Tag Archives: Emily Blunt

the terror of silence (film: A Quiet Place – John Krasinski, 2018)

John Krasinski, the director of the horror films in the ‘A Quite Place‘ series, learned an important lesson from the classics of the genre, and especially, I believe, from Alfred Hitchcock. If you have a good idea in hand, focus … Continue reading

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

not just action (Film: Edge of Tomorrow – Tom Cruise, 2014)

A lot of film fans deplore or criticize Tom Cruise‘s latest choice of roles. They all seem to be focusing on action movies, with the 55 (!) years old actor cast in roles where the ration between fights, high-speed chases … Continue reading

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

slow building crime drama (Film: The Girl on the Train – Emily Blunt, 2016)

There are a few missed opportunities in The Girl on the Train directed by Tate Taylor bringing to screen Paula Hawkins‘s successful novel. The story starts like a voyeuristic drama involving three women (two of them resembling each other), two houses … Continue reading

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

the borders of the country of law (Film: Sicario – Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, 2015)

If you really need to put genre tags or labels on movies, ‘Sicario’ would belong to the ‘psychological thriller’, ‘violent drug action’, ‘Mexican border’ categories. While each of these naming would have its dose of justification, ‘Sicario’ succeeds to be … Continue reading

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

intelligent sci-fi thriller (Film: Looper – Bruce Willis, 2012)

Once the future was projected in movies as a colorful and peaceful environment, where most of the human challenges will come from encounters with other civilizations and the confrontation with humanity’s own thirst in discovering the Universe and breaking all … Continue reading

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Chairman is another of His names (Film: The Adjustment Bureau – Matt Damon, 2011)

The Adjustment Bureau starts like an election year movie. As we are in 2012 this may be the right time for such films, but it quickly quits that path to go into a direction that I personally find even more … Continue reading

Posted in movies | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment