Dazzling visuals, killer soundtracks and spectacle delivered with perfect polish. Who needs depth with these style-over-substance classics? Cinema allows for plenty of choice. Whilst some of us might fancy a film that intellectually engages us, others might want some simple escapism. When it comes to simpler cinema, there are also those films that focus intensely […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Run Lola Run (1998)
Run Lola Run, 1998. Directed by Tom Tykwer Starring Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri, Joachim Król, Armin Rohde, Heino Ferch, Suzanne von Borsody, Sebastian Schipper SYNOPSIS: The 1998 German classic Run Lola Run gets an encore release on 4K Ultra HD, courtesy of Sony. This is the same disc they released in […]
Relentless Kinetic Energy: Run Lola Run and Dangan Runner
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the visceral non stop energy of Run Lola Run and Dangan Runner… Occasionally a film can burst out the blocks with the kind of flair and visceral energy that grips you from the start and never lets up. Some films just have a sense of perpetual motion. There’s always something […]
Chinese remake of Run Lola Run in development
According to ChinaFilmInside (via The Playlist), Road Pictures have acquired the rights to Tom Tykwer’s 1998 cult classic Run Lola Run, and are developing a Mandarin-language remake of the film. The site reports that Zhu Zhu (Marco Polo, Cloud Atlas) is set to star and produce the film, which will presumably transport the action from […]
