Tag Archives: Ben Affleck

an old story, different points of view (film: The Last Duel – Ridley Scott, 2021)

Ridley Scott is almost 84 years old, but age does not seem to diminish his ambitions or his film-making appetite. ‘The Last Duel‘ proves once again that the English-born director is one of those cinematic forces that manages to make … Continue reading

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marriage story (film: Gone Girl – David Fincher, 2014)

‘Gone Girl‘, made in 2014 by David Fincher on a screenplay written by Gillian Flynn who adapted her own bestseller, is a winning combination: it is a very well written thriller with enough upheavals and perspective changes so that the … Continue reading

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Ben Affleck shining (Film: The Accountant – Ben Affleck, 2016)

It took me a very long time to get convinced about the acting skills of Ben Affleck. I could not distinguish him in the movies he acted, or between the roles in different movies he acted in the first years of … Continue reading

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

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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