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Manhattan thriller (film: Money Monster – Jodie Foster, 2016)

The presence of Julia Roberts and George Clooney in the cast was a good enough reason to choose to see ‘Money Monster‘ (made in 2016) and the name of Jodie Foster as director was another reason. Foster is already at … Continue reading

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a ‘Mulan’ to please everyone (film: Mulan – Niki Caro, 2020)

Niki Caro‘s ‘Mulan‘ is a film that strives to please as large an audience as possible. The investment of over 200 million dollars makes this production fall into the category of the most expensive films in Hollywood and because it … Continue reading

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Spielberg plays a VR game (Film: ‘Ready Player One – Steven Spielberg, 2018)

It’s been a while since Steven Spielberg‘s last meeting with the science fiction genre. After directing a version of ‘War of the Worlds‘ in 2005 with Tom Cruise in the lead role, a film that I liked but was kind … Continue reading

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a job well done (film: Den of Thieves – Christian Gudegast, 2018)

‘Den of Thieves‘ belongs to the category of action movies that I like for two reasons: it’s well done and it doesn’t pretend to be anything else. From the first scene to the end, the film with which Christian Gudegast … Continue reading

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L.A. in flames (film: Hotel Artemis – Jodie Foster, 2018)

There are quite a few reasons why ‘Hotel Artemis‘, the 2018 film by first time director Drew Pearce, would be worth seeing. First of all, the cast, in which Jodie Foster appears for the first time after a five-year break … Continue reading

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from LIFE to National Geographic (film: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – Ben Stiller, 2013)

The 2013 edition of ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‘ starts very well. The titles are clever and original, and the introduction promises a quality comedy (with Ben Stiller the actor skillfully instructed by Ben Stiller the director) and a … Continue reading

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a stranger in a city in transition (film: ‘Saint Jack’ – Peter Bogdanovich, 1979)

‘Saint Jack’ from 1979 closes the directorial decade of the ’70s of Peter Bogdanovich which had started with the excellent ‘The Last Picture Show ‘. Even if it fails, in my opinion, to reach the stylistic perfection of his earlier … Continue reading

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Shirley’s charm (Film: Gambit – Shirley MacLaine, 1966)

In the first 20 minutes of ‘Gambit‘ we witness a perfect heist. A charming crook named Harry (Michael Caine) recruits dancer Nicole (Shirley MacLaine) from a Hong Kong cabaret to lure the rich Shahbandar (Herbert Lom) in order to steal … Continue reading

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just another action movie (film: Sicario: Day of the Soldado – Stefano Sollima, 2018)

In order to be successful, sequel films must reconcile two contradictory conditions. On one hand, they must keep a continuity of theme and characters with the original film in order to attract the spectators who remember it well. On the … Continue reading

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35 years before The Irishman (film: Once Upon a Time in America – Sergio Leone, 1984)

An almost four hours film saga whose action takes place in the world of the American mob and spreads over several decades. Robert De Niro plays the lead role of a gangster whose career is filled with corpses, robberies, collaborations … Continue reading

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