Tag: gangster
REVIEW: The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
The Many Saints of Newark was a risky proposition from the get-go. To follow up something as beloved and intricately constructed as The Sopranos is one of the clearest examples of a fool’s errand imaginable. It becomes greater in the wake of El Camino, which added nothing to Breaking Bad and ruine...
Read MoreThe Godfather Part III Gets an Update
Just when movie fans thought they were out, Francis Ford Coppola pulls them back in. A new version of The Godfather Part III called The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone will be released in December. The trailer promises a new beginning and a new ending, calling it “the filmmaker’s t...
Read MoreStephan James to Star in American Son
According to a Deadline exclusive, Stephan James, star of the Oscar-winning If Beale Street Could Talk, will appear in crime thriller American Son for Paramount. An adaptation of French film The Prophet, American Son is about a prisoner who becomes the protégé of a powerful gangster and builds an ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Gentlemen (2020)
The Gentlemen has always been a bittersweet prospect for me because it meant director Guy Ritchie would not return to helm the proposed third installment of his Sherlock Holmes series. Despite this, I was excited to see one of my favorite directors return to his roots after big-budget films like Kin...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Irishman (2019)
Since the 1930s, the gangster has permeated cinema and given birth to some of the defining characters of the medium over the years, inspiring debate from fans and critics alike (including this reviewer’s thesis). From Edward G. Robinson’s Caesar Enrico Bandello in 1931’s Little Caesar to Marlo...
Read MoreNew Irishman Trailer Arrives Online
The new trailer for Martin Scorsese’s upcoming gangster epic The Irishman has arrived online. The new trailer for the film based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses, opens with Ray Romano’s Bill Bufalino having a meeting with Robert DeNiro’s Frank Sheeran. As he asks Sheeran a myriad of quest...
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