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Manhattan
Rating: 4
Now here’s some binge-worthy TV! Stumbled upon this gripping gem about the Manhattan Project leading up to the creation of the first nuclear bombs by accident.
Still loving it while finishing the last episode of the first season. Shame it didn’t get picked up for a third season. And I still miss the hell out of an appearance of Richard Feynman, but then again, maybe better not to let reality disturb the drama too much.
If you get a chance, check it out on Netflix!
Der grosse Asyl-Report
Als erstes Medium hat BLICK Zugang zu Daten aller Personen erhalten, die in der Schweiz zwischen 2010 und 2015 Asyl beantragt haben. Die Auswertung der rund 151’000 Anträge liefert die grösste Datenanalyse zur Flüchtlingsdebatte und zeigt, wie weit entfernte Kriege und Krisen die Schweiz plötzlich vor sehr konkrete Herausforderungen stellen.
Hier geht’s zum Artikel von Christoph Lenz und zum vollständigen Daten-Report von Blick.
The First Avenger: Civil War
Rating: 4.5
Marvel did it again! They once more delivered a solid, action-packed, and most important: FUN comic book movie. One could argue that Civil War and Batman v Superman follow basically the same plot. <spoiler>The superheroes in both universes seem to share one trait: they’re all mamma’s boys. Not that that’s a bad thing. Love you mom!</spoiler>.
But the folks at Marvel just know how to nail it almost every goddam time!
Most importantly, as always, this newest Marvel flick knows how to have a good time. Paul Rudd, I love you, man!
And they even managed to establish a reeeeallly cool Spidey in just a couple of minutes,… something Sony wasn’t able to do in two whole movies.
On the negative side, Marvel still has it’s problems with the bad guys. <spoiler>Zemo reminded me too much of the latest Blofeld. All build-up, no real pay-off (in this movie, that is.).</spoiler>
Captain America 3 may be not the best Marvel movie, but it’s a keeper. Go see it! Like in: NOW!
And as always: Good luck DC, you gonna need it.
(Yes Scarlett, I still love you, too)
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Captain Helvetia: Rafe New World War.
Let’s start to get excited for Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. (Can’t be worse than BvS.)
The Revenant
Rating: 4.5
Alright Leo, you can keep yours,… but let’s get some more Oscars over here to this Lubezki cinematographer guy. This movie belongs to him. It doesn’t get much more cinematic than that.
Besides some neat storytelling moments, I didn’t care much about the plot, though.
BTW: Didn’t thought that Ultra-HD would make such a difference. But man, that IS some beautiful home cinema experience. The investment in a 3rd gen Apple TV (1080p) DOES show on a 4k screen compared to the first generation (720p). (Don’t know about Apple TV 4, though; didn’t need either the 7.1 Audio or the gaming capabilities. And there’s some nice upscaling going on in my Sony TV Set apparently).
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<spoiler>«I thought they smelled bad on the outside.»</spoiler>
Deadpool
Rating: 3
Nice! Never read the comic, never cared for the character. But I really liked this one.
Daredevil Season 2
Rating: 3.5
<nitpicking>What really bugged me was his new cowl. Of course they really nailed its design compared to the model of season one, but in a show so gritty and «realistic» compared to similar presentations, I was somewhat surprised about a certain use of movie-magic revolving around the devil’s mask. When you spot it, you’ll know what I’m talking about and after that it’s really hard to unsee.</nitpicking>
But that’s it. Other than that, once more Daredevil is almost perfect television. Interesting characters well executed (please excuse the PUNisher), gripping story, stunning action, very easy on the eyes. And I loved his new toy and how they introduced it.
After the trainwreck I saw yesterday that was «Batman v Superman» I’m so glad at least one Studio knows what to do with its Superhero properties. I wonder what it would look like if Marvel could manage to take their spectacle to the big screen… oh wait, they did, and they do. Almost forgot there still lies a civil war ahead…
BTW: What I really liked about «Batman v Superman» was, surprisingly enough, the Batfleck. Not just his cowl, not just his whole costume, but his take on the character. Didn’t see that one coming. I wonder how Ben Affleck would do as Matt Murdock on the big screen… oh wait, he did. But let’s forget about that.
Batman v Superman
Rating: 2
What a clumsy mess! How did they even manage to fuck this up so badly?
Whiplash
Rating: 5
Once again I realize that the best sign to recognize a really outstanding movie is the moment when you watch it for the nth time and you’re still surprised of how good it truly is.
«Call your Mom, call your Dad…»