Trakt for iOS
Works on iPhone and iPad.
Usually, I like anime more than the live-action version, but not this time. Minami plays Yumeko so perfectly, so crazy.
I just finished my 3rd or maybe even 4th time watching all the episodes. Still, I really enjoyed it. The mysteries are clever and enjoyable even if you know who did it, but the highlight here are the interactions between Kageyama and Reiko. Just perfect.
I think I have seen this already more than 5 times, and each time it is so much fun. Too bad there is not a second season. If you like shows like Red Dwarf, It crowd, or Black books, you will love this.
It started strong and there are many good episodes. but especially the second part of the second season was horrible. Episode after episode of nothing happening, just them sitting in a room discussing plans. Really boring.
It's an ok time travel movie, but it's hard to take seriously when everyone is behaving like total idiots. You just can't believe that these people are supposed to be genius scientists that developed time travel.
You have to admire the acting range of Ryan Reynolds. It goes all the way from Ryan Reynolds, up to playing Ryan Reynolds.
But jokes aside, this was better than I expected from the trailer. Some funny moments, some stupid moments, some nice CGI, some ugly CGI, some ok action. Overall an enjoyable two hours, but forgettable. The thing that most stuck with me is, how none of the writers have any idea how magnets work. None at all.
As long as they stuck to the original it was quite ok, the moment they tried to go their own way it got bad. Cube was about survival, not about the same regrets all over. How many times can you show the same flashback? What's up with the caricature characters? The kid hates adults, the old guy hates kids. Thats about all that you get to know about them. Just watch the original or any of the sequels. All of them are better.
Overall a funny story, that is quite stupid and hampered by some bad acting. This would work better as a stage play.
Really slow and creepy. Especially some parts, in the beginning, could have been cut down. But keeps you guessing till the end what's really happening, and even at the end, who really knows what really happened. It does not really commit to one explanation
This movie is just clever. The whole time travel aspect is just perfect, and consistent all the time. I'm not even surprised that Summer time machine blues is from the same writer. Both are great. And it both you have to really focus, so you don't miss anything. the only thing id did not like was some of the actors. Especially the main character felt really wooden in the beginning but got better with the rest of the cast. But this may be due to how this had to be recorded.
I really liked the first one. Not really this one. There are some nice moments, the fight choreography is mostly good (a few too many cuts) and luckily the story and characters get better as the movie progresses. I even started to like the main characters towards the end. But it was not enough. Most of the time I was just thinking that I should just turn it off and watch the better first one.
There is nothing really new here, this "return home" story has been done so many times. But the actors are good, the scenery is beautiful and its's overall an enjoyable movie.
I just have many questions after seeing this. Why was this made? Was it supposed to be a parody? Ist the mask magic (it makes you have superpowers and if I'm not mistaken even makes the person taller). Landline? Do they really had a landline? Did the killer really had to be that obvious? No surprise at all. It was nice to see Courtney Cox again in a movie, but that's about it for me. If this was the first movie in the series, I would say it was quite ok, but 5th (or whichever), its just nothing new
I feel like I watched two movies spliced together. One with beautiful moments, nice characters, animations, art, songs, and one with just ugly 3d, caricature characters, and pointless plot points. Things just happen, out of nowhere, just so there is something happening. And that makes me sad. All the good moments made me sad, sad to see how this could have been much better. It's still worth a watch for the good parts and the great soundtrack, but I hoped for more.
Not really what I expected, but a quite good mystery with a few good plot twists.
Some creepy scenes, but this is more of a family drama and comedy. Not great, but mostly enjoyable.
Thie really reminded me of the movie Dave, in the story and execution. It just tried to avoid any conflict at all costs, and the cost was a blander story overall. But still, it has enough funny moments to be entertaining enough.
Easy to recommend. Really enjoyed this one, even though zombie shows are not my thing. Interesting story, where things are explained, likable characters played well by actors who are not that older, so they quite fit, no annoying characters, and they even behave rationally most of the time. The survival aspect is a bit toned down, and the show focuses more on the individual characters, but that is a plus here. Also, the camera work was really good, I especially liked the long continuous shots in a few of the episodes. And there even is an ending to the story shown, even though they left a door open for a season 2
There are only a few things I did not like, and they all were in the way the story was written. I did not like the fakeouts (showing something happening and they in the next episode you find out that nothing really happened), the perfect timings (people and events miss each other by seconds all the time), and repeating situations (for instance, almost unlocking a door, and then something happens to stop the character. But this is probably mostly due to limited locations). Also, some characters are underused, and some are really randomly killed.
I love detective mysteries, seen and read so many of them. I must be spoiled by good ones because this one was not one of them. And on top of that, I hated most of the performances. Feels like they wanted to prop the meh story with good casting, but they failed, miserably. Most of the actors are maybe 5-10 minutes in total in the movie, just so they could put them on the cover. Really don't understand the good ratings this got.
A fun action movie, without much logic. Still enjoyable.
I think the overacting was on purpose, but still, some of the scenes would work better if it was done more seriously. Still, there were enough funny moments to enjoy the movie.
It's a fun mystery Japanese show. If you like those you will like this one. But I would not choose this one as a start, as the main characters like to refer to many other shows all the time (Galileo, Doctor X, and others)
It was mostly ok, but it missed a real movie spanning conflict. There is mostly nothing important happening until the last 10 minutes and then it ends rather quickly.
A funny movie where most of it comes from the absurdity of the premiss. The ending let it down a bit, but even so, I laughed enough to like it.
A wonderful movie, that will test your patience. It feels a bit slow even compared to other movies based on Higashinos work. But well worth it. I love how Higashino always connects everything in the end, nothing feels random. And that's even harder when time travel is included.
Maybe not as good as the book, but a really good adaptation. Too bad that once you know how it ends it's a bit harder to enjoy the mystery.
Nothing really new here, there are many similar movies. But it was nicely made, with good actors, worth a watch. The way they killed Sakura was a bit of a surprise. Went really dark for a moment there.
Compared to that thing from 2016 this was great. Fitting effects, nice cinematography, decent acting, a bit too long with nothing happening for most of it with OK story. But overall I don't get who this movie is for.
They made a kid's movie, I would guess the target audience is around 12 years old, for kids that are nostalgic about a movie from 1984. It's full of "do you remember this?" moments. I don't know if they did not notice, but there are no kids like that. I felt nostalgic, I was a kid in the 80s, but that's all. The best part was the 5 minutes with the original cast, and that's just not enough.
Also, I wonder, are there no smart people in Hollywood? Based on how they portray them in movies, not just this one, I think the writers, never ever met a single smart person. Just based on this movie, smart people are people that own a thesaurus, have the gift of clairvoyance (nice example here, I never seen anything like this, but immediately know how it works and how to repair it) and usually behave like total idiots. Also, they like to use the word science all the time. I don't think they know what it means.
I really liked the environmental design and the animation, they look great even after 30 years, but I just could not get into this movie. I tried to watch it twice and both times I fell asleep.
Enjoyable although quite a short mystery series. The cases in each episode are quite interesting and those that like Japanese detective shows will not be disappointed. I just had two issues with this show. First the flares. There are so many of them you would think you are watching a star trek movie. Makes it hard to watch especially in the first episode. At least it gets better as the show progresses. Secondly, the casting for the main character. I found the performance quite good, but the actor just did not fit the character, at all. The behavior and everything would fit much better with an older actor. This one is hard to take seriously a lot of times.
Season 2 update: While still entertaining, the overall tone of the series shifted, going for a lighter comedic feel. But the flares remained. The ending of the second season was also weaker and they don't close the cliffhanger from the first season at all. I hope there is a season 3
