Director: Taylor Hackford/2017
Life has been a series of ups and downs for Jackie (Robert De Niro), a gifted comic who is in the twilight of his career. Jac...
Director Jonathan Jakubowicz/2016
Pound for pound, Hands of Stone is another great boxing movie in the lineage of Rocky and Raging Bull. Leaning more toward...
Something To Do With Sergio Leone?
If it's true, as Sir Christopher Frayling claims in his seminal book on Sergio Leone, Something to do with Death, the direct...
An Ode To It
DIRECTOR: DAVID O. RUSSELL/2016
It’s been a year of joy at the cinema. The emotion has run the gamut of characters bearing the name to varying...
30 Years of Pop Culture Must-Sees (1985-1990)
Imagine that you are among the first wave of the invading alien horde, still scouting out the best way to destroy...
Our Crew Weighs In On Seeing Essential De Niro Films For The First Time
Brian De Palma discovered him, Martin Scorsese made him an icon. On screen, he is ...
Bring A Vomit Bag.
DIRECTED BY DAVID GROVIC/2014
Every once in a while, a movie is able to do a lot with just a little bit. Able to accomplish the impossibl...
"Rocky vs. Raging Bull" Comedy Matches Expectations, and Then Some
DIRECTED BY PETER SEGAL/2013
“No matter how hard you guys work, you won’t be your best.”
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Is This the Start of the AARP Pack, a Rival to the Rat Pack and Brat Pack?
Director: JON TURTELTAUB/2013
The 2001 Ocean’s 11 remake, starring George Clooney...
Not the Cliche Movie it Looks Like, But Not Great Either.
Director: LUC BESSON/2013
Luc Besson returns to the director’s chair after being known the last fe...