Tag Archives: Emily Blunt

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 terror of silence (film: A Quiet Place – John Krasinski, 2018)

Posted on January 1, 2022 by admin

John Krasinski, the director of the horror films in the ‘A Quite Place‘ series, learned an important lesson from the classics of the genre, and especially, I believe, from Alfred Hitchcock. If you have a good idea in hand, focus … Continue reading →

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not just action (Film: Edge of Tomorrow – Tom Cruise, 2014)

Posted on August 15, 2017 by admin

A lot of film fans deplore or criticize Tom Cruise‘s latest choice of roles. They all seem to be focusing on action movies, with the 55 (!) years old actor cast in roles where the ration between fights, high-speed chases … Continue reading →

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slow building crime drama (Film: The Girl on the Train – Emily Blunt, 2016)

Posted on January 5, 2017 by admin

There are a few missed opportunities in The Girl on the Train directed by Tate Taylor bringing to screen Paula Hawkins‘s successful novel. The story starts like a voyeuristic drama involving three women (two of them resembling each other), two houses … Continue reading →

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the borders of the country of law (Film: Sicario – Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, 2015)

Posted on January 30, 2016 by admin

If you really need to put genre tags or labels on movies, ‘Sicario’ would belong to the ‘psychological thriller’, ‘violent drug action’, ‘Mexican border’ categories. While each of these naming would have its dose of justification, ‘Sicario’ succeeds to be … Continue reading →

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intelligent sci-fi thriller (Film: Looper – Bruce Willis, 2012)

Posted on January 26, 2013 by admin

Once the future was projected in movies as a colorful and peaceful environment, where most of the human challenges will come from encounters with other civilizations and the confrontation with humanity’s own thirst in discovering the Universe and breaking all … Continue reading →

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Chairman is another of His names (Film: The Adjustment Bureau – Matt Damon, 2011)

Posted on October 7, 2012 by admin

The Adjustment Bureau starts like an election year movie. As we are in 2012 this may be the right time for such films, but it quickly quits that path to go into a direction that I personally find even more … Continue reading →

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