The Mission is a film directed by Roland Joffé (and by now I’ve seen two movies made by this director: this one and Vatel reviewed here) with Jeremy Irons and Robert De Niro as protagonists. Released in 1986, it won several awards and was considered a success. Has it aged well? No, it hasn’t, at least in … More The Mission: Movie Review
Space seed is a thrilling episode. I got excited as soon as the name Botany Bay was revealed, of course, because I immediately made the connection with Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982)! The fantastic film directed by Nicholas Meyer is the direct sequel to this excellent episode of the first season of … More Star Trek: TOS – S01E22, Space Seed
The sixteenth episode of this first season of Star Trek (aired for the first time on January 5th 1967, I did my homework) offers us a “first time”: it’s the first time that one of the shuttles is lost, a recurrent plot device in later series such as, for example, Voyager. The shuttle in question … More Star Trek: TOS – S01E16, The Galileo Seven
Kingsman: The Secret Service is a 2014 movie directed by Matthew Vaughn, who had previously made both the interesting Kick-ass (2010) and Stardust (2007), that I decided to avoid out of respect towards Neil Gaiman and his fantastic novel with the same title. Let me say that I understand very well the reason behind the success … More Kingsman: The Secret Service: Movie Review
