I admit it: I hadn’t seen this 2002 movie directed by Roman Polanski, a director that I greatly admire (for example, I wrote about his Death and the maiden here). I finally saw The Pianist, starring Adrien Brody, and it left me speechless. The movie tells the true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jewish … More The Pianist: Movie Review
Thanks to the open air cinema of my city I have seen The motive (El autor), the 2017 movie directed by Manuel Martín Cuenca of whom I hadn’t seen anything before. The movie takes place in Seville, Andalucía, and one of its strengths is certainly the cast: Adelfa Calvo, Antonio De la Torre, and especially the … More The Motive: Movie Review
Nochnoy dozor (Night watch) is a 2004 Russian action/fantasy/horror film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and based on the book written by Sergej Luk’janenko. It supposedly is the first chapter of a trilogy which remains incomplete as of today because after directing the sequel Dnevnoy dozor (Day watch) in 2006, Bekmambetov lost interest in it and devoted … More Night Watch: Movie Review
Kingsman: The Secret Service is a 2014 movie directed by Matthew Vaughn, who had previously made both the interesting Kick-ass (2010) and Stardust (2007), that I decided to avoid out of respect towards Neil Gaiman and his fantastic novel with the same title. Let me say that I understand very well the reason behind the success … More Kingsman: The Secret Service: Movie Review
Little Women is a 1994 film by the Australian director Gillian Armstrong that brings to the big screen the 1868-69 novel written by Louisa May Alcott (something that had already been done five times since 1918). Lately I’ve been watching enough costume movies (of which you’ll find traces here, here, and here) and it seems to … More Little Women: Movie Review
John Carpenter made his debut as a director in 1976 with Assault on Precinct 13, if we don’t count Dark Star which, despite coming out two years before, was more of a University student project rather than a full feature film. For Assault on Precinct 13 Carpenter took inspiration from Rio Bravo by Howard Hawks (whom … More Assault on Precinct 13: Movie Review
Crazy Heart is a 2009 film directed by Scott Cooper (it’s his directorial debut) who recently came out with the well-received Hostiles (2017). Crazy heart is especially enjoyable for the fantastic (to say the least) soundtrack and for a masterful interpretation of Jeff Bridges playing an alcoholic country singer at the end of his career, Bad … More Crazy Heart: Movie Review
One thing for sure: Charlize Theron is not afraid to look ugly in her movies. After Monster (2003), here she is in Tully with 25 kg more than usual after eating a lot of junk food. And another thing for sure: Diablo Cody can write interesting stories about women and, paired with his friend-director Jason … More Tully: Movie Review
The good Edgar Wright has recently stated (on Twitter) that a debut film should not exceed one hour and a half, consistently with his A fistful of fingers (1995) lasting one hour and 18 minutes. And of course Alejandro G. Iñárritu (the same director who made Birdman and The revenant) spectacularly went against this innocent advice by … More Amores Perros: Movie Review
Primal fear is a 1996 movie marking a double debut, both for the director Gregory Hoblit and for the great actor Edward Norton. Also, it’s one of the few films in which Richard Gere, the protagonist, seems a good actor! I recently bought it on DVD, I watched it, and I surely recommend it! Let me … More Primal Fear: Movie Review
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