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ACAB, the interview with Adriano Giannini: "When it comes to the police the debate is always alive, we expect everything"

ACAB, the interview with Adriano Giannini: “When it comes to the police the debate is always alive, we expect everything”

“The public debate when we talk about the police, but also when we talk about the underworld, the mafia, is always alive.” This is how Adriano Giannini comments on the series “ACAB”, available on Netflix from January 15th, which sees him among the protagonists. “Honestly, however – he continues – I think that the real debate regarding a series like ...

RL Stine, author of Goosebumps: "The real world is much scarier than a horror book"

RL Stine, author of Goosebumps: “The real world is much scarier than a horror book”

His name is Robert Lawrence Stine but everyone knows him as “RL Stine”, the author of one of the most read children’s book series in the world, Goosebumps. These horror stories, which have scared generations of kids from the ’90s to today, have become an anthology series streaming on Disney+. From January 10, 2025, the Goosebumps series is back with ...

There are no heroes when the State kills a boy

There are no heroes when the State kills a boy

There are no heroes when the State kills a boy Several years ago, when after graduating I became a proofreader as my first “growing up” job, I worked on a publication on the history of the Italian armed forces. I was particularly struck by the biography of a famous carabiniere, who perhaps was Salvo D’Acquisto or some other illustrious hero ...

"Piccoli Vivivi" is back and you shouldn't miss it

“Piccoli Vivivi” is back and you shouldn’t miss it

“Piccoli Vivivi” is back and you shouldn’t miss it “Piccoli Chivi” returns with the second season, entitled “The mysterious adventure” and it is a welcome return, certainly for those who appreciated the first season last year, one of the most beautiful surprises of the genre, capable of bringing back to life a must-see of the TV of the 90s, while ...

Matteo Salvini's great revolution: stopping the trains

Matteo Salvini’s great revolution: stopping the trains

Matteo Salvini’s great revolution: stopping the trains Like the Minister of Transport, Matteo Salvini, I belong to the generation that played with electric trains. We were divided by social class: the expensive Märklin models, the highly sought after Rivarossi and the proletarian Lima floor models, like mine. I thought about this when a few days ago, in the midst of ...

Everyone loves Guè

Everyone loves Guè

Everyone loves Guè Finding it like this, on the cover above The Friday of the Republic for the release of the new album Tropic of Capricorninterviewed by Paolo Sorrentino (who in an extremely beautiful article spends words of love for him: “He doesn’t care about political correctness, in his songs and in life. He is free and says whatever he ...

The many falsehoods (and inaccuracies) of the Rai 1 miniseries on Leopardi

The many falsehoods (and inaccuracies) of the Rai 1 miniseries on Leopardi

The many falsehoods (and inaccuracies) of the Rai 1 miniseries on Leopardi In recent days the miniseries “Leopardi” by Sergio Rubini was broadcast on Rai 1, preceded by grandiose declarations from the director, who stated that he wanted to tell a “different” Leopardi, new to the usual image of the depressed pessimist. This is the reason, according to him, for ...

Five films and a TV series to watch on Prime Video this week

Five films and a TV series to watch on Prime Video this week

Looking for tips on what to stream on Prime Video in the next few days? Here, like every Monday, are our streaming recommendations picked from the latest releases and expiring titles. Among the new features we would like to point out first of all the release of the biographical sports film Unstoppable, and then also the German thriller The Calendar ...