A few days after I saw The pianist by Roman Polanski I watched Schindler’s list, the 1993 movie directed by Steven Spielberg. It was interesting to see these two films one after the other for the partial story overlap, with Nazi-occupied Warsaw and the Polish Jews locked up in its ghetto. I even think that … More Schindler’s List: Movie Review
Zombieland is a zombie-themed comedy (in fact these are not zombies, but infected like those of 28 days later by Danny Boyle, 2002) directed by Ruben Fleischer, practically the US version of Shaun Of The Dead by Edgar Wright (2004). It’s a comedy that takes place in the US devastated by an epidemic in which … More Zombieland: Movie Review
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
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
Little Women (Piccole donne) è un film del 1994 dell’australiana Gillian Armstrong che porta sul grande schermo il romanzo del 1868-69 scritto da Louisa May Alcott (cosa fatta già cinque volte dal 1918 in poi). Ultimamente sto guardando abbastanza film in costume (di cui trovate le prove qui, qui, e qui) e mi sembra che, … More Little Women: recensione del film
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
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 orphanage is the directorial debut of Juan Antonio Bayona. Released in 2007, the protagonist is the impressive Belén Rueda (three years before she did well in The sea inside by Alejandro Amenábar) and all the supporting actors also do a good job (Fernando Cayo and Geraldine Chaplin above all). I recently watched the movie … More The Orphanage: Movie Review
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