Sneak Review

Our year started off strong in terms of the Sneak Preview with Wind River [IMDb, Trailer (YouTube)], Taylor Sheridan’s second movie. While it originally premiered at the Sundance festival a year ago, it only now slowly arrives in cinemas here in Germany.

Today, the mighty gods of the Sneak Preview brought us a movie written and directed by Dax Shepard, who also plays one of the lead roles. CHIPS [IMDb, Trailer] is a movie based on a TV series from the 70s about the California Highway Patrol.

Occasionally, I do enjoy watching an action movie. But there are definitely some requirements in order for me to have a good time. Sadly, Sleepless [IMDb, Trailer] did not even meet one of them.

When you tell a story that is not fictional, the most important qualities you need to focus on are honesty and authenticity. Although I have no way to really verify either, I would attest that Loving [IMDb, Trailer] definitely meets these requirements. But this alone would only make it a good…

After last time’s disaster we were hopeful that this week the Sneak Preview could only be better. And it was. We got to see Our Kind of Traitor (German: “Verräter Wie Wir”) [IMDb, Trailer].

Politics. Not exactly one of my favorite topics and usually not something I consider to be entertaining. Which is what I am usually looking for in a movie. However, today I was pleasantly surprised, because we got to watch Miss Sloane [IMDb, Trailer] in the Sneak Preview.

Here is my review for Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk [IMDb, Trailer], which we got to see in the Sneak Preview about 4 weeks ago here in Berlin.