiread more...