Stagecoach (1939)
"If there's anything I don't like, it's driving a stagecoach through Apache country."
Once again, I find myself impressed by a truly old film—probably the oldest one I’ve ever seen. It’s also my first John Ford and John Wayne film, and I couldn’t have liked it more. It’s amazing how the Western genre continues to surprise me. If a movie is 85 years old and still easy to watch today, it has to be something special—and Stagecoach absolutely…
Hell or High Water (2016)
"We ain't stealing from you. We're stealing from the bank."
This film completely blew me away. It exemplifies what the evolution of the Western genre can and should be. As part of the new wave of the "neo-Western," it masterfully blends classic Western elements with contemporary storytelling, showing how the genre can thrive in a modern context.
Hell or High Water is about two pairs of characters: a duo of brothers committing a series of…
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
"Send a fox to catch a fox."
Three Outlaw Samurai is an amazing samurai film from the Golden Era of Japanese cinema. I’m surprised I’d heard so little about it, considering how great it is.
The film tells a gripping story of samurai defending peasants in their fight for justice. It’s packed with treachery, unexpected plot twists, compelling characters, fascinating relationships, and plenty of intense action.
For an old black-and-white movie, Three Outlaw Samurai is visually…
Tron (1982)
"On the other side of the screen, it all looks so easy."
As a casual fan of the sequel, I never thought that I would like this movie this much.
Tron is an absolute classic sci-fi film and now I can see why, even though the VFX looks terrible nowadays, it’s a pretty fun movie.
One of the first films with this idea of coming inside a computer or a videogame, and it proposes very interesting concepts like…
