Category Archives: Film/TV

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Team Building (2010, Hungary)

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

On the surface the Hungarian film “Team Building” (titled in English even in Hungary) is a simple film: employees go for a weekend “team building” retreat, where the unusual situation and their interpersonal relationships make things complicated. But it is … Continue reading →

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Kid’s Haven: Refuge from the Holocaust (2010, The Netherlands)

Posted on October 1, 2011 by

As a member of the Jewish Film Festival, organized by the Jewish Community Center, Sonoma County, I preview movies to help decide which ones to play at the Festival. I watched the following movie as part of this volunteer effort. Kid’s … Continue reading →

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Films watched in May

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

20 Years After (2008, USA): Visually interesting enough, low budget post-apocalyptic flick. Didn’t like the ending, but liked the humanity in it. IMDB summary: Everything that could go wrong did go wrong: War, Terrorism, Natural Disasters. Evacuees were ushered from … Continue reading →

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Xantus János az Eszkimó asszony fázik c. filmrol beszél

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

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Ancient records

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

When I read this morning about about an interesting archeological find, my imagination and curiosity got going. It is about an “ancient collection of 70 tiny books, their lead pages bound with wire, could unlock some of the secrets of … Continue reading →

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Nuclear impressions

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

Today I was vaguely following the terrifying news about the problems at the nuclear power plants in Japan. In the evening I watched the latest episode of the TV series “Chuck“. Part of the episode’s, “Chuck Versus the A-Team“, plot revolved around a portable nuclear bomb. Later … Continue reading →

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Brainstorm (1983, USA)

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

When I grew up in Hungary the celebrity culture was much less pervasive and aggressive than it is now. One of the first time I heard or paid attention to a filmstar was when my grandmother, a journalist working for … Continue reading →

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Magyar Retró (2010, Hungary)

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

I have owned DVD copies of, watched once and kept rewatching segments of three documentaries made Gábor Zsigmond Papp. They were all made using archival footage only from earlier decades. Their audio was a mixture of the original sound, readings from the … Continue reading →

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The Warrior’s Way (2010, USA)

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

I thought I liked action movies. The Warrior’s Way proved to me that not at all cost. I presume it would be possible to mix a ninja movie with a  western and a romance with reasonable results. But this movie … Continue reading →

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Cronos (1993, Mexico)

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

I heard about Cronos, Guillermo del Toro‘s first feature film, but never had a chance to watch it before. I just did and I have mixed feelings about it. I loved the story and the camerawork. But I was unimpressed with … Continue reading →

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