The King of Comedy features Rupert Pupkin’s (Robert De Niro) story of his love for Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis), a late night talk show host. Pupkin’s love, however, borders on obsession and leads to a slew …
Robert De Niro
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Cape Fear is a Hitchcock film without Hitchcock. Who better to make it than Martin Scorcese, the master of all things bloody and dark? It’s the kind of film that theaters were made for. Cape Fear is …
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ComedyReviews
Robert De Niro Tries to Kill Tommy Lee Jones in the Mild Hollywood Satire, ‘The Comeback Trail’
When it comes to the Hollywood satire, the gold standard will forever be Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, followed by Robert Altman’s The Player. Other underappreciated jewels to this genre are The Coen Brothers’ Barton Fink, …
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In case you were not aware, Goodfellas actually doesn’t have good fellas in it. I don’t mean the actors — the actors are great and are on par with every other Martin Scorsese film. What I …
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Years removed from movies like Goodfellas, Casino, Mean Streets, and even The Departed, Martin Scorsese returned to the gangster genre with The Irishman, which acts as a direct commentary on those previous films. And his …
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When it comes to movies, it’s been a particularly good year for me. I don’t expect to come across another year quite like it any time soon. The magic started at the end of May …
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Joker has been out for about a month now, and over the course of that month, it managed to take over meme culture, stir up some unneeded controversy, and gross well over $900 million (and …
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A movie entitled “Joker” has arrived in theaters. Odds are that you may have heard about it. Maybe. Joker is all over the place from fire memes to fire think pieces. Everyone has an opinion, …
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ReviewsSuperhero
‘Joker’ is a Seemingly Provocative Yet Ultimately Empty Genre Exercise
by Nick Kushby Nick KushWith Joker being such a blatant homage to the works of Martin Scorsese and other filmmakers that told scuzzy New York dramas in the 1970s and 1980s, it’s interesting timing that Scorsese himself, while on …
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Retrospectives
Is the Russian Roulette Sequence in ‘The Deer Hunter’ One of the Best Movie Scenes Ever Made?
by Nick Kushby Nick KushFor the longest time, The Deer Hunter was one of those movies that I knew I should watch, but never got around to doing so, that is until my father essentially forced me to sit down and …
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Heat (1995), the famous first pairing of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, was so well made, with such high quality on both sides of the camera, that it was too good
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Martin Scorsese has made a living of retelling outrageous, true stories surrounding flawed characters and their connections with less than reputable characters. Casino, Scorsese’s eighth team-up with Robert De Niro, depicts a truly burdensome time …