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Don’t Breathe

Naked ViewerSeptember 15, 2016

RELEASED 2016 RUNTIME 88 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION FEDE ALVAREZ SCREENPLAY FEDE ALVAREZ, RODO SAYAGUES STARRING JANE LEVY, DYLAN MINNETTE, DANIEL ZOVATTO, ... Read More...

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Das Boot (Director’s Cut)

Naked ViewerSeptember 12, 2016

RELEASED 1981 RUNTIME 208 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION WOLFGANG PETERSEN SCREENPLAY WOLFGANG PETERSEN STARRING JÜRGEN PROCHNOW, HERBERT GRÖNEMEYER, KLAUS WENN... Read More...

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The Purge: Anarchy

Naked ViewerSeptember 12, 2016

RELEASED 2014 RUNTIME 103 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION JAMES DeMONACO SCREENPLAY JAMES DeMONACO STARRING FRANK GRILLO, CARMEN EJOGO, ZACH GILFORD, KIELE SANCH... Read More...

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Boxtrolls

Naked ViewerSeptember 12, 2016

RELEASED 2014 RUNTIME 96 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION GRAHAM ANNABLE, ANTHONY STACCHI SCREENPLAY IRENA BRIGNULL, ADAM PAVA STARRING ISAAC HEMPSTEAD-WRIGHT, EL... Read More...

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War Dogs

Naked ViewerSeptember 9, 2016

RELEASED 2016 RUNTIME 114 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION TODD PHILLIPS SCREENPLAY STEPHEN CHIN, TODD PHILLIPS, JASON SMILOVIC STARRING MILES TELLER, JONAH HILL,... Read More...

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Neighbors

Naked ViewerSeptember 7, 2016

RELEASED 2014 RUNTIME 97 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION NICHOLAS STOLLER SCREENPLAY ANDREW J. COHEN, BRENDAN O'BRIEN STARRING SETH ROGEN, ZAC EFRON, ROSE BYRNE,... Read More...

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Ran (乱)

Naked ViewerSeptember 7, 2016

RELEASED 1985 RUNTIME 162 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION AKIRA KUROSAWA SCREENPLAY AKIRA KUROSAWA, HIDEO OGUNI, MASATO IDE STARRING TATSUYA NAKADAI, AKIRA TERAO... Read More...

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Goodfellas

Naked ViewerSeptember 6, 2016

RELEASED 1990 RUNTIME 145 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION MARTIN SCORSESE SCREENPLAY NICHOLAS PILEGGI, MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING RAY LIOTTA, ROBERT DE NIRO, JOE P... Read More...

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Swiss Army Man

Naked ViewerSeptember 6, 2016

RELEASED 2016 RUNTIME 97 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION DANIEL SCHEINERT, DANIEL KWAN SCREENPLAY DANIEL SCHEINERT, DANIEL KWAN STARRING PAUL DANO, DANIEL RADCLI... Read More...

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Captain Fantastic

Naked ViewerSeptember 5, 2016

RELEASED 2016 RUNTIME 96 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION MATT ROSS SCREENPLAY MATT ROSS STARRING VIGGO MORTENSEN, GEORGE MacKAY, SAMANTHA ISLER, ANNALISE BASSO, ... Read More...

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The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay Part 2

Naked ViewerSeptember 2, 2016

RELEASED 2015 RUNTIME 137 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION FRANCIS LAWRENCE SCREENPLAY PETER CRAIG, DANNY STRONG STARRING JENNIFER LAWRENCE, JOSH HUTCHERSON, LIAM... Read More...

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

Naked ViewerSeptember 2, 2016

RELEASED 2014 RUNTIME 123 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION FRANCIS LAWRENCE SCREENPLAY PETER CRAIG, DANNY STRONG STARRING JENNIFER LAWRENCE, JOSH HUTCHERSON, LIAM... Read More...

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Triple 9

Naked ViewerSeptember 2, 2016

RELEASED 2016 RUNTIME 115 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION JOHN HILLCOAT SCREENPLAY MATT COOK STARRING CASEY AFFLECK, CHIWETEL EJIOFOR, ANTHONY MACKIE, AARON PAUL... Read More...

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Pete’s Dragon

Naked ViewerAugust 31, 2016

RELEASED 2016 RUNTIME 102 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION DAVID LOWERY SCREENPLAY DAVID LOWERY, TOBY HALBROOKS STARRING BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD, OAKES FEGLEY, WES BE... Read More...

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Blue Valentine

Naked ViewerAugust 30, 2016

RELEASED 2010 RUNTIME 112 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION DEREK CIANFRANCE SCREENPLAY DEREK CIANFRANCE, CAMI DELAVIGNE, JOEY CURTIS STARRING RYAN GOSLING, MICHEL... Read More...

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Boyz N The Hood

Naked ViewerAugust 29, 2016

RELEASED 1991 RUNTIME 112 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION JOHN SINGLETON SCREENPLAY JOHN SINGLETON STARRING CUBA GOODING JR., ICE CUBE, LAURENCE FISHBURNE, NIA L... Read More...

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Nerve

Naked ViewerAugust 29, 2016

RELEASED 2016 RUNTIME 96 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION HENRY JOOST, ARIEL SCHULMAN SCREENPLAY JESSICA SHARZER STARRING EMMA ROBERTS, DAVE FRANCO, JULIETTE LEWI... Read More...

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Suicide Squad

Naked ViewerAugust 19, 2016

RELEASED 2016 RUNTIME 123 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION DAVID AYER SCREENPLAY DAVID AYER STARRING WILL SMITH, JARED LETO, MARGOT ROBBIE, JOEL KINNAMAN, VIOLA D... Read More...

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The categories in the box on the left inside the post do not reflect a score, but the tone of the movie.
A full bar in ACTION does not reflect that the action is amazing, but that there is a maximum amount of action.
The same way an empty bar in SUSPENSE doesn't say the suspense sucks, but rather there is no suspense at all.

AMBITION reflects how willing the moviemakers were in breaking new grounds in terms of subject matter, storytelling and/or technical breakthroughs.

CHALLENGE reflects, if the movie is easy to understand (empty bar) or requires your full amount of brain power (full bar).

When I review a movie I look at a few things. Is it an interesting story, or have I seen it done million times before? Is the script written well or does it confuse the viewer? How are the performances by the actors?

However, since my background is art and design I tend to pay a lot of attention to technical things like the cinematography and overall visual style, which includes visual effects and music (soundtracks and original scores).

Ambition is also very important to me. I can forgive a bad movie, when I see that the filmmakers went for something big - something new and groundbreaking, but maybe didn't quite reach it yet.

But the most important thing is of course. Did I enjoy the movie?

With new movies it's easy. Did I enjoy it when I watched it initially? That doesn't mean my view won't change over time.
When re-watching older movies I grew up with I'm looking, if it holds up, visual-wise and story-wise. But even though I try to keep an objective mind with each re-watch, nostalgia will always factor into my score. After all, I am a human being with a soul ;)

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Don’t Breathe

Das Boot (Director’s Cut)

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War Dogs

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Goodfellas

Swiss Army Man

Captain Fantastic

The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay Part 2

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Pete’s Dragon

Blue Valentine

Boyz N The Hood

Nerve

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