Blues Brothers to see again! – this is the Northeast

Strange week. Which starts off slow and then kicks off with some notable titles. Not interesting, but if you add the Blues Brothers to the story of Don Pino Puglisi and the Judge over a seven-day weekend, you’re all set!

Sunday, September 10th, waiting for The Blues Brothers.

Slow start to this week with few films of note. Let’s try to offer “Worth – The Pact” on La7 at 21.45. Since 9/11, a good Washington lawyer has been busy fighting the political apparatus, corruption and slow bureaucracy while defending the victims. Director: Sarah Colangelo. Cast: Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan. Production: USA. Year: 2021. Genre: Drama. Duration: 125 minutes.

Alternative on Iris at 21:00 with Scarface. The Rise of Tony Montana to the Role of Underworld Representative. A little long and maybe a little too violent, but it’s part of the story. Director: Brian De Palma. Starring: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer. Production: USA. Year: 1983. Genre: gangster. Duration: 170 minutes.

Two tips for Monday, September 11th.

On Iris at 21.00 here is “Unbroken”. America’s champion middle-distance runner enlists in the Air Force. During the flight he will be shot down and, after spending about fifty days at sea, he will be rescued by his enemies and sent to a concentration camp where he will be tortured. Director: Angelina Jolie. Starring: Jack O’Connell, Domnhall Gleeson. Production: USA. Year: 2014. Genre: drama. Duration: 130 minutes.

Rai 5 offers “Only Beautiful” at 21.15. Not far from Rimini, an African man, a former prostitute, a prisoner and two disabled young men found themselves in the same building that was being used as a “family home”. Director: Christian Gianfreda. Starring: Idamaria Recati, Luigi Navarra. Made in Italy. Year: 2019. Genre: Comedy. Duration: 90 minutes.

The Blues Brothers are still missing on Tuesday, September 12th.

Just one sentence this evening and we’re targeting The Old Man and the Gun at 9:15 pm on Paradise 5. Taken from a New Yorker article about the story of robber Forrest Tucker, who escaped from an eighteen-year prison. once. Director: David Lowry. Starring: Robert Redford, Casey Affleck. Production: USA. Year: 2018. Genre: Comedy. Duration: 95 minutes.

Wednesday, September 13, difficult choice for Nikita

At 21.00 “Nikita” airs on the “Iris” channel. A young woman who has dedicated herself to crime finds herself at a crossroads: either she becomes a killer for special assignments followed by the secret services, or she receives life imprisonment. A very strong and well-acted noir. Director: Luc Besson. Cast: Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hughes Anglade. Manufacture: France. Year: 1990. Genre: thriller. Duration: 115 minutes.

Another genre on Rai Movie at 21.10 with “Things I Didn’t Tell You About”. After about thirty years of marriage, the couple still does not get along and does not understand each other. He leaves her for someone else, and her thirty-year-old son has a crisis. Then it will help parents find each other and resume their story. Director: William Nicholson. Starring: Annette Benning, Bill Nighy. Manufacture: UK. Year: 2019. Genre: drama. Duration: 100 minutes.

Thursday, September 14th, The Blues Brothers are finally here… and everything makes sense.

Just one title, but it’s enough to spend a couple of hours in front of the TV. Let’s talk about the Blues Brothers on Twentyseven at 9:10 p.m. Two particularly extravagant brothers decide to organize a concert to prevent the closure of their old and never forgotten school. Top-notch screwball comedy with an unforgettable soundtrack featuring songs by Ray Charles, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin and James Brown. Director: John Landis. Starring: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd. Production: USA. Year: 1980. Genre: comedy. Duration: 130 minutes.

Friday, September 15th, after The Blues Brothers, Judge.

Let’s go to TV2000 at 20:55 and watch “In the Light of the Sun.” The story of Don Pino Puglisi, who on September 15, 1993, was killed by the mafia, who “didn’t like” his complete desire to take crime-oriented children off the streets. Director: Roberto Faenza. Cast: Luca Zingaretti, Alessia Goria. Made in Italy. Year: 2005. Genre: drama. Duration: 95 minutes.

Alternatively, here’s The Judge on Iris at 9:00 p.m. A very determined young lawyer from Chicago returns to his hometown to attend his mother’s funeral. He will meet his father, an elderly judge with whom he has not had a relationship for many years. Going to Chicago, he will have to stop because his father will be accused of murder. Director: David Dobkin. Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall. Production: USA. Year: 2014. Genre: drama. Duration: 140 minutes.

Closing Saturday, September 16th, after The Blues Brothers, Ice Age.

Let’s go to the third RAI for “The Mystery of Henri Pieck” at 21:20. A prominent TV literary critic will be fired for questioning the veracity of a best-selling author who turned out to be a nearly illiterate pizza maker. He is convinced that a famous writer is behind him, acting as a “ghost writer.” Very interesting. Director: Remi Besancon. Cast: Fabrice Luchini, Camille Cottin. Manufacture: France. Year. 2019. Genre: Comedy. Duration: 100 minutes.

We end the week by also offering Ice Age on Italia 1 at 21:20. During the last ice age, a rugged false mammoth and a very talkative sloth meet and work together to return a male cub to its home village. Director: Chris Wedge. Production: USA. Year: 2002. Genre: animation. Duration: 80 minutes.