mob boss
Listed below are all the posts we have tagged with the term "mob boss"Winona Ryder – Winona Ryder Joins The Iceman
Winona Ryder has replaced Maggie Gyllenhaal as the wife of notorious mafia contract killer Richard Kuklinki in 'The Iceman'. Winona Ryder has replaced Maggie Gyllenhaal in 'The Iceman'. The 'Black Swan' actress will take on the role of Deborah Kuklinski – who was unaware her husband Richard Kuklinki (Michael Shannon) was a notorious mafia contract [...]
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'Playboy Club' series premiere recap
My colleague Ken Tucker has referred to The Playboy Club as "the least sexy new show of the fall season," and I'll give him that. We've seen Beyoncé, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Miley Cyrus wear as little onstage as these Bunnies, so the heaving bosoms blend into the background. The men in the [...]
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2011 TV season: Few smooth takeoffs, many bumpy arrivals
Grimm Friday, Oct. 21, 9 p.m., NBC More storybook stuff: A Portland, Ore., police detective named Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli) learns from his dying aunt that he’s descended from a long line of Grimms, who’ve been secretly keeping the world safe from big bad wolves and other legendary beastlies that are disguised as everyday people. [...]
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Mini reviews
Published: September 9, 2011 Updated: 09/09/2011 04:07 pm Apollo 18 "Found footage" horror movie about the unknown Apollo 18 mission, which reveals why the United States never went back to the moon. Was not screened for critics. 90 minutes (PG-13; for disturbing sequence and profanity) 30 Minutes or Less In a set up that sounds [...]
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The Departed Is Best Mob Film Since Mario Puzo's The Godfather in 1972
The Departed – 4 Stars (Excellent) Let me get to the most important thing first: Director Martin Scorsese won an Oscar for The Departed. Scorsese, one of the most accomplished directors of our era, has been nominated for 7 Oscars-5 for Best Director and 2 for Best Screenplay-before winning with The Departed. He had also [...]
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My Favorite Morgan Freeman Films of All Time
I always knew Morgan Freeman was one of my favorite actors, but I had never realized how many incredible films he has been in over the years. there are probably ten films in my all time top fifty that star Morgan Freeman. whether he is the lead, a supporting actor, or simply narrating the story, [...]
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FELICE'S LOG: Favorite Movies of the 1970s
Below is a list of my favorite movies released during the 1970s: FAVORITE MOVIES OF THE 1970s 1. "Chinatown" (1974) – Jack Nicholson starred in this Oscar winning movie who became embroiled in murder and corruption over the City of Los Angeles' water rights during the late 1930s. Faye Dunaway, John Huston and Perry Lopez [...]
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Will Joseph Gordon-Levitt Replace Heath Ledger as The Joker?
When Warner Bros. announced last Friday that Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play a villainous role in 2012’s The dark Knight Rises, speculation has run rampant. Could the actor replace Heath Ledger as the Joker? both actors bear a strong resemblance. Gordon-Levitt, who is re-teaming with his Inception director, Christopher Nolan, will play Alberto Falcone (AKA the Holiday [...]
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Qaddafi's son bankrolling Hollywood movies including "Mafia Contract Killer" with Mickey Rourke – Boing Boing
22 Comments • Add a comment I cannot wait for the straight-to-DVD film where some mob boss loses his fortune. at some point there is some crying mob boss—who has a big umbrella—who talks about all the drugs the cops put in his underlings coffee to twist them against the mob boss. Somehow the mob [...]
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The Ace Black Blog: Movie Review: GoodFellas (1990)
Based on the true story of new York mafia gangster Henry Hill, GoodFellas is a sprawling, entertaining epic that covers three decades in the lives of colourful criminals. While GoodFellas lacks the gravitas of The Godfather, it makes up for it with irresistible personality. It's 1955, and teenager Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) is growing up [...]
