To tell you more about it, here is the review I wrote when I was a member of SensCritique; it dates precisely from January 9, 2018… Taxi Driver Review Review Title: He who wants to be an angel becomes a beast Summary: Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) takes up driving a taxi in New York to …
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Quentin Tarantino is not a director like the others. He is first of all a highly rated filmmaker because his films are often very successful, which is also the case for other great directors like Steven Spielberg or James Cameron. But unlike them, he appears in most of his films (but not all). Perhaps Tarantino …
Personally, I grew up with the original trilogy: A New Hope (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). No saga is perfect, but it still thrills me years later. Later, I discovered the prequels: The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005). The atmosphere is different from the original trilogy, but the whole is …
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When director McG (Joseph McGinty Nichol) finishes filming Terminator Salvation (2009), he thinks he’s made a good film that will delight fans of the franchise. It has Christian Bale and Sam Worthington, two talented actors, in the leading roles, Jonathan Nolan has come to touch up the script. All the lights seem green. A scene from the …
Although Mad Max was a huge success upon its release and money was flowing in, George Miller continued to rely on his own resources to make the sequel, preferring inventiveness over more expensive methods. A funny little example, when Max brakes suddenly at the wheel of his tanker truck to get rid of Wez, the vehicle of …
Yes. Mel Gibson’s multiple Oscar-winning film “Braveheart” (1995) is also a film that has many historical inaccuracies. Here is a compilation: – In the film, the Scots are definitely way ahead of their time when it comes to fashion! They already wear kilts (see photo below) in the film, the events of which take place …
Based on the successful thriller by Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick’s film allowed itself a few liberties or even a masterstroke that allowed the feature film to become a cult classic despite criticism from the writer who did not appreciate this adaptation at all. 1/ During the bar scene, Jack is served a Jack’s Daniel while in …
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When The Old Gun was released in Germany in 1976, the country was still split in two. The film will be released in West Germany under the title Abschied in der Nacht ( Farewell in the Night ) and in East Germany under the title Das alte Gewehr ( The Old Rifle ). The title change won’t be the only difference between the two releases. …
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