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“To be honest, it has been a while since I saw this movie and maybe I should re-watch it at some point. Basically, I bumped into this movie in a DVD shop, if I recall it correctly, and since I have always been a fan of Luchino Visconti’s work, I thought I might as well check it out. Indeed, I alway” read more
Notes: There was a time, in the 90’s, when there was some kind of wave of movies dealing with the black ghettos in the US and, from all these movies, this must be the most famous one. To be honest, in this genre, I always preferred ‘Menace II Society’ which was even bleaker but there is no doubt that this movie was really good as well. Indeed, it was a realistic and heartbreaking take on the harsh reality of living in these neighborhoods, something that didn’t much change during the following 25 years. Back then, John Singleton at 24 years old became the youngest person ever to be nominated for the Best Director Academy Award and, even though many thought he had a bright future ahead, his career turned out to be only decent at best (for example, his last decent directing effort was the really weak ‘Abduction’ starring Taylor Lautner). 
“To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this flick but since it was available on HBO, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, as usual with Adam Sandler, it turned out to be pretty lame, I'm afraid. I mean, to make a comedy about vintage gaming, after above all the success of 'Wreck-It Ralp” read more
“Back in the 90's, I was a huge fan of Abel Ferrara, especially after watching ‘Bad Lieutenant’ which remains one of the best movies ever made in my opinion and I believe that most of his work he released at the time was really interesting. As a result, I was really eager to check this flick even” read more
Notes: I haven't seen this one yet...
Top 10 worst movies 2016
Let's Talk About Piracy (6 movies items)"For the record, I'm 36 years old and I have never downloaded a movie. :) On the other hand, I have to admit that I use Popcorn Time on a regular basis which is also illegal but I use it only because "
“Since I’m a huge Reggae fan, of course, I had to watch this movie at some point. Eventually, 40 years later, it might look pretty cheap and since it was pretty much the very first movie of this kind ever produced in Jamaica, the directing and acting were sometimes rather weak due to some lack of e” read more
“By now, I have seen most of the movies directed by Luc Besson and, even though he was probably regarded in the 80’s-90’s as the most promising French director, I think his career turned out to be rather underwhelming. I mean, sure, he was made some decent films but his last major critical hit wa” read more
Notes: I haven't seen this one yet...
“I have noticed this movie didn’t get much love when it was released but I thought it was actually pretty good. Basically, back in the 90's, I was a huge fan of Abel Ferrara, especially after watching ‘Bad Lieutenant’ which remains one of the best movies ever made in my opinion and I believe th” read more
Notes: I haven't seen this one yet...
“Not so long ago, I saw '3 Days to Kill' and since this movie was the last one directed by McG that I hadn't watch so far, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even if it had slightly more potential than '3 Days to Kill', it wasn't really much better, I'm afraid. I mean, in fact, there was b” read more
What is it about?
A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
My verdict:
Well, the damned thing definitly deserves its stellar reputation, that's for sure. It is also another proof that the Neflix TV-shows are some of the best in the world while their movies are still terribly lacking with a very few exceptions like 'Beasts of No Nation', 'Mudbound' and 'Roma'.
Will I watch the following seasons?
By now, I have seen the whole thing and also 'Narcos: Mexico'. Easily one of the best thing delivered by Netflix so far. 
“This is a rather weird movie. Indeed, I had actually never heard about the damned thing and, if I recall it correctly, I bumped into it when I was at my local DVD renting shop (yes, back then, we didn’t illegally download movies, we used to rent them…). Basically, it was a rather obscure US ” read more