Directed by Martin Scorsese Alright so we know the story, the rise and fall of Henry Hill from "I always wanted to be a gangster" to "I'm an average nobody... get to live the rest of my life like a schnook." It's a classic gangster story and even more than that an American story. You … Continue reading Goodfellas (1990)
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Atlantic City (1980)
Directed by Louis Malle Lou (Burt Lancaster) is an aged gangster who longs for the mythologized days of old, and Sally (Susan Sarandon) is a young waitress who hopes to absorb some of his sophistication. Though they live next door to each other it's only over the course of a handful of days that they … Continue reading Atlantic City (1980)
The Mule (2018)
Directed by Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood's The Mule is ludicrous. Its predictability wouldn't normally be a problem were it at least a little fun, but the movie takes itself very seriously. Eastwood plays the central character, a 90 year old Earl Stone, who is at all times the moral center of the movie, which is absurd … Continue reading The Mule (2018)
High Sierra (1941)
Directed by Raoul Walsh "It's infernally cold up here, maybe it's nerves. The rock above, where Earle is hiding looks like a huge ice berg. Whenever the flares are lit, the faces of the crowd gathered around here look like great masts of snow. They look dead, all but their eyes..." - Radio Reporter at … Continue reading High Sierra (1941)
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