JFK, 1991. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones, Laurie Metcalf, Gary Oldman, Michael Rooker, Jay O. Sanders, Sissy Spacek, and Joe Pesci. SYNOPSIS: Oliver Stone’s controversial classic JFK makes its debut on 4K UltraHD from Shout! Factory, featuring newly remastered prints of the Director’s Cut and the theatrical version […]
Pete Davidson’s Bupkis gets a trailer from Peacock
Peacock has released a trailer and poster for Bupkis, the upcoming comedy from writer and producer Pete Davidson. The semi-biographical series follows Davidson as a fictionalised version of himself as he attempts to work through the complexities of fame and forming meaningful relationships. Bupkis, a half-hour live-action comedy, is a heightened, fictionalized version of […]
Movie Review – Casino (1995)
Casino, 1995. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Don Rickles, Kevin Pollak, and James Woods. SYNOPSIS: A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast-living […]
Joe Pesci to play Pete Davidson’s grandfather in Bupkis
Having been tempted out of retirement by good pal Martin Scorsese for The Irishman, Oscar-winner Joe Pesci has now signed on to star alongside Pete Davidson and Edie Falco in the upcoming Peacock comedy series Bupkis. The half-hour action comedy series is described as a heightened, fictionalised version of Davidson’s life, combining grounded storytelling with […]
Is Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman a ‘vanity project’?
Anghus Houvouras on Netflix vanity projects and The Irishman… Modern journalism is about rapid-fire reactions. That is the highest priority. Quickly getting a ‘hot take’ out for the world to see before anyone else does in the hopes of getting likes, upvotes and views. Getting things right is a distant second. Which is why I […]
Looking Back at the Lethal Weapon Franchise
With reports of the long awaited fifth instalment still appearing regularly, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the iconic action franchise on the 34th anniversary of the first movie… As an 80’s kid, the end of the decade and into the 90’s saw two action franchises become particularly prevalent among my video collection. I’d not be […]
What makes a great Oscar acceptance speech?
On the eve of the 92nd Academy Awards begins, a mixture of trepidation and excitement is rife among avid Oscar-watchers over what is quite possibly the ceremony’s most consistent source of entertainment: the acceptance speeches. Here, George Nash muses over what makes a great one… The shocks. The snubs. The nauseating self-importance. With so much […]
How the woke self-righteous ‘protectors’ Anna Paquin never asked for undermine her performance in The Irishman
Tom Jolliffe looks at the controversy surrounding Anna Paquin’s role in The Irishman… As we sit here in an age where voicing an opinion is so simple, we have also witnessed the rise in the self-righteous keyboard warrior, who stands heroically in front of the oppressed (even if said oppressed never asked for it). In […]
Movie Review – The Irishman (2019)
The Irishman. 2019 Directed by Martin Scorsese Starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Bobby Cannavale, Ray Romano, Stephen Graham, Kathrine Narducci, J.C. MacKenzie, Craig Vincent, Anna Paquin, Gary Basaraba, Jesse Plemons, Jack Huston, Domenick Lombardozzi, India Ennenga, Joseph Russo, John Cenatiempo, Larry Romano, Sebastian Maniscalco, Rebecca Faulkenberry, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jeremy Luke, Natasha Romanova, […]
Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman gets a final trailer
With just a week to go until The Irishman arrives on Netflix, the streaming service has released the final trailer for Martin Scorsese’s upcoming mob epic which you can watch below… SEE ALSO: Al Pacino and Stephen Graham butt heads in clip from The Irishman Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci star in […]