JakeBlues
SupporterAs reality in the twenty-first century became stranger than fiction (kind of a bad dystopian sci-fi movie), documentaries are often more interesting than fiction films.
Reviews 9
Trading Places: pure, classic John Landis :)
for Trading Places (1983)
One dollar. The entire, complicated and incredibly amusing plot revolves around a single dollar bill! There's no need to recap the story, as the movie quickly turned into a Christmas classic and a...
Written on May 17th, 2012 12:18
A unique comedy and musical mastepiece
for The Blues Brothers (1980)
There are movies that, simply, can only be described with the word "cult": The Blues Brothers is definitely one of them. There are movie whose cultural impact on a generation is unique: again, The...
Written on June 7th, 2012 11:37
Hands down, the best movie from a Stephen King (short) story
for The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS When director Frank Darabont meets Stephen King, magic always happens. Unfortunately, this just happened twice: for 1994's The Shawshank Redemption and for 1...
Written on June 8th, 2012 10:21
V, a universal symbol against any dictatorship
for V for Vendetta (2006)
WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS First things first: the graphic novel "V for Vendetta" from eccentric genius Alan Moore and illustrator David Lloyd is a literature masterpiece, and no movie...
Written on June 10th, 2012 17:08
An on the road movie like no other
for The Straight Story (1999)
WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Visionary director David Lynch is remembered and famous for many movies, such as Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Dune, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Inland...
Written on June 12th, 2012 12:43
When a legal movie meets comedy :)
for My Cousin Vinny (1992)
WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Unfortunately, this movie is mainly famous or, more suitably, infamous, for the fact that Marisa Tomei won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in My...
Written on June 15th, 2012 11:18
A poetical masterpiece against all wars
for The Thin Red Line (1998)
WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Terrence Malick's cinema is not for everyone. His slow rhythms, long shots and culturally elevated themes, the rarefied atmospheres of his movies can be bori...
Written on June 22nd, 2012 13:31
How long can a night last (if you don't sleep)?
for Into the Night (1985)
WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Into The Night, directed by John Landis in 1985, has a plot that's entirely developed in one single day, the night part being by far the center of the story....
Written on June 26th, 2012 13:52
You're never really done for as long as you've got a good story and someone to tell it to :)
for La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (1998)
WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS The title of my review, one of the sentences repeated more than once in the movie, really sums up 1986's La Leggenda del Pianista sull'Oceano, directed by Gi...
Written on June 28th, 2012 09:56
