Tag Archives: Hollywood movies

non-stop action, no questions asked (Film: Battle Los Angeles – Michelle Rodriguez, 2011)

Posted on February 28, 2013 by admin

Everything is clear from the first to the last of the shots (and there are many shots of all kinds) of Battle Los Angeles. The aliens are here (having arrived under disguise of a rain of meteorites) and they are … Continue reading →

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oversmart (Film: Duplicity – Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, 2009)

Posted on February 18, 2013 by admin

If there is such a thing like a film to smart to enjoy ‘Duplicity’ written and directed by Tony Gilroy would certainly qualify. It is not that scriptwriter Gilroy misses smart stories in his CV – he wrote the ‘Bourne’ … Continue reading →

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Tarantino vs. Spielberg (Film: Django Unchained – Tarantino, 2012)

Posted on February 6, 2013 by admin

I saw yesterday Tarantino‘s Django Unchained. The film deals approximately with the same historical period as Spielberg‘s Lincoln, but what a difference! Spielberg and Tarantino are without any doubt two of the most important American directors today. Both come from … Continue reading →

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Abraham Lincoln deserved a better film (Film: ‘Lincoln’ – Steven Spielberg, 2012)

Posted on February 3, 2013 by admin

‘Lincoln’ is one of the bigger favorites for Oscar Awards this year and will certainly be one of the heroes of the evening in Hollywood a few weeks from now. It is made by one of the greatest directors of … Continue reading →

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under the spell of The Master (film: The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)

Posted on February 1, 2013 by admin

Paul Thomas Anderson‘s The Master is one of the best acted and the most impressively filmed movie of 2012. And yet, I am concerned that as with another amazing film a few years ago which also enjoyed the acting of … Continue reading →

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intelligent sci-fi thriller (Film: Looper – Bruce Willis, 2012)

Posted on January 26, 2013 by admin

Once the future was projected in movies as a colorful and peaceful environment, where most of the human challenges will come from encounters with other civilizations and the confrontation with humanity’s own thirst in discovering the Universe and breaking all … Continue reading →

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‘It is not for you to decide …’ (Film: Green Zone – Matt Dimon, 2010)

Posted on January 19, 2013 by admin

It is seldom that Hollywood gets it right when it comes to describing the realities of the world we live in, and especially when the relation between the American policies and the rest of the world are concerned. Director Paul … Continue reading →

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war is no party (Film: The Hunting Party – Richard Gere, 2007)

Posted on January 15, 2013 by admin

War is no party. Not even a hunting one. Neither are consequences of war, or trying to make justice and catch war criminals. The Hunting Party written and directed by Richard Shephard whose Matador I have seen a few weeks … Continue reading →

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dreams of cinema (Film: Hugo – Martin Scorsese, 2011)

Posted on January 8, 2013 by admin

For me the rebirth of cinema in 3D, the moment when the technology met with art is not ‘Avatar‘ but Scorsese‘s ‘Hugo’. James Cameron‘s film validated the technology, brought it into the mainstream, and – of course – made a … Continue reading →

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recent history a la Hollywood (Film: Argo – Ben Affleck, 2012)

Posted on January 5, 2013 by admin

Americans like redoing wars in movies – and they do not avoid the lost wars. The hostage crisis in 1979 which cost president Carter a second presidential mandate was not exactly a war, but a conflict generated by the departing … Continue reading →

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