I did it. I dared. I went to the cinema and watched “Star Wars – The Rise of Skywalker”. I was a little afraid after the eighth episode which was had been saved from being a disaster only by Luke Skywalker and Yoda. But it is the way of a…
As a great fan of comic books (especially of DC Comics) there has been one “must see” for me: Aquaman I believe, that there are too many comic book-based films in cinema around the last few years. I do not count Christopher Nolans Dark Knight trilogy. Based on comic books…
It was Novembre 1991. I had late shift and watched a little TV before I got to work. Breaking news: Freddie Mercury is dead. I nodded to the news. Who is that Freddie Mercury? Ah, the singer of Queen. Had heard about them. Then I somehow started to listen to…
Since years the cinemas are flooded by sequels, prequels, spin offs and reboots. This might work in some cases and does absolutly not in others. This falls sequel (and prequel as well) is called “Fantastic Beasts 2 – The Crimes of Grindelwald”. Since the first “Fantastic Beasts”-film ended with a…
The stage is nearly dark. A hand touches a skin, something that might be an amniotic sac. Light flashes, only for an instant like a lightning bolt. Drums pound and a human creature slowly crawls out of the sac. The creature, a naked man, crawls onto the floor. He tries…
Hollywood is riding the big wave of comic book movies for years now and even though I’m getting a bit tired with it, it will not stop. Not one year without at least two or three of those adaptions. In 2018 alone there have been – wait – five of…