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Oppenheimer is a 2023 biographical and historical drama film, directed by Christopher Nolan, which chronicles the life and works of American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, played by Cillian Murphy, considered the father of the atomic bomb. The film focuses on the period of World War II, when Oppenheimer was the scientific director of the Manhattan Project, the secret program that led to the construction and dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  The film is the longest of Nolan's career, running for three hours, and boasts an all-star cast that includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Kenneth Branagh and many more. The film was released by Universal Pictures, following Nolan's break with Warner Bros., which had produced his previous films.  My opinion of the film is very positive. The film is an ambitious and engaging work, which manages to balance the biographical narrative with the historical one, witho...

Barbie 2023 is a fun, colorful and original film that tells the story of a doll who lives in a perfect world, but discovers she's not as perfect as she thought. So she decides to go on an adventure in the real world, together with her loyal Ken of her, played by an irresistible Ryan Gosling. The film is directed by Greta Gerwig, one of the most popular directors of the moment, who wrote the screenplay together with her partner Noah Baumbach. The film is a pop comedy that makes fun of the clichés and stereotypes associated with the figure of Barbie, but at the same time celebrates her charm and versatility. Margot Robbie is perfect in the role of the protagonist, capable of transforming into different versions of Barbie, from the president to the Nobel prize winner, from the mermaid to the split one. The film is also a tribute to cinema and pop culture, with quotes and references to films such as 2001 A Space Odyssey, The Matrix, The Wizard of Oz and many others. T...

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is once again grappling with an impossible mission: to stop a dangerous artificial intelligence that threatens the whole world. To do this, he will have to face old and new enemies, betrayals and plot twists, and above all his own physical and mental limits. Together with his team, made up of Benji (Simon Pegg), Luther (Ving Rhames), Ilsa (Rebecca Ferguson) and Julia (Michelle Monaghan), Ethan will have to recover the key that allows access to the AI, before it falls into the hands wrong. But who really is the puppeteer behind this threat? And what does the mysterious “Dead Reckoning” code hide?  Mission Impossible 7: Dead Reckoning Part One is the penultimate chapter of the most famous spy saga in cinema, which sees Tom Cruise once again in the role of agent Ethan Hunt. The film is directed by Christopher McQuarrie, who has already signed the previous two episodes, Rogue Nation and Fallout, bringing the series towards an ever higher level o...

Speak Now (Taylor's Version) is the third album Taylor Swift has re-recorded, after having her first six records sold to an old enemy, Scooter Braun.  With this project, Swift wants to take back ownership of her songs and prevent them from being used by others without her consent.  It's also a way to relive her emotions and her stories from a more confident and mature perspective. The original album, released in 2010, was the first where Swift had written all of her songs herself.  It was a record in which she showed her fighting spirit, her imagination and her ability to tell intimate and illuminating details.  His sound moved from country to pop-rock, with influences from punk and gothic.  Her ballads expanded into epic scales, ready to fill the arenas she now crowded. The new version of the album is quite faithful to the original, with some minor changes in production and lyrics.  Swift's voice is more controlled and less acerbic, but she man...

Insidious: The Red Door is the latest chapter in the horror saga that began in 2010 with Insidious, directed by Patrick Wilson (also starring) and written by Scott Teems from a story by Leigh Whannell. The film takes up the story of the Lambert family, who must face once and for all the demons that haunt them from the world of the afterlife. Josh (Wilson) and Dalton (Ty Simpkins), father and son, must enter deeper than ever into the dark kingdom to discover the secret behind the red door, the source of all their nightmares. The film is proposed as a conclusive finale of the saga, but fails to convince or scare. Wilson's direction is flat and predictable, without the mastery and inventiveness of James Wan and Leigh Whannell, who had been able to create a disturbing and original atmosphere in the first two chapters. The script is confusing and repetitive, recycling the same elements from the previous films without adding anything new or interesting. The characters ar...