Presenting his third feature after last year's acclaimed Wintersleepers, Tom Tykwer cranks up the volume, stiffens the pace, and jettisons us on one of this year's most exhilarating cinematic adventures. A breathtaking race against the clock, Run Lola Run straps Tykwers' playfully hip sensibilities to a fun-filled mix of .. Read more
| Starring | Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Joachim Krol |
|---|---|
| Director | Tom Tykwer |
| Genres | Thriller, World Cinema |
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Clive Owen and Naomi Watts get heavy on rogue banks. It’s a lot sexier than Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling, especially as Clive’s brand of punishment means jail terms and broken noses, not bail-outs and bonus caps. The International is hardly the first film to make arrogant capitalists the heavies, but the timing could hardly be better. (At the Berlin Film Festival recently Watts joked the global recession was a publicity stunt.) In fact Tom Tykwer’s thriller is inspired... Read more
Fraudulent financiers and bad banks? No, it's not the credit crunch, but the opening film of the 59th Berlin Film Festival. The International, from director Tom Tykwer (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Run Lola Run) is an action thriller starring Clive Owen as an INTERPOL agent trying to bring down one of the world's most powerful - and criminal - banks. Certainly a topical choice to open Berlinale, which runs from 5th to 15th February. The world may be in a financial crisis, but that didn't... Read more
Game: Mirror’s Edge Platform: PS3, Xbox 360 Publisher: EA While the pastime still rears its head in films on the odd occasion, the urban sport of free-running is less than fashionable these days. If the name doesn’t mean a thing to you, think black and white footage of lean French men throwing themselves from buildings on the London skyline, and you might remember much of the output than peppered the television screen a few years back. Free-running is skateboarding minus the... Read more
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