Tag Archives: Hollywood movies

huge acting by Meryl Streep (Film: August: Osage County – Meryl Streep, 2013)

Posted on February 8, 2014 by admin

I had seen the play that inspired August: Osage County a few years back on stage at the HaBima theater in Tel Aviv and I confess that I did not remember much of the story. It took me this second … Continue reading →

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not too much to remember (Film: The Salton Sea – Val Klimer, 2002)

Posted on February 6, 2014 by admin

The test of the time is probably the best test that a movie can pass or fail. I have seen The Salton Sea two weeks ago, and did not have time to write immediately about it. Two weeks later I … Continue reading →

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great film about the ‘worst director ever’ (Film: Ed Wood – Tim Burton, 1994)

Posted on January 18, 2014 by admin

One of the best thing Hollywood makes is films about Hollywood. Some may judge these movies like kind of acts of self-adulation, but the fact is that films dedicated to films making and even homage films about past stars and … Continue reading →

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‘my sweet OS’ (Film: Her – Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, 2013)

Posted on January 12, 2014 by admin

I have no luck this year with the films that are favorites in the race for the Academy Awards. Or maybe they do not do well with me. I liked almost none of the ones I’ve seen so far and … Continue reading →

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surprising and disturbing crime thriller (Film: Mr. Brooks – Kevin Costner, William Hurt, Demi Moore, 2007)

Posted on January 1, 2014 by admin

‘Mr. Brooks’ is a curious combination. The casting succeeds to bring together on screen a few big stars just a fraction of second after the peaks of their careers (5 or 10 years before 2007 this film would probably have … Continue reading →

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not a high mountain (Film: Olympus Has Fallen – Antoine Fuqua, 2013)

Posted on December 31, 2013 by admin

Gods do not seem to aim too high nowadays, not in the cinema industry anyway. Olympus Has Fallen is one of the relatively successful action movies of 2013. Audiences did not rush in masses but did not avoid it either, … Continue reading →

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much more than an action thriller with pirates (Film: Captain Phillips – Tom Hanks, 2013)

Posted on December 29, 2013 by admin

There are a few good reasons for me not to like Captain Phillips.  I am not a big fan of ‘stories inspired by real events’, especially when they try to follow closely the ‘real events’. This film is based on … Continue reading →

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smartest film of the year? (Film: American Hustle – 2013)

Posted on December 27, 2013 by admin

I really needed this film two days after watching and being so disappointed with Gravity. I am pretty sure that American Hustle will make ways less money than ‘Gravity’ and will get less Academy Awards if any. It is however … Continue reading →

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the mark of Luc (Film: Colombiana – produced by Luc Besson, 2011)

Posted on December 24, 2013 by admin

I liked Colombiana, a film that bears the mark of Luc. Luc Besson, of course. Although he is not directing this film, he wrote the script and produced it, and more important infiltrated into it some of the stylish and … Continue reading →

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addiction and cure (Film: ‘Don Jon’ – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 2013)

Posted on November 23, 2013 by admin

Sometimes I feel sorry for not liking a movie. It usually happens when I see tones of good intentions and talent put into a film, and yet the result is a disaster, or very far below the expectations. This is … Continue reading →

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