Beiträge von Binu Starnegg

In English:  Vienna noir

Dark Vienna

While the Austrian Film Museum is vacationing in sunny Italy, the Filmarchiv Austria is offering a shady alternative: a journey into a dark Vienna, home of spies, killers, disreputable barmaids, psychotic perverts, Nazi loyalists and taxi drivers with no passports. Thomas Fröhlich travels in time from the year 1949 to 1974 and encounters some seedy characters. mehr

15.06.2009 : 07.00

In English:  Movie Review: Watchmen

Vigilante Blues

The pressure to succeed was enormous, as were the expectations: Zack Snyder dared try his hand on comic fandom's holy grail - and his attempt manages to capture the complexity and atmosphere of the original in moving pictures. mehr

02.03.2009 : 12.00

In English:  DVD-Special: Vietnam movies

You're in the Army now!

In "Tropic Thunder", director Ben Stiller sends three wimpy Hollywood actors to vietnam. EVOLVER tells you which memorable genre characters we'd most likely take along on patrol - and which ones would stay home. Lock and load! mehr

16.02.2009 : 12.00

In English:  Movie Review: Dead in 3 Days 2

Desperately seeking Mona

The first one managed to become Austria's most successful film of 2006. Now the sequel sees slasher heroine Nina venture into the Tyrolean snowdrifts. Unfortunately, that leaves us viewers somewhat frosty. mehr

26.01.2009 : 08.00

In English:  Interview Sabrina Reiter

Bloody Snowdrifts

Andreas Prochaska's "Dead in 3 Days" was not only a good horror movie, but also the most successful Austrian film of 2006. Recently, the sequel was released ... EVOLVER met leading lady Sabrina Reiter and spoke to her about this installment, her beginnings as an actress and her favourite horror movies. mehr

23.01.2009 : 08.00

In English:  Book review: Al Ewing - I, Zombie

The deader the better

A new series of paperback originals called "Tomes of the Dead" combines flesh-eating zombie fun with other genres - such as historical novels, British gangster melodrama and hardboiled private eye adventures ... Let´s start watching the zombie detective! mehr

10.11.2008 : 09.00

In English:  Feature: Andrax

Postapocalypso

Imagine for a minute you're a decathlete, an olympic medalist, and a very eligible bachelor - and all you really want is a good night's sleep. When you wake up, however, you realize you've overslept by 2000 years. And the future ain't necessarily so bright you gotta wear shades. In this reissue of one of the most exceptional comic book series of the 70s we encounter a whole bunch of monsters, vampires, aliens and seductive women ... mehr

22.10.2008 : 12.00

In English:  Jack Ketchum/Interview

The scariest guy in the country

Stephen King once called author Dallas Mayr - better known under the nom de plume Jack Ketchum - the scariest guy in America. In his interview with EVOLVER, however, he turned out to be a pretty likeable person ... mehr

27.08.2008 : 11.00

In English:  CD-Review: Autechre - Quaristice

Pop Songs for Your Synapses

An adventure into accessibility? The ninth longplayer by Mssrs. Booth and Brown is divided into 20 soundbites that one might indeed call pop songs. Well, almost ... mehr

21.06.2008 : 12.00

In English:  DVD Review: Slogan

Sweet Sixties

When these two lovebirds started moaning the words "Je t'aime (moi non plus)" back in the day, they not only made it straight to the front pages, but also put half of France in a frenzy: Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. In this movie, they met for the first time. mehr

30.05.2008 : 10.00