Tag Archives: Hollywood movies

the borders of the country of law (Film: Sicario – Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, 2015)

Posted on January 30, 2016 by admin

If you really need to put genre tags or labels on movies, ‘Sicario’ would belong to the ‘psychological thriller’, ‘violent drug action’, ‘Mexican border’ categories. While each of these naming would have its dose of justification, ‘Sicario’ succeeds to be … Continue reading →

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Jobs as father (film: Steve Jobs – Michael Fassbender, 2015)

Posted on January 11, 2016 by admin

The second film in the mini-festival of Steve Jobs movies that I enjoyed last Friday was also the better one. Danny Boyle, the director of Trainspotting, Sunshine, and Slumdog Millionaire may have hit gold again, as his Steve Jobs started … Continue reading →

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what would have Jobs thought? (Film: ‘Jobs’ – Ashton Kutcher, 2013)

Posted on January 10, 2016 by admin

The entrepreneur is one of the incarnation of the new American Hero in movies, and it is not surprising that the people who made the Personal Computer and the Internet part of the basic fabric of our lives, and turned … Continue reading →

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love in times of war (Film: Suite francaise – Michelle Williams, 2014)

Posted on December 30, 2015 by admin

The life and death of Irène Némirovsky and the fate of the cycle of novels that inspired ‘Suite francaise‘ could be the subject of a thrilling movie, a different one. Born in 1903 in an Ukrainian Jewish family, she took … Continue reading →

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techno-survival (Film: ‘The Martian’ – Ridely Scott, 2015)

Posted on December 29, 2015 by admin

I expect something special when I go to a film by Ridley Scott . In his long and remarkable career Scott approached many genres from space horror to historical sagas, from road movies to gangster comedies and succeeded exceptionally well … Continue reading →

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Spielberg takes on the Cold War (Film: Bridge of Spies – Steven Spielberg, 2015)

Posted on December 23, 2015 by admin

So after sharks, dynos, extra-terrestrials, WWII, Holocaust, Olympics terrorism, future, Lincoln and handful of other themes, it’s the turn of the Cold War to be processed, re-created and brought to screen in the vision of Steven Spielberg. ‘Bridge of Spies‘ … Continue reading →

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I met the Force (again) (Film: Star Wars: The Force Awakens – J.J. Abrams, 2015)

Posted on December 21, 2015 by admin

Am I the only one believing that the peak of the career of J.J. Abrams as director and producer was (up to now at least) ‘Lost‘ – the captivating series which dominated the TV screens in the second half of … Continue reading →

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Meryl Streep rocks (Film: Ricki and the Flash – Meryl Streep, 2015)

Posted on October 10, 2015 by admin

This may be the rock film of the year. Meryl Streep plays an aging supermarket cashier who spends her evenings playing Stones and U2 music in a club for a faithful audience of a few tens of people, many of … Continue reading →

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a mob story that works (Film: Gangster Squad – Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, 2013)

Posted on October 9, 2015 by admin

A few days ago I have seen the brand new ‘Black Mass’ which is also a mob story made in Hollywood and enjoying the participation of a fine cast. I was not enthusiastic. ‘Gangster Squad’ directed by Ruben Fleischer has … Continue reading →

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saving the world again (Film: World War Z – Brad Pitt, 2013)

Posted on October 7, 2015 by admin

Sometimes you see a film which has great premises and it disappoints. Some other times however a film which according to the subject and taking into account previous experiences in the genre is doomed for failure succeeds to surprise in … Continue reading →

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