Tag Archives: Woody Harrelson

Apollo as a romcom hero (film: Fly Me to the Moon – Greg Berlanti, 2024)

Posted on July 16, 2024 by admin

The Apollo 11 mission and mankind’s first steps on another celestial body is probably the most significant event I have witnessed, thanks to live television, in my lifetime. It is not surprising that the first landing of a human crew … 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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the war of the classes goes on (film: Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund, 2022)

Posted on December 9, 2022 by admin

‘Triangle of Sadness‘ by the Swedish director Ruben Östlund is the film that charmed the Cannes Festival jury this year. It was a choice applauded by many critics and fiercely criticized by a few others. The audience was also divided … Continue reading →

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deep in the South (TV series: True Detective, season 1 – Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, 2014)

Posted on January 9, 2019 by admin

This is what good television is about. As the third season of ‘True Detective‘ is about to start, I have been trying to get in sync (although that is not mandatory, as the stories in each season are independent) with … Continue reading →

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life and anger in deep America (film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Martin McDonagh, 2017)

Posted on January 22, 2018 by admin

‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri‘ is positioning itself as the main favorite of the Academy Awards season, and if it will win some of the statuettes in the major categories it will be by merit. It is quite interesting that … Continue reading →

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magic fun (Film: Now You See Mee – Morgan Freeman, 2013)

Posted on August 13, 2017 by admin

I have somehow missed ‘Now You See Me‘, a very entertaining movie directed by Louis Leterrier when it was released four years ago. Luckily, it’s one of those movies that do not lose their appeal that fast, and then it’s … Continue reading →

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‘Bad Planet’ (Film: War for the Planet of Apes – Matt Reeves, 2017)

Posted on July 28, 2017 by admin

‘Planet of the Apes’ generated by now enough big screen and TV series film to be considered a genre or at least a sub-genre by itself. While the original series was playing more in the post-apocalyptic stories space with the … Continue reading →

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the magic of ‘seven’ does not fully work (Film: Seven Psychopaths – Martin McDonagh, 2012)

Posted on August 27, 2016 by admin

There is a magic about the number ‘seven’ in cinema among other places. Some say it started with Snow White, other will mention Kurosawa. Fact is that many successful films used this magic and succeeded, some of them succeeded great. … Continue reading →

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Messengers of Death (Film: The Messenger – Oren Moverman, 2009)

Posted on December 21, 2012 by admin

This may be the toughest non-combat task in any army – announcing families that their dearest ones, son or daughter, husband or wife fell on the line of duty in war. It needs to be done fast, as relatives should … Continue reading →

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