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too much chocolate can be dangerous to your health (film: Chocolat – Lasse Hallström, 2000)

Posted on January 24, 2024 by admin

‘Chocolat‘ (2000) is one of those very successful films that I should have seen at their time and that somehow I missed, caught up in the whirlwind of my previous lives. I kept putting it off, but now its turn … Continue reading →

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fading starshine (film: Murder by Death – Robert Moore, 1976)

Posted on January 2, 2024 by admin

‘Murder by Death‘ (1976) proves that the genre of films with a cast composed exclusively or mainly of first-rate Hollywood stars was not invented by Wes Anderson. Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Peter Falk, Maggie Smith and writer Truman … Continue reading →

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an Osage saga (film: Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese, 2023)

Posted on December 27, 2023 by admin

‘Killers of the Flower Moon‘ and other of Martin Scorsese‘s latest creations remind me of Alfred Hitchcock’s late career films. That last period lasted about 12 years for Hitchcock, during which he made 6 films. I hope that Scorsese will … Continue reading →

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an uneven and unsettling Hitchcock (film: Marnie – Alfred Hitchcock, 1964)

Posted on December 19, 2023 by admin

In Hitchcock‘s filmography, ‘Marnie‘ (1964) comes after four masterpieces, probably among the best if not the best films of the master of suspense films: ‘Vertigo’, ‘North by Northwest’, ‘Psycho’ and ‘The Birds’ ‘. The last two also represented real cinematic … Continue reading →

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the fall from an imaginary paradise (film: Legends of the Fall – Edward Zwick, 1994)

Posted on December 15, 2023 by admin

On the occasion of watching ‘Legends of the Fall‘ (1994) directed by Edward Zwick, I found out an interesting piece of trivia related to the title of the film. ‘Fall’ in the title refers to the fall from Paradise. However … Continue reading →

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Casablanca 2016 (film: Allied – Robert Zemeckis, 2016)

Posted on December 7, 2023 by admin

I believe that Robert Zemeckis conceived ‘Allied‘ (2016) as sort of an homage to one of my most beloved films – Michael Curtiz’s ‘Casablanca’ (1942). The first part of the action takes place exactly in 1942 in Casablanca and the … Continue reading →

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two not so nice guys in a not so nice city (film: The Nice Guys – Shane Black, 2016)

Posted on December 6, 2023 by admin

‘The Nice Guys‘ (2016) is one of the few directorial experiences of Shane Black, best known as the screenwriter of some of the most successful films and especially action comedies of Hollywood in the last 36 years. And here he … Continue reading →

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Robert De Niro Has Fun (film: Midnight Run – Martin Brest, 1988)

Posted on November 19, 2023 by admin

Movie buffs who want to see what movies considered quality entertainment looked like in the 80s can pick ‘Midnight Run‘ (1988). The director is Martin Brest, whose filmography includes less than ten titles, of which, however, more than half were … Continue reading →

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entertainment of crime (film: Life of Crime – Daniel Schechter, 2013)

Posted on October 11, 2023 by admin

‘Life of crime‘, the 2013 film by director and screenwriter Daniel Schechter is an adaptation of a novel by Elmore Leonard, a kind of prequel with the main heroes being the two crooks who also appear as the lead characters … Continue reading →

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please, not a 3rd one! unless you have a really great new idea (film: Now You See Me 2 – John M. Chu, 2016)

Posted on September 4, 2023 by admin

‘Now You See Me 2‘, released in 2016, provides some of the arguments for why series that try to squeeze as much of the success of a more successful original film as possible are often not a good idea. Two … Continue reading →

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