All posts tagged "movie drama"
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Underworld, U.S.A., #42
January 18, 2022Underworld, U.S.A.’s original opening—in which prostitutes joke of starting a union and holding a “stand-up strike”—was...
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Movies
Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty
January 16, 2022Despite Bret Easton Ellis's claims to the contrary, Bigelow is an interesting filmmaker because of her...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Infernal Affairs, #41
January 13, 2022Martin Scorsese used this movie as the framework for The Departed. And while Infernal Affairs has...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Miller’s Crossing, #40
January 9, 2022In a cast as deep as the 1998 Yankees, two performances stand out. Character actor Jon...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, #39
January 1, 2022The twisting, amusing heist movie was written and directed by Guy Ritchie, a 29-year-old Brit who...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Friends of Eddie Coyle, #38
December 27, 2021There is no glamour in the underworld of Eddie Coyle, nor is there any attempt by...
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Movies
Movie Review: Side Effects
December 24, 2021Side Effects is the twisty story of Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara), a depressive young woman whose...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: A History of Violence, #37
December 21, 2021Joey Cusack was the nastiest guy in Philadelphia’s Irish mob. He killed dozens, sometimes without the...
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Movies
Movie Review: Beautiful Creatures
December 19, 2021Scripted and paced with impressive skill and thoughtfulness, this movie manages to be witty, racy, and...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Pépé le Moko, #36
December 15, 2021Pépé le Moko is described as a foray into poetic realism and as the precursor to...
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