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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFew days ago I watched the movie Witness for the Prosecution. What a masterpiece. It is a 1956 movie. Billy Wilder is the director. Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton are the main protagonists. The plot of the movie is based on an Agatha Christie story. A barrister (Laughton) Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGene Hackman, one of the best Hollywood actors, died at the age of 95 years in February 18, 2025. Hackman was a two-time Oscar-winning actor. He participated to 101 movies and shined in all of them. He was always an added value to all movies he participated, irrespectively of whether 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. For instance, The Sicilian Clan, was a Read more