Category Archives: movies

math and prejudice (Film: Hidden Figures, US, 2016)

Posted on April 6, 2017 by admin

Very few films were made until now about the beginnings of the American space program, and I am wondering why. Here is a true American saga that took place at a time that is still remembered by many of us. … Continue reading →

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If All Goes Wrong … (Film: Life – Jake Gyllenhaal, 2017)

Posted on April 6, 2017 by admin

The once very popular Murphy’s Law was stating ‘Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.’ The practical application of the saying into the space horror genre seems to be director Daniel Espinosa‘s Life. What if the worst assumptions and … Continue reading →

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aesthetic and violent (Film: John Wick – Keanu Reeves, 2014)

Posted on March 31, 2017 by admin

As John Wick: Chapter 2 is on screens and gets unexpected good reviews and not only from fans, I thought that it’s a good opportunity to see the first and original John Wick which also received some positive echos, much … Continue reading →

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Faust without Satan (Film: There Will Be Blood – Daniel Day-Lewis, 2007)

Posted on March 26, 2017 by admin

I have somehow avoided seeing There Will Be Blood for ten years despite its success, and despite having as lead actor Daniel Day-Lewis who got his second Academy Award for this role. The reason is that I was under the impression … Continue reading →

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couple drama in an insecure world (Film: ‘The Salesman’ – Ashgar Farhadi, 2016)

Posted on March 25, 2017 by admin

Films are one good media for taking the pulse of a society at a certain moment in time, for surfacing explicitly or implicitly its problems, for making it known beyond borders of countries or cultures. Iran is a country little … Continue reading →

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the parenthood pains of Jack Reacher (Film: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back – Tom Cruise, 2016)

Posted on February 10, 2017 by admin

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is the kind of movie which I would probably have never seen unless I was on a trans-Atlantic flight, too tired to read but still sleepless, and prisoner of the Lufthansa movie list. I mildly … Continue reading →

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passion vs. talent (Film: Florence Foster Jenkins – Meryl Streep, 2016)

Posted on February 3, 2017 by admin

I cannot help it. Every film she shines in (because this is what stars do – they shine) ends by being about her. The great actress who is and lives on screen as every character she is incarnating, who makes … Continue reading →

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The Magnificent Seven – International Edition (Film: The Magnificent Seven – Denzel Washington, 2016)

Posted on February 2, 2017 by admin

The Japanese master Akira Kurosawa is credited for the original script (and remarkable movie) Seven Samurai made in 1954. Six years later an American remake named The Magnificent Seven provided one of the exception of that rule too often true which … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD – O poveste de dragoste interstelară

Posted on January 24, 2017 by admin

Navele spaţiale aflate în lungi călătorii între stele au devenit unul dintre decorurile preferate ale filmelor şi serialelor de televiziune cam în a doua jumătate a anilor 60, odată cu intrarea în producţie a unor seriale ca ‘Star Trek’ şi … Continue reading →

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people and principles (Film: Nothing But the Truth – Rod Lurie, 2008)

Posted on January 14, 2017 by admin

What happens when an undercover CIA agent and the investigative journalist who is exposing her to the broad public are both dedicated mothers of kids who learn together in the same well established American urban milieu? What happens when everybody … Continue reading →

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