The setting is France in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars in the mid 1800s. Marcello Mastrioanni is Fulvio Imbriani, a man of noble birth who refuses to give up the location of a secret revolutionary group called the Sublime Brothers. The Grand Duke decides to free Fulvio at the advice of his consigliere. At…
The Devil in Maddalena Blu-ray review
The Devil in Maddalena is a love story of about a woman who wants to give love to a priest who is battling to stay celibate. Maddalena (Lisa Gastoni, Come Play with Me) is a woman who is desperate to find real love in a steady, secure relationship. Her husband (Ivo Garrani, Hercules, Waterloo) is…
The Hills Run Red (1966) Blu-ray review
Known in Italy as Un Fiume di dollari, which in English means A River of Dollars, but in America, it is recognized under the title The Hills Run Red, this picture is a 1966 Spaghetti Western film directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film stars Thomas Hunter along with legendary American actors Henry Silva and Dan Duryea….
RIP: Ennio Morricone
July 6th, 2020, we lost a legend today. The great Italian composer Ennio Morricone has left us. But I won’t dwell on the negative. The man left behind a wide legacy, wider then any epic landscape, with more iconic scores then I could possibly count. Morricone was classically trained and loved playing the trumpet. For…