Scorsese’s latest crime epic is as impressive as it is ambitious, worthy of the excitement it generated as soon as the incredible cast, which includes the likes of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, was announced. Although The Irishman is better suited to its natural home of Netflix due to it’s outrageous three and a […]
Martin Scorsese’s filmography includes everything from biopics to psychological thrillers to dark comedies, but the director is arguably best-known for his gangster epics. After releasing his last gangster film, The Departed, 13 years ago, Scorsese’s newest addition to the genre, The Irishman, is set to arrive in select theatres next month. The Irishman premiered at […]
You could be forgiven for assuming that a villain origin story is going to amount to little more than a desperate attempt to squeeze cash out of an already saturated market. Yet such a description is not apt for Todd Phillips’ Joker. The film is not without its flaws, but it is still a terrifying, […]
As the follow-up to Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo’s 1972 classic The Godfather, often considered one of the best films ever made, 1974’s The Godfather: Part II had perhaps the highest hurdle to cross that any sequel could be faced with. When you consider that the film had no source material outlining its plot […]
In not exactly the most innovative or interesting attempts at comedy, Robert De Niro’s raunchy, foul-mouthed Dirty Grandpa may not mark the beginning of a new golden age in his career, but it certainly won’t do anything too terrible for it either. After the death of his wife, Dick Kelly (De Niro) tricks his straight-laced […]