Category Archives: movies

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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sorry, not a masterpiece (Film: La La Land – Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, 2016)

Posted on January 10, 2017 by admin

The buzz is high, the prizes started to accumulate. They tell however more about the status of the industry and the longing of the public for escapist entertainment combined with a high dose of nostalgia for the musical successes that … Continue reading →

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slow building crime drama (Film: The Girl on the Train – Emily Blunt, 2016)

Posted on January 5, 2017 by admin

There are a few missed opportunities in The Girl on the Train directed by Tate Taylor bringing to screen Paula Hawkins‘s successful novel. The story starts like a voyeuristic drama involving three women (two of them resembling each other), two houses … Continue reading →

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underrated, almost a masterpiece (film: Clouds of Sils Maria – Juliette Binoche, 2014)

Posted on December 30, 2016 by admin

There are so many reasons to like this film. First, the cast includes two of the lead actresses of two different generations – the priceless and prize covered Juliette Binoche and one of the top performers of the younger generation … Continue reading →

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