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Wirklich Alles DVD Austria
Reviewed: 2005-12-13 Score: 5/6
Video: Complete in 16:9-format (1:78:1 or "full-frame" on a Widescreen TV)! Many DVDs only contain the
main feature in anamorphic widescreen with the bonus materials left in 4:3 Letterbox. But this DVD is 100%
in 16:9. Great Universal! The picture is crisp and clear with great contrast. On the other hand, it's not
extraordinary - there are... read more
Pokémon 2000 Revelation Lucia DVD Norway
Reviewed: 2005-11-27 Score: 1/6
Good audio and video quality, but that doesn't help much when the original Japanese version of the film isn't included.... read more

Pokémon 3 Spell of Unown DVD Norway
Reviewed: 2005-11-27 Score: 2/6
Good audio and video quality, but that doesn't help much when the original Japanese version of the film isn't included. Your only reason to get this DVD would be to hear the rather interesting commentary track by the U.S. producers.... read more
Herbie - Fully Loaded DVD USA
Reviewed: 2005-10-29 Score: 5/6
Nå er Herbie tilbake! Det ble laget flere filmer om den magiske «bobla» på 70- og 80-tallet. Nå er han tilbake!
Etter flere suksessfulle rallyløp ble Herbie redusert til drosjebil og endte til slutt opp på et bilopphuggeri. Her står han og venter på sin nye sjåfør...
Samtidig har rallyfamilien Peyton fått sitt første medle... read more
Herbie - Fully Loaded DVD Canada
Reviewed: 2005-10-29 Score: 5/6
Nå er Herbie tilbake! Det ble laget flere filmer om den magiske «bobla» på 70- og 80-tallet. Nå er han tilbake!
Etter flere suksessfulle rallyløp ble Herbie redusert til drosjebil og endte til slutt opp på et bilopphuggeri. Her står han og venter på sin nye sjåfør...
Samtidig har rallyfamilien Peyton fått sitt første medle... read more
Døden på Oslo S DVD Norway
Reviewed: 2005-09-19 Score: 4/6
Døden på Oslo S is finally out on DVD, and luckily the DVD presentation is great – except for the lack
of bonus materials.
Video: The film is clearly digitally mastered and restored - this film probably never looked better! At
least not for me, since I didn't see it in the cinema – only on TV and VHS. The film is a bit... read more

Giftige løgner DVD Norway
Reviewed: 2005-09-19 Score: 3/6
Giftige løgner – the successor to Døden på Oslo
S – is finally out on DVD, and luckily the presentation is great – except for the lack of
bonus materials.
Video: The film is clearly digitally mastered and restored. There are no visible artifacts, dust or s... read more
De blå ulvene DVD Norway
Reviewed: 2005-09-19 Score: 2/6
It seems like all the money and time was spent on Døden på Oslo S and Gifige løgner, because here is Nordisk Film sadly back to their usual
habits when it comes to their ... read more
CD

Blue Tattoo CD Germany
Reviewed: 2005-03-29 Score: 6/6
This is CD audio the way it's meant to sound. A rich wall of sound that builds up in the room. Stereo effects fly through the room, the subwoofer is booming. It seems like the artists are standing in front of you. Pure perfection! Be sure to play it in stereo mode of course. There's no annoying copy-protection on this CD, so you can play it in any ... read more
Traces of Sadness CD Germany
Reviewed: 2005-03-28 Score: 6/6
This is CD audio the way it's meant to sound. A rich wall of sound that builds up in the room. Stereo effects fly through the room, the subwoofer is booming. It seems like the artists are standing in front of you. Pure perfection! Be sure to play it in stereo mode of course. There's no annoying copy-protection on this CD, so you can play it in any ... read more

Traces of Sadness CD Germany
Reviewed: 2005-03-28 Score: 6/6
This is CD audio the way it's meant to sound. A rich wall of sound that builds up in the room. Stereo effects fly through the room, the subwoofer is booming. It seems like the artists are standing in front of you. Pure perfection! Be sure to play it in stereo mode of course. There's no annoying copy-protection on this CD, so you can play it in any ... read more
DVD
Traces of Sadness DVD Germany
Reviewed: 2005-03-28 Score: 5/6
The production of this DVD is amazing with long crane-shots and few cuts. Unfortunately in 4:3 format, but nothing is perfect. The sound is presented in a Dolby Digital 5.1 track with thundering sub-bass. A DD 2.0 Stereo track is also supplied. Unfortunately there is problem with the way the chapter changes are made that makes certain DVD-players s... read more
Pocket Monsters Mewtwo Strikes Back! DVD Hong Kong
Reviewed: 2004-08-08 Score: 3/6
This is the Japanese version of the film except for the longer opening of the film presented in a letterbox format. Quite OK, but only if you understand Japanese or Chinese - since there are no subtitles here. No extras, and there's nothing to expect either for the price of this DVD. Just like on the Japanese DVD, the Pikachu short-film and the fea... read more
Pocket Monsters Mewtwo Strikes Back! DVD Norway
Reviewed: 2004-08-08 Score: 2/6
The U.S. version of the film presented in Pan&Scan! Need I say more? The only thing positive about this release is the rather informative commentary track - done by the U.S. remake-team. There's no seperation of the Pikachu short-film and the main feature - so you'll have to wind through that if you just want to see the last one. OEB 08.08.2004. Pr... read more
Pocket Monsters Mewtwo Strikes Back! DVD Japan
Reviewed: 2004-08-08 Score: 4/6
Certainly the best DVD release containing the original Japanese version of the film (of course!) in anamorphic widescreen, and luckily also with English subtitles (for those of us who don't speak Japanese). The picture is certainly not of reference quality (sometimes looked a bit grainy/ dirty), but I didn't notice any digital artifacts. There's al... read more
Congo DVD USA
Score: 3/6
Les omtalen i kp... read more

Natural Born Killers DVD Norway
Score: 4/6
Appears to be a transfer from an analogue master. Colour bleeding/ shadows.... read more
Jalla! Jalla! DVD Norway
Score: 4/6
The video quality on this DVD release from Sandrew Metronome is very good. I can't notice anything negative. Nice animated menus, but still a bit boring. Also a boring cover design. Great with a commentary track (still haven't listened to that one) and behind-the-scenes footage (a little short though). By the way, if you select Norwegian language f... read more

Sherdil DVD Sweden
Score: 4/6
This DVD is produced by SDC, and the video quality isn't the best I've seen, with some visible artifacts in dark scenes. In addition I'd wanted some more exciting extras than the text pages, trailer and video clip we get. But it's better than nothing, after all.... read more
Fucking Åmål DVD Germany
Score: 2/6
En fantastisk film! Dette er en usminka fortelling om den vanskelige ungdomstida, nærmest en dokumentar. Selv om settingen er en småby, er problemstillingen og handlingen universal for i alle fall hele den vestlige verden. Det handler om den mildt sagt frustrerende perioden i livet som hele tida ligger i ytterkantene av helvete og paradis. Du lengt... read more

Fucking Åmål DVD Denmark
Score: 4/6
En fantastisk film! Dette er en usminka fortelling om den vanskelige ungdomstida, nærmest en dokumentar. Selv om settingen er en småby, er problemstillingen og handlingen universal for i alle fall hele den vestlige verden. Det handler om den mildt sagt frustrerende perioden i livet som hele tida ligger i ytterkantene av helvete og paradis. Du lengt... read more
Fucking Åmål DVD Sweden
Score: 4/6
En fantastisk film! Dette er en usminka fortelling om den vanskelige ungdomstida, nærmest en dokumentar. Selv om settingen er en småby, er problemstillingen og handlingen universal for i alle fall hele den vestlige verden. Det handler om den mildt sagt frustrerende perioden i livet som hele tida ligger i ytterkantene av helvete og paradis. Du lengt... read more

Tillsammans DVD Norway
Score: 4/6
The video quality on this DVD release from Sandrew Metronome, produced by Tocano in Denmark and with graphical design by Head & Tail in Stockholm, isn't much better than Fucking Åmål, which proved to be done a lot better by other distributors. It's still not even anamorphic (yes, it is 2001). The lack of a Director's Commenta... read more
Better than Chocolate DVD Canada
Score: 3/6
Quite good release from Trimark, but the video quality is far from reference quality with noticeable artifacts in dark scenes. It's also not anamorphic. I'm also missing Cast & Crew information. But a Director's Commentary is always great! It's also great that we get a Director's Cut version on this DVD.... read more

Christiane F. Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo DVD United Kingdom
Score: 3/6
Better than the U.S. release - new improved soundtrack (still sounds quite mono though) and English subtitles. A bit strange that the U.S. release has a 1.77:1 aspect ratio, while this one is 1.66:1 (probably just a misprint).... read more
Dante's Peak DVD USA
Score: 5/6
Denne fantastiske filmen fra 1997 regissert av Roger Donaldson (Species) med Linda Hamilton (The Terminator, Terminator 2 Judgment Day) som Rachel Wando og Pierce Brosnan (GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Nephew, Mars Attacks!) som Harry Dalton i hovedrollene blir bedre og bedre hver gang du ser den. Det eneste jeg i utgangspunktet kan sette fin... read more

Eva & Adam 9-16 (3+4) DVD Sweden
Score: 3/6
Mange av de samme kommentarene gjelder for denne andre serien, som for den første, så jeg har unngått å gjenta meg for mye. Man merker på en måte at de har kommet bedre inn i stilen her, samtidig kan ikke denne serien sies å være bedre enn den første. De er nærmest jevngode.
Først vil jeg fokusere på noen av de viktige bifigurene i handlingen. J... read more
Eva & Adam Fyra födelsedagar och ett fiasko DVD Sweden
Score: 4/6
Jeg føler at jeg har sagt såpass mye om hva jeg mener om Eva & Adam allerede, at det ikke er mye å tillegge. De har spilt ganske safe - likte du serien, liker du denne filmen, for det er som en lang TV-episode, de har ikke gjort mange tilpasninger for det nye mediet. Eva og Adam har jo blitt litt eldre - 14 år, og handlingen blir deretter. Det er o... read more

Sanning eller Konsekvens DVD Sweden
Score: 4/6
Not much to say, fairly good video quality on this DVD produced by Tocano in Denmark. The menus are sometimes causing the player to crash. We could have hoped for a Director's Commentary, but the interview is a good replacement. All in all, a quite good DVD production.... read more
Boys Don't Cry DVD USA
Score: 4/6
Good release from Fox. I'm missing Cast & Crew information. The featurette is rather short and don't say much. I haven't listened to the Director's Commentary yet, because the film itself is so emotionally moving I don't want to spoil the feeling by listening to this commentary just yet. But it's always great that it's included. Please note that th... read more
WarGames DVD USA
Score: 4/6
Med sin totale mangel på vold kan denne filmen passe alle aldersgrupper. WarGames er, samtidig som den retter et veldig kritisk blikk på å overlate for mye kontroll til datamaskiner, og atomvåpen, et herlig tilbakeblikk til åttitallet, da datamaskiner var for hackerne. Også den musikken, da! Det er naturligvis ikke alle som forstår denne nostalgien... read more
Lilja 4-ever DVD Sweden
Audio: Great Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track that sounds a lot more dynamic than in the cinemas I visited. Rammsteins roars at you with their Mein Herz Brennt just like I always thought it should sound. Dynamic sound is also used to recreate environments (like a diskoteque) and portray emotions/ moods. It's interesting that orchestrated music is mixe... read more

Lilja 4-ever DVD Norway
Audio: Great Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track that sounds a lot more dynamic than in the cinemas I visited. Rammsteins roars at you with their Mein Herz Brennt just like I always thought it should sound. Dynamic sound is also used to recreate environments (like a diskoteque) and portray emotions/ moods. It's interesting that orchestrated music is mixe... read more
Tillsammans DVD Sweden
The video quality on this DVD release from Sandrew Metronome, produced by Tocano in Denmark and with graphical design by Head & Tail in Stockholm, isn't much better than Fucking Åmål, which proved to be done a lot better by other distributors. It's still not even anamorphic (yes, it is 2001). The lack of a Director's Commenta... read more

Tillsammans DVD Germany
The picture quality is similar to the UK disc, a little bit pale compared to the Swedish release, but this isn't very major. No other artifacts or problems as I could notice. The picture is a bit grainy and not as smooth as you're used to from Hollywood, but this is of course how the film looks originally. The sound is two-channel Dolby Stereo orig... read more
Tillsammans DVD United Kingdom
First of all it's great that an English-subtitled DVD is available so soon (unlike Lukas Moodyssson's first feature film Fucking Åmål – Show Me Love. Unfortunately this DVD could have been better – the subtitles are removeable, but I guess most people who buy this DVD want to have them t... read more

Christiane F. Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo DVD Germany
Score: 3/6
Technically better than the UK release, if you can manage without subtitles.... read more
Bear's Kiss DVD Russia
Audio: Very good Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track. Both the original English audio track and a Russian dubbing track is included. This is really a great dynamic soundtrack with really good use of surround channels and bass that creates a great atmosphere (not very suited for night-viewing in other words). My only complaint would be that the dialogue i... read more

Syostry DVD Russia
Good production, but they could have spent the time to make subtitles for the documentary aswell, and maybe an optionable English menu. The English subtitles are pretty good, but could have been even better.... read more
Grease DVD Sweden
Score: 4/6
As usual with Paramount's backlog releases the video transfer is unfortunatly rather grainy - and especially so on this release. On the other hand I couldn't spot any digital artifacts. The sound is good, but the film was obviously not 5.1 originally. Let's hope Paramount will do better some day - and re-release their classics with the picture qual... read more

En Kärlekshistoria DVD Sweden
Score: 6/6
Selv om En kärlekshistoria er fra 1969 kunne den nesten vært laget i går. Det er en tidløs ungdomsfortelling sentrert rundt kjæresteparet Annika og Pär. Det er genialt enkelt, men film handler nettopp om å fortelle gode historier. Det spesielle med En kärlekshistoria er at voksenverdenens konflikter og intriger hele tiden ligger i bakgrunnen. De f... read more
Jalla! Jalla! DVD Sweden
The video quality on this DVD release from Sandrew Metronome is very good. I can't notice anything negative. Nice animated menus, but still a bit boring. Also a boring cover design. Great with a commentary track (still haven't listened to that one) and behind-the-scenes footage (a little short though). By the way, if you select Norwegian language f... read more

Lilja 4-ever DVD United Kingdom
Audio: Unfortunately this is nothing like the Scandinavian audio track. It seems like Metrodome has messed up the 5.1 track completely. There's almost no use of the rear channels even for music, it's a lot less dynamic, and the bass sounds strange. The sound image seems very front-centered and doesn't surround you and include you in the film like t... read more
Flashdance DVD UK
Score: 3/6
As usual with Paramount's backlog releases the video transfer is unfortunatly rather grainy. On the other hand I couldn't spot any digital artifacts. The sound is good, but the film was obviously not 5.1 originally. Let's hope Paramount will do better some day - and re-release their classics with the picture quality they deserve - and some extra ma... read more

Tillsammans DVD USA
The cover states that the theatrical trailer is included, but this is probably not correct.... read more
Eva & Adam Fyra födelsedagar och ett fiasko DVD Norway
Score: 4/6
Jeg føler at jeg har sagt såpass mye om hva jeg mener om Eva & Adam allerede, at det ikke er mye å tillegge. De har spilt ganske safe - likte du serien, liker du denne filmen, for det er som en lang TV-episode, de har ikke gjort mange tilpasninger for det nye mediet. Eva og Adam har jo blitt litt eldre - 14 år, og handlingen blir deretter. Det er o... read more
Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines DVD Canada
Amazing DD 5.1 audio track - this is reference material! The European releases include a DTS track, but there is no remarkable difference. The picture is great with no sign of artifacts or dirt, but maybe not exactly reference. The picture is not as crisp as DVD can be, but this might be intentional to give the film a more classic "cinema-like" loo... read more
Bare Bea DVD Norway
The anamorphic video transfer is good with no signs of artifacts. On my test disc only a DD 2.0 soundtrack was supplied. It sounds decent, but of course you get a 5.1 track with the retail versjon, along with some more bonus materials also not included on the test disc. No English subtitles on the disc unfortunately. Reviewed by OEB 26.08.04.... read more
Piglet's Big Movie DVD Norway
Disneys nye film fra hundremeterskogen med Nasse Nøff i hovedrollen er en positiv overraskelse. Det var nok mange som var skeptiske da Disney kjøpte rettigheter til A.A. Milnes klassiske historier om Ole Brumm, Tigergutt og de andre dyrene i Hundremeterskogen, her i Norge mest kjent gjennom Torbjørn Egner.
De første tegnefilmene fra Disn... read more
Spun DVD Sweden
Score: 3/6
Generally great video transfer. The source is obviously 16mm, but the video transfer is crisp and clear. Unfortuantely there are a few signs of digital artifacts, especially around 1:26:30. The 5.1 soundtrack is great (2.0 not tested). At first you might think it's rather dull and front-centered, but then "hell breaks loose" in certain scenes :). L... read more
Kill Bill Vol 1 DVD Norway
Score: 3/6
Nothing to remark on the picture quality, but I don't like that they've taken away the original on-screen English subtitles of the Japanese dialogue (but replaced them with usual DVD subtitles in the usual languages. This means that you won't get any translation if you choose to watch the film without subtitles. There are only Scandinavian subtitle... read more
Hip hip hora DVD Sweden
Score: 5/6
Good anamorphic picture transfer - I couldn't notice any artifacts or other faults. Of course. this still isn't reference quality, but good for a Swedish film. It looks cool with DTS sound, but I'm not sure if this film really needed it and I even thought the DD 5.1 track sounded a bit better. The voices got a bit exagerrated (never noticed that b... read more

Lilja 4-ever DVD Hong Kong
The quality of the DVD is unfortunately pretty equal to the UK release, that means a lot less sparkling audio and video than you get on the Scandinavian version. So get that if you have the chance.
Audio: Unfortunately this is nothing like the Scandinavian audio track. It seems like they've messed up the 5.1 track completely. There's almost no us... read more
Footloose DVD United Kingdom
As usual with Paramount's backlog releases the video transfer is unfortunatly rather grainy. On the other hand I couldn't spot any digital artifacts. The sound is good, but the film was obviously not 5.1 originally. Let's hope Paramount will do better some day - and re-release their classics with the picture quality they deserve - and some extra ma... read more

Fröken Sverige DVD Sweden
Score: 5/6
Fröken Sverige med Alexandra
Dahlström i hovedrollen som Moa er nok en god svensk ungdomsfilm med
fokus på litt eldre ungdommer enn tradisjonelt i denne genren. Moa er 19 år
og vennene hennes er nok i omtrent samme aldersgruppe. Filmen starter med en
close-up på Moa som synger på en sang.... read more
Timeline DVD Canada
A good but rather mediocre video transfer. Nothing really eye-dropping and nothing really bad. Great roaring soundtrack with heavy use of the subwoofer. I miss a DTS track on the disc allthough the DD 5.1 sounds great. Dialogue could have been mixed a bit higher and tended to get a bit "drowned" by the music in the beginning in the film (where ther... read more

Lilja 4-ever DVD Germany
Audio: Great Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track that sounds just as good as the Scandinavian DVD release. Rammsteins roars at you with their Mein Herz
Brennt just like I always thought it should sound. Dynamic sound is also
used to recreate environments (like a diskoteque) and portray emotions/
moods. It's interesting that orchestrated music is... read more
Wonderland Murders, The DVD Norway
The test disc I got didn't have the correct specifications compared to the retail version so I can't comment on audio and extras, but the picture quality was good - I coudn't notice any problems. The picture seems a bit dark and gritty, but that's certainly how it's intended to be. Like usual from Nordisk Film there are no English subtitles, one re... read more
Kill Bill Vol 2 DVD Canada
Score: 4/6
Nothing to say on the video quality - nothing extraordinary, but this film is supposed to look a little "gritty" so it will never be used as a reference for picture quality. In any case, there are no digital artifacts to spot and the transfer is certainly true to the theatrical version and that's just the way we want it. The DTS 5.1 audio track (DD... read more
Hip hip hora DVD Norway
Score: 5/6
Good anamorphic picture transfer - I couldn't notice any artifacts or other faults. Of course. this still isn't reference quality, but good for a Swedish film. It looks cool with DTS sound, but I'm not sure if this film really needed it and I even thought the DD 5.1 track sounded a bit better. The voices got a bit exagerrated (never noticed that b... read more

Better than Chocolate DVD USA
Score: 3/6
Quite good release from Trimark, but the video quality is far from reference quality with noticeable artifacts in dark scenes. It's also not anamorphic. I'm also missing Cast & Crew information. But a Director's Commentary is always great! It's also great that we get a Director's Cut version on this DVD, it seems like the film had to be cut to get ... read more
Congo DVD Canada
Score: 3/6
Les omtalen i kp... read more
Bare Bea DVD Norway
The anamorphic video transfer is good with no signs of artifacts. On my test disc only a DD 2.0 soundtrack was supplied. It sounds decent, but of course you get a 5.1 track with the retail versjon, along with some more bonus materials also not included on the test disc. No English subtitles on the disc unfortunately. Reviewed by OEB 26.08.04.... read more
Bare Bea DVD Sweden
The anamorphic video transfer is good with no signs of artifacts. On my test disc only a DD 2.0 soundtrack was supplied. It sounds decent, but of course you get a 5.1 track with the retail versjon, along with some more bonus materials also not included on the test disc. No English subtitles on the disc unfortunately. Reviewed by OEB 26.08.04.... read more
Fröken Sverige DVD Norway
Score: 5/6
Fröken Sverige med Alexandra
Dahlström i hovedrollen som Moa er nok en god svensk ungdomsfilm med
fokus på litt eldre ungdommer enn tradisjonelt i denne genren. Moa er 19 år
og vennene hennes er nok i omtrent samme aldersgruppe. Filmen starter med en
close-up på Moa som synger på en sang.... read more
Flashdance DVD Sweden
Score: 3/6
As usual with Paramount's backlog releases the video transfer is unfortunatly rather grainy. On the other hand I couldn't spot any digital artifacts. The sound is good, but the film was obviously not 5.1 originally. Let's hope Paramount will do better some day - and re-release their classics with the picture quality they deserve - and some extra ma... read more
DVD+CD

Lilja 4-ever DVD+CD Sweden
Audio: Great Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track that sounds a lot more dynamic than in the cinemas I visited. Rammsteins roars at you with their Mein Herz Brennt just like I always thought it should sound. Dynamic sound is also used to recreate environments (like a diskoteque) and portray emotions/ moods. It's interesting that orchestrated music is mixe... read more
VCD
Fucking Åmål VCD Taiwan
En fantastisk film! Dette er en usminka fortelling om den vanskelige ungdomstida, nærmest en dokumentar. Selv om settingen er en småby, er problemstillingen og handlingen universal for i alle fall hele den vestlige verden. Det handler om den mildt sagt frustrerende perioden i livet som hele tida ligger i ytterkantene av helvete og paradis. Du lengt... read more
Film
Råzone
Reviewed: 2007-02-13 Score: 6
Råzone (Life Hits) is a Danish film about a group of four girls whose actions spin out of control – and eventually friendship turns to hate. This film has an intensity on the level of read more
Container
Reviewed: 2007-01-08 Score: 5
The theme of “Container” is in a way similar to “Fucking Åmål” told in a completely different way. The monologue is coming from a woman trapped in a man's body. It's about sexuality, about not fitting in. There are plenty of international pop-cultural references. Similar to “Ett hål i mitt hjärta” t... read more
Fritt vilt
Reviewed: 2007-01-08 Score: 5
Omtale kommer snart.... read more
Loser
Reviewed: 2006-10-29 Score: 5
A surpringly warm and heartfelt comedy-drama featuring Mena Suvari and Jason Biggs. (Temporary text.)... read more
Sandor /slash/ Ida
Reviewed: 2006-09-14 Score: 4
This film could be described as a mix of two other Nordic youth films - Bagland and Fucking Åmål. The story is thus not very original, apart from the fact that Sandor and Ida meet online of course. On the other hand, that's after all just another contact method. During the course of the film Sandor ... read more
Herbie - Fully Loaded
Reviewed: 2005-12-13 Score: 5
Nå er Herbie tilbake! Det ble laget flere filmer om den magiske «bobla» på 70- og 80-tallet. Nå er han tilbake!
Etter flere suksessfulle rallyløp ble Herbie redusert til drosjebil og endte til slutt opp på et bilopphuggeri. Her står han og venter på sin nye sjåfør...
Samtid... read more
Kamilla og tyven
Reviewed: 2005-10-03
Filmene om Kamilla og tyven, basert på bøker av Kari Vinje, ble nylig utgitt på DVD. Året er 1913. Åtte år gamle Kamilla er foreldreløs. Tante Louise har ikke noe lag med barn, og vil sende Kamilla til pikeskole i Århus. Onkel Ole tror Kamilla vil få det bedre på landet, og «smugler» henne avgårde t... read more
Du ska nog se att det går över
Reviewed: 2005-03-25 Score: 5
"Du ska nog se att det går över" is a documentary about three girls and their struggle towards "coming out" as lesbians. It's both fun and sometimes a bit sad to listen to their experiences. Anyone can certainly recognize parts of these girl's experiences from their own youth – regardless of s... read more
Fröken Sverige
Reviewed: 2005-01-21 Score: 4
Fröken Sverige med Alexandra
Dahlström i hovedrollen som Moa er nok en god svensk ungdomsfilm med
fokus på litt eldre ungdommer enn tradisjonelt i denne genren. Moa er 19 år
og vennene hennes er nok i omtrent samme aldersgruppe. Filmen starte... read more
Große Mädchen weinen nicht
Reviewed: 2004-10-22 Score: 5
Grosse Mädchen weinen nicht (Big Girls Don't Cry) is a great German youth drama from 2002 focusing on the two girls Kati and Steffi who's been best friends since they were little kids, but grows further and further apart in the hectic stage between youth and adult. read more
Aladdin
Reviewed: 2004-10-06 Score: 4
Aladdin er en film i den gode gamle Disney-ånden. De kan være tilbake i sporet nå, men det er neppe rett tid nå for denne typen film – barn i dag forventer mer action og moro. Heldigvis kan jeg fortsatt se mine favoritter på DVD. Men hvordan har så Aladdin tålt tidens tann siden 1992? Dette er Disne... read more
En Kärlekshistoria
Reviewed: 2004-10-06 Score: 5
Selv om En kärlekshistoria er fra 1969 kunne den nesten vært laget i går. Det er en tidløs ungdomsfortelling sentrert rundt kjæresteparet Annika og Pär. Det er genialt enkelt, men film handler nettopp om å fortelle gode historier. Det spesielle med En kärlekshistoria er at voksenverdenens konflikte... read more
Universal Soldier
Reviewed: 2004-09-19 Score: 5
A great action-film of the good old kind that there aren't made many of anymore unfortunately. Today's action-films don't tend to take themselves seriously, and throws off all kinds of stupid "comic relief" characters and momemts. Of course there are fun momemts in Universal Soldier aswell, but it d... read more
Hip hip hora
Reviewed: 2004-08-28 Score: 5
I can't really decide if I should watch this film as a tragic comedy or a drama. Swedish film producers like to slap the comedy tag on anything (even Fucking Åmål), but this time Sandrew has put drama on the cover for Hip hip hora or The Ketchup Effect (the English title becomes obvious when you see... read more
Døden på Oslo S
Reviewed: 2004-08-26 Score: 5
This film brings back memories to my childhood when I read all books in the Pelle & Proffen series. I'm not that fond of Ingvar Ambjørnsen's style of writing so it wasn's that exiting to return to one of the books a few years ago, but the film Døden på Oslo S still stands as my favourite Norwegian f... read more
Bare Bea
Reviewed: 2004-08-25 Score: 5
I was happy to be able to see this film in the cinema, which is always a special experience, but especially when a Norwegian film is showing. That really creates a special atmosphere you can never get with a foreign film. The last time I experienced the same athmosphere was with Elling, now director... read more
Kill Bill Vol 2
Reviewed: 2004-08-21 Score: 5
Even more astonishing in it's style than Kill Bill Vol 1 chapter two isn't like any other sequel. In fact, it isn't a sequel at all since the "two films" were shot at the same time but turned out to be too long to be released as one film. This one is quite a lot longer than the first films 137 minut... read more
Spun
Reviewed: 2004-08-20 Score: 5
A great drama-comedy from the Swedish Music Video-director Jonas Åkerlund (Metallica, Madonna...). I was a bit reluctant to watch it because I thought it had got rather cold reviews elsewhere, but there was cearly no need for that. Even though the characters are exagerrated and stereotypical, this f... read more
Pocket Monsters Mewtwo Strikes Back!
Reviewed: 2004-08-08 Score: 4
Being based on a video game and TV-series this film has unfortunately suffered many prejudies. The "Pocket Monsters" films were actually the ones that introduced me to animé - Japanese animation (to be honest, the only ones that didn't make me fall asleep when I tried to watch it - the slow pace of ... read more
Kill Bill Vol 1
Reviewed: 2004-08-05 Score: 5
A great mixture of many genres, from kong fu to western accomponed with an amazing soundtrack - the Japanese music in particular - and some stunning visual scenes. There are some brutal violence indeed, but this is cartoon-violence that has nothing to do with reality - violence as an art-form, not e... read more
Lizzie McGuire - The Movie
Reviewed: 2004-02-01 Score: 4
”Why not take a crazy chance?” synger Hillary Duff selv på soundtracket, men det har ikke Walt Disney akkurat gjort med denne filmen. Det er en veldig søt og morsom historie, men alle som har vært eller er ungdom vet at så søtt er ikke virkeligheten. Nå skal det sies at hadde man laget en realistisk... read more
Better than Chocolate
Reviewed: 2003-11-03 Score: 4
A quite sweet and happy lesbian «coming-out» story set as a comedy, but with some serious undertones.... read more
Alla älskar Alice
Reviewed: 2003-05-21
Great emotional film - especially for those of us who have experienced a divorce. Hopefully those who didn't will be able to comprehend how this feels aswell; how the world as you knew it collapses all around you. At last there is also a film that focuses on the subject from children's point-of-view... read more
Christiane F. Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Reviewed: 2003-04-29 Score: 5
If you just climb higher and higher you will eventually fall down, and that fall might be fatal... This film takes us to a different world than you most likely know, a true story about how easy it is to get on the wrong side. Featuring music from David Bowie it was a major hit when it was released t... read more
Bully
Reviewed: 2003-04-27 Score: 6
Another masterpiece from Larry Clark (Kids, Another Day in Paradise). I could really start saying just the same about Bully as I said about Kids - this is a that shows teenagers like they really are, despite that some besserwissers say otherwise. Even though all of us doesn't - or didn't - act and d... read more
Congo
Reviewed: 2003-01-20 Score: 4
Les omtalen i kp... read more
Andromeda Strain, The
Reviewed: 2003-01-20 Score: 3
Zzzz... well, the film gets a bit exciting at the end, but the acting is rather bad and it's quite boring for most of the time. Although the story follows the book pretty well, and it's fun to actually see what you've read, this is a film for people with special interest (like me I guess). Read the ... read more
Lilja 4-ever
Reviewed: 2002-09-21 Score: 6
I can say one thing - Lukas Moodysson is like a sign of quality - it's not a question if the film is great or not, it's a question of how great it is. Unlike Fucking Åmål and Tillsammans this is a rather dark film, but you still recognize his style - and it confirm once again that a Lukas Moodysson ... read more
Eva & Adam 1-8 (1+2)
Reviewed: 2001-06-01 Score: 5
Det er morsomt å se disse første episodene om igjen nå - de gikk jo på NRK våren 2000. Denne serien er for så vidt mer en filmserie enn en vanlig TV-serie (det er jo Svensk Filmindustri som har produsert den også), så den er absolutt verdt å eie på video. Denne første serien er utgitt på VHS og DVD ... read more
Eva & Adam 9-16 (3+4)
Reviewed: 2001-06-01 Score: 5
Mange av de samme kommentarene gjelder for denne andre serien, som for den første, så jeg har unngått å gjenta meg for mye. Man merker på en måte at de har kommet bedre inn i stilen her, samtidig kan ikke denne serien sies å være bedre enn den første. De er nærmest jevngode.
Først vil jeg fokuser... read more
Eva & Adam Fyra födelsedagar och ett fiasko
Reviewed: 2001-06-01 Score: 5
Jeg føler at jeg har sagt såpass mye om hva jeg mener om Eva & Adam allerede, at det ikke er mye å tillegge. De har spilt ganske safe - likte du serien, liker du denne filmen, for det er som en lang TV-episode, de har ikke gjort mange tilpasninger for det nye mediet. Eva og Adam har jo blitt litt el... read more
Neverending Story, The
Reviewed: 2000-12-01 Score: 6
21 år etter at boka blei skrevet er denne historien fortsatt kjent verden over, og da jeg skulle gjøre research til denne artikkelen blei jeg overraska over den nesten «uendelige» mengden informasjon og aktivitet som fantes på Internet. Hjemmesider oppdateres fortsatt daglig, folk skriver sin egen f... read more
Fucking Åmål
Reviewed: 2000-04-02 Score: 6
En fantastisk film! Dette er en usminka fortelling om den vanskelige ungdomstida, nærmest en dokumentar. Selv om settingen er en småby, er problemstillingen og handlingen universal for i alle fall hele den vestlige verden. Det handler om den mildt sagt frustrerende perioden i livet som hele tida lig... read more
WarGames
Reviewed: 2000-02-06 Score: 6
Med sin totale mangel på vold kan denne filmen passe alle aldersgrupper. WarGames er, samtidig som den retter et veldig kritisk blikk på å overlate for mye kontroll til datamaskiner, og atomvåpen, et herlig tilbakeblikk til åttitallet, da datamaskiner var for hackerne. Også den musikken, da! Det er ... read more
Dante's Peak
Reviewed: 1999-09-01 Score: 6
Denne fantastiske filmen fra 1997 regissert av Roger Donaldson (Species) med Linda Hamilton (The Terminator, Terminator 2 Judgment Day) som Rachel Wando og Pierce Brosnan (GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Nephew, Mars Attacks!) som Harry Dalton i hovedrollene blir bedre og bedre hver gang du ser ... read more
Lion King II Simba's Pride, The
Reviewed: 1999-03-01 Score: 6
Om alle oppfølgere kunne være like gode. Her er alt som det skal. Pumpaa og Timon kommer stadig inn med morsomme poenger, musikken er av velkjent Disneykvalitet og spesielt bra i denne filmen. Filmen varer i 81 minutter, litt kort, men egentlig normal tegnefilmlengde. Dessuten skal den jo holde unge... read more
Home Alone
Reviewed: 1995-10-01 Score: 5
Dette er en veldig god jule-komedie som du kan se mange ganger uten å bli lei av.... read more
Lion King, The
Reviewed: 1995-08-01 Score: 6
Dette er desidert Disneys beste tegnefilm noensinne, sammen med oppfølgeren "Lion King II: Simba's Pride". Dette var en av de siste filmene med tradisjonell todimensjonal animasjon, som jeg personlig foretrekker framfor "tredimensjonal" dataanimasjon. Datateknologi har riktignok blitt brukt med hell... read more
Tillsammans
Score: 6
While I watched Fucking Åmål – Show Me Love without any prior expectations I did approach the cinema with quite a lot of expectations when I went to see Lukas Moodysson's new film Tillsammans aka Together Saturday November 4, 2000. And my expections were in many ways answered.
There... read more
Flashdance
Score: 6
Certainly the best musical/ dance-film of them all. A great soundtrack matched with a good story that you can watch again and again and again...... read more
Piglet's Big Movie
Score: 5
Disneys nye film fra hundremeterskogen med Nasse Nøff i hovedrollen er en positiv overraskelse. Det var nok mange som var skeptiske da Disney kjøpte rettigheter til A.A. Milnes klassiske historier om Ole Brumm, Tigergutt og de andre dyrene i Hundremeterskogen, her i Norge mest kjent gjennom Torbjørn... read more
Music
Blue Tattoo
Reviewed: 2005-03-29 Score: 6
When the new album Blue Tattoo arrived in the mail just before Easter it was evident that Vanilla Ninja along with producer David Brandes have made it again – an amazing-sounding album with less use of synth this time, but that doesn't matter with the rich use of bass (drums and bass guitars i... read more
Traces of Sadness
Reviewed: 2005-03-28 Score: 6
Tired of hip hop and boring pop songs? Then it's time to check out Vanilla Ninja's trip down the memory lane to a world of drums, guitars and syntheziers. This is the 80's synth-rock in a new and timeless form – there are even elements... read more
Vanilla Ninja
Reviewed: 2005-03-28 Score: 5
Needless to say, I was of course curious to check out the first album from Vanilla Ninja after hearing the excellent "Traces of Sadness". Unfortunately it wasn't quite the same without David Brandes' superb production. There are some hints of what to come, but it sounds really different – like... read more