2018-01-21 20:50
Lack of self-confidence, what an issue. Stars do not have any of those. Roses don't have such issues either. Or, do they?
Bette Midler got nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Th… Read More
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2016-08-11 11:51
And, yes, this is the last film I've watched. It was couple of days ago in a poor neighbourhood in Thessaloniki, Greece. There's a lovely open air cinema over there, named after one of our '… Read More
2016-05-26 16:07
Turist, Force Majeure or Snow Therapy? Seems like each country translates film titles to something a tad more exotic than it's used to: English speaking countries promoted the film under the… Read More
2016-05-07 21:19
You might wonder why, oh, why I am not posting films I love so often any more. Is it because I'm not watching any? Is it because I don't have the time to talk about them? And if the answer f… Read More
2016-05-06 18:36
You might wonder why, oh, why I am not posting films I love so often any more. Is it because I'm not watching any? Is it because I don't have the time to talk about them? And if the answer f… Read More
2016-01-02 21:46
Hotel Manager: Have you thought of what animal you’d like to be if you end up alone?
David: Yes, a lobster.
Hotel Manager: A lobster is an excellent choice.
[More quotes here]… Read More
2015-10-18 18:53
Today, 95 years from Melina Merkouri's birth, Google.gr pays tribute to the acclaimed Greek actress, singer and politician with a Google doodle. And we rejoice.
Greeks remember Meli… Read More
2015-07-16 21:00
Film critics are not as mean as we think. Film critics watch a shit load of mediocre films. And, film critics get tired of watching those mediocre new releases day after day. They do feel th… Read More
2015-01-18 22:06
Does Merry Widow HD qualify as a cinematic show? It hardly does, and to say the truth the camera work was not exactly great -demanding as the deed was. A lot of dance and movement that requi… Read More
2015-01-15 23:30
After eating a box of chocolate truffles dipped in glitter in an effort to cure my not-feeling-well mood, and after remembering that last night I practically devoured 3 doughnuts with cream… Read More
2014-11-12 12:20
He was drinking his whisky anxiously. He needed to calm down. Other spies, mightier and with more efficient networking qualities (what other people call ass-licking qualities) were way ahead… Read More
2014-10-07 17:07
My inability to construct a decent written flow these days (but, I will still try). Out of impatience to say it all without taking too long. Hinders the potentially elegant style of a journa… Read More
2014-10-06 12:31
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) is a sequel some were impatiently waiting for, for almost a decade. Did it worth the anticipation/hype? More or less. Did it catch us by surprise? I… Read More
2014-06-21 21:49
"Could anything be more brain tingling than the man behind Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep animating his afternoon spent with the great Noam Chomsky?" This is… Read More
2014-06-15 12:54
I am not sure why this post was not on time. Or, maybe I am: it is not the easiest thing on earth to write about social injustice, the shortcomings of Law as a social practice and the uptigh… Read More
2014-06-15 12:36
I am not sure why this post was not on time. Or, maybe I am: it is not the easiest thing on earth to write about social injustice, the shortcomings of Law as a social practice and the uptigh… Read More
2014-05-04 20:34
Wes Anderson is an addiction; it's something you either get or you don't; and, if you've kept the child you once were untouched and safe in a small corner of your mind, then you probably ado… Read More
2014-03-23 23:54
Orphans of the Storm is an animal shelter in Riverwoods, Illinois; that's what I learnt from a comprehensive search on Google, where the above shelter features as the top result and a far mo… Read More
2014-03-20 01:42
Earlier this week I was travelling to and back from Prague, not on a plane, nor by car, neither by train. And exactly because of that, I was the blessing that is called free time immobilised… Read More
2014-03-01 19:28
It was in France quite some time ago that I was acquainted with anime, manga culture and boys who loved playing video games. Interesting boys, in general, sometimes even exciting. At a later… Read More
2014-02-27 23:25
I've been talking about Discovery Zone Luxembourg City Film Festival ever since it was born on 2010. It's one -the biggest- of the cinematic events that makes us happy here in the Grand Duch… Read More
2014-02-03 22:05
In this unforeseen neo noir Robert Altman is moulding the Philip Marlowe one would like to have as a son, a brother, why not, a father for his (better, her) child. Because, alas, we would al… Read More
2014-01-29 22:23
I have to admit my main interest in this film was its female lead, Julie Gayet. Who has been the main interest of too many people lately, namely France's first man, and the new eye-candy or… Read More
2014-01-25 19:34
I practically never comment on musicals (this doesn't mean I don't watch them), but today I felt like revisiting the emblematic West Side Story, as seen by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise. Th… Read More
2014-01-19 22:04
Seeing everything from the protagonist's point of view is not an easy thing; especially if the protagonist is Philip Marlowe, a private detective, who goes through a set of weird situa… Read More
2014-01-13 14:36
First of all, hail Robin Wright (nice photo by Jordan Strauss/AP). The House of Cards deserved more awards, in my opinion, but anyways. I'm also very happy for Alfonso Cuaron getti… Read More
2014-01-12 17:55
Roger Ebert, the man who knows too much, recently added Le Mari de La Coiffeuse (1990) -as the original French title goes- in his list of Great Movies. "It is about our foolish dre… Read More
2014-01-05 21:02
Not sure why I have/had a more or less snobbish attitude towards american comedy (that statement doesn't hold true in the case of rom coms, which I rather enjoy watching with my sisters). Th… Read More
2013-12-29 00:14
Some say it's a song, other's say it's a painting. It's all that, as well as a book, a theatre play and lately an entertaining film by Roman Polanski. But, Venus in Fur(s) is more than this;… Read More
2013-12-19 23:28
I never thought I would write an elegy for Sandra Bullock. But, when they say "never say never", I guess they are right; I totally feel like writing an elegy for her performance in Gravity (… Read More
2013-11-25 21:30
I loved Rooney Mara as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2012). I also loved her as a star with an edgy, gothic style. She's different and that kind of counts. But, I fell in love with her si… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Earlier this week I was travelling to and back from Prague, not on a plane, nor by car, neither by train. And exactly because of that, I was the blessing that is called free time immobilised… Read More
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