Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Paul Sorvino"

Check out all of the posts tagged with "Paul Sorvino".

The Panic in Needle Park **** (1971, Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright, Kiel Martin, Raul Julia, Gil Rogers, Joe Santos, Paul Sorvino) – Classic Movie Review 3480

Director Jerry Schatzberg’s 1971 searing downer of movie about the heroin addicts who frequent ‘Needle Park’ stars the up-coming Al Pacino in his second film, just before he hit it big with The Godfather. A downbeat but […]

Mar, 19

Cruising ** (1980, Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen) – Classic Movie Review 2,974

William Friedkin’s infamous 1980 thriller film Cruising stars Al Pacino as New York City police detective Steve Burns, who goes undercover among the gay leather set to catch an S&M serial killer preying on gay […]

Oct, 10

Knock Off *** (1998, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Paul Sorvino, Rob Schneider, Lela Rochon) – Classic Movie Review 2085

Director Tsui Hark’s 1998 movie, set in Hong Kong,  is one of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s better all-action thrillers. Van Damme stars as Marcus Ray, a fashion designer who is drawn into a black market conspiracy […]

Jan, 18

The Gambler **** (1974, James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton) – Classic Movie Review 1974

Director Karel Reisz’s visceral but cerebral 1974 thriller stars James Caan as college literature professor Axel Freed, who has a secret vice as a compulsive gambler with a masochistic urge to lose and an inability to stop […]

Dec, 19

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

Navigation

Please use the navigation to move within this section.