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...
Martin Scorsese
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: JOKER
“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...
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At the Movies with my Dad
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...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: You Were Never Really Here
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...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Dunkirk
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...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: Silence
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,...
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A Tribute to Goodfellas: A 25 Year-Old Masterpiece
“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…...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: GoodFellas 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition
“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...
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Movies You May Have Missed: Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
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...
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Film Review: The Wolf of Wall Street
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...
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A Salty Winters Film Review: American Hustle
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...
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Nerdlocker Movie Review: The Counselor
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...
