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    A Mixed Verdict on the Third Langdon Outing The third installment in the Robert Langdon franchise, Inferno arrived with significant talent on board but left critics strangely cold. The film holds a Metascore of 42 (mixed or average) and a disappointing 20% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes . It seems even Tom Hanks and Ron Howard couldn't crack the code for a truly memorable adaptation . The Good – What Worked Several critics acknowledged the film's strengths, even if they remained unenthusiastic. The visuals and Italian locations were a major draw. The film works as a "pleasant museum tour through Italy," with the beauty of Florence, Venice, and Istanbul becoming characters in their own right . Director Ron Howard also received some praise for his handling, with Screen Daily noting he "keeps the viewer constantly occupied" . Felicity Jones was frequently singled out as "an engaging sidekick," with one reviewer noting she was the film's ...

Η ταινία παρουσιάστηκε στους κινηματογράφους εν μέσω μεγάλης ζέστης. Ευτυχώς, η αίθουσα είχε ανοιχτό το air conditioning και δροσιζόμασταν. Μια όμως κυρία χρησιμοποιούσε ενα χαρτίτης σαν ανεμιστήρα, ενώ εγώ παρακολουθούσα με βιταμινούχο νερό — είχα ρίξει και ένα αναβράζον με βιταμίνη C  στο μπουκαλι . Είχα ήδη διαβάσει νωρίτερα μερικές κριτικές, που ούτε την έθαβαν ούτε την επαίνεσαν.   Η ταινία μοιάζει με τρεις μικρού μήκους "punk" ιστορίες ραμμένες μεταξύ τους με ασυνήθιστη κλωστή με κριτικες  γραμμενες παρακατω  σε random μορφη:         100 Χρόνια Μπροστά (Μέρος 3) Ατμόσφαιρα & ύφος: Φαντάσου τον Λαζόπουλο  [ηταν ο  Τσιοτσιόπουλος  BTW ] σε μια παράλληλη διάσταση όπου η νοσταλγία γίνεται ταινία θριλερ . Η "πρασινοφρούρεια γενειάδα" δεν είναι απλά αισθητική, είναι  η οπτική μεταφορά της εμμονής του με το  ΠΑΣΟΚ  και μια  κινηματογραφικη συσκσυη να παιζει απο φιλμ  σκηνες του ενδοξου ΠΑΣΟΚ με ...

  from facebook   MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN (2025) – THE CAMERA AS WITNESS A Review There is a particular kind of cinema that does not stage truth but stumbles into it—accidentally, dangerously, almost against the will of its maker. Mr. Nobody Against Putin , the Oscar and BAFTA-winning documentary from director David Borenstein and co-director Pavel Talankin, is precisely such a work: a found artifact of moral awakening, shot not on a soundstage but in the poisoned corridors of a Russian school as the machinery of authoritarianism ground its gears in real time. THE PREMISE, AS THE WORLD KNOWS IT Karabash, in the southern Ural Mountains, is not a picturesque locale. It is Russia's most polluted town—a landscape of blackened hills, rusting industrial pipes, and Soviet-era Khrushchevka apartments where temperatures plummet to minus forty degrees Celsius . Its population: roughly 10,000 souls. This is the middle of nowhere. And yet, from this forgotten industrial wou...

    funny picture from imdb  Title: "The Drama" – A Mind-Bending Puzzle on How to Sabotage a Marriage If you are looking for your typical, shiny Hollywood flick that feeds you the plot with a silver spoon, do yourself a favor and steer clear. Go turn right at the nearest multiplex. Kristoffer Borgli’s "The Drama" didn’t come to caress your ego; it came to hurl a gorgeous, anarchic, and beautifully amorphous puzzle straight at your face. Borgli takes linear storytelling, throws it in a blender, and hits puree. The whole experience is a non-stop, hallucinatory ping-pong match bouncing between the past, the present, and the twisted fantasia of the characters' minds. To break it down for the uninitiated: we are looking at two 30-ish near-weds on the brink of matrimony. But there is a massive glitch in the system. The protagonist (a captivating Zendaya) shot a gun at age 14 inside her school, a dark impulse triggered by an online cult-like web of other kids. This ...

  from leftest    A Cinematic Revelation: Beyond the Limits of Poverty This film is a raw revelation from a corner of the world you’d never expect to see on screen. Set in a region that feels almost cursed, the landscape looks grimmer than the most impoverished areas of 90s Nigeria—a place where people still dwell in huts, suffocating under the shadow of a Saddam-like dictator. Despite the crushing hardships, the local children strive to find joy, playing with whatever scraps they can find. The setting is immersive; throughout the film, the river serves as the main artery of the region, with primitive barges constantly ferrying people across its murky waters. At the heart of this story is 9 Lamia, a 9-year-old schoolgirl, and her young friend. Even the sanctuary of the classroom offers no relief; their teacher is a harsh figure, ruthlessly doling out punishments for the slightest failure. In a cruel twist of fate, Lamia is tasked with a near-impossible mission: she must b...

mini coment for Max adventures and Barbie Sep 16, '12 2:11 PM for everyone Category: Movies Genre: Animation A mini comment for Max adventures and Barbie Max adventures : I have seen several episodes of this series together with my daughter . I found it with quite nice graphics (possibly the top for its graphics ) . I do not know if this series comes from a big company or not but has excellent graphics and quite human wise lion 4.5/5 Barbie : surely comes from a multinational company, Mattel , the reason I underestimate my results . As far as we seen 4 of her DVDs I find that there sis some msgic , one of them reminds me Winx (the story with the fairy's secret showing magic gates etc )Another example is the 'fashion' story with the little fairies (reminds me the pixies from winx ) 4/5 Prev: BCDX

Thank you for smoking ! Sep 10, '08 11:51 PM for everyone Category: Movies Genre: Comedy This is possibly the one of the very few movies that will be discussed here in the reviews section ,with a normal review rather than a link to the movie ! Here is a short description of the movie, before discussing my review : NIck the main character acts as propagandist , or better todays, lobbyist for the cartel of the tobacco industries,towards the mass media as he is very good in making negotiations against 'his enemies' , the most mass media and a senator who is promoting a aggressive counter-smoking campaign (a comment can this be true in the real world? In the movie gun cartel and alcohol cartel shown having only one person making negotiations! ). Being a divorced person with pupil son , he meets him every weekend. His son once wanted to accompany his father in his trip to Hollywood for making a negotiation with the head for promoting smoking via the new movies , and mor...

AVATAR Jan 18, '10 5:20 PM for everyone Category: Movies Genre: Action & Adventure AVATAR This is the last movie I have seen in the theater , and though I write articles very rarely for movies , this is one of the most extraordinary cases to write due to its special interest At first some general background : WE have visited th theatre in a multiplex in our town last Saturday 9-1-10 after we have booked 2 sets for me any my wife Natasa . Having left our daughter in my mother, we finally took the seat , as the hall was full of people even in the most difficut to see positions , ie the first 3 rows! If I am correct the movie was nearly 3 weeeks in the play …. Upon entrance we were given the special 3D polarized glasses to be returned after the end of the movie , rented for a Eu2 ($3 ) price for a 3 hrs duration, that was given together with the ticket . Not problem for it but surely quite much …. Now back to the movie and the reason to write this a bit fluffy review : ...