The Last Stand marked Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first starring role after his tenure as the Governor of California, and it seemed designed to reintroduce him as the action hero fans loved in The Terminator (1984) and Commando (1985). Directed by South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon, the movie mixes high-octane shootouts, small-town…
Quentin Tarantino hat es wieder einmal geschafft: Mit Django Unchained erschafft er einen Western, der nicht nur als Genre-Hommage an die italienischen Spaghetti-Westerns seines Lebens funktioniert, sondern auch als kraftvolles Statement gegen die brutale Realität der Sklaverei im vorbürgerkriegsamerikanischen Süden. Für mich ist dieser Film ein echtes Meisterwerk – eines…
Im September 2012 machten wir uns auf den Weg an die traumhafte Côte d’Azur, genauer gesagt in die Umgebung rund um Saint-Tropez, Ramatuelle und die französische Riviera. Unsere Tochter Emily war damals zweieinhalb – ein perfektes Alter, um die Welt mit großen Augen zu entdecken. Begleitet wurden wir von unseren…
By the time The Expendables 2 hit theaters in 2012, the idea of reuniting every major action star of the ‘80s and ‘90s had lost some of its novelty. The first Expendables (2010) was a fun but flawed celebration of testosterone-fueled mayhem, weighed down by tonal inconsistency and a meandering…
Check out a preview from the book ASIA: You can download the iBook version for the iPhone and iPad free of charge right here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/533526/Asia-by_Jakob_Montrasio.epub You can download the book directly if you open the link from an iPhone or iPad. If you download it with a computer, just import…
Nowadays it's rare that you miss out on something, thanks to the internet and its many sudden notification systems. The more stunned I was when I stumbled upon "Empire Avenue", which is an awesome stock market simulation. The twist is, you are a stock, and so are you friends. Those…
I've been so busy in the last months that I even forgot to post this music "Kiss You Again" video which we shot. It was finished in the beginning of August, days before I flew to Japan to shoot Souls of Zen, so I completely lost track of everything due…
Since Monday, I've been working while standing. No more seat for me. There are various reasons for this, among the top ones are my (over-)weight as well as the back pain that I had in Japan from shooting handheld and with a six kilogram heavy steadistick so much. I've read…
Check out the teaser trailer to my upcoming documentary "Souls of Zen - Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism": You can visit the official website at www.soulsofzen.com and stay updated through our Facebook page.
The Social Memories of Jakob Montrasio. Review Today my "Social Memories" book arrived. It's a new book service that DHL offers. The Facebook application diggs thru your Facebook account and creates a book based on a timeframe that you can edit and ships it to you. You are able to…
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