Tag Archives: Amanda Seyfried

thrill and fun across the border (film: Gringo – Nash Edgerton, 2018)

Posted on August 5, 2023 by admin

Summer. I was looking for an action comedy with an interesting cast that manages to capture and hold my attention for the whole duration of the movie, amuse and relax me. I chose ‘Gringo‘, the 2018 film by Nash Edgerton, … Continue reading →

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the story of the man who won for Orson Welles the only true Academy Award of his career (film: Mank – David Fincher, 2020)

Posted on February 6, 2021 by admin

Hollywood loves to make films about Hollywood, and to turn the stars of the past into the heroes of contemporary films, even at the risk of producing revisionist versions of the history of the seventh art. ‘Mank‘ released in 2020 … Continue reading →

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talent wasted on an awful story (Film: Chloe – Atom Egoyan, 2009)

Posted on December 11, 2012 by admin

I am sometimes wondering about the bad choices made by one director or the other, or by one actor or another. When such a gathering of talents like Atom Egoyan – director of  Ararat, Liam Neeson – star of Schindler’s … Continue reading →

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