Tag Archives: Hollywood movies

people and principles (Film: Nothing But the Truth – Rod Lurie, 2008)

Posted on January 14, 2017 by admin

What happens when an undercover CIA agent and the investigative journalist who is exposing her to the broad public are both dedicated mothers of kids who learn together in the same well established American urban milieu? What happens when everybody … Continue reading →

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sorry, not a masterpiece (Film: La La Land – Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, 2016)

Posted on January 10, 2017 by admin

The buzz is high, the prizes started to accumulate. They tell however more about the status of the industry and the longing of the public for escapist entertainment combined with a high dose of nostalgia for the musical successes that … 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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Clint’s Heroes A-changin’ (Film: Sully – Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, 2016)

Posted on December 29, 2016 by admin

It’s interesting to watch the evolution of the heroes that Clint Eastwood brought to screen in his acting and directing career. His first serious impact was with the spaghetti western style heroes of the 60s, followed by the sometimes rotten, sometimes … Continue reading →

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war-on-terror thriller (Film: London Has Fallen – Babak Najafi, 2016)

Posted on December 19, 2016 by admin

The character played by  Morgan Freeman  in  London Has Fallen (who happens to be on this screen the vice-president of the USA) says at one moment about the master-terrorist that plans the 9/11 like events described in this film: ‘This man has … Continue reading →

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ecological and moral dillemas before history begun (Film: Noah – Darren Aronofsky, 2014)

Posted on December 10, 2016 by admin

I have a hard time placing this film. On one side it’s so typically hollywoodish – it’s a super-production with Bible-related content that would make it probably to many Christian films festivals. It’s very conventional in its ecological message and … Continue reading →

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Ben Affleck shining (Film: The Accountant – Ben Affleck, 2016)

Posted on December 7, 2016 by admin

It took me a very long time to get convinced about the acting skills of Ben Affleck. I could not distinguish him in the movies he acted, or between the roles in different movies he acted in the first years of … Continue reading →

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a melodrama about the making of a melodrama (Film: Saving Mr. Banks – Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, 2013)

Posted on December 3, 2016 by admin

Here is an interesting situation. I love cinema and I like the ‘movies about movies’ genre which I believe has provided some of the best films in the history of the seventh art. Saving Mr. Banks is however a film about … Continue reading →

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efficient crime schmaltz (3 Days to Kill – Kevin Costner, 2014)

Posted on August 20, 2016 by admin

Sometimes melodrama works. Then the reviewer in me faces a dilemma. I know that you need to buy into the story in order to feel anything in a melodrama, but who does not buy into it if they are parents, … Continue reading →

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action … action … action (Film: Jason Bourne – Matt Damon, 2016)

Posted on August 5, 2016 by admin

Each summer brings to the screens a fair amount of films which aim pleasing especially the family crowds but never or seldom make it to the list of awards of the year or just to the list of the films … Continue reading →

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