Wednesdays at 5:45 pm during The Wrap (repeats Thursdays at 1:40 pm) A critical look at new films opening in Switzerland this week Movie Week podcast feed Wednesdays at 5:45 pm during The Wrap (repeats Thursdays at 1:40 pm) A critical look at new films opening in Switzerland this week Movie Week podcast feed WRS WRS web@wrs.ch en Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:45:13 UT Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:29:17 GMT Big Medium 2.0.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/index.shtml (C) WRS 2009 News & Politics no The hugely popular Cold War spy thriller by John le Carré has finally been adapted for the silver screen and, to the delight of its makers, received a number of Oscar nominations. Film critic Franziska Oliver finds out who the top level MI6 mole is in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and she witnesses the return of those lovable, fuzzy puppets in their 2011 reunion film appropriately titled The Muppets: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/movie-week-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-and-the-muppe.shtml?28851 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18851 Programmes/Movie Week Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.tinker-tailor-soldier-spy.com http://disney.go.com/muppets/?cmp=wdsmp_mup_url_muppets Christian Jungen, film critic for the NZZ am Sonntag, raves about the Oscar darling, the film that so many critics love, the silent movie The Artist. The film tells the tale of George Valentin, an actor who fears for his career with the arrival of talking movies. Jungen is less enthusiastic about another comedy from Adam Sandler, where the comedian dresses in drag: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:50:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/movie-week-the-artist-and-jack-and-jill.shtml?28729 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18729 Programmes/Movie Week Daily Shows/The Wrap http://weinsteinco.com/sites/the-artist/ http://www.jackandjill-movie.com/ Clint Eastwood’s latest directorial work revolves around the life of the infamous founder of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover. Film critic for the NZZ am Sonntag, Christian Jungen, thoroughly enjoys the re-telling of this American figure’s life as portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio. Jungen also looks at Ronaldo Colla’s intense family drama Summer Games, which is a Swiss entry vying for a 2012 Oscar nomination: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:50:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/movie-week-j-edgar-and-the-swiss-made-summer-games.shtml?28624 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18624 Programmes/Movie Week Daily Shows/The Wrap http://jedgarmovie.warnerbros.com/index.html http://www.summergamesthefilm.com/ Film critic Franziska Oliver reviews the Hollywood adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s bestselling novel, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and gives this crime thriller, starring Daniel Craig, four stars. Oliver also looks at the English comedy Hysteria, starring Maggie Gyllenhall, about a particular invention made for women in Victoria-era Britain: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:00:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/movie-week-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-and-hys.shtml?28506 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18506 Programmes/Movie Week Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.dragontattoo.com/site/ NZZ am Sonntag film critic Christian Jungen has high marks for the artfully high-action Drive featuring red-hot star Ryan Gosling and for Shame, a provocative film about dealing with sexual addiction: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:45:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/movie-week-get-blown-away-by-drive-and-shame.shtml?28376 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18376 Programmes/Movie Week Daily Shows/The Wrap Ides of March, starring George Clooney and Ryan Gosling, is a political thriller about the behind the scenes drama of the race for President of the United States. Film critic Franziska Oliver gives this blockbuster 3.5 stars out of five. She also picks out her top three favorite films of 2011: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/movie-week-ides-of-march-and-olivers-top-three-of-.shtml?28202 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18202 Programmes/Movie Week Daily Shows/The Wrap http://idesofmarch-movie.com/ Christian Jungen, film critic from the NZZ am Sonntag, looks at the latest Mission Impossible, which comes out in theaters just in time for Christmas. This fourth installment has less action, but more depth, more humour, and according to Jungen is highly entertaining. Plus, he chooses his top three movies of the year: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/movie-week-mission-impossible-ghost-protocol-and-t.shtml?28096 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18096 Programmes/Movie Week Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.missionimpossible.com/ Based on the best selling novel, The Help is out in cinemas across Switzerland. The story is about the lives of black maids who served the white majority in Jackson, Mississippi, where racial tensions were high during the 1960s. While New Year’s Eve, though still a month away, is out in movie form and jam-packed with more stars than the Milky Way. Film critic Franziska Oliver reviews these two films: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/movie-week-the-help-and-new-years-eve.shtml?27983 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17983 Programmes/Movie Week Daily Shows/The Wrap http://thehelpmovie.com/us/ http://newyearsevemovie.warnerbros.com/index.html While under house arrest in Gstaad, Roman Polanski was definitely not idle. Instead his situation inspired his latest film, an adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s play God of Carnage, which takes place all in one room. Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet star in this satirical comedy, which Christian Jungen, film critic for the NZZ am Sonntag, claims is a ’masterpiece.’ Jungen also give high praises for Habemus Papam, an unusual take on the handover of the papacy that involves a runaway pope: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:50:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/movie-week-two-superb-comedies-with-polanskis-carn.shtml?27871 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17871 Programmes/Movie Week Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.sonyclassics.com/carnage/ WRS’s Pete Forster talks to film critic Franziska Oliver who gives a lone star to Breaking Dawn from the The Twilight Saga trilogy. She says the films lacks spirit and actually patronizes teenagers. The two also discuss Charlotte Rampling: The Look, which gets two stars: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:45:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/movie-week-breaking-dawn-charlotte-rampling-the-lo.shtml?27721 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17721 Programmes/Movie Week Daily Shows/The Wrap Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Kiefer Sutherland star in Lars von Trier’s latest effort Melancholia. Film critic Franziska Oliver says the sci-fi wedding drama is his best work to date, giving it a full 5 stars, and she doles out another 3.5 stars for Albert Hofmann’s LSD documentary The Substance: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:29:50 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/movie-week-melancholia-and-the-substance.shtml?27588 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17588 Programmes/Movie Week Daily Shows/The Wrap Christian Jungen from the NZZ am Sonnetag is back with 3.5 stars for the new Cronenberg flick A Dangerous Method following Spielrein, Freud and Jung in Zurich and Vienna on the eve of WWI—and 3 stars for Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous which asks, was Shakesepeare a fraud? Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:45:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/movie-week-a-dangerous-method-and-anonymous.shtml?27475 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17475 Programmes/Movie Week Daily Shows/The Wrap Two very different films are opening this week in Switzerland: Eddie Murphy returns to the buddy flick genre alongside Ben Stiller in the funny blockbuster Tower Heist, while one of the darker periods of recent Swiss history is put on screen in one of the country’s highest-profile films of the year Der Verdingbub. Christian Jungen from the NZZ am Sonntag gives them both three stars: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:45:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/movie-week-tower-heist-and-der-verdingbub.shtml?27337 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17337 Programmes/Movie Week Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.towerheist.net/ http://www.swissfilms.ch/en/film_search/filmdetails/-/id_film/2146532643 Film critic Franziska Oliver says go ahead and go along for legendary director Steven Spielberg’s fun-but-long animated feature portrayal of The Adventures of Tintin—or drop the kids off there while you see equally promising but uneven thriller The Whistleblower: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:45:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/movie-week-the-adventures-of-tintin-and-the-whistl.shtml?27226 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17226 Programmes/Movie Week Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.tintin.com/ http://www.thewhistleblower-movie.com/ WRS’s Alex Helmick looks back at a couple of reviews by Movie Week contributors of blockbusters that are currently out in theaters, plus he lists a few other choices. Film critic Franziska Oliver reviews the fast-paced thriller Drive while Christian Jungen from the NZZ am Sonnetag talks about Friends With Benefits, starring Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:00:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/movies/movie-week-drive-and-friends-with-benefits.shtml?27085 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17085 Programmes/Movie Week Daily Shows/The Wrap http://drive.mgfilm.hr/ http://fwb-movie.com/