Tag Archives: action movie

a polarized world (film: One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025)

Posted on September 26, 2025 by admin

‘One Battle After Another‘ is the first serious candidate for the next Academy Awards. I couldn’t have expected anything else from Paul Thomas Anderson, a film maker who has already demonstrated his talent for bringing complex stories to the screen … Continue reading →

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the ultimate conspiracy thriller (film: Capricorn One – Peter Hyams, 1978)

Posted on August 6, 2025 by admin

‘Capricorn One‘ was produced and released in the same years (1978-79) as ‘Superman’, ‘Star Trek’, ‘Alien’, ‘Grease’, ‘Apocalypse Now’ and ‘Deer Hunter’. The estimated budget of around $5 million was modest by the Hollywood standard at the time and probably … Continue reading →

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adventures in Africa (film: L’africain – Philippe de Broca, 1983)

Posted on July 23, 2025 by admin

‘L’africain‘ is a film that had all the premises of a great success. It was released in 1983 as a kind of French cinema industry’s response to the trend of action films set in exotic locations generated by the enormous … Continue reading →

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the cloud that kills (film: Cloud / Kuraudo – Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2024)

Posted on January 31, 2025 by admin

Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa‘s filmography already includes several films where the horror and techno-thriller genres meet, reflecting a world where technology overwhelms its heroes and terrifies the audience. ‘Cloud‘ (‘Kuraudo‘ in the original – 2024) can be included in this … Continue reading →

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the loneliness of the contract killer (film: Le rapace – José Giovanni, 1968)

Posted on July 9, 2024 by admin

The life of writer, screenwriter and director José Giovanni can be good material for the script of a movie waiting to be made in the future. Giovanni was far from a nice guy in his youth, and when he became … Continue reading →

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