I wrote about this magnificent city in Romanian, you may consult the post at least for the wonderful pics! I used to live there and I used to keep visiting it every time I had the opportunity. The Turks are very proud of it, the Greeks living in Istanbul are calling it "I πόλις" (I Polis, "the city") as there is no other in the world, loving it more than most people can imagine. This is a post with a few pictures and a different perspective for one of the most beautiful cities of the world. I … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2012
The Losers
Outstanding and spectacular, this 2010 action movie. The imdb rate shows that, it's a 6.8, which is not bad with such a distribution. I'm sure they have their own fans, but there's no Russell Crow, Robert DeNiro, Jason Statham or Clive Owen on it, these last two seeming to be specialized in "action heroes" roles. We found here Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Clay, a colonel), Zoe Saldana (Aysha), Idris Elba (Roque), Chris Evans (Jensen), Columbus Short (Pooch), Óscar Jaenada (Cougar), Jason Patric … [Read more...]
Natalie Wood’s File Resurrected
Natalie Wood death's file has been re-opened last November, triggered finally by the launch of a book, Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour, written by no other than the captain of the yacht where the Oscar nominated spent her last minutes. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said it could not be concluded definitively the true nature of the death. The death certificate has been formally changed from "accidental" to "undetermined". Press of the time said Wood took the yacht's dinghy and … [Read more...]
Best 20 Comedies – The List
This is my list, it's very personal and I have to confess that I have had real difficulties to make it short, not with hundreds of items even if they may be so, because I watched with very few exceptions, a lot of the movies on other lists, some of them too old, other just praised or named "comedies" I don't know why. Anyway, the following list (I may have put just a slideshow here, but I don't really like to push you to click and to click more, to finally find the first position) is a list with … [Read more...]
Nazi Badge as Logo
Look what I found today, a Nazi Badge Logo as inspiration, and you remember I have written about the movie and it was very popular somewhere. Of course, some of the commentators claimed that my post was kind of lame, and Vigilant Citizen writes actually much better, on the various underground subjects. It was never my desire to compete with Vigilant Citizen on the matter, actually even if we have some passion in common, the views may differ profoundly. Oh, and I like their "pics of the month", … [Read more...]
Romantic Drama
Yesterday, after seeing a very bad romance (a pity for Anne Hathaway, very talented and very good even in this soap), I remembered My Sassy Girl with Elisha Cuthbert and Jesse Bradford, a romantic drama which went deeper than expected. Usually these are not my kind of films, but a good movie, a real good one, touches me. Of course sometimes it depends on my moods, and I think that is happening with all of you. Our moods define our tastes, if they aren't major ones. On such a trivial subject as … [Read more...]