Hollywood has been making gangster films for decades, and some are even considered among the greatest works in this genre.…
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Action
Review: ’Live by Night’s’ Melodramatic and Overtly-Plotted Screenplay Misses the Mark of a Potential Good Film
Drama
Review: Of Boston Films and Personal Growth; ‘Good Will Hunting,’ Affleck and Damon’s Scriptwriting Masterclass, Still Excels
At first glance, Gus Van Sant’s “Good Will Hunting” is about a young man of extreme intelligence caught between two…
Crime
The Departed (R)
In “The Departed”, Jack Nicholson’s Frank Costello sets the scene early on with this quote: “When I was your age…
Biography
Review: Powerful and Thorough, ‘Spotlight’ Details its Discoveries with Depth and Realism
“Spotlight” must have been difficult to make. It’s a story about sexual abuse in the Catholic church, over a span…
Drama
The Long Awake (NR)
“Go to hell, you damn moon.” This has to be my favorite piece of dialogue in this film, “The Long…
Drama
Being Flynn (R)
American writer Nick Flynn won the prestigious PEN International award in 2004 for his memoir ‘Another Bullshit Night in Suck…
Comedy
Fever Pitch (PG-13)
Bobby and Peter Farrelly have wracked up a pretty decent following in Hollywood. Directors of such movies as “There’s Something…