Peter Murmann

What makes my personality? Why do I sometimes feel so happy and at other times sad? Why can I not completely control my emotions? What is determining how I feel in a particular moment? Why am I not as irritable as the fellow next door who the other day screamed to his girlfriend at the [Read More]

The Martin is the third Hollywood film in little over a year about space travel. So I was a bit worried. Would it be too similar to Gravity or Interstellar to be enjoyable? Yes, there is overlap in their storylines: In all three movies the space travelers run into life threatening problems. But The Martian takes [Read More]

This is a love story, a kind that you have never seen before. Spike Jonze has created a cinematic event that you should not miss. Just as in Being John Malkovich, Jonze explores deeply philosophical themes by imagining a world where the software that is presently driving Siri (Apple’s iPhone intelligent assistant) has become so [Read More]

I raved about The Hunger Games film. It was fresh and novel. The sequel reminds me of the disappointment I felt when I saw the second installment of Twilight: it was entirely repetitive. The same mood, the same visuals, the same constellation of conflicts and affections. Apparently the director followed to book quite closely. [Read More]

As a fan of Pixar movies, I wanted to see sequel to the first full feature Pixar movie, Toy Story. With the first Toy Story was appealing because the idea of making toys come alive was new. Part 2 is simply more of the same. A toy get’s abducted–in this film Woody himself–and the other [Read More]

I only discovered Pixar films when Finding Nemo came out in 2003. Now I have finally had a chance to see Pixar’s first full-feature film, Toy Story. It is not as good as the best Pixar movies but it is enjoyable. I wonder how children react to toys coming alive? Will they look differently at their [Read More]