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
Akira, the animated film written and directed by Katsuhiro Ôtomo which came out in 1988, is still impressive for its incredible strength and its amazing technical department. It doesn’t look 30 years old at all! In Akira we see a post-World War III world in which the Japanese society is sick and corrupt and violence reigns … More Akira: Movie Review
Little Miss Sunshine is the first feature film directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, directors who previously made many respectable music videos working with groups such as The Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Korn. The movie was released in 2006 (but it took 5 years to make), it was very successful, and … More Little Miss Sunshine: 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
Nineties’ Luc Besson (he’s not even a distant relative of post-2000’s Luc Besson) made three movies that are worth seeing: Nikita (1990), Léon (1994) and The fifth element (1997). Today I’m writing about the second, which features Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, and Natalie Portman. The plot is the following: a hit man of the Italian … More Léon: The Professional: Movie Review
The game is a 1997 film directed by the capable David Fincher with Michael Douglas as the protagonist (who gave us an exceptional performance three years before in Falling Down by J. Schumacher). I hadn’t seen this movie for almost twenty years, I re-watched it yesterday and… no, I didn’t like it. And I will be … More The Game: Movie Review
For some reason in Hollywood 2010 was the year of psychiatric hospitals. In a few months we got M. Scorsese’s Shutter Island, John Carpenter’s The ward, and Sucker punch by Z. Snyder. All have the same basic theme and share a similar narrative structure. The best of the trio? For me it’s without a doubt The ward, but … More Shutter Island: Movie Review
In 1994 Roman Polanski directed Death and the Maiden, a three-actors (Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson) film adaptation of a 1990 play written by Ariel Dorfman. The film is about a very tough topic, the dictatorships in Latin America, is incredibly powerful, and is impeccably directed and acted. Even though it’s not a … More Death And The Maiden: Movie Review
Falling down is a 1993 film directed by Joel Schumacher starring Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall. I saw the movie a few times when I was an adolescent and I more or less classified it as a fun/not serious movie: funny for the crazy moments of Michael Douglas and nothing more. But I just saw … More Falling Down: Movie Review
vengonofuoridallefottutepareti.wordpress.com 