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guilty pleasures (Film: RED 2 – Bruce Willis, 2013)

I must confess that one of my guilty pleasures is watching from time to time a movie like RED 2. I mean a movie that is made just for the purpose of entertaining, mixes action and comedy, brings to screen … Continue reading

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Mrs. Hitchcock (Film: Hitchcock – Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, 2012)

There is a woman behind any great man, or so they say. According to the story told in ‘Hitchcock’ this may never have been more true than in the case of the famous master of suspense that was Alfred Hitchcock. … Continue reading

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farewell to the good old fashioned journalism (Film: State of Play – Russell Crowe, 2009)

What a difference three years make when it comes to telling stories and newspapers and journalist. By the time it was made State of the Play took the plot of a BBC series and carried it over the Ocean melding … Continue reading

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A Hell of a Retirement (Film: RED – Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman, 2010)

When actors who played spies in action movies get older they have an option. They can start playing roles of retired spies in action movies. At least the best and the luckiest of them. Same is true for westerns or … Continue reading

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