It is certainly not the rule that several films appear in German cinemas in one week, on the same day, that have made a lasting impression on us at FILMSTARTS. And yet today, September 28, 2023, that is exactly the case.
While the youngsters will most likely have fun with “Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie” and the following nuns will hit the screens with “The Nun’s Race” just a week after the horror hit “The Nun II”, we have three new ones starting of the week was particularly impressive:
“The Creator”: Monumental science fiction epic
“Godzilla” director Gareth Edwards returns with “The Creator,” a whopping seven years after his last directorial effort, the “Star Wars” spinoff “Rogue One.” And how!
But anyone who thinks Edwards’ $80 million hit will be smaller than its blockbuster competition, which happily swallows production costs of more than $250 million, is sorely mistaken. In a sense, Edwards is returning to his roots with his latest joke: After already creating something of a modern sci-fi classic with “Monsters,” which cost just $500,000, he’s now showing just how much can be made with $80 million dollars. can be extracted.
The futuristic blockbuster about the war between people (including John David Washington) and a powerful artificial intelligence really blew FILMSTARTS editor-in-chief Christoph Petersen’s socks off. In the FILMSTARTS review There is an excellent 4.5 out of 5 stars for the “mainly visually visionary sci-fi epic”, which is immediately dubbed the “sci-fi event of the year”. Only minimal narrative weaknesses will result in a B grade being deducted.
“Speak No Evil”: Horror that shocks and disturbs
Christian Tafdrup announced that he wanted to make the “most disturbing film in Danish film history” together with his brother Mads Tafdrup. And while everyone has to decide for themselves whether the duo enfant terrible Lars von Trier (“Dogvill”, “Antichrist”) can actually hold a candle, We conclude that ‘Speak No Evil’ ultimately not only thrives on its ominous atmosphere and the associated tension, but especially ‘shocks and disruptions’ with its painful, naturalistic outbursts of violence. – and thus burns himself into the memories of his audience. The FILMSTARTS review gives it 3.5 stars and a recommendation for anyone who can stomach it.
That’s what it’s about: Bjørn (Morten Burian) and Louise (Sidsel Siem Koch) become friends with a Dutch family during their holiday in Tuscany, with whom they later keep in touch. So if one day an invitation to the Netherlands comes to their home, they accept it without hesitation. And on site everything seems fine at first, until it eventually leads to more and more small misunderstandings – which soon lead to big problems…
“Wochenendre rebels”: Really strong cinema from Germany
Last but not least, we would also like to recommend “Weekend Rebels” to you. The film by ‘This Stupid Heart’ maker Marc Rothemund does our September contribution to the FILMSTARTS initiative “German cinema is (still) great!” – which we recommend to anyone who has a passion for cinema with a lot of heart and an equal amount of humor. (4 stars)
At the center of the father-son adventure are Mirco (Florian David Fitz) and his autistic offspring Jason (Cecilio Andresen), who make a pact: Mirco goes to the home games of all football teams in the first, second and third leagues with so that his son can finally get together, choose a favorite club – if in return Jason puts a lot of effort into getting through school.
If you want even more “weekend rebels” after a visit to the cinema: in our podcast we talk in detail about the film – with the real weekend rebels Jason and Mirco von Juterczenka!