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)
Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA, more commonly known with the shortest international title Joint Security Area, is the third film by Korean director Chan-wook Park. Released in 2000, it made him famous all over the world before he made the fantastic trilogy on revenge which began with Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) and ended with Sympathy … More Joint Security Area: intriguing (English)
In 1995 Mel Gibson came out with Braveheart, of which he was both director and protagonist. Since his debut behind the camera had been the anonymous The Man Without a Face, released two years earlier, it was hard to know what to expect from an epic movie about the life of William Wallace, one of … More Braveheart: the unexpected Mel Gibson (English)
The third episode of the first season, Where no man has gone before, is a strange third episode, since it was actually conceived as the first episode of the series. And of course it was! It’s easy to tell due to the many scenes made to present members of the crew like Scotty and Sulu. … More Star Trek: TOS – S01E03, Where no man has gone before (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)
Wes Craven has been one of the most important horror directors of the last 50 years. In the Seventies he had a fairly good success with his debut feature The last house on the left (1972), shot almost at no cost, and especially with The Hills have Eyes (1977): both these movies are considered classics of … More Scream: what a saga! (English)
Cold war (Zimna wojna is the original title) is a 2018 Polish film whose director and screenwriter is Paweł Pawlikowski, who claims to have been inspired by the story of his parents (I hope only remotely). The protagonists are Joanna Kulig playing the femme fatale Zula and Tomasz Kot playing the musician Wiktor Warski. This movie has … More Cold war: cool soundtrack! (English)
Bad times at El Royale is The hateful eight, but better. There you go, I said it: better than Tarantino. What an amazing movie!!! I could end here this review of the latest film by Drew Goddard (the same director of The cabin in the woods, 2012) and starring Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, and … More Bad times at El Royale: extraordinary (English)
The fog is the third movie directed by John Carpenter and was released two years after his greatest success: Halloween (1978). Although it pertains to the same genre of the latter (horror / thriller), the American director couldn’t have made a more different film. In other words: any other young director would have limited himself to … More The fog: a great paranormal thriller (English)
BlacKkKlansman is Spike Lee’s latest movie: released in 2018, the film stars John David Washington (he’s the son of Denzel Washington) and Adam Driver, who’s working so much lately! I don’t think that I have to introduce the great American director: Do the right thing (1989), Malcolm X (1992), 25th hour (2002) are only three great examples … More BlacKkKlansman: Spike Lee is really angry (English)
