Tag Archives: Hollywood movies

the price of the life of a soldier (film: The Monuments Men – George Clooney, 2014)

Posted on April 8, 2021 by admin

The story in ‘The Monuments Men‘ directed by George Clooney and released on screens in 2014 is worth telling. In the last year of World War II, a small group of Allied soldiers, most of them experts in the arts, … Continue reading →

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a 1950s film noir still worth watching (film: Pickup on South Street – Samuel Fuller, 1953)

Posted on March 8, 2021 by admin

Made in 1953, director Samuel Fuller‘s ‘Pickup on South Street‘ is considered one of the best classic films of the ‘film noir’ genre. Built around a story (also written by Fuller) that is not among the most original or surprising, … Continue reading →

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mis-justice (film: The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin, 2020)

Posted on February 23, 2021 by admin

Aaron Sorkin‘s screenplays for feature films and television already cover much of the significant moments in U.S. history over the past 60 years, and deal with some of the most significant personalities of the period (Steve Jobs, Marck Zuckerman) or … Continue reading →

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when alien encounter meets romantic comedy (film: Starman – John Carpenter, 1984)

Posted on January 27, 2021 by admin

Moviegoers who wish to see how movies depicting extraterrestrial encounters in the 1980s were made can be use the 1984 movie by John Carpenter ‘Starman‘ as a case study. In fact, I should be a little more accurate – it’s … Continue reading →

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Welles touches the Evil (film: Touch of Evil – Orson Welles, 1958)

Posted on January 25, 2021 by admin

In the history of movies ‘Touch of Evil‘, the 1958 film ‘noir’ by Orson Welles played perhaps a more important role in European and especially French cinema than in American cinema. It is a story of gangsters that takes place … Continue reading →

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the power of the mob (film: The Chase – Arthur Penn, 1966)

Posted on January 16, 2021 by admin

1966, the year Arthur Penn made ‘The Chase‘, belongs to the period in the second half of the 1960s that transformed American cinema. These are the years in which the French New Wave reached the shores of Hollywood, in which … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 26, 2020 by admin

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)

Posted on September 19, 2020 by admin

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)

Posted on September 7, 2020 by admin

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)

Posted on August 28, 2020 by admin

‘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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