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Anna Karenina as never seen before (Film: Anna Karenina – Joe Wright, 2012)

Posted on March 30, 2013 by admin

What else can be said about Anna Karenina, one of the books that were read, brought to stage and screen so many times? We think that we know the action and the characters, and it takes quite an amount of … Continue reading →

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playing Moliere (Film: Alceste a bicyclette – Fabrice Luchini, 2013)

Posted on March 28, 2013 by admin

Gauthier Valence is a successful actor. He plays in a prime time soap opera which earns him enough glory to be recognized in the streets and markets and enough money to allow him to put on stage the most ambitious … Continue reading →

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thrill and error (Film: ‘Unthinkable’ – Samuel L. Jackson, 2010)

Posted on March 27, 2013 by admin

We are in the same world as in the ’24’ series. America is again under attack and the good guys are again in a race against the clock in order to detect the exact location of the threats and neutralize … Continue reading →

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love, insanity and social reform (Film: A Royal Affair – Demnark, 2012)

Posted on March 4, 2013 by admin

The Danes tried to put a ‘coup d’etat’ at the Academy Awards this year with ‘En kongelig affære’ (‘A Royal Affair’) directed by Nikolaj Arcel. Having seen that stories about royals and especially about queens bring Oscar statuettes every other … Continue reading →

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the power of literature (Film: Dans la maison – Francois Ozon, 2012)

Posted on March 3, 2013 by admin

Dans la maison (In the House) directed by Francois Ozon is one of the the most surprising films i have seen lately. Adaptation of a play, the screen is so smart that my major question is how is it that … Continue reading →

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non-stop action, no questions asked (Film: Battle Los Angeles – Michelle Rodriguez, 2011)

Posted on February 28, 2013 by admin

Everything is clear from the first to the last of the shots (and there are many shots of all kinds) of Battle Los Angeles. The aliens are here (having arrived under disguise of a rain of meteorites) and they are … Continue reading →

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language gap (Film: Chinese Take-Out – Sebastián Borensztein, 2011)

Posted on February 25, 2013 by admin

Usually telling the end of a film is considered a spoiler. In the case of Argentinian director Sebastián Borensztein, Chinese Take-Out (Un cuento cino in the Spanish version) it would be a spoiler to tell how it begins. I actually … Continue reading →

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oversmart (Film: Duplicity – Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, 2009)

Posted on February 18, 2013 by admin

If there is such a thing like a film to smart to enjoy ‘Duplicity’ written and directed by Tony Gilroy would certainly qualify. It is not that scriptwriter Gilroy misses smart stories in his CV – he wrote the ‘Bourne’ … Continue reading →

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no matter what color of hair or what religion (Film: Good Vibrations – Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn, 2012)

Posted on February 17, 2013 by admin

‘It didn’t matter what color your hair was, or whether you were a Protestant or a Catholic, it just mattered that you were a punk.’ This was and probably still is the motto in life of Terri Hooley, the man who … Continue reading →

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beyond the levees (Film: Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin, 2012)

Posted on February 14, 2013 by admin

Beasts of the Southern Wild is a very different kind of movie. I am actually quite pleasantly surprised that it got four Awards nominations, but I do not believe that it holds serious chances of wining any because it’s too … Continue reading →

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