96 Hours – Taken 2 German Premiere Berlin

September 11, 2012

Liam Neeson and director Olivier Megaton were attending today’s Taken 2 (ger: 96 Hours – Taken 2) German Premiere in Berlin, this time at the Kulturbrauerei (Culture Brewery) in Prenzlauer Berg.

The Movie plays in Istanbul where CIA operative Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter in Paris. The Movie is therefor a sequel of the in 2008 released movie Taken and will be released in Germany on October 11th, 2012.

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Total Recall German Premiere Berlin

August 13, 2012

The 2012 remake of the 1990 released movie Total Recall had its German Premier today in Berlin at Sony Center Potsdamer Platz with Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel and director Len Wiseman.

The movie is about the factory worker, Douglas Quaid, who begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall, a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led. Also, the story does not include a trip to Mars.

So, I wouldn’t say it’s a complete remake, the story is based on the 1966 short story written by Philip K. Dick with a few similarities.

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The Amazing Spider-Man German Premiere Berlin

June 20, 2012

The newest reboot of the Spider-Man series, The Amazing Spider-Man, celebrated its German premiere today in Berlin.

The Movie is the first one of 3 planed movies about the new Peter Parker played by Andrew Garfield which was present today in Berlin together with Emma Stone who plays Gwen Stacy (Spider-Man’s girlfriend before he started dating Mary-Jane Watson) and Rhys Ifans who plays Dr. Curt Connors or “The Lizard”.

The new movie is about the young Peter and the search for his father who disappeared when he was young. After discovering a mysterious briefcase belonging to his father, he finds his father’s former partner, Dr. Curtis Connors, a one-armed scientist who tries to restore his lost arm, but something goes terribly wrong.

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Cosmopolis German Premiere Berlin

May 31, 2012

For the fifth time, Robert Pattinson visited Berlin and it seems like even heavy rain can’t keep him off. His newest Movie Cosmopolis hits the German big screen on July 5th but today was the German Premiere at the Kino International together with director David Cronenberg.

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The Lucky One German Premiere Berlin

April 25, 2012

The Sony Center – Potsdamer Platz was filled with screams from the excited audience today at the German Premiere of the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ The Lucky One after Zac Efron together with Taylor Schilling and Nicholas Sparks himself left their cars to walk the red carpet in Berlin.

The Movie, directed by Scott Hicks, is about Logan Thibault (Zac Efron), a U.S. Marine who returns to Colorado from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive—a photograph he found of a woman (Beth (Taylor Schilling)) he doesn’t even know. After his return from Iraq, lost after his near death experiences, he walks to Louisiana from Colorado to find this woman who he credits for saving him.

Nicholas Sparks is now a worldwide phenomenon, his 18 books reached more than $80-million in sales, seven of them were turned into Hollywood movies.

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Echo 2012 – The Purple Carpet

March 22, 2012

The Echo 2012 (Pop Edition), the most important German Music Price, was held today in Berlin and stars like David Guetta, Katy Perry, Shaggy, Shaun Paul, Marilyn Manson or Rammstein together with many other German and International Stars walked the red purple carpet to perform on stage, or just watch the great live award show at the Palais am Funkturm on Berlin’s Fairground.

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Justin Bieber Wax Figure at Madame Tussauds Berlin

March 19, 2012

The Wax Figure of Justin Bieber, the teen sensation, award winning singer and social media king, was unveiled today in Berlin. The figure was created to celebrate Justin’s 18th birthday and is now the newest sensation at Madame Tussauds around the world. I must say that the wax figure looks really amazing, even if I’m not really a fan of him.

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The Hunger Games German Premiere Berlin

March 16, 2012

Right now, The Hunger Games Movie (ger: Die Tribute von Panem) is all over the internet and after its premieres in Los Angeles and London, today, Berlin was the next stop on their list for the German Premiere at Sony Center, Potsdamer Platz with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks and of course director Gary Ross.

The Hunger Games is originally a young adult novel written by Suzanne Collins and now, a film adaptation, co-written and co-produced by Collins herself and directed by Gary Ross, will hit the big screen on March 21/22/23, 2012. The Story is set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television.

I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I definitely will watch it after it got some pretty good critics from fans from around the world.

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Berlinale 2012, Bel Ami World Premiere Berlin

February 17, 2012

The World Premiere of the movie Bel Ami was held today at the Berlinale Palast – Potsdamer Platz as part of this year’s International Film Festival in Berlin. The story of Bel Ami chronicles journalist Georges Duroy’s corrupt rise to power from a poor ex-NCO to one of the most successful men in Paris, most of which he achieves by manipulating a series of powerful, intelligent, and wealthy mistresses.

Robert Pattinson, who plays the role of the main character “Georges Duroy”, as well as his Co-Stars Christina Ricci and Holliday Grainger walked the red carpet while giving autographs and taking pictures with their fans. Sadly, Uma Thurman canceled her flight this morning, she had an appointment for the new US-Series Smash and wasn’t able to attend today’s special event.

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