Tag Archives: Hollywood movies

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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two wonderful actors looking for a better film (Film: Mortdecai – Gwyneth Paltrow, Johnny Depp, 2015)

Posted on August 2, 2016 by admin

Sometimes I am wondering what do these actors think, or maybe better said what do their agents think. Johnny Depp and Gwyneth Paltrow are two of the most gifted actors of their generation, blessed not only by success and awards, … Continue reading →

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this tree is barren, pretentious and boring (Film: The Tree of Life: Terrence Malick, 2011)

Posted on June 11, 2016 by admin

I had this film recorded on my cable TV memory device for quite a while. I was quite curious now to see it with my own eyes, after the dust of the extreme reception it enjoyed settled. Some of the … Continue reading →

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the end of capitalism? (Film: The Big Short – Adam McKay, 2015)

Posted on June 4, 2016 by admin

Was Karl Marx right with his critics and analysis about the capitalist system, its crisis, and inequalities? The question must have crossed the minds of many people faced with the periodic failures of the world economy and financial systems in … Continue reading →

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Requiem for True Journalism (Film: Spotlight – Tom McCarthy, 2015)

Posted on May 7, 2016 by admin

Director Tom McCarthy authored a very interesting first film in 2003 (The Station Agent) and then his career seemed to go adrift into ‘OK movies’. Now he hits gold with Spotlight which does not differ much in directing style from … Continue reading →

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diluted Coen brothers (Film: Hail, Caesar! – Coen brothers, 2016)

Posted on March 4, 2016 by admin

A few weeks back I wrote about Bridge of Spies and I was mentioning the fact that I expected more than an OK+ story about the Cold War from a script written by the Joel and Ethan Coen brothers. This feeling … Continue reading →

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a cynical exercise in evil (Film: The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino, 2015)

Posted on February 14, 2016 by admin

The movies fans word is divided in two – those who love Quentin Tarantino’s work and those who hate it. There is almost nothing left out, if you have seen a film by Tarantino you either liked it immensely, or … Continue reading →

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