White Boy Rick is a 2018 film directed by Yann Demange. It’s the true story of the teenager Richard Wershe (Richie Merritt) who was first used by the FBI to infiltrate a network of African American drug dealers in Detroit in the Eighties, and then turned to drug trafficking himself (at only 17 years old). … More White Boy Rick: Movie Review
Back to the Future Part II (1989) picks up right after the end of the first chapter which had been shot four years earlier. Actually, it opens with a remake of the last scene in which Doc (Christopher Lloyd) arrives from the future to warn Marty (Michael J. Fox) about something that will happen to … More Back to the Future Part II: Movie Review
14 maggio 2021, Robert Zemeckis compie 69 anni, ed ecco che vengonofuoridallefottutepareti lo festeggia con un’umile recensione di uno dei suoi film più famosi. Back to the Future Part II (Ritorno al futuro – Parte II, 1989) riprende esattamente da dove terminò il primo capitolo girato quattro anni prima. Anzi, si apre con un rifacimento dell’ultima scena in … More Back to the Future Part II: recensione del film
In Search of Darkness is a documentary by David A. Weiner on 80s’ horror. It begins with a quote from the late George A. Romero and then it analyzes chronologically the films of the decade through interviews with a mixed group of protagonists of the time and famous fans including John Carpenter, Tom Holland, Greg … More In Search of Darkness: Documentary Review
It cannot be said that with his fourth film, Mystery Train (1989), Jim Jarmusch strayed too far from his style. Perhaps, since his previous film was the brilliant comedy Down By Law (1986), it would’ve been fair to expect something more than what appears to be a simple evolution of the director’s first two works, Permanent … More Mystery Train: Movie Review
Finally, here I am writing about Young Sherlock Holmes (it’s also known with the alternative title Pyramid of Fear), the 1985 film written by Chris Columbus and directed by Barry Levinson. Why finally? Because this is undoubtedly one of the movies I love the most, and not only because the protagonist is a young version … More Young Sherlock Holmes / Pyramid Of Fear: Movie Review
The hype-train is going full speed to the new Chapter of It since most people enjoyed so much Chapter One! This is certainly another sign of how I don’t know much about cinema, as I’m surely mistaken… Why, you’re wondering, what do I think of It: Chapter One by Andy Muschietti? Let’s start with some positive … More It – Chapter One: Movie Review
Stand By Me isn’t just a catchy song by Ben E. King. It is also a magnificent movie directed by Rob Reiner in 1986 inspired by a story written by Stephen King. And this is the movie I’m writing about now, so… here it is! The premise that I want to make is that I … More Stand By Me: Movie Review
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: Movie Review
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: Movie Review
