Overlord: Movie Review

Overlord is a 2018 film directed by Julius Avery starring Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell (son of the great Kurt Russell), and Mathilde Ollivier. Produced by J.J. Abrams, it has been somewhat successful despite being a genre film not exactly made to attract the masses. It was also presented at the Sitges festival where I saw … More Overlord: Movie Review

Star Trek: Voyager – S04E04, Nemesi

Nemesis (giustamente tradotto come Nemesi in italiano) non è soltanto l’ultimo film di Star Trek con l’equipaggio capitanato da Jean-Luc Picard protagonista (uscito nell’ormai lontano 2002, sigh). È anche il quarto episodio della quarta stagione di Star Trek: Voyager, un episodio tutto centrato su Chakotay e con un lampante messaggio pacifista che mi ha assolutamente … More Star Trek: Voyager – S04E04, Nemesi

Predator: Movie Review

The filmography of director John McTiernan could be defined with the expression “few but good”. Not because he carefully chose his projects and made them with an obsessive attention to details like Stanley Kubrick did. But simply because as long as he worked, he worked well. Then they put him in jail and he stayed there … More Predator: Movie Review

Alien: Movie Review

My visit to the H.R. Giger museum in Gruyères (see related tweet!) has obviously led me to re-watch Alien, the 1979 movie directed by Ridley Scott. So here I am with a review! And, as always with the classics, I face the usual dilemma: what to say that has not already been said? Alien is … More Alien: Movie Review

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

Personaggio femminile largamente bombabile: How do you say scared shitless in Italian? Raoul Bova: Non vedo l’ora di uscire da questa piramide con te, perché mi sto cagando addosso. More or less.   Raoul Bova: When I was a kid growing up in Italy, you know what they call a moon that big? Personaggio femminile bombabile: Hmm? Raoul … More AVP: Alien vs. Predator