With the recent documentary series Mr. Scorsese about the life and work of Martin Scorsese, he says his collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio has been a way he can work to do more expensive projects. It’s been one of the most unusual collaborations as the director and former teen idol turned Oscar winner have a good track record. DiCaprio picks his projectsContinue reading “‘Shutter Island’ Leaves You To Wonder What Is Real And What Isn’t”
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We’ll Probably Never Know Jimmy Hoffa’s True Horrible Fate
Today is July 30. While that might not be a popular date, it was the day that 50 years ago in 1975 that Jimmy Hoffa Sr. disappeared near the Machaus Red Fox in the Detroit suburban community of Bloomfield Township, Mich. Eyewitnesses saw him and even chatted with him. Yet, little did Hoffa and anyoneContinue reading “We’ll Probably Never Know Jimmy Hoffa’s True Horrible Fate”
‘The King Of Comedy’ Really Is Nothing To Laugh About
The King of Comedy is the epitome of the idiom “Never meet your heroes.” It walks the line between a black comedy and a thriller. The only difference is its lighter tone in some scenes and a musical score that isn’t too ominous. Rupert Pupkin (Robert DeNiro) is the type of person you’d cross theContinue reading “‘The King Of Comedy’ Really Is Nothing To Laugh About”
Roger Corman Was The John The Baptist Of American Cinema
In the mid-1970s, Ron Howard was attempting to make a name for himself as a movie director after he had grown up over the years as a child actor. For a man who had appeared on two popular TV shows, been in the Oscar-nominated American Graffiti and even co-starred alongside The Duke himself John WayneContinue reading “Roger Corman Was The John The Baptist Of American Cinema”
‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Spotlights Dark Time In American History
One might not think Martin Scorsese would be the right person to direct a movie like Killers of the Flower Moon. Scorsese grew up in what was once called “Hell’s Kitchen.” People are trying to change that phrase and refer to it as Clinton as it’s always been. But it’s a neighborhood, a region ofContinue reading “‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Spotlights Dark Time In American History”
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