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Posts Tagged "Martin Scorsese"

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Gangs of New York ***** (2002, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson, Henry Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 276

Leonardo DiCaprio stars in Martin Scorsese’s eagerly awaited, highly ambitious and well received 2002 American fictional historical epic. In an unpleasant slap in the face, it was nominated for 10 Oscars and didn’t win a single one. […]

Oct, 07

Woodstock ***** (1970, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Santana, Canned Heat, Joan Baez) – Classic Movie Review 197

Michael Wadleigh’s 1970 music documentary is absolutely fantastic, both for the astounding music and as a treasured time capsule. Released in cinemas to huge audiences and acclaim at the time, it’s essential viewing for all […]

Aug, 28

Cape Fear **** (1991, Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Illeana Douglas, Joe Don Baker) – Classic Movie Review 177

Martin Scorsese boldly remakes J Lee Thompson’s much-admired 1962 thriller masterwork Cape Fear, based on John D MacDonald’s novel The Executioners. Scorsese has the right actor in mind in his regular star Robert De Niro, […]

Aug, 19

Casino ***** (1995, Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles, Alan King) – Classic Movie Review 83

Actors Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci (again playing canny and crazed gangsters), director Martin Scorsese and writer Nicholas Pileggi take up where they left off in Goodfellas, taking a gamble on retreading old ground, […]

Jul, 24

GoodFellas ***** (1990, Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino) – Classic Movie Review 58

Director Martin Scorsese employs Robert De Niro in 1990 for the sixth time in his 30-year real-life gangster epic GoodFellas, one of his key masterworks. It motors on the sizzling Oscar-nominated screenplay he co-wrote with Nicholas […]

Jul, 17

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