Tag Archives: Hollywood movies

the rise and the fall of Joker (film: Joker: Folie à Deux – Todd Phillips, 2024)

Posted on October 5, 2024 by admin

Scott Silver and Todd Phillips knew what they were risking when they scripted ‘Joker: Folie à Deux‘ the way they did. The film also directed by Phillips 5 years ago enjoyed immense success with the public and critics, received 11 … Continue reading →

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Orson Welles roads-opening movie (film: The Stranger – Orson Welles, 1946)

Posted on October 3, 2024 by admin

The 1946 ‘The Stranger‘ is one of Orson Welles‘ attempts to make films within the Hollywood production system. It was a commercially successful gamble, but one that would remain an exception in Welles‘ directorial career. Many of his subsequent films … Continue reading →

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don’t say it for the third time! (film: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Tim Burton, 2024)

Posted on September 26, 2024 by admin

Tim Burton’s ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice‘ (twice) is a sequel to ‘Beetlejuice‘ (once) made in 1988 by the same director. If a different director and an entirely different cast had produced the film, I would have treated it (and probably many others … Continue reading →

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too dark to be true? (film: Civil War – Alex Garland, 2024)

Posted on August 20, 2024 by admin

Dystopias on screens seem to impress less lately, and this is probably also due to the fact that our lives and the events around us contain more and more elements of dystopia. ‘Civil War‘, the film written and directed by … Continue reading →

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old is cool (film: Thelma – Josh Margolin, 2024)

Posted on August 10, 2024 by admin

Movies with people at advanced ages as characters are all the rage. At the rate they are being produced and released, the Academy may soon create a new category of Academy Awards – for Best Actor/Actress over 85. If such … Continue reading →

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the virtuosity of the raising stars (film: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape – Lasse Hallström, 1993)

Posted on July 20, 2024 by admin

‘What’s Eating Gilbert Grape‘ (1993) is one of the best-known feature films of the Swedish director Lasse Hallström, whose launching pad to international fame was built of the music videos of ABBA’s hit songs. Today it has also become a … Continue reading →

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Apollo as a romcom hero (film: Fly Me to the Moon – Greg Berlanti, 2024)

Posted on July 16, 2024 by admin

The Apollo 11 mission and mankind’s first steps on another celestial body is probably the most significant event I have witnessed, thanks to live television, in my lifetime. It is not surprising that the first landing of a human crew … Continue reading →

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born to be wild (film: The Bikeriders – Jeff Nichols, 2023)

Posted on July 13, 2024 by admin

I have never ridden a motorcycle in my life. I have very little in common and know next to nothing about the bikers gang culture (or counter-culture). That is why I consider that the performance of ‘The Bikeriders‘, produced in … Continue reading →

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ode to the stuntmen (film: The Fall Guy – David Leitch, 2024)

Posted on June 22, 2024 by admin

David Leitch has already proven that he knows how to make fast and funny action movies that interest and entertain. He tried to do the same thing with ‘The Fall Guy‘ (2024) which borrows the title and the profession of … Continue reading →

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breaking taboos (film: The Children’s Hour – William Wyler, 1961)

Posted on June 12, 2024 by admin

By the time Bill Wyler adapted it in 1961, Lillian Hellman‘s play ‘The Children’s Hour‘ and its big screen adaptations already had a history of nearly three decades. The play itself was the first major hit on Broadway and the … Continue reading →

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