Tag Archives: Brad Pitt

the fall from an imaginary paradise (film: Legends of the Fall – Edward Zwick, 1994)

Posted on December 15, 2023 by admin

On the occasion of watching ‘Legends of the Fall‘ (1994) directed by Edward Zwick, I found out an interesting piece of trivia related to the title of the film. ‘Fall’ in the title refers to the fall from Paradise. However … Continue reading →

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Casablanca 2016 (film: Allied – Robert Zemeckis, 2016)

Posted on December 7, 2023 by admin

I believe that Robert Zemeckis conceived ‘Allied‘ (2016) as sort of an homage to one of my most beloved films – Michael Curtiz’s ‘Casablanca’ (1942). The first part of the action takes place exactly in 1942 in Casablanca and the … Continue reading →

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is this really a Ridley Scott movie? (film: The Counselor – Ridley Scott, 2013)

Posted on July 11, 2020 by admin

A commission of inquiry should be set up to determine how it is possible that a film that gathers such a collection of talents as ‘The Counselor‘ can disappoint to such an extent. The director is Ridley Scott the author … Continue reading →

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Tarantino and Hollywood hit back (film: Once Upon the Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino, 2019)

Posted on August 22, 2019 by admin

What do Quentin Tarantino and Pedro Almodóvar have in common? A lot, of course. First of all, both are among the most important film directors of the generation with which we have the chance to be contemporaries. Each of them … Continue reading →

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this tree is barren, pretentious and boring (Film: The Tree of Life: Terrence Malick, 2011)

Posted on June 11, 2016 by admin

I had this film recorded on my cable TV memory device for quite a while. I was quite curious now to see it with my own eyes, after the dust of the extreme reception it enjoyed settled. Some of the … Continue reading →

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the end of capitalism? (Film: The Big Short – Adam McKay, 2015)

Posted on June 4, 2016 by admin

Was Karl Marx right with his critics and analysis about the capitalist system, its crisis, and inequalities? The question must have crossed the minds of many people faced with the periodic failures of the world economy and financial systems in … Continue reading →

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saving the world again (Film: World War Z – Brad Pitt, 2013)

Posted on October 7, 2015 by admin

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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the meaning of America (Film: ‘Killing Them Softly’ – Brad Pitt, 2012)

Posted on July 26, 2013 by admin

Here is one action movie that succeeds in a very original manner to say more about the America of today (or of a few years ago) than many other ‘serious’, ‘social’, ‘politically-engaged’ film. It does it so in a very … Continue reading →

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the best Tarantino movie not made by Tarantino (Film: ‘True Romance’ – Tony Scott, 1993)

Posted on June 14, 2013 by admin

I believe that there is such a genre called ‘the Tarantino movies’. They have a story which is usually a gangster story, but not necessarily. Men in the story are teenagers or they all have teenagers minds, they are addicted … Continue reading →

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Film – Inglorious Basterds (Tarantino, 2009)

Posted on February 17, 2010 by admin

I think that it is a mistake to judge a film as what it is not.’Inglorious Basterds’ is not (just) a war film. It is not a historical film. It is not a film about the Holocaust either. It is … Continue reading →

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