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True Detective: Season 1

Naked ViewerJanuary 24, 2015

RELEASED 2014 EPISODES 8 RUNTIME 50 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION CARY JOJI FUKUNAGA SCREENPLAY NIC PIZZALOTTO STARRING MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY, WOODY HARRELSON, M... Read More...

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Dirty Harry

Naked ViewerDecember 17, 2014

RELEASED 1971 RUNTIME 102 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION DON SIEGEL SCREENPLAY HARRY JULIAN FINK, R. M. FINK, DEAN RIESNER, JOHN MILIUS STARRING CLINT EASTWOOD,... Read More...

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Die Hard: With A Vengeance

Naked ViewerDecember 15, 2014

RELEASED 1995 RUNTIME 131 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION JOHN McTIERNAN SCREENPLAY JONATHAN HENSLEIGH STARRING BRUCE WILLIS, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, JEREMY IRONS, GR... Read More...

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Sunshine

Naked ViewerNovember 25, 2014

RELEASED 2007 RUNTIME 107 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION DANNY BOYLE SCREENPLAY ALEX GARLAND STARRING ROSE BYRNE, CLIFF CURTIS, CHRIS EVANS, TROY GARITY, CILLIA... Read More...

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Strange Days

Naked ViewerNovember 19, 2014

RELEASED 1995 RUNTIME 145 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION KATHRYN BIGELOW SCREENPLAY JAMES CAMERON, JAY COCKS STARRING RALPH FIENNES, ANGELA BASSETT, JULIETTE LE... Read More...

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Nightcrawler

Naked ViewerNovember 13, 2014

RELEASED 2014 RUNTIME 117 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION DAN GILROY SCREENPLAY DAN GILROY STARRING JAKE GYLLENHAAL, RENE RUSSO, RIZ AHMED, BILL PAXTON MUSIC JAM... Read More...

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Interstellar

Naked ViewerNovember 8, 2014

RELEASED 2014 RUNTIME 169 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION CHRISTOPHER NOLAN SCREENPLAY JONATHAN NOLAN, CHRISTOPHER NOLAN STARRING MATHEW McCONAUGHEY, ANNE HATHAW... Read More...

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Snowpiercer

Naked ViewerOctober 26, 2014

RELEASED 2013 RUNTIME 126 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH, KOREAN DIRECTION BONG JOON-HO SCREENPLAY BONG JOON-HO, KELLY MASTERSON STARRING CHRIS EVANS, SONG KANG-HO, TILDA... Read More...

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No Country For Old Men

Naked ViewerOctober 20, 2014

RELEASED 2007 RUNTIME 122 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION JOEL COEN, ETHAN COEN SCREENPLAY JOEL COEN, ETHAN COEN STARRING JOSH BROLIN, TOMMY LEE JONES, JAVIER BA... Read More...

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Jackie Brown

Naked ViewerOctober 19, 2014

RELEASED 1997 RUNTIME 154 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION QUENTIN TARANTINO SCREENPLAY QUENTIN TARANTINO STARRING PAM GRIER, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, ROBERT FORSTER, B... Read More...

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Cop Land

Naked ViewerOctober 19, 2014

RELEASED 1997 RUNTIME 104 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION JAMES MANGOLD SCREENPLAY JAMES MANGOLD STARRING SYLVESTER STALLONE, HARVEY KEITEL, RAY LIOTTA, ROBERT D... Read More...

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Escape From New York

Naked ViewerOctober 18, 2014

RELEASED 1981 RUNTIME 99 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION JOHN CARPENTER SCREENPLAY JOHN CARPENTER, NICK CASTLE STARRING KURT RUSSELL, LEE VAN CLEEF, ERNEST BORGN... Read More...

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Seven

Naked ViewerOctober 5, 2014

RELEASED 1995 RUNTIME 127 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION DAVID FINCHER SCREENPLAY ANDREW KEVIN WALKER STARRING BRAD PITT, MORGAN FREEMAN, KEVIN SPACEY, JOHN C. ... Read More...

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Insomnia

Naked ViewerOctober 4, 2014

RELEASED 2002 RUNTIME 118 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION CHRISTOPHER NOLAN SCREENPLAY HILLARY SEITZ STARRING AL PACINO, ROBIN WILLIAMS, HILARY SWANK, MAURA TIER... Read More...

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Gone Girl

Naked ViewerOctober 2, 2014

RELEASED 2014 RUNTIME 136 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION DAVID FINCHER SCREENPLAY GILLIAN FLYNN STARRING BEN AFFLECK, ROSAMUND PIKE, CARRIE COON, KIM DICKENS, N... Read More...

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Red Heat

Naked ViewerSeptember 19, 2014

RELEASED 1988 RUNTIME 103 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION WALTER HILL SCREENPLAY WALTER HILL STARRING ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, JAMES BELUSHI, PETER BOYLE, ED O'ROS... Read More...

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Taken

Naked ViewerSeptember 14, 2014

RELEASED 2008 RUNTIME 90 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION PIERRE MOREL SCREENPLAY LUC BESSON, ROBERT MARK KAMEN STARRING LIAM NEESON, MAGGIE GRACE, LELAND ORSER, ... Read More...

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Limitless

Naked ViewerJuly 30, 2014

RELEASED 2011 RUNTIME 105 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION NEIL BURGER SCREENPLAY LESLIE DIXON STARRING BRADLEY COOPER, ABBIE CORNISH, ROBERT DE NIRO MUSIC PAUL L... 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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