Category: film

  • Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976

    Petrocelli – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Petrocelli on IMDb

    In Germany it was shown starting February 1976 on ZDF. I loved watching Petrocelli then, and I wanted to study law then, but then I felt my writing capabilities were not sufficient for this kind of profession.

  • The Social Network (2010) – IMDb

    The Social Network (2010) – IMDb

    That’s the movie on Mark Zuckerberg, the “inventor” and creator of Facebook.

    From Trivia:

    • The opening breakup scene with Jesse Eisenberg and Rooney Mara ran eight script pages and took 99 takes. (link)
    • “Who was the movie star?” – “Does it matter?” – the movie star was, in fact, Natalie Portman (Born: Natalie Hershlag), who was enrolled at Harvard from 1999 to 2003 and helped screenwriter Aaron Sorkin by providing him insider information about goings-on at Harvard at the time Facebook first appeared there.
    • The Winklevoss twins were both played by actor Armie Hammer. However, Ralph Lauren model Josh Pence played one of them strictly from the neck down. His face was digitally replaced with Hammer’s to make them appear identical, as the two men are unrelated and look nothing alike. The two spent 10 months in twin boot camp to match one another’s subtle movements and rapport.

    From Quotes:

    • “As if every thought that tumbles through your head was so clever it would be a crime for it not to be shared.”
    • “You’re not an asshole, Mark. You’re just trying so hard to be one.”

    Update after watching the movie:


    I think the Winklevoss twins should not have gotten any money.
    My impression is, that they just discussed a business idea with Zuckerberg, and discussing such an idea a without non-disclosure agreement isn’t really worth anything.
    They should not have gotten money or shares from Zuckerberg or Facebook, that was wrong.

    I think, it’s very sad, how the friendship between Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin evolved, but then that’s how it goes with “business partnerships”. You have to make sure to stay in very, very close contact with your partners, otherwise you run the risk to get catapulted out of the game. Of course it’s esp. very sad to see, that “Zuckerberg dropped Saverin’s 30% ownership share of Facebook down to 0.03%” (from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Saverin#Personal_life_and_Facebook).

    Justin Timberlake … plays Napster creator Shawn Fanning as a slightly delusional, paranoid entrepreneur (from technofunkie‘s review (on IMDb) on this movie).

    I am very, very grateful to my supporter friend, who allowed me to watch this movie.

  • Eat Pray Love (2010) – IMDb

    Eat Pray Love (2010) – IMDb:

    A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that
    her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce,
    she takes off on a round-the-world journey to “find herself”.

    The married woman is being portrayed by Julia Roberts, so even if there was far too much of that self-finding-thing in that movie for me, I always enjoy looking at her – apart from when she looks sad, because I find her ugly than – but I really like her smile.

    Javier Bardem played her Brazilian lover (although he actually is a Spaniard), he even spoke some Portuguese there, and he did a good and serious job.

    The nicest music in the movie (IMHO) is actually also Brazilian, and I loved it (you can of course also find it on YouTube, but no nice one with Bebel Gilberto performing):

    There were a few scenes, that really got me crying, e.g. the farewell scene between the Brazilian father and his son.

    This was my Saturday night movie at the CineStar Original movie theatre at the Sony Center in Berlin. I really enjoyed it – but for the pictures and the music.
    The story and the the main character are truely sick, and this is how one of the reviewers on IMDb ended his text:

    Do not see this movie and encourage others to avoid it like the plague!

    He titled “American Films Continue to Glorify Female Borderline Personality Disorder“, and I think, I agree to him.

  • Them (2006) – IMDb

    Them (2006) – IMDb

    Horror | Mystery | Thriller

    Watched this French-Rumanian scary movie on Saturday / Sunday night. It really took hold of me.