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a mob story that works (Film: Gangster Squad – Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, 2013)
A few days ago I have seen the brand new ‘Black Mass’ which is also a mob story made in Hollywood and enjoying the participation of a fine cast. I was not enthusiastic. ‘Gangster Squad’ directed by Ruben Fleischer has … Continue reading
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Tagged Emma Stone, Hollywood movies, mob movies, Ruben Fleischer, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn
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saving the world again (Film: World War Z – Brad Pitt, 2013)
Sometimes you see a film which has great premises and it disappoints. Some other times however a film which according to the subject and taking into account previous experiences in the genre is doomed for failure succeeds to surprise in … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalypse movies, Brad Pitt, Hollywood movies, Marc Foster, World War Z
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the merry Reformation (Film: Le tout nouveau testament – Jaco Van Dormael, 2015)
You can hardly get a better set of premises for a film than the ones of Le tout nouveau testament or The Brand New Testament by Belge director Jaco Van Dormael. Bored being, one day, God created Bruxelles (quite a … Continue reading
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Tagged Belge cinema, Catherine Deneuve, Europen cinema, Jaco Van Dormael, Pili Groyne
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an American anti-hero (Film: Black Mass – Johnny Depp, 2015)
The season for screening films with ambitions for Academy Awards must have started. Black Mass is directed by Scott Cooper – a relative newcomer (this is only his third film) but a rising star among directors at Hollywood if we … Continue reading
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Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Black Mass, gangster movies, Hollywood movies, Johnny Depp, Scott Cooper
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Aferim, Radu Jude! (Film: Aferim! – Radu Jude, 2015)
What critics and audiences call ‘the Romanian New Wave’ is not that new any longer. Already in its teens it has focused on the present times, and the recent past of Romania – the last decade of the Communist era … Continue reading
at crossroads in Mexico (Film: Eisenstein in Guanajuato – Peter Greenaway, 2015)
Peter Greenaway‘s career is beyond any ambitions of commercial success – his most successful (audience-wise) movies were made in the 80s. Even then the combination of colors and music, architecture (he is an architect by formation) and composition, his obsessions … Continue reading
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Tagged Eisenstein in Guanajuato, Elmer Back, indie movies, Luis Alberti, Peter Greenaway, Sergei Eisenstein
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enjoyable start-up melo (Film: The Intern – Robert De Niro, 2015)
Should I feel guilty? I really enjoyed this melodramatic, stereotype-rich, rose-water sprinkled feel-good movie which is ‘The Intern‘, directed by Nancy Meyers, and bringing to screen the improbable pair of actors composed of Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway. Now … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Hathaway, comedy, Hollywood movies, Nancy Meyers, Rene Russo, Robert De Niro, The Intern
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the subject deserved a better movie (Film: Les femmes de l’ombre – Sophie Marceau, 2008)
Winning WWII was to a large extent the merit of women – many kept the economy and the households working, many other served in different tasks in the armed forces, and yes – a few fought in secret missions. Cinema … Continue reading
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Tagged French cinema, Jean-Pierre Salome, Moritz Bleibtreu, Sophie Marceau
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out-Bonding James Bond (Film: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation – Tom Cruise, 2015)
I did not see any other blockbuster this summer, but I have the feeling that having seen the latest in the ‘Mission:Impossible’ series may have been sufficient for having seen the best. I confess that good action movies are one … Continue reading
a remake worth being made, but … (Film: The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo – Daniel Craig, 2011)
When I wrote about the Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo a few years ago I ended with a remark that I am concerned about the news of an American Hollywood version of the film. I still … Continue reading