Tag: satire
In Search of Darkness: Documentary Review
In Search of Darkness is a documentary by David A. Weiner on 80s' horror. It begins with a quote from the late George A. Romero and then it analyzes chronologically the films of the decade through interviews with a mixed group of protagonists of the time and famous fans including John Carpenter, Tom Holland, Greg … More In Search of Darkness: Documentary Review
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Repo Man: Movie Review
Repo Man is a cult movie mixing the most diverse genres: science fiction, action, fantasy, thriller, dramatic, comedy… If you ask me to define it with a single adjective, I would use "punk". This film doesn't give a s**t about anyone or anything and brings home a great result, even if at the time (1984) … More Repo Man: Movie Review
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Star Trek: TOS – S02E17, A Piece of the Action
If you accept its ridicolous premise, A Piece of the Action is not only fun to watch, but it also contains a certain amount of satire that I appreciated a lot (also, it came out exactly 14 years before I was born). And what about the premise? The USS Enterprise arrives on Sigma Iotia II, … More Star Trek: TOS – S02E17, A Piece of the Action
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Shaun Of The Dead: Movie Review
Shaun Of The Dead (a title reminding that of Dawn Of The Dead by George Romero) is a 2004 horror comedy directed by Edgar Wright. The English director directed his first low-budget movie, A Fistful Of Fingers, in 1995. Then he worked for a few years on TV shows (particularly noteworthy is the Spaced series, 1999) … More Shaun Of The Dead: Movie Review
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Escape from New York: Movie Review
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: Movie Review
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Total Recall: Movie Review
Paul Verhoeven is a very eclectic director who between the late Eighties and the late Nineties made three science fiction / over the top action films that deserve to be seen: Robocop (1987), Total Recall (1990), and Starship Troopers (1997). None of the three is a no brainer. In Robocop there is an allegory with … More Total Recall: Movie Review
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