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We love Bruce: Why Die Hard is the best Christmas movie
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn a previous post I discussed why Die Hard is one of the best action movies. In this post I will show why it is also the best Christmas movie. Die Hard is also a love story Die Hard is also a unique love story. The Nakatomi Corporation, that separated Read more
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Gene Hackman
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGene Hackman died in February 18 2025. He was a movie icon. He won two Academy Awards. One for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in William Friedkin’s action thriller The French Connection (1971). His second Academy Award was for Best Supporting Actor for playing a sheriff Read more
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Longer is better
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummer vacations at Metsovo In the summer of 2016, I went with my wife, Depi, and my daughter, Helena, for summer vacation up in the mountains, to the beautiful Greek village of Metsovo. In the afternoon I always had about 3 hours free, during which I was surfing Read more
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Giorgio Armani and Richard Gere
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGiorgio Armani, the king of fashion, died few days ago. He reformed men fashion. And certainly his career is connected to the career of Richard Gere. through one iconic collaboration: American Gigolo (1980) Giorgio Armani designed Gere’s wardrobe for the film. And Armani became a household name. Paul Schrader wrote Read more
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Guilty as Sin
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast night I watched Guilty as Sin again. What a thriller. I remember watching it for the first time in a San Francisco movie theater as soon as it was released. It was right after a meeting in Monterey Bay. In this trip I also met a superb painter, Sakhal. Read more
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The Rock
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast night I watched The Rock again, for the 12th, or so, time. I watched it for the first time in a San Francisco movie theater. What an action movie. Michael Bay directed this masterpiece. The actors, Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris, are top of the line. The Read more
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Pedro Pascal: an action hero is born (?)
Reading Time: < 1 minutePedro Pascal is rising to the stars. Yes, he is 50 years old. Yet, he has all the good qualities to become, for 10 years or so, the big action hero we are missing. His protagonist role in the Last of Us proved that he can be a good one. Read more
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Cliffhanger, a superb adventure
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI watched Cliffhanger again, for the 7th, or so, time. What an adventure. Renny Harlin directed this masterpiece. The actors, Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow, shine. The plot keeps you on the edge of your seat. Several criminals steal three suitcases from a US Treasury plane. They are full of Read more
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Predator
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt just happened to watch the Predator again, for the 10th, or so, time. What a movie. John McTiernan directed this masterpiece. The direction is exemplary. The actors top of the line: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Landham. All the muscles of the Hollywood in one Read more