Category Archives: movies

good in-flight entertainment movie (Film: The Spy Who Dumped Me – Mila Kunis, 2018)

Posted on November 21, 2018 by admin

I am no great fan of watching movies during flights, but I made an exception during my recent 10 hours + intercontinental trip. ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me‘ seemed to me the right stuff to entertain me for a couple … Continue reading →

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smart action (Film: The November Man – Pierce Brosnan, 2014)

Posted on October 30, 2018 by admin

‘The November Man‘ was a pleasant surprise. Spy action movies rely very often on a combination of shadowy international intrigue, choreographed violence and sex in order to attract their specific audiences. The quality of the film directed by Roger Donaldson  … Continue reading →

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Aferim again, Radu Jude! (Film: Îmi este indiferent dacă vom intra în istorie ca barbari – Radu Jude, 2018)

Posted on September 28, 2018 by admin

I have seen today together with other several hundred of spectators Radu Jude’s most recent film, “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians” (“Îmi este indiferent dacă vom intra în istorie ca barbari”) at the … Continue reading →

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can dogs disappoint? (Film: Isle of Dogs – Wes Anderson, 2018)

Posted on September 15, 2018 by admin

I had all the good reasons to have great expectations from ‘Isle of Dogs‘. First, it’s a movie about dogs. Second, it’s animation and the trailer looked great (including the dogs). Third, it’s set in Japan, a country I love … Continue reading →

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rotten foundation (Film: Lola – Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1981)

Posted on September 14, 2018 by admin

An untimely death cut short in 1982, at the age of 37, the life and cinematographic career of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. We can only wonder at how much he succeeded to achieve in such a short time and we can … Continue reading →

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the universal refugees (Film: Transit – Christian Petzold, 2018)

Posted on September 13, 2018 by admin

Refugees stories. Running away from persecution, hiding from the dangers of deportation, waiting for the visas that can save lives, boarding the ship that navigates to the promised shore of salvation – here are themes that resonate deeply for me, … Continue reading →

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an underrated cinematographic gem (Film: The Place Beyond the Pines – Derek Cianfrance, 2012)

Posted on September 11, 2018 by admin

Where does director  Derek Cianfrance hide? It may be my fault for not remembering having seen any his movies before or even knowing his name. It is certainly the fault of the distributors of ‘The Place Beyond the Pines‘ which … Continue reading →

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murders in the cold (Film: The Frozen Ground – Nicolas Cage, 2013)

Posted on August 20, 2018 by admin

Having any of Nicolas Cage or John Cusack in the cast is enough to make me curious to see a movie in which one of them appears,even more when they play together, so I did not have much hesitation in deciding to … Continue reading →

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the better half (Film: The Wife – Glenn Close, 2017)

Posted on August 19, 2018 by admin

One knows that summer will come soon to its end when brainless films are no longer exclusively occupying the list of weekly premieres in cinemas. It must be about time as ‘The Wife‘ which premiered this week is the first … Continue reading →

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the film that has been imprisoned for 20 years (Film: Skrivánci na niti/Larks on a String – Jirí Menzel, 1969/1990)

Posted on August 16, 2018 by admin

It’s 50 years almost day-to-day since the Red Army and the armies of several “fraternal” states invaded the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and put an end to the experiment of socialism with a human face that had been tried by Alexander … Continue reading →

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