This article is about Star Trek: Picard, my thoughts and especially my feelings for one of the few series that managed to surprise me in recent years; that is no small feat in itself. Quite possibly the second season felt a bit lacklustre, but when dealing with Q and time paradoxes, it was to be…
Category: Movies & Entertainment
History of the World, Part-II-ally bad
It has been more than 40 years since History of the World Part I came out in 1981; this movie has somewhat of a deserved cult following, representing one of the many masterpieces in the career of beloved movie director Mel Brooks. It had his trademark comedy, his type of quips and sketches; now, with…
…but some prefer it steamy
Some like it hot is a 1959 comedy directed by Billy Wilder and starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe (and no, it’s not the one with the white dress scene). Sincerely I do not have much to say about this movie: it’s simply hilarious. The story is about two jazz players who have…
Incongruent plot points
I have one or two issues; well to be fair I have quite a few of them but these one in particular are about the latest episode of The Mandalorian. A bit of a rant, some personal thoughts and some spoilers; read at your discretion. Now I consider myself a big enough Star Wars fan,…
More awkward than life
Stranger than fiction is what I would call a slice-of-life movie, one where a character starts hearing his life being narrated by an omniscient voice as if he would be the protagonist of a novel; he ultimately succeeds in meeting with his creator. Directed by Marc Forster in 2006, it stars Will Ferrell and Emma…
Of androids and men
There are several significant differences between robots and androids: while the former tend to be conceived only as mechanized (sometimes humanoid) constructs with specific functions and no capabilities for emotions, the later tend to be more advanced (thinking for instance about A.I.). We might think of androids as a new stage in technological evolution, constructs…
A Philly scoop
The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 romantic comedy directed by George Cukor; if the director is not enough to convince you that it’s a good movie, just look at the cast (Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart and Ruth Hussey). Plot-wise it is fairly straightforward and I won’t waste your time giving too many details….
23 is just a number
The Number 23 is a 2007 thriller directed by Joel Schumacher staring Jim Carrey and Virginia Madsen. First off, the 2/3 very good reasons (see what I did there?) for which I chose this movie for the cinematographic column of the month are because of Jim Carrey’s role, for a depiction of the consequences of…
A tall tale of winter tail
For the festive season, merry and jolly themed, Forget for now Saint Nick and presents dreamed; Winter’s tale I would suggest for you to view Portraying love, miracles and feelings true. After this cheesy and totally unnecessary introduction (just like Christmas lights at the beginning of November) that I could have just as easily spared…
Young man, old boy
Given that Spooktober just came to an end, let’s follow the thread with a peculiar movie, a sort of neo-noir thriller that for its strangeness will surely not be appreciated by many but is still well worth the curiosity. Old Boy is a South Korean movie directed by Park Chan-wook; it is loosly adapted from…