Tag Archives: Jessica Chastain

iron lady (film: Miss Sloane – John Madden, 2016)

Posted on July 28, 2023 by admin

Film director John Madden has made some of my favorite films in the romantic genre, but for the past few years he seems more interested in thrillers in their various forms. The turning point seems to have been ‘Miss Sloane‘, … Continue reading →

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a story with ghosts (film: Crimson Peak – Guillermo del Toro, 2015)

Posted on July 10, 2020 by admin

Any film made by Guillermo del Toro has a visual style that makes it recognizable at a glance, whether it’s a sequence or a ‘still’ photo taken from the film. ‘Crimson Peak ‘ made in 2015 is an excellent example, … Continue reading →

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verbose and boring true crime biography (Film: Molly’s Game – Jessica Chastain, 2017)

Posted on February 14, 2018 by admin

Americans love the true crime genre. The big bookstores in the US have dedicated true crime books sections. Many of the Hollywood or independent films are based on true crime stories, biographies and memoirs of people who walked on the … Continue reading →

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Holocaust – the story of the people who helped (Film: The Zookeeper’s Wife – Jessica Chastain, 2017)

Posted on August 7, 2017 by admin

It’s not easy to make a good fiction movie about the Holocaust. The story was told many times from different perspectives, it has a well known ending and a definite set of tragic victims and of evil characters. Although the … Continue reading →

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this tree is barren, pretentious and boring (Film: The Tree of Life: Terrence Malick, 2011)

Posted on June 11, 2016 by admin

I had this film recorded on my cable TV memory device for quite a while. I was quite curious now to see it with my own eyes, after the dust of the extreme reception it enjoyed settled. Some of the … Continue reading →

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