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  The Man Who Would Be King 1975

  ★★★½ Watched 28 Feb 2025

  The movie adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's novel of the same name is a gripping and spectacular adventure film. The work has a circular structure, where the prologue and epilogue of the story take place in the present while the narration of the event is a long flashback that covers the entire film. If the initial part of the film is light-hearted and adventurous (highlighted by the frequent long and very long shots and the epic soundtrack by Maurice Jarre) the…

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  Beverly Hills Cop 1984

  ★★★½ Watched 15 Feb 2025

  Beverly Hills Cop è uno dei film simbolo dei sfavillanti anni 80 , lanciando nell’ olimpo delle star Eddie Murphy, che già stava avendo un grandissimo successo al Saturday Night Live.

  La trama è un riuscito mix di commedia e azione con una robusta dose di volgarità e violenza che verrà poi persa nei successivi film della serie. Durante la visione è evidente la volontà di creare un forte contrasto tra la città di Detroit (sporca, fumosa) con la città…

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  My Darling Clementine 1946

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Dec 2024

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Prey 2022

  ★★½ Watched 03 Nov 2024

  I have always appreciated the Predator saga; the fight, inside a sort of arena that is jungle or metropolis, between humans and a hyper-technological and warrior alien race, obsessed with the search for an opponent worthy of their strength. So, after reading positive reviews on this new iteration of the fighting alien, I finally saw Prey. Why did it disappoint me?

  Movies like these, with a very linear and simple plot that develops through actions rather than words have always…