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Today we are opening door no. 16 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 16th door is: a Purge Trooper figure in the Holiday Edition

The winner is: Hanna-Akil

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In December we of course have a wonderful winter motif in our Postcard Collection - this time it's fantastical ✨!

The picture was taken by Marc, who sent the enchanting Red Riding Hood from Sideshow's "Fairytale Fantasies Collection" with J. Scott Campbell through a snowstorm in the forest. Of course the wolf isn't far either 🐺...

If you still need a gift, then we suggest browsing our shop. On top of that, we put a copy of this wonderful postcard in every package, which is perfect for your season's greetings 📦!

Today we are opening door no. 15 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 15th door is: a Borderlands FL4K statue by Weta Workshop

The winner is: Marcus

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A couple of weeks ago, the first snapshot from the set made its loop online - some moments ago, NETFLIX even dropped the first teaser on the 4th part of Beverly Hills Cop: »Axel F«!
https://youtu.be/qBG3iyr5N70

So after 30 years, Detective Axel Foley will be back - and with him his buddies Rosewood and Taggart! Harold Faltermeyer's epic Axel F theme alone rocks in the trailer, but also the rest looks damn cool. We are totally excited and looking forward to it!

Today it will be gloomy in theaters because 2 exciting thrillers are hitting the big screen.

For the action fans among you »Silent Night« might be worth a visit to the cinema. It already attracted some attention in advance thanks to one special gimmick: There is no dialogue in the film! But what is it actually about?

Everything begins on a Christmas Eve that ends in a catastrophe. Brian Godlock's son is killed in the cross fire of two rivaling gangs and is wounded fatally. When Brian (Joel Kinnaman) tries to follow the culprits he himself is seriously injured. He survives but loses his voice due to a bullet in his throat. Henceforth, he seeks revenge ...

The movie was directed by John Woo, who became one of the biggest action directors in Hollywood with works like »Face/Off«. Whether he'll also be able to convince us without any dialogue with pure action remains to be seen. We are definitely curious!

If you prefer mystery and subtle suspense, »Eileen« might be the right fit for you. The film tells the story of the protagonist of the same name (played by Thomasin McKenzie), who languishes as a secretary in a juvenile prison in the 1960s and likes to escape into her own fantasies. When the young woman meets the mysterious Rebecca (Anne Hathaway), a new colleague at the prison, she's immediately fascinated by her and the two become friends. What Eileen doesn't know is that her new confidant is keeping a dark secret ... 

The film is based on the novel of the same title by author Ottessa Moshfegh, who was also involved in writing the script. The movie already premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Now we can finally watch it in the cinema and we're especially excited to see the duo McKenzie and Hathaway.

Today we are opening door no. 14 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 14th door is: a 30 € gift coupon for the SUPERGEEK Shop

The winner is: Frank

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Today we have two streaming tips for you. Both are family films - but definitely not films for the whole family.

The apocalyptic thriller »Leave the World Behind« is available on Netflix. The New York couple Amanda (played by Julia Roberts) and Clay Sandford (played by Ethan Hawke) spontaneously decide to take a short vacation with their two children at the coast and rent a holiday home on Long Island. As soon as they get there, some strange things start to happen. The television no longer works and the internet, telephone and navigation system fail as well. In the middle of the night, G. H. Scott and his daughter Ruth (played by Mahershala Ali and Myha'la) appear at the door. G. H. claims to be the owner of the house and demands entry, because there has been a cyber attack in New York. There is a lot of mistrust between the two families and conflicts are inevitable.

The film is well acted across the board and the characters are pleasingly multidimensional. The camera work is superb and the story is told in an exciting way. The characters’ isolation and uncertainty are almost physically tangible and as viewers we ask ourselves how we would cope with such a situation. The film certainly drags on a bit at times and the ending isn't 100 percent satisfactory - nevertheless, »Leave the World Behind« is finally a Netflix film that's worth watching.

To get you in the mood, here is the trailer:
https://youtu.be/xM4ILvKeTxs

Our second tip takes us to Paramount+, where the Danish film »Speak No Evil« can be streamed. The Danish couple Louise and Bjørn and their little daughter Agnes meet Patrick and Karin and their son Abel from the Netherlands while on vacation in Italy. Weeks after their return they receive a postcard with an invitation to Holland. At first they’re unsure whether to accept it - after all, they hardly know each other. But what could go wrong? It could turn out to be a really nice weekend. However, during the visit, personal boundaries are violated again and again. Louise and Bjørn accept it at first, civilized and in need of harmony as they are. After all, you’d want to remain polite...

The film is a slow burner that increasingly turns into a horror film. Precisely because the Danish couple's behavior is so understandable, »Speak No Evil« stays in your mind long after it’s over. It’s anything but a feel-good film, but very worth seeing - a mean little film that kicks you in the stomach.

You can check out the trailer here:
https://youtu.be/duqv4DTyoYc

Yesterday Warner Bros. released a new trailer for »Dune: Part 2«. After the first two, which were shown in May and June, this film preview also impressed us with its visual power and atmosphere and once again makes us want to see the sequel to Denis Villeneuve's desert epic from 2021. See for yourselves:
https://youtu.be/U2Qp5pL3ovA

And after the planned cinematic release at the end of 2023 was postponed, a new release date has now been confirmed for March 2024. We're really looking forward to it - what about you?

Today we are opening door no. 13 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 13th door is: a Hordak & Imp Art Scale Statue by Iron Studios

The winner is: Bente

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The acclaimed HBO series »True Detective« is entering its fourth round! »True Detective: Night Country« with Jodie Foster will be released in January on Sky.

After the onset of the long polar night in Ennis, Alaska, an Arctic research station’s crew disappears without a trace. Detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) take on the case and try to uncover the secrets buried beneath the eternal ice. During their investigation, however, they are also confronted with their own darkness.

The trailer looks damn good and literally creates an ice-cold thriller atmosphere:
https://youtu.be/WkL7cpG2UhE 

What do you think? In any case, we are hooked and are especially looking forward to Oscar winner Jodie Foster.

Today we are opening door no. 12 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 12th door is: a Troll statue from the Magical Creatures series by Noble Collection

The winner is: Manfred

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A few days ago, a first teaser for the second season of »House of the Dragon« was released. We think the short teaser full of impressive images exudes a lot of »Game of Thrones« vibes. We are really looking forward to the 8 new episodes that Sky/WOW will show in the summer. Here is the video:
https://youtu.be/HQ8H5gqGA34

In this spirit: Valar Morghulis!

Today we are opening door no. 11 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 11th door is: a Chainsaw Joe Merch Bundle consisting of a poster, a T-shirt and a chainsaw Christmas ornament

The winner is: Thomas

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Today we are opening door no. 10 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 10th door is: a 50 € gift coupon for the S.P.A.C.E shop

The winner is: Andreas

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Alexandre from Iron Studios gave us an exclusive booth tour at Comic Con Experience 2023 (CCXP), which took place at the end of last week. Of course we recorded the Zoom call for you.

Alex takes us to São Paulo and shows us the most exciting new releases and the coolest exhibition pieces. Among them are various different statues for Marvel, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Disney, Lord of the Rings and MOTU. We were especially happy to learn about the new license for »Rebel Moon«, the new movie by Zack Snyder, which Alexandre already had the pleasure to see at an exclusive premiere at CCXP!  Despite some small connection and sound problems due to the mass of visitors, the booth tour captures the most interesting impressions and the convention’s ambience perfectly – the complete Comic Con Experience, so to speak 😉.

Check it out - now on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/i7pq9ALjefw

Today we are opening door no. 8 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 8th door is: a 30 € gift coupon for the SUPERGEEK Shop

The winner is: Matthias

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What movies do come to mind when you think of Westerns? Certainly some classics like »Stagecoach« or other films by John Ford with John Wayne in the lead role. Some may think of Sergio Leone's Italian Westerns, Sam Peckinpah's films or Quentin Tarantino's excursions into the all-American genre. But today we want to go all the way back to the beginning to »The Great Train Robbery«, which premiered 120 years ago today.

The 11-minute short film marks one of the first milestones of the still young medium. The history of cinema begins in 1895 with a film screening by the Lumière brothers in front of a paying audience. Even though there had been previous film experiments, the performance of the Lumières is the date that film historiography has agreed upon.

In the beginning, the medium itself was the sensation and it didn't really matter what was shown in the films. Whether it was workers leaving the factory or a train pulling into the station didn’t matter as long as there were moving images. But there were also some first little stories early on, like in the films by Georges Méliès or Alice Guy-Blaché. Most films were no longer than a minute or two and everything was filmed in long shot and occurred in a single take. It often looked like filmed theater.

Just a few years later, Edwin S. Porter set new standards with »The Great Train Robbery«. The film was already surprisingly long at 11 minutes. In contrast to Méliès’ theatrical films, it was shot on location and seemed surprisingly naturalistic for the time. It combines a series of scenes filmed in long shots into a story, as was common at the time, but uses two panning shots as a narrative device, incorporates an invisible stopping trick, a comic relief scene and is one of the first films to show two events taking place at the same time connected to each other in cross-cutting. And then there is the famous close-up at the end of the film in which a bandit breaks the fourth wall and shoots directly at the camera/the audience. Much of what Porter did had been done before, but it was him who brought all of these elements together and created the most successful film of the year and the nucleus of the Western.

After 120 years, the film has of course long been in the public domain and you can watch it on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/y3jrB5ANUUY

The slightly grotesque death scenes may amuse us today, but »The Great Train Robbery« already introduced stylistic devices that cinema still uses today and we find it incredibly exciting to look back at the beginning of the Western genre and the development of film language.

Today we are opening door no. 7 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 7th door is: a KX Security Droid figure in the Holiday Edition

The winner is: Mario

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This week we would like to tell you about two musical cinema releases.

It begins with »Maestro«, a portrait of the famous composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. In the film, director Bradley Cooper, who also plays the lead role, tells the story of the relationship between Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre, played by Carey Mulligan. The trailers already created a real pull with virtuoso musical performances and the performances of the two main actors. The biographical work has already been shown at several film festivals and has impressed many critics there, who particularly praise the acting of Cooper and Mulligan. The film will be shown in selected cinemas starting today before being released on Netflix on December 20th.
https://youtu.be/gJP2QblqLA0

If you're looking for a lighter, more colorful story - or maybe just some Christmas feeling - you'll have to wait until tomorrow. From then on you can watch »Wonka« on the silver screen, a prequel to the story Roald Dahl told in his classic children’s book »Charlie and the Chocolate Factory«. After his travels, during which he discovered the legendary secret ingredients of his delicacies, Willy Wonka settles in London to establish his chocolate business there. But a few obstacles are put in his way by a chocolate cartel consisting of his three sworn competitors. The chocolatier is played by Timothée Chalamet, who follows in big footsteps after Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp and will also appear in some musical numbers in the film. We are excited to see whether Chalamet, like his two predecessors, will also be immortalized as a collectible.
https://youtu.be/wYmtRhKvmVE