Tag Archives: Hollywood movies

Horror Fun (film: Halloween – David Gordon Green, 2018)

Posted on March 10, 2023 by admin

John Carpenter‘s 1978 classic ‘Halloween‘ was one of the gory horror blockbusters of the ’70s and launched Jamie Lee Curtis‘ career. The slasher genre went mainstream and the film had an abundance of ‘sequels’ that took the characters of Laurie … Continue reading →

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power games (film: Tár – Todd Field, 2022)

Posted on February 5, 2023 by admin

‘Tár‘, one of the most talked about films of 2022 and a serious contender for the Academy Awards, with six nominations, is written and directed by Todd Field – a filmmaker who does not seem at all rushed or prone … Continue reading →

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stormy sunset (film: Best Sellers – Lina Roessler, 2021)

Posted on January 23, 2023 by admin

A famous Romanian actor was recently asked ‘what are you doing lately?’. He replied: ‘What can I do? I play roles of old men’. This is probably what Michael Caine would answer in these last years. I confess that he … Continue reading →

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a grumpy old man (film: A Man Called Otto – Marc Foster, 2022)

Posted on January 16, 2023 by admin

‘A Man Called Otto‘, Marc Forster‘s 2022 production, is a remake of a Swedish film I haven’t seen (yet), which seems to have been very good according to the ratings and comments posted by those who watched it. The American … Continue reading →

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the matrix after the trilogy (film: The Matrix Resurrections, 2021)

Posted on January 7, 2023 by admin

I’m a big fan of the original ‘Matrix’ trilogy. I gave the first film in the series a 10 out of 10 grade, which means that I think it’s among the 50 or so best movies I’ve ever seen. For … Continue reading →

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the fascination of the camera (film: The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg, 2022)

Posted on January 6, 2023 by admin

Hollywood likes to make movies about Hollywood. Several of the great directors (including Spielberg’s friends and collaborators Truffaut and George Lucas) have made autobiographical films inspired by their own childhood and adolescence. In ‘The Fabelmans‘ (2022), Steven Spielberg combines the … Continue reading →

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political and romantic escapism (film: Long Shot – John Irvine, 2019)

Posted on December 29, 2022 by admin

Romantic comedy and high politics have already met many times in American films. Americans (and not just Americans) are fascinated by the White House. The Oval Office is probably the most filmed and recreated room in the history of American … Continue reading →

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Hollywood investigates Hollywood? (film: She Said – Maria Schrader, 2022)

Posted on November 22, 2022 by admin

I confess that I had high expectations from ‘She Said‘, the docu-drama based on the report written by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the two New York Times reporters who revealed in the book with the same name the story … Continue reading →

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a lonely father (film: Everybody’s Fine – Kirk Jones, 2009)

Posted on November 2, 2022 by admin

‘Everybody’s Fine‘, the 2009 American family drama by director Kirk Jones, offers the opportunity for a series of interesting reflections on the passing of cinematic time. Why do some older films seem contemporary, while other films, made a decade or … Continue reading →

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Clooney and Roberts are not enough to save the film (film: ‘Ticket to Paradise’ – Ol Parker, 2022)

Posted on October 29, 2022 by admin

George Clooney and Julia Roberts are two excellent actors and the Academy Awards they each won were well deserved. They are also two very suitable actors for romantic comedies, and if we accept the idea that good romantic comedies can … Continue reading →

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