
My Favorite Movies: The Departed (2006)
“When I was your age, they would say you could become cops or criminals; today what I’m saying to you is this: When facing a...
“When I was your age, they would say you could become cops or criminals; today what I’m saying to you is this: When facing a...
“I’m dancing to the music of the madness inside me.” -George C Wolfe The actors chosen to don the infamous clown makeup is nearly as...
I wanted to write something for my dad that was related to movies and here it is. This a very personal piece of my life...
A violent film that shows almost no violence sounds like the ramblings of an incoherent madman but I assure you despite the just off camera...
For the most part, directors are an unknown for general audiences. They really couldn’t care less. Then there are those whose names nearly overshadow the...
Silence has never been so deafening. It was in 1988 after the premiere of Scorsese’s controversial film The Last Temptation of Christ made its debut,...
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.” -Henry Hill (1955) It brings about questions of morality and acceptability…...
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.” This unforgettable declaration given by Henry Hill in the 1990 Martin...
In 1999, Nicolas Cage starred in Bringing Out the Dead, directed by Martin Scorsese. A neo-noir thriller in its own right, this is truly the...
I was having a conversation with my friend as we were driving to see this film. We were discussing directors who, when involved in a...
When I saw the trailer for American Hustle, David O. Russell’s slick, new period piece about con artists in the late 1970s, my initial thought...
A little fish in a big pond; this film is one of the most extreme visions of that very simple and innocent saying. This is...