The first half of the Eighties has certainly been a cinematic golden age for Stephen King. Two wonderful movies based on his writings were released in 1983 alone: Christine by John Carpenter and The Dead Zone by David Cronenberg (and no, I don’t include Cujo by Lewis Teague among the wonderful movies of 1983). And only three … More The dead zone: cold and powerful (English)
I’m almost certain of it: Big trouble in Little China is the first film by John Carpenter that I saw and adored (for the record, it was released in 1986). So it wasn’t Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), nor Halloween (1978), nor The fog (1980), not even Vampires (1998)… My first memory of Jack Burton and … More Big trouble in Little China: unrivaled (English)
My neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro is the original title) is a 1988 animated film directed by the legendary Hayao Miyzaki. For the thirtieth anniversary of its release, I was lucky enough to enjoy it at the cinema the past weekend and I decided to write about it here on the blog! I found it … More My neighbor Totoro: sweet (English)
The silence of the lambs came out in 1991, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. This is another great Nineties’ classic (like the recently reviewed Braveheart, 1995): everyone has seen it, the character of Hannibal Lecter played by Hopkins is extremely famous, and the movie itself is widely believed to be … More The silence of the lambs: revolutionary (English)
The lost boys is a 1987 movie directed by Joel Schumacher (the same guy who directed Falling down, to name one) starring Jason Patric and Corey Haim (who died in 2010 after a wrecked life). Let me tell you straight: I liked this movie a lot. I found it well done, fun, with great special effects, a … More The lost boys: a vampire roller coaster! (English)
Ah, the 80s… and all of a sudden I feel nostalgic! We live in the endless era of 80s’ nostalgia, so absurd that even people who weren’t alive back then feel nostalgic about that particular period of time. But I don’t want to sound cynical. I’m here to write about a couple of movies that … More Crocodile Dundee (I & II): tourism commercials (English)
Paul Verhoeven is a very eclectic director who between the late Eighties and the late Nineties made three science fiction / over the top action films that deserve to be seen: Robocop (1987), Total recall (1990), and Starship troopers (1997). None of the three is a no brainer. In Robocop there is an allegory with … More Total recall: over the top and smart (English)
