Tag Archives: Hollywood movies

out of focus (Film: Side Effects – Steven Soderbergh, 2013)

Posted on June 24, 2013 by admin

For us, folks living out of the United States there seem to be two institutions that govern strongly the lives of our American friends: the courts of law and the shrinks. While tribunals are institutions that for most people out … Continue reading →

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blood and music (Film: The Red Violin – Francois Girard, 1998)

Posted on June 23, 2013 by admin

This ambitious project realized 15 years ago and directed by Francois Girard uses a not completely new pretext for its story line retracing 300 years of history of a superb violin manufactured at the end of the 17th century, a … Continue reading →

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the best Tarantino movie not made by Tarantino (Film: ‘True Romance’ – Tony Scott, 1993)

Posted on June 14, 2013 by admin

I believe that there is such a genre called ‘the Tarantino movies’. They have a story which is usually a gangster story, but not necessarily. Men in the story are teenagers or they all have teenagers minds, they are addicted … Continue reading →

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‘based on a true story’ does not really make a true film (Film: All Good Things – Ryan Gosling, 2010)

Posted on June 7, 2013 by admin

‘All Good Things’ is the only big screen feature film made until now by director Andrew Jarecki, who seems to have been involved previously with documentary movies, and we can feel this. Although he had for this movie at hands … Continue reading →

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rewind on Star Trek (Film: Star Trek, J. J. Abrams – 2009)

Posted on May 29, 2013 by admin

As everybody is bracing for the second series of the new Star Trek series, I realized this is the right moment to see the first episode which somehow I missed a few years ago. I am a fan of the … Continue reading →

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Mrs. Hitchcock (Film: Hitchcock – Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, 2012)

Posted on May 7, 2013 by admin

There is a woman behind any great man, or so they say. According to the story told in ‘Hitchcock’ this may never have been more true than in the case of the famous master of suspense that was Alfred Hitchcock. … Continue reading →

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purest trash (Film: Death Proof – Quentin Tarantino, 2007)

Posted on April 11, 2013 by admin

Death Proof may be the most typical Quentin Tarantino product since Pulp Fiction. Those who love Tarantino will love the film and love him more, those who hate him will have at least one more item to add to the … Continue reading →

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everybody’s crazy (Film: Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell, 2012)

Posted on April 6, 2013 by admin

I am trying to remember at least one character in Silver Linings Playbook who is not crazy in some way. You know, what we call a normal person, who is not or was not a patient in a mental institution, … Continue reading →

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Anna Karenina as never seen before (Film: Anna Karenina – Joe Wright, 2012)

Posted on March 30, 2013 by admin

What else can be said about Anna Karenina, one of the books that were read, brought to stage and screen so many times? We think that we know the action and the characters, and it takes quite an amount of … Continue reading →

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thrill and error (Film: ‘Unthinkable’ – Samuel L. Jackson, 2010)

Posted on March 27, 2013 by admin

We are in the same world as in the ’24’ series. America is again under attack and the good guys are again in a race against the clock in order to detect the exact location of the threats and neutralize … Continue reading →

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