All posts tagged "movie drama"
Movies
Movie Review: Cosmopolis
November 21, 2024The short shelf lives of even the best individuals. The apathy towards one’s surroundings. The vibe...
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Movie Review: Lawless
November 19, 2024From the opening credits, framed in a colorful autumn canopy, to the final shot, a restored...
Movies & TV
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Bugsy, #60
November 17, 2024Back home on the East Coast, he tells Lansky, “What do people always fantasize about? Sex,...
Movies
Movie Review: The Words
November 16, 2024In an age when originality is almost anathema to filmmaking (Hollywood, especially), it is exciting and...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films: Heat, #59
November 14, 2024This is an organized crime movie in the literal sense of that term. It’s not about...
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Movie Review: The Master
November 14, 2024The Master's really an existential voyage where The Cause, alcohol, sex, and loyalty serve as poor...
100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Jackie Brown, #58
November 13, 2024The cast is major league. Pam Grier reestablished her career playing the title character and Robert...
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Movie Review: End of Watch
November 11, 2024End Of Watch is a perfectly serviceable drama. It is also a bait and switch job....
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100 Greatest Gangster Films: Kill the Irishman, #57
November 9, 2024Greene’s story is told in the excellent 2011 biopic, Kill the Irishman, which covers his rise...
100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Drunken Angel, #56
November 7, 2024This one, we know, is a tough sell. Drunken Angel is a 60-plus-year-old, black-and-white, subtitled Japanese...