AWCH Film Reviews 2004

Reviews by members of the AWC Film Group of films slated to open in Hamburg in 2004

Calendar Girls January 2004: Jan 1: Blueprint, Calendar Girls, Frühling im Herbst (Autumn Spring), Stuck on You, Wolfszeit (Time of the Wolf), Zwei Kleine Helden (Two Little Heroes); Jan 8: The Last Samurai, Lost in Translation, Nicholas Nickleby; Jan 15: Le Divorce (Eine Affaire in Paris), Don's Plum, Osama; Jan 22: Ararat, The Dreamers, The Last Train (El Ùltimo Tren), Paycheck; Jan 29: Deep Blue, The House of 1000 Corpses (Haus der 1000 Leichen), Underworld

February 2004: Feb 5: Samba in Mettmann, School of Rock; Feb 12: Il est plus facile pour un chameau (It's Easier for a Camel), The Missing, Rugrats Go Wild, Something's Gotta Give (Was das Herz begehrt), Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken?; Feb 19: Cold Mountain, Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder (Nightsongs), Pieces of April (Ein Tag mit April Burns)

Congratulations Hammond! -- article about our Oscar-winning Currents contributor

Beyond Borders, © 2000-2003 United International Pictures March 2004: Mar 4: Beyond Borders, Kroko; Mar 11: Elephant, Gegen die Wand (Head-On); Die Kinder sind Tot (The Children are Dead), Little Long Nose (Zwerg Nase), Out of Time, Shaolin Soccer (Shaolin Kickers), Timeline, Welcome to the Jungle; Mar 18: Back to Gaya; Brother Bear (Bärenbrüder); Drumline; Gothika; The Passion of the Christ (Die Passion Christi); Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring; Mar 25: Big Fish, Cheaper by the Dozen (Im Dutzend Billiger), M. Ibrahim und die Blumen des Koran (M. Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran), Starsky & Hutch

April 2004: Apr 1: Peter Pan, Woswraschenije (The Return; Die Rückkehr); Apr 8: Hidalgo, The Triplets of Belleville (Das große Rennen von Belleville, Les Triplettes de Belleville); Apr 15: Monster, Under the Tuscan Sun; Apr 22: Aus Liebe zum Volk (For the Good of the People), 50 First Dates (50 Erste Dates), Kill Bill Vol. 2; Apr 29: Runaway Jury (Das Urteil - Jeder ist Käuflich), Secret Window (Das Geheime Fenster), Skagerrak, Touching the Void (Sturz ins Leere), Twisted

Excerpts from the April 2004 Currents 54th Berlinale Special Issue

May 2004: May 6: Radio (Sie nennen ihn Radio), Since Otar Left (Seit Otar fort ist; Depuis qu’Otar est parti...), The Soul of a Man, Van Helsing; May 13: Carolina, Music for Weddings and Funerals (Musik für Hochzeiten und Begräbnisse), Troy (Troja); May 20: The Company - Das Ensemble, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Vergiß Mein Nicht); May 27: The Day After Tomorrow

Can Cannes! Impressions of a Novice Film Critic -- article by Mary W about her experience at Cannes

June 2004: Jun 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Azkaban); Old, New, Borrowed & Blue (alt, neu, geliehen & blau); The Road to Memphis; Der Wixxer; Jun 10: The Punisher, Reconstruction, Spider, The Station Agent; Jun 17: Before Sunset, Raising Helen (Liebe auf Umwegen); Jun 24: Against the Ropes (Die Promoterin), Mambo Italiano, Zatoichi (Der Blinde Samurai)

Shrek 2, © United International Pictures GmbH July 2004: Jul 1: Shrek 2; Jul 8: The Fighting Temptations, The Five Obstructions, Muxmäuschenstill, Spider-Man 2, United States of Leland; Jul 15: Green Butchers, Il Piu Bel Giorno Della Mia Vita (The Best Day of my Life, Der Schönste Tag in meinem Leben), The Stepford Wives (Die Frauen von Stepford), Super Size Me, Wondrous Oblivion (Davids wundersame Welt); Jul 22: (T)raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1, Welcome to Mooseport (Willkommen in Mooseport); Jul 29: Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (Dickie Roberts: Kinderstar), Fahrenheit 9/11, Ladykillers, Love's Brother (Eine Italienische Hochzeit)

August 2004: Aug 5: I, Robot; Lightning in a Bottle; Nathalie; Aug 12: Father and Son (Vater und Sohn); Aug 17: Catwoman; Aug 19: Coffee and Cigarettes, King Arthur; Aug 26: Mean Girls (Girls Club - Vorsicht Bissig!), Never Die Alone

September 2004: Sep 2: The Chronicles of Riddick (Riddick – Chroniken eines Kriegers), Saved! (Saved - Die Highschool Missionarinnen), The Statement, You Got Served (Street Style); Sep 9: In Your Hands (In Deinen Händen), The Stratosphere Girl, 13 Going on 30 (30 über Nacht), The Whole Ten Yards (Keine halben Sachen 2 -- Jetzt erst recht!); Sep 16: Hellboy, Rhythm Is It!, Two Brothers (Zwei Brüder), Der Untergang; Sep 23: Collateral, Envy (Neid), The Girl with a Pearl Earring (Das Mädchen mit dem Perlenohrring), Lauras Stern (Laura’s Star), Resident Evil: Apocalypse; Sep 30: Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of the Blue Owls (Bibi Blocksberg und das Geheimnis der blauen Eulen); Dodgeball (Voll auf die Nüsse); The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara; La Mala Educación (Bad Education, Schlechte Erziehung); Man on Fire (Mann unter Feuer); Süperseks; Thunderbirds

Hamburg Film Festival, September 2004: Easy Tips for Film Festival Enjoyment (article by Becky T). Film Reviews A-H: 5 x 2 (Cinq fois Deux); Aaltra; Alexandria...New York; August Sun (Ira Majiyama); Bitter Dream (Sommeil Amer, Khab é Talkh); Black Friday: The True Story of the Bombay Blasts; Blind Flight; Born Rich; Brodeuses; Brothers (Brødere); Buena Vida Delivery; Bush's Brain; Casablanca Driver; Champions (Mistri); The Clearing (Anatomie einer Entführung); Comme un Image (Look at Me, Schau mich an); The Con Game (Doble Juego); Crying Ladies; Dear Enemy; Destiny Has No Favorites (El Destino No Tiene Favoritos); En Garde; Fado Blues (Tudo Isto é Fado); Familia Rodante; Four Shades of Brown (Fyra nyanser av Brunt); From the Land of Silence (Saskenine Sarzamine Sokoot); Geschichten vom Cildirsee (Ynat Hykayelery, Stories of Cildir Sea); Green Tea (Lu Cha); The Hamburg Cell; Hair High; Héctor; Here (Tu); A Home at the End of the World (Ein Zuhause am Ende der Welt); Homerun; The Hunting of the President; Film Reviews I-Z: In Orange (In Oranje); In the Land of Milk and Money; Innocence (Masumiyet, Die Unschuld); Iron Jawed Angels; Land of Plenty; L’Autre (The Missing Half); Laws of Attraction; Little Village (Pueblo Chico); The Lizard; The Loved Gun; Machuca; Mail Order Wife; Main Hoon Na; Mein Bruder ist ein Hund (My Brother is a Dog); The Miracle According to Salome (O Milagre segundo Salomé); Offsides (Fuera de Juego); Oh Happy Day; Or; Phileine Says Sorry; Pink Punch (Puños rosas); Podium; Producing Adults; The Purifiers; Runaway (Il Fuggiasco); September Tapes; Silmido (Sil-Mi-Do); Die Souvenirs des Herrn X; Spooked; Station 4 (Planta 4a); Story Undone (Dastanah Natamam); Stray Dogs; Süperseks; Survive Style 5+; The Terminal; Things That Make Life Worth Living (Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena); To Take a Wife; The Wall (Mur, Die Mauer); What’s Wrong with this Picture? (Tid til forandring); When I Was Nine (Ah-Hop-sal-In-Saeng); Wilby Wonderful

October 2004: Oct 7: A Cinderella Story, Land of Plenty, The Terminal; Oct 14: Evil (Ondskan), Suspect Zero; Oct 21: 5 x 2 (Cinq fois Deux, Fünf mal Zwei), The Bourne Supremacy (Die Bourne Verschwörung), The Door in the Floor; Oct 28: American Splendor; Die Blindgänger; Buddy; Creep; Little Black Book (Die Ex-Freundinnen meines Freundes); The Machinist; Sieben Zwerge, Männer allein im Wald (Seven Dwarfs, Alone in the Woods); Soul Plane

November 2004: Nov 4: La Prophetie des Genouilles (The Prophecy of the Frogs, Das Geheimnis der Frösche), Shall We Dance? (Darf ich bitten?), Touch the Sound; Nov 11: Ae Fond Kiss, The Forgotten (Die Vergessenen), The Manchurian Candidate (Der Manchurian Kandidat), Mein Bruder ist ein Hund (My Brother is a Dog), The Ninth Day (Der Neunte Tag); Nov 18: Bad Santa, Bergkristal, Head in the Clouds, Look at Me (Schau Mich An, Comme une Image), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow; Nov 25: Allende and the Last Day (Allende - Der letzte Tag des Salvador Allende), Die Fetten Jahre sind vorbei, National Treasure (Das Vermächtnis der Tempelritter), The Polar Express, Ravioli

December 2004: Dec 2: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones: Am Rande des Wahnsinns); Dec 9: En Garde, A Home at the End of the World (Ein Zuhause am Ende der Welt), The Incredibles (Die Unglaublichen); Dec 16: Ocean's Twelve, The Phantom of the Opera (Das Phantom der Oper), The Singing Detective; Dec 23: The Clearing (Anatomie Einer Entführung), Oh Happy Day; Dec 30: The Great Dictator (Der Große Diktator), Shaun of the Dead, Team America: World Police