Oliver Hirschbiegel

Oliver Hirschbiegel

Date of Birth

1957-12-29

Place of Birth

Hamburg, Germany

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The chaotic production of The Invasion (2007), from massive reshoots and on-set injuries to studio interference

The chaotic production of The Invasion (2007), from massive reshoots and on-set injuries to studio interference

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Why The Invasion (2007) Failed: Inside the Troubled Remake of Body Snatchers

Posted 6 months ago

The chaotic production of The Invasion (2007), from massive reshoots and on-set injuries to studio interference

The UnPopular Opinion: The Invasion

Posted 8 years ago

THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We're hoping this column will...

Review: Diana

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: A glimpse into the last two years of Princess Diana’s (Naomi Watts) life, from her separation from Prince Charles, through a relationship she has with a down-to-earth Pakistani heart surgeon, Dr. Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews). REVIEW: It’s hard to...

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New international trailer for Diana starring Naomi Watts and Naveen Andrews

Posted 13 years ago

A biopic of Princess Diana may may not be the typical cup of tea around these parts, but there's something about it that I find compelling. Perhaps its star Naomi Watts or DOWNFALL director Oliver Hirschbiegel, but DIANA looks like...

Teaser trailer for Princess Di biopic Diana puts Naomi Watts in the spotlight

Posted 13 years ago

Director Oliver Hirschbiegel (DOWNFALL) is bringing the life of Princess Diana, aka Diana Spencer, to the big screen in the new biopic DIANA, starring Naomi Watts as the late Princess of Wales and today we have a look at the...

Here’s another look at Naomi Watts as the late Princess of Wales in Diana

Posted 13 years ago

Nothing has come out of the biopic DIANA since early last year when we got our first look at Naomi Watts are the late Princess of Wales. They were just set photos, but still gave us an idea of whether...

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The Five Best Changes George Lucas Made to the Star Wars Trilogy

Posted 1 day ago

George Lucas has been tinkering with the Star Wars trilogy for years, but not all of those changes have been bad.

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The Top 10 Sega Dreamcast Games Ranked

Posted 2 days ago

We rank the Top 10 Sega Dreamcast games, from Ikaruga to Powerstone, and more, to honor the underappreciated diamond in Sega's rough.

The Naked Gun reboot, David Zucker

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Poll: What’s Your Favorite Spoof Movie?

Posted 1 day ago

With Scary Movie bringing spoof comedies back to theaters, we look at the genre’s rise, fall, and comeback—and ask: what's your favorite spoof movie of all time?

A nostalgic deep dive into the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers toy craze of the 1990s, from Megazords and Morphers to rare collectibles

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How Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Became a Billion-Dollar Toy Empire

Posted 3 days ago

A nostalgic deep dive into the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers toy craze of the 1990s, from Megazords and Morphers to rare collectibles

End of Oak Street

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The End of Oak Street: There’s a nightmare on Oak Street in the new trailer of the sci-fi from the director of It Follows and J.J. Abrams

Posted 10 hours ago

The Amblin-style of a J.J. Abrams production meets the haunting, mysterious direction of David Robert Mitchell in the new trailer.

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The Top 5 Action Movie Match-Ups of the 90s

Posted 2 weeks ago

It's star vs star. We rank those movies that pit name actors against each other in devilishly fun, heated rivalries.

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Five action stars who deserved bigger movies

Posted 1 month ago

In a world of Schwarzeneggers, Stallones and Van Dammes, there are more stars that could have graced us with big action classics.

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The Top 10 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Games Ranked

Posted 1 week ago

With video games on the rise in Hollywood, we decided to look back on old school systems and rank the Top 10 Games of the NES era!

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Superman Actors Ranked: Which Actors Were the Best At Playing The Man of Steel?

Posted 3 weeks ago

We rank all of the Superman actors from worst to best!

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The Top 10 Super Nintendo (SNES) Games Ranked

Posted 3 weeks ago

We're back with a bold list that ranks the Top 10 Super Nintendo games, from beat 'em ups to platformers, Metroidvanias, and more!

Discover why Terminator 2: Judgment Day was decades ahead of its time, from groundbreaking VFX to its eerily relevant AI themes

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Why Terminator 2: Judgment Day Still Feels Ahead of Its Time

Posted 3 weeks ago

Discover why Terminator 2: Judgment Day was decades ahead of its time, from groundbreaking VFX to its eerily relevant AI themes