Reading Time: < 1 minuteI ‘m still here is a 2024 Brazilian drama film. Walter Salles is the director and star Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro and Selton Mello. It won the Best International Film Oscar on Sunday 2nd March 2025. It is based on Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie West Side Story is a 1961 American musical, romantic drama film. It was directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The cast includes Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, Russ Tamblyn and George Chakiris. The story was inspired Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlain Delon, who died recently, is considered the European Marlon Brando. His photo was under the pillow of many girls in the 1960s and 1970s. We all know the movies in which him and other French actors were protagonists. Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe different parts of our home cinema setup are connected to each other with cables. Several years ago there were different video and audio cables available: Composite video cables DVI cables Coaxial video cables Component video cables Stereo RCA cables Read more…
Reading Time: 3 minutesHTPC and home theater AV receiver Sound is an essential component of a home cinema setup. Its new surround formats, such as Atmos or Auro-3D, decidedly add to the overall home cinema experience. In an earlier post I discussed the cheapest and Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn this post I update the earlier synopsis of the fame for 90 (as opposed to 78 in the earlier post) actresses and actors. Their fame levels ranged from 0.8 famons, for Emma Stone, to 60 famons for Bob Dylan Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteContinuing our quest for the most famous actress/actor (see, e.g., here), in this post I explore the fame of four iconic actors: Harvey Keitel Jet Li Telly Savalas Chuck Norris. And the most famous is… The Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe movie The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire (black comedy). It was written, directed and produced by Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin is also the main protagonist. The cast also includes Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie and Reginald Gardiner. Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCarry-on is an action movie directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. The protagonists include Taron Egerton, Jason Bateman and Sofia Carson. Jaume is known from directing Liam Neeson in many action movies. The story reminds somehow Die Hard 2. Jason Bateman, the Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a previous post I maintained that the action thriller Die Hard, which appeared in the cinemas 36 years ago, in 1988 (by Twentieth Century Fox, Gordon Company, Silver Pictures), is one of the best action movies. Read more…