All posts tagged "movie drama"
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Valachi Papers, #70
April 21, 2022While the acting is choppy and sometimes overly dramatic in The Valachi Papers, the story stays...
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Movies
Movie Review: Magic Mike
April 20, 2022The genesis of Magic Mike came from conversations between Tatum and Soderbergh while filming Haywire. Tatum...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Let Him Have It, #69
April 17, 2022As the days tick down, you’ll start to sweat. As the hanging occurs—graphically and efficiently—you may...
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Movies
Movie Review: Savages
April 17, 2022Most entertaining are Benicio Del Toro and John Travolta. Del Toro plays Lado, Elena’s right hand...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Atlantic City, #68
April 14, 2022Lou was one tough Atlantic City gangster in his time. Says he knew Al Capone, Lucky...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Key Largo, #67
April 10, 2022As the hurricane rages and Rocco paces nervously, McCloud tries to get in his head. “You...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: State of Grace, #66
April 7, 2022In real life, the Westies developed working relationships with both the Genovese and Gambino crime families...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Salvatore Giuliano, #65
April 5, 2022There is a common refrain among academics and law enforcement officials who have studied the Italian...
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Movies
Movie Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild
March 31, 2022Along with energy of place, comes a specific manifestation of that energy in the person of...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Asphalt Jungle, #63
March 30, 2022This tale of a jewel theft gone wrong is credited with resetting the ground rules for...