Tag Archives: action comedy

everybody lies (film: Focus – Glenn Ficarra & John Requa, 2015)

Posted on January 23, 2026 by admin

‘Focus‘ – written and directed in 2015 by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa – is a pure entertainment film, from the category that Americans use to call ‘caper movies’ – films with picturesque and likeable villains, who plan robberies or … Continue reading →

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TNGng – (film: The Naked Gun – Akiva Schaffer, 2025)

Posted on August 4, 2025 by admin

The producers of the new ‘The Naked Gun‘ insist on calling their film as a ‘reboot’ rather than a ‘remake’ of the original series. I’m not sure that I understood all the subtle differences between the new cinematic category and … Continue reading →

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wait for second half when it really gets crazy (film: Les tribulations d’un Chinois en Chine – Philippe de Broca, 1965)

Posted on May 1, 2025 by admin

‘Les tribulations d’un chinois en Chine‘ (the English title is ‘Up to His Ears’) was made by director Philippe de Broca in 1965, a year after his international blockbuster success with ‘L’homme de Rio’. It is obvious that the film … Continue reading →

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the merry castle (film: Le diable par la queue – Philippe de Broca, 1969)

Posted on October 30, 2024 by admin

‘Le diable par la queue‘ (1969) is part of a series of successful films that Philippe de Broca made in the 60s and 70s. Most of them combined comedy with action films, and the casts included some of the best-known … Continue reading →

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a ‘feel-good’ of the Coens (film: Raising Arizona – Coen brothers, 1987)

Posted on August 28, 2024 by admin

The 1987 ‘Raising Arizona‘ is the second feature film written and directed by the Coen brothers. The first film, ‘Blood Simple’ had impressed but also disturbed many of the viewers with the combination of strange or banal characters doing extreme … Continue reading →

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ode to the stuntmen (film: The Fall Guy – David Leitch, 2024)

Posted on June 22, 2024 by admin

David Leitch has already proven that he knows how to make fast and funny action movies that interest and entertain. He tried to do the same thing with ‘The Fall Guy‘ (2024) which borrows the title and the profession of … Continue reading →

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the pink panther saves the world (film: The Pink Panther Strikes Again – Blake Edwards, 1976)

Posted on June 4, 2024 by admin

‘The Pink Panther Strikes Again‘ (1976) is the fifth film in the original series of films directed and written (most of them) by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau. I can forgive the Edwards-Sellers couple anything, … Continue reading →

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cinema of the uncles (film: Les tontons flingueurs – Georges Lautner, 1963)

Posted on April 11, 2024 by admin

Almost every reference to ‘Les tontons flinguers‘ includes the phrase ‘cult film’. To be honest, I don’t know exactly what this expression means, but I suspect that what is meant in this case is that director Georges Lautner‘s film has … Continue reading →

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a self-parody (film: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent – Tom Gormican, 2022)

Posted on April 9, 2024 by admin

The intention of parody is visible from the title. ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent‘ directed by Tom Gormican is inspired by ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’, the 1988 screen adaptation of a novel by Milan Kundera directed by Philip … Continue reading →

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the anti Indiana Jones (film: La chimera – Alice Rohrwacher, 2023)

Posted on March 10, 2024 by admin

I had two very good reasons to definitely want to see ‘La Chimera‘ (2023). The first – this is the first feature film of the Italian director Alice Rohrwacher after the unusual and superb ‘Lazzaro felice’ (2018). The second – … Continue reading →

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