Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a new winner in the category “most annoying masked men/women in media ever.” With the release (and hype) of Daft Punk’s disco record Random Access Memories I thought that nobody could threaten their leading position but I was wrong. A few days ago I saw a retro (coincidence?) film which …

Suay Laak Sai (Sick Nurses)

Eric “recommended” Suay Laak Sai (Sick Nurses) to me because of a gory GIF he discovered on tumblr (R.I.P.). As I can count all Thai (horror) movies I have ever seen on one hand, I had absolutely no idea what to expect. So, before getting too excited, I just didn’t expect anything which was a …

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens is an author’s film by Russ Meyer (R.I.P.) and was co-written by film critic Roger Ebert (R.I.P.). Furthermore, it was Meyer‘s last feature film and together with UP! probably the most sexually graphic one of his filmography. Ultra-Vixens, which can be labelled as a satirical sexploitation film, was released …

Das Schloss after Franz Kafka (Berlin)

(picture by Stini Mimissonsdóttir) I haven’t seen a play for quite a long time but last Saturday I had the opportunity to see a modern version of Das Schloss (the Castle) by my all-time favourite writer Franz Kafka. On the one hand I have to admit that I was quite sceptic because I think that …

Gabelstapler-Klaus kehrt zurück – Jetzt muss der Chef fahren

Whenever the name Jochen Taubert pops up on your screen, kill your TV, burn down your house and run away, don’t even think about saving your children and wife/husband. After I saw the first 30 minutes of Piratenmassaker months ago, I swore on the Bible that I would never ever watch a Taubert movie again …