Haje’s Brain

Donnie Darko - a film that could not be understood in its full glory neither on its first nor on its fifth viewing - deserves a user manual. In his own version of this motion picture, that is exactly what director Richard Kelly is offering (more…)

Closer is a film released in 2005, directed by Mike Nichols. The movie stars Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts and Clive Owen in the four lead roles.
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Disco Pigs is an Irish film released in 2001. It is the story of Runt (Elaine Cassidy, The Others, The Bay of Love and Sorrows) and Pig (Cillian Murphy, Girl with a Pearl Earring, 28 Days Later, Cold Mountain), two kids who might as well have been siblings.
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Girlfight is a movie released in 2000. It was written and directed by Karyn Kusama. (more…)

Imagine, if you can, a film that is made in Hollywood, is 2 hours and 20 minutes long, released in 2004, and has the incredibly cheesy title of “Man on Fire”.

Imagine, if you will, that this same film only has one name on the billboards, and that is Denzel Washington. Furthermore, it tries to tempt you to watch it, by explaining that “bla bla bla super special assassin agent bla bla bla talked into working as a bodyguard bla bla girl he is supposed to protect kidnapped bla bla bla opens a can of whoop-ass”.
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Layer Cake is a film released in 2004. When a film markets itself with the tagline “By the people who brought you Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”, you realise that you are about to receive a rather big serving of “gimme some more, jack”.
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Asimov would be violently convulsing in his grave, had he seen the new I, Robot movie that is supposedly based on his work. With Will Smith as the mighty tasty consumerist god in the lead role - how could this become anything but a complete and utter disaster?
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Most anglophones, sadly enough, know this movie by its English name, Life is Beautiful. Just - for the love of the movie - do not see the redubbed version of this film. You won’t die from a few subtitles, and the Italian spontaneity in this movie really adds to its value.

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Jeepers Creepers starts off when two college students, Darius (Justin Long) and his sister Trish (Gina Philips) leave college to go home - they drive on a desolate highway, and are attacked by a truck. Next, they see a guy dropping some sheets down a pipe. Roped sheets. Blood-stained, roped sheets. Of course, they decide to go back and have a look. (bad move.. Bad bad move)…
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Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) is a surrealistic film created in 1928. It was written by two young, largely unknown men, Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel, and directed by the latter. Of course, both these guys got plenty more than their fifteen minutes of fame…
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