Written and directed by Alan Ball for Amazon Studios and with Paul Bettany‘s heartfelt interpretation at the helm, Uncle Frank tells a coming out story that is far from the optimistic progress of the last few years but reminds us of the consequences of a suffering that many still have to face today. Plot SetRead More →
Happiest Season is the very first Christmas comedy with two lesbian women protagonists. With Clea DuVall at the helm, released on Hulu and available on Sky in Italy, it has all the necessary qualities to take its rightful place among the Christmas classics. Happiest Season – Plot Abby Holland (Kristen Stewart) and Harper Caldwell (MackenzieRead More →
Dash & Lily is a new Netflix TV show with a classic premise for the romantic comedy genre that tries, with its simple and brief structure, to bring lighthearted entertainment to the end of a difficult year. Plot Cynical Dash has decided to finally give up on Christmas, but when he findsRead More →
Rose Island tells a sort of fable it is hard to believe is based on true events. With its satirical tone and an intelligent dramatisation, Netflix can take pride in a job well done. Plot Based on the true story of Giorgio Rosa and the micronation he founded in 1968 offRead More →
“Hear now the words of the witches, the secrets we hid in the night. The oldest of Gods are invoked here, the great work of Magic is sought. In this night and in this hour, I call upon the Ancient Power. Bring your powers to we sisters threee! We wantRead More →
Chicago is a divided city, the South Side is mostly comprised of families of colour while the rest of the city belongs to white people. We’re in the 1950s and this is Lovecraft Country, a new TV show under the HBO brand. Plot Atticus Freeman returns to his old Chicago andRead More →
A fairly recent movie, released just in 2015, Krampus is a horror-fantasy film that takes inspiration from the popular creature known as Krampus. This is, in fact, a very interesting character that can make for an ideal starting point for a good story. Krampus – Plot After an extreme confrontationRead More →
In early autumn, Euphoria fans received some splendid news. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, which sees the US climb the world rankings for their infection and death rates, the filming schedule for season two was postponed to further notice. Then, HBO announced the release of two special episodes starting fromRead More →
The Forgotten Toys is an animated movie released in 1995 that was then followed by not one, but two series based on James Stevenson’s story “The Night After Christmas”. It revolves around a scruffy teddy bear and an old rag doll that were thrown away by the children who owned them after receivingRead More →
With such an impactful cinematographic personality like Luca Guadagnino developing it, We Are Who We Are is a TV show that faced great expectation right from the very beginning and inserted itself into a genre of stories about adolescence that contemporary audiences seem to like a lot. Plot Set in a U.S.Read More →
On the 13th of September 2005, the first episode of Supernatural aired in the US. This new show wanted to bring the horror genre to mainstream television and in doing so faced a challenge that many before had lost. Two years later, the show started airing in Italy too andRead More →
In a sunny California town, a sagacious and sassy girl helps her father run the investigative office. Her name is Veronica, Veronica Mars. Neptune, dotted with villas of wealthy gentlemen and gangs of motorcyclists, sees the unfolding of a terrible crime: a fifteen-year-old, Lily Kane, is found dead in theRead More →
We’re back to talk about creatures that lurk in the night once again for our collection Steps in The Dark. Today we’re taking things back to Italy under the direction of Mario Bava. The film we’ll be looking into is Black Sunday, released in 1960. The setting, however, is Moldova,Read More →
Bats and old blackened wood, a motorcycle: Victoria McQueen returns with her bridge of thought in the second season of Nos4a2, aired on Amazon Prime Video. Plot It’s been eight years since Charlie Manx’s defeat. Victoria has rebuilt a life there, in Colorado, with Lou and her son BruceRead More →
The Witches brings back to the screen a story that has become a cornerstone of fantasy literature for children by the hand of Roald Dahl, but its ambitions and exuberant aesthetics might not measure up to the original book. Plot In late 1967, a recently orphaned boy moves in with hisRead More →
From the classic atmospheres of the 1950s in the United States, a new series by Netflix peeps out: Ratched, based on the famous novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Plot It was 1947 when nurse Mildred Ratched arrived at the mental hospital run by Dr. Hanover. She is hiredRead More →
The Haunting of Bly Manor is the second story in the horror anthology by Netflix that also includes Hill House and has been collected in its entirety under the title The Haunting. Plot After the tragic death of a previous au pair, Henry Wingrave hires a young American woman as aRead More →
October is the month of falling leaves, the period in which life gives way to death, everything stops and then changes in the infinite circle of the seasons, to culminate with the most mystical festivity of the year: Halloween. So what better way to celebrate Samhain’s night than with theRead More →
The Witches by Roald Dahl is one of the most famous and lasting children’s books of the dark fantasy genre. After its first adaptation in 1990 with the same title, the story jumps back into current events with a new movie by HBO coming out on the 22nd of October in AmericaRead More →
We’re back with a new interview on our website. Today we’re sitting down once again with Sebastiano Brocchi, whom we met some time ago about the project titled Symmes. However, those of you who are familiar with Sebastiano’s work are well aware of how much of a versatile artist heRead More →
Released only a couple of months ago, Peninsula promises to expand the world created in Train to Busan and, following it, has to face very high expectations for a movie that’s been almost four years in the making. Plot Right after the zombie epidemic, an ex-soldier (played by Gang Dong-won) and his team look forRead More →
Train to Busan is the second movie of the saga in chronological order, but the first to be released in movies on a large scale and the one that most contributed, with its success, to the distribution of its prequel and the creation of its sequel. Plot During a tripRead More →
Right from its release, Train to Busan has gained fame and recognition that were fully deserved. It’s cemented itself almost immediately as one of the best movies of the horror renaissance of the last few years and brought with it the possibility of expanding its narrative universe with two more works, one thatRead More →
Enola Holmes opens the doors of the mystery genre for a new audience and gives an unexpected twist to an established character that is now part of the world’s popular culture. Plot When Enola Holmes (played by Millie Bobby Brown), Sherlock‘s (Henry Cavill) teenage sister, finds out that her mother has goneRead More →
Poetic, intimate, ironic, and sharp. Smoke Signals made his debut at Sundance Film Festival in 1998. Even before its release in theathers, the film had won two extremely important prizes. Two awards, the Filmmaker’s Trophy and the Audience Award, which announced its upcoming success. It was the first film toRead More →
The second season of The Umbrella Academy left everyone in awe, not only for the avalanche of events depicted, but also for all the possibilities it introduced for future seasons. Breakdown of some questions It’s already been over a month since the release of the second season of The UmbrellaRead More →
In chaotic New York, every afternoon, a group of friends gathers at Central Perk to have a giant cup of coffee. But yeah, you guessed it, I’m talking about them: Monica, Ross, Rachel, Phoebe, Joey and Chandler, those “friends” we all wish we had. The girls The end of Rachel‘sRead More →
First released in 1922, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is definitely one of the titles that paved the way for the wider horror cinematic genre. There was no way, then, for it not to be the first movie in our new segment: Steps in the Dark. Nosferatu: A Symphony ofRead More →
Le Rendez-Vous des Arts is an animation project from an idea by Walter Rastelli, a young photographer and director from the area surrounding Naples. In his small work, a short movie just a few minutes long, Rastelli tries to realise an ambitious project dedicated to Art in all its shapes.Read More →
The Great Mouse Detective is an animated film produced by Disney in 1986 and based on the adventures of another famous detective from London: Sherlock Holmes. The movie is probably not one of the most famous to come out of Disney, but it was certainly a pleasant surprise for fans of theRead More →
Call me by your name, a cinematic success that received glowing reviews from critics under every aspect but that may have had a different reaction from the wider audience. Synopsis From the novel of the same title by André Aciman, Call me by your name transports us to the summerRead More →
“The Power of Three will set us free. The Power of Three will set us free.” How many magical moments does this phrase bring to mind as we followed the Halliwell sisters in their struggle against the evil forces? Do not deny it, you too jealously guarded the desire toRead More →
A new column is coming on our portal and its name is Steps in the Dark and will be dedicated to horror movies of all time. As we have already done with Memories Forgotten, dedicated to animation we will face a path that will lead us to rediscover old cinematicRead More →
The Umbrella Academy season two: a one-year-and-a-half wait, but was it worth it? I swear there are no spoilers this time. Synopsis of season two Five warned his family (more than once) that using his powers to escape the 2019 apocalypse caused by Vanya would be risky. As it turnsRead More →
Brave New World, spectacular television adaptation or a story that leaves you wanting? This article may contain spoilers. Synopsis Brave New World is a new TV show from Peacock adapted from the book of the same title by Aldous Huxley. It talks about a utopic society that has reached stabilityRead More →
The Umbrella Academy, a streaming event that many hope will be a repeated success. The following article might contain spoilers. Synopsis On the same day of 1989, forty-three children are born from random women who weren’t showing any signs of pregnancy the previous day. Seven of them are adopted byRead More →
Lola is a short movie by Francesca Tasini (Artaia-la dolce Berlin) and an Anie Gombos, Mauro Paglialonga and Luigi de Vecchi production. It boasts a versatile, enthusiastic cast full of talents, most notable of which are Christina Andrea Rosamilia in the titular role of Lola, Klaus Salminen (Johnathan), and GiovanniRead More →
Warrior Nun, a TV series that goes beyond the laws of science and surpasses the most unconditional faith in the Church, appears on Netflix. Plot Ava Silva is quadriplegic. Stuck in bed in a Catholic orphanage in Spain, she doesn’t seem to have any prospects. But on a night perhapsRead More →
The Old Guard, just another action movie about superheroes or a story with a lot of potential? Synopsis Based on the graphic novel by Greg Rucka and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Old Guard tells the story of a warrior called Andy (played by Charlize Theron), leader of a mercenaryRead More →
Why often remember we the past with melancholy? Why would we want those years to come back? What dark mystery draws us back rather than forward? There is no correct or wrong answer to these questions. But, for those of you who suffer from chronic nostalgia like myself, we haveRead More →
Kirikou and the Sorceress is an animation movie released in 1998 directed by the French Michel Ocelot. In our column Forgotten Memories, we’ll start a new trip with the little Kirikou to a small African village plagued by drought end a terrifying witch eats the men and ask tolls toRead More →
City of Angels is the new Penny Dreadful spin-off. This name recalls about Los Angeles, so we can easily imagine that this season will be completely different from the others one. Plot 1938 Los Angeles is a time and place deeply infused with social and political tension. When a grislyRead More →
You, a word that means everything. Three letters that contain within them a world of meanings, when it comes to love … and vice versa when it comes to obsession. You – Plot of the first season Joe is charming and brilliant, a different, unique guy, maybe the right one,Read More →
Aida of the Trees is an animation movie released in 2001 by Medusa film and Lanterna Magica. We will talk about this movie in the new article of our column Forgotten Memories. Plot Arborea and Petra are two neighbouring countries perpetually at war with one another. Only the romantic relationshipRead More →
A few months ago, I found this show on Amazon Prime. NOS4A2 is a horror series that will enchant you with its originality, with the great potential to become something truly unique. Plot Victoria McQueen discovers she has an amazing power: she can find lost things. Onboard her motorcycle, sheRead More →
Momo is an animation movie released in 2001. It’s an Italian and German production by Checchi Gori Entertainment. It’s a little masterpiece even it seems it’s not famous as it deserves. So, I’d like to talk about it in this column Forgotten Memories. Plot Momo, a little orphan girl, livesRead More →
Forgotten Memories is the first column in our English version of our website. Here we’ll discuss old animation movies. Some days ago, we talk about Momo on our Instagram ad we found out a lot of people are interested in. So as the response of the poll, we create thisRead More →
Sigmund Freud is a character who never particularly fascinated me; but, for his historic and scientific importance, he caught soon my attention with a new Netflix series. Plot Struggling with career and cocaine, Freud is involved in a gruesome crime and then in an exclusive spirit session led by aRead More →
Still them, the vampires, with a new Netflix series that tries to identify them. Another time, science contrasts the popular belief which segregates these creatures in folklore. Plot Born in a vampires’ family, the teenager Doina rebels to her mother’s rules, refusing the pills that she has to swallow everyRead More →
We already wrote about Joker on our Italian version of this website. Joker is a movie directed by Todd Phillips with Joaquin Phoenix as the main character. Phoenix won the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role at Oscar Academy Award. A prize he fully deserved. Plot Read More →