Tag Archives: George Kennedy

crime and friendship (film: Thunderbolt and Lightfoot – Michael Cimino, 1974)

Posted on July 29, 2022 by admin

I’m not a big fan of either Clint Eastwood (as an actor) or Jeff Bridges. I decided to see ‘Thunderbolt and Lightfoot’ because it is the debut film in 1974 by director Michael Cimino, whose next film would be ‘Deer … Continue reading →

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identity games (Film: Charade – Audrey Hepburn, 1963)

Posted on May 31, 2019 by admin

Had Stanley Donen directed only ‘Singin’ in the Rain‘ it would probably have been enough for him to have a place of honor in the history of cinema. But Donen has directed and produced many other successful films, most of … Continue reading →

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a study in vice (Film: The Gambler – Mark Wahlberg, 2014)

Posted on February 24, 2018 by admin

The vice of gambling inspired quite a number of literary and cinematographic works, starting maybe with Dostoevsky’s novel which shares the name with the films that inspired it until the almost masterpiece movie “House of Games” written and directed by … Continue reading →

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