I’ve always enjoyed the work of the British director Danny Boyle. Despite being somewhat discontinuous, he has directed some truly remarkable films such as Trainspotting which made him famous in 1996, and has already won an Oscar with his Slumdog Millionaire (2008), which in total received eight Academy statuettes. But in my opinion his top 3 … More 28 Days Later: What A Horror Movie! (English)
John Carpenter was awarded with the Carrosse d’Or at the 2019 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. In the masterclass that accompanied the ceremony, and in order to continue to make himself adored by everyone in Hollywood, he defined himself as the anti-Spielberg. I’m sure he did it so to be sure to continue not to … More The Thing: An Absolute Masterpiece (English)
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: Incomparable (English)
Escape from New York is one of the few box office successes of John Carpenter (although it was a low budget film, costing just 6 million dollars of the time). Despite being very young when he made it, the director rose to fame with Halloween (1978), which he directed two years after his splendid Assault On … More Escape From New York: Impressive On All Fronts (English)
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: Magnificent (English)
K19 the widowmaker is a 2002 film directed by the legendary Kathryn Bigelow (director of, among other things, Strange days, Near dark – and Oscar winner for The hurtlocker) starring Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson. Set almost entirely in the narrow spaces of a submarine and with no actresses on the screen for more than … More K19: The Widowmaker: Ups And Downs (English)
The goonies (goonies having the double meaning of losers and also inhabitants of the Goon docks of the city of Astoria, Oregon) is a real cult movie. Don’t believe me? Just go to the part of Twitter talking about cinema and you’ll find a lot of love for this 1985 movie directed by Richard Donner! … More The Goonies: A Super Cult Movie (English)
Gone girl is a 2014 film directed by David Fincher, who also directed Se7en (1995) and Fight club (1999), just to name just a couple of his movies. The protagonists are Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike and the film is a thriller with a fairly complex plot that I will explore below. This is one of … More Gone Girl: Crap Or Brilliant? (English)
I believe that a director must be a genius to come up with a great film based simply on a series of illustrated cards for children made in the Sixties. And since I consider Mars attacks! a great movie, I’m sure you have it clear that for me Tim Burton is a genius. Of course … More Mars Attacks!: Underestimated (English)
Memoirs of an invisible man is a 1992 film directed by John Carpenter starring Chevy Chase and, among others, Daryl Hannah and Sam Neill. It must be said that 1992’s Carpenter was very different from the Carpenter that only a few years before had made masterpieces like Halloween (1978), Escape from New York (1981), The thing (1982), … More Memoirs Of An Invisible Man: Dull (English)
