ROBERT DENIRO TEAMS WITH CHARLES GRODIN IN 'MIDNIGHT RUN'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnz3Md6RmEoU-gwyFQby5uY2JM4GbUoP0lmOZWyvSk9U1VSgDajli08VS7KqmwvupnfxQPt1sjgN57lg6MKw5eHmBqGHvWL32ipOWzreRehzjr5tnifVAJlDEhnKj9evOTNXJpUASHQ8GLFUjVxcfdUcDw4YXNTAfs0VwZTVSxiQq8g5hWoK9GvOyMlhX/s1598/376234605_1800061767089658_5522927381893661311_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="1598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnz3Md6RmEoU-gwyFQby5uY2JM4GbUoP0lmOZWyvSk9U1VSgDajli08VS7KqmwvupnfxQPt1sjgN57lg6MKw5eHmBqGHvWL32ipOWzreRehzjr5tnifVAJlDEhnKj9evOTNXJpUASHQ8GLFUjVxcfdUcDw4YXNTAfs0VwZTVSxiQq8g5hWoK9GvOyMlhX/s16000/376234605_1800061767089658_5522927381893661311_n.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robert DeNiro in MIDNIGHT RUN Year: 1988 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Director Martin Brest's action/comedy MIDNIGHT RUN is a double-edged sword for Robert De Niro: while it moved him from the cult into the mainstream, he's been continuously selling-out (with the exception of GOODFELLAS and JACKIE BROWN) and cashing-in ever since... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But not like here, keeping his unique edge as tough yet vulnerable bounty-hunting Jack Walsh, partnered with mob accountant turned mob-targeted Charles Grodin, nicknamed Duke but more of an uptight Felix to Jack's mangy Oscar, their bickering dialogue between action sequences providing the best moments in a terrific non-stop ride...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, adventure, bounty hunter, buddy, charles grodin, comedy, crime, dennis farina, eighties, FBI, joe pantoliano, john ashton, mafia, martin brest, road movie, robert deniro, yaphet kotto

ROBERT DENIRO TEAMS WITH CHARLES GRODIN IN 'MIDNIGHT RUN'

Robert DeNiro in MIDNIGHT RUN Year: 1988 Rating: ****1/2 Director Martin Brest's action/comedy MIDNIGHT RUN is a double-edged sword for...

SCOTT THOMSON'S FAST TIMES SPEEDING THROUGH 'TAXI DRIVER'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHCfJUU4yYkKWrWLY3oHKpW74urBUWmiWhVw7J5Tm_JA-zfZW1xQVEQbDTwSqy-1Sqmrkok3pSqmH0iwLEWMtSTxR9rQFwYyJC7UIfni3yYG6Aayz49pZj-Lafzvt6hyEPGUI0Lav7j5yJzRW-KuIG5IVrEf8mxVwpg5OTbURVIj4eaxbkwGllLpvkTw=s1451" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="1451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHCfJUU4yYkKWrWLY3oHKpW74urBUWmiWhVw7J5Tm_JA-zfZW1xQVEQbDTwSqy-1Sqmrkok3pSqmH0iwLEWMtSTxR9rQFwYyJC7UIfni3yYG6Aayz49pZj-Lafzvt6hyEPGUI0Lav7j5yJzRW-KuIG5IVrEf8mxVwpg5OTbURVIj4eaxbkwGllLpvkTw=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Scott Thomson with Robert Romanus from Fast Times at Ridgemont High</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In one of those bizarre and random pop culture occurrences, the actor who'd play the nerdy high school student Arnold in FAST TIMES AT RIDEMONT HIGH from 1982 was an extra in one of the greatest exploitation films ever, Martin Scorsese's gritty 1976 cult classic TAXI DRIVER...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But he was a very important extra being one of two young "Johns" picking up (or being picked up by) Jodie Foster's Iris, the extremely under-aged hooker that Robert De Niro's titular cabbie Travis Bickle winds up stalking, then saving... And here's what character-actor Scott Thomson recalls from that time-grueling night shoot... </p><p><span></span></p>

amy heckerling, eighties, exploitation, interview, jodie foster, martin scorsese, nicolas cage, robert deniro, robert romanus, scott thomson, seventies

SCOTT THOMSON'S FAST TIMES SPEEDING THROUGH 'TAXI DRIVER'

Scott Thomson with Robert Romanus from Fast Times at Ridgemont High In one of those bizarre and random pop culture occurrences, the actor wh...

REVIEW OF MARTIN SCORSESE'S ANTICIPATED 'THE IRISHMAN'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_oX30DQHXqc63MQNf8TtXhCQfmj4X47aT4NU1vR2bVafVc67bxNMwKZ8C_5ZBeKqWUb_dR0iYGbAMhI40cvhYHXctHuPJa0QCf59l1wG-HBila3peBqXCY3bO2ebcGANhc2Wo_yQ3eWm/s1600/z.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1600" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_oX30DQHXqc63MQNf8TtXhCQfmj4X47aT4NU1vR2bVafVc67bxNMwKZ8C_5ZBeKqWUb_dR0iYGbAMhI40cvhYHXctHuPJa0QCf59l1wG-HBila3peBqXCY3bO2ebcGANhc2Wo_yQ3eWm/s400/z.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro in THE IRISHMEN Year: 2019</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> At a run-time of over three hours, you'd think director Martin Scorsese would make something more liken to an addictive limited cable series than an epic about absolutely nothing. It is, however, about <i>someone</i>; and that's Jimmy Hoffa played by a CGI-youthful Al Pacino, who, with Robert De Niro as sidekick "house painter" i.e. assassin Frank Sheeran, are involved in endless dialogue leading absolutely nowhere...<br> <br> Unlike Scorsese's mob classic GOODFELLAS, ironically playing-out like binge crime serials do now — with something to anticipate around every suspenseful corner — there's nothing to look forward to here except more and more conversations with De Niro on cruise control and Pacino using a fake accent that's not only distracting, but completely unnecessary...<br>

2019, al pacino, biopic, drama, epic, joe pesci, martin scorsese, mob, robert deniro, thriller

REVIEW OF MARTIN SCORSESE'S ANTICIPATED 'THE IRISHMAN'

Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro in THE IRISHMEN Year: 2019 At a run-time of over three hours, you'd think director Martin Scorsese would...

GLANCE AT MARTIN SCORSESE'S PIVOTAL CLASSIC 'MEAN STREETS'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdDAeH0cW76A_CHQGiPagjJ2R0r_qQLXvv-q6Rl5T6mCMNCzvzM-ilDggtsz68QLWwg8n1J5WtA0ePAOCSjxBbbWl_uvRUxHguu61aYP6V83jGNxwicfR8qO3sYydLdg_cFNIVWosdIc1/s1600/Screen+Shot+2019-08-18+at+12.09.48+AM.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="1112" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdDAeH0cW76A_CHQGiPagjJ2R0r_qQLXvv-q6Rl5T6mCMNCzvzM-ilDggtsz68QLWwg8n1J5WtA0ePAOCSjxBbbWl_uvRUxHguu61aYP6V83jGNxwicfR8qO3sYydLdg_cFNIVWosdIc1/s400/Screen+Shot+2019-08-18+at+12.09.48+AM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>The tail-end of MEAN STREETS w/ the Warner worm logo YEAR: 1973</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Fans of the more bloody and gory, deathly and formidable in-your-face mafia flicks may be let=down by the subtle, more realistic, existential nature  of Martin Scorsese's game-changing MEAN STREETS, which is to mob films what AMERICAN GRAFFITI is to college...<br> <br> None of these street-wise <i>characters</i>, twenty-somethings hanging around New York City's titular locae, are actually in the mafia (like in director Scorsese’s violently-progressed epic masterpiece GOODFELLAS), but could be on their way including Harvey Keitel as Charlie, working to know just about everyone around town and, with a Mafioso uncle, he only sees the inner-workings like a kid staring through a peephole... <br>

crime, david proval, harvey keitel, interview, kevin corrigan, martin scorsese, mob, robert deniro, robert romanus, seventies

GLANCE AT MARTIN SCORSESE'S PIVOTAL CLASSIC 'MEAN STREETS'

The tail-end of MEAN STREETS w/ the Warner worm logo YEAR: 1973 Fans of the more bloody and gory, deathly and formidable in-your-face ma...

GEORGE SEGAL SLUMS IN 'BORN TO WIN' WITH ROBERT DENIRO

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5Oe_O64mHQLn5tlH-sWi3v-Ue7So__UX1usnrTg9h6MK4izrO6i1eQVNZ6rkHwitUj8lGrr64NDpPIX3AcB3REQ7gdiH9nYp19-5K-hbJuQHMFthWdQtoDeAxjGrb7ZVV7lRnVKlTgGu/s1600/Screen+Shot+2019-05-24+at+1.34.08+PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1600" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5Oe_O64mHQLn5tlH-sWi3v-Ue7So__UX1usnrTg9h6MK4izrO6i1eQVNZ6rkHwitUj8lGrr64NDpPIX3AcB3REQ7gdiH9nYp19-5K-hbJuQHMFthWdQtoDeAxjGrb7ZVV7lRnVKlTgGu/s400/Screen+Shot+2019-05-24+at+1.34.08+PM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>George Segal and Marcia Jean Kurtz YEAR: 1971</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> With a title full of irony about a current junkie/former hairdresser doing all he can to score smack on the streets of New York City, there's far too much downtime...<br> <br> And it happens right when things are at a nice rudimentary pace, beginning with a groovy soundtrack during an attempted small-time heist by George Segal and his cool black sidekick...<br> <br> Who soon separate... and while it's clever that Segal's "J" meets his lady while attempting to steal her car, a contrived bedroom scene with Karen Black happens far too soon. Ironically, given her super-cool track record at that point, she doesn't seem like the renaissance era starlet from the likes of FIVE EASY PIECES or the gem that started it all, EASY RIDER. Her part here is a mainstream role in a would-be full-blown avant garde exploitation flick....<br>

counter-culture, drug culture, exploitation, george segal, hector elizondo, karen black, marcia jean kurtz, paula prentiss, robert deniro, seventies

GEORGE SEGAL SLUMS IN 'BORN TO WIN' WITH ROBERT DENIRO

George Segal and Marcia Jean Kurtz YEAR: 1971 With a title full of irony about a current junkie/former hairdresser doing all he can to s...

GETTING IN CHARACTER WITH HARRY NORTHUP: AN INTERVIEW

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6R20deNXKdPxs_yfXBJi2XyPiR6VD-tSVc5X5AAPMKTfwQVrla0yIEJrda4KjgGQJIthAsIMNP2FCuUDJWoxKVrQ8BXoMFxyEA86W8weQDRqpACgGB40nYqJPKibSf2pxXGWMZmAluEu/s1600/harry.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="960" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6R20deNXKdPxs_yfXBJi2XyPiR6VD-tSVc5X5AAPMKTfwQVrla0yIEJrda4KjgGQJIthAsIMNP2FCuUDJWoxKVrQ8BXoMFxyEA86W8weQDRqpACgGB40nYqJPKibSf2pxXGWMZmAluEu/s400/harry.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Cult Film Freak Interview with actor Harry Northup</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Harry Northup can play just about anything. Characters that are gentle, naïve, funny, sad, determined, or mean as hell... through the course of five decades he’s been there, done that – wonderfully...<br> <br> Few actors are as genuine, believable, and versatile on screen...<br> <br> Among a long list of motion pictures and television shows he’s appeared in numerous projects with top-notch directors such as Martin Scorsese (including “Taxi Driver”, "Mean Streets," "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," "Boxcar Bertha"), Jonathan Kaplan (“Over the Edge”), Paul Schrader ("Blue Collar") and Jonathan Demme (“The Silence of the Lambs”, "Crazy Mama"): And along with show business, Harry's the author of nine published books of poetry.<br>

eighties, harry northup, interview, jonathan demme, jonathan kaplan, martin scorsese, nineties, peter boyle, robert deniro, roger corman, seventies, sixties

GETTING IN CHARACTER WITH HARRY NORTHUP: AN INTERVIEW

Cult Film Freak Interview with actor Harry Northup Harry Northup can play just about anything. Characters that are gentle, naïve, funny,...

THURSDAY REVIEW OF DIRTY GRANDPA

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKs1C-kXOKB0zYxQYa_21tIEOvWM0e3jtpr0cJUXczJEleA09qbU1si4JO00htmwnAbtefOa2SH6J2ndjQ-pS7_yY8n9_YpbtYS11NQ0igWQsLaplko-fOyzH3hBpKa6Tc6HgsIH-KkU/s1600/dirty-grandpa1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKs1C-kXOKB0zYxQYa_21tIEOvWM0e3jtpr0cJUXczJEleA09qbU1si4JO00htmwnAbtefOa2SH6J2ndjQ-pS7_yY8n9_YpbtYS11NQ0igWQsLaplko-fOyzH3hBpKa6Tc6HgsIH-KkU/s640/dirty-grandpa1.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 2016 cast: Robert DeNiro, Zac Efron and a bunch of completely worthless nobodies</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> NEIGHBORS has put pretty boy Zac Efron into the anything-goes comedy genre, ignited by Judd Apatow over a decade ago, and the veteran "I'll do any movie to remain relevant" legend Robert DeNiro is along for the ride in this literal road comedy where Efron's uptight lawyer takes his grandfather, a day after Zac's Jason's grandmother died and who, obviously, was married to the title character, Dick Kelly, played by the man himself, DeNiro, trying way too hard to be outrageous without using his old-age-card, uttering modern pop culture references like a snappy Millennial as the more old fashion character is the grandson: thus the plot, involving the odd couple duo rolling into Daytona Beach, Florida, competing with buff bullies while Efron, on the verge of getting married back home, meets a too-perfect hippie girl while his grandpa just wants to get some... really, really bad. <br>

2016, comedy, road movie, robert deniro, zac efron

THURSDAY REVIEW OF DIRTY GRANDPA

year: 2016 cast: Robert DeNiro, Zac Efron and a bunch of completely worthless nobodies NEIGHBORS has put pretty boy Zac Efron into the a...

JENNIFER LAWRENCE IN JOY

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOii4M-sfeh_Mp_EaKJd5T-x25N5bLZ9bcVFfFDaRxG_wz8JoOy_wcaWKA6fRm86VLCdc7EFpjwPuaXaMc0LnnD-5DPQgkNPF-HKcOG1udVqiXoifVUqfEDrjOcn5WXKbyOAX8Gx6NGU/s1600/joy-jennifer-lawrence-trailer1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOii4M-sfeh_Mp_EaKJd5T-x25N5bLZ9bcVFfFDaRxG_wz8JoOy_wcaWKA6fRm86VLCdc7EFpjwPuaXaMc0LnnD-5DPQgkNPF-HKcOG1udVqiXoifVUqfEDrjOcn5WXKbyOAX8Gx6NGU/s1600/joy-jennifer-lawrence-trailer1.jpg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 2015 cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, Bradley Cooper, Diane Ladd director: David O. Russell</td></tr> </tbody></table> A character-driven film is usually when the character drives the plot, and the plot relies on the character to take us where she or he chooses to go, and with JOY by SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK director David O. Russell and his stock acting troupe-trio Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro and Bradley Cooper, the title character <i>is</i> the entire vehicle: so it's up to her and no one else to make the thing work...<br> <br> That's not to say the direction isn't exemplary from the man who took us through an emotional rollercoaster ride in PLAYBOOK and partially succeeded in his lightweight Martin Scorsese style crime-caper AMERICAN HUSTLE, but it's well into the second act before his creative style becomes more than eye-candy in JOY, and that's when her back is fully pinned against the wall...<br> <br>

bradley cooper, david o. russell, diane ladd, jennifer lawrence, quirky, robert deniro

JENNIFER LAWRENCE IN JOY

year: 2015 cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, Bradley Cooper, Diane Ladd director: David O. Russell A character-driven film is usua...

ROBERT DENIRO WORKS IN THE INTERN

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghpsj2wSGemew-ge8JxfT7DYWbq6uKTDYaoXgFfxQhvVJnyIHnJmnsVc0deq8ForESHXXZ_1h3XEzhxKVkcMqPYu23VjQEJZQ7p1URnKDz-MKAwqOl3hoJuABe7FiNIk3kCXlfjOPnjs4/s1600/Screen+shot+2015-10-01+at+12.31.46+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghpsj2wSGemew-ge8JxfT7DYWbq6uKTDYaoXgFfxQhvVJnyIHnJmnsVc0deq8ForESHXXZ_1h3XEzhxKVkcMqPYu23VjQEJZQ7p1URnKDz-MKAwqOl3hoJuABe7FiNIk3kCXlfjOPnjs4/s400/Screen+shot+2015-10-01+at+12.31.46+PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert DeNiro & Anne Hathaway starring in THE INTERN</td></tr> </tbody></table> Being a Living Legend has its pros and cons. The pro is, well, you're a Living Legend. And that title, given his previous track record, epitomizes Robert DeNiro... But when starring in yet another mainstream popcorn comedy, it's like John Steinbeck writing a Harlequin Romance...<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6F91KxEHQ1txlG2ZNa7faeXK7gaC00GeUvBELAfCwTv73knODkqeUVrPylmhBIXTAkAlikf6J0eLKvj-EOiU6lohgQcSTIGDygBzApTj6ZB2Zgfm_WtxYRaCX1X5Y5xmJuoedqhqVHpE/s1600/Screen+shot+2015-10-01+at+12.34.27+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6F91KxEHQ1txlG2ZNa7faeXK7gaC00GeUvBELAfCwTv73knODkqeUVrPylmhBIXTAkAlikf6J0eLKvj-EOiU6lohgQcSTIGDygBzApTj6ZB2Zgfm_WtxYRaCX1X5Y5xmJuoedqhqVHpE/s1600/Screen+shot+2015-10-01+at+12.34.27+PM.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 2015</td></tr> </tbody></table> But wait... this time around, something <i>isn't </i>missing. The collecting-a-paycheck DeNiro is replaced with a man so utterly stiff and endearing (imagine what his ailing character scolded Robin Williams to be more like in AWAKENINGS), he works despite being obviously created to win over both the audience and his brilliant tech female boss Jules, played by Anne Hathaway, running an online clothing company with a daughter and a stay-at-home husband; the latter as useless as DeNiro's 70-year-old intern, Ben, is utterly reliable....<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvvEP9jo3mM5e9ctghBoARg1mHMCq8ikRcgjC7MhGKRinqz9R65pwJFJ-hyonkD1fbAQ49mahK2EtGxIjeI71bvI0y68E2Qvq6utRDlz3HBgOvZLd2JlkUYnPc-Fw_f4SVls-Sm7bjdI/s1600/Screen+shot+2015-10-01+at+12.34.33+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvvEP9jo3mM5e9ctghBoARg1mHMCq8ikRcgjC7MhGKRinqz9R65pwJFJ-hyonkD1fbAQ49mahK2EtGxIjeI71bvI0y68E2Qvq6utRDlz3HBgOvZLd2JlkUYnPc-Fw_f4SVls-Sm7bjdI/s1600/Screen+shot+2015-10-01+at+12.34.33+PM.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rating: ***1/2</td></tr> </tbody></table> Scenes with DeNiro and Hathaway are genuine, moving the story along. Yet the plot isn't the stress of possibly sharing her company with a more qualified C.E.O., or melodramatic problems after work. These are mere afterthoughts compared to what Ben can provide, with his old school charm and wisdom, to help her out of the fancy yet disheveled canvas she's painted herself into.<br /> <br /> For those (like yours truly) who miss "the old DeNiro" (young DeNiro in classic films); while he's not TAXI DRIVER or RAGING BULL, he effectively plays a gentleman whose been around the block despite the tract being somewhat cliche and predictable.<br /> <br /> <u>Trivia/Connection:</u> Two actresses from the sit-com ALICE make appearances: Linda Lavin as a scene-stealing, smitten neighbor and Celia Weston (who replaced Diane Ladd who replaced Polly Holliday) as a fellow co-worker. And that show was based on a motion picture directed by DeNiro's then-cinematic partner Martin Scorsese.

2015, anne hathaway, feel-good, robert deniro

ROBERT DENIRO WORKS IN THE INTERN

Robert DeNiro & Anne Hathaway starring in THE INTERN Being a Living Legend has its pros and cons. The pro is, well, you're a Liv...

STALLONE VS DE NIRO IN GRUDGE MATCH

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNGayqwPoz6ZsAwOSX9HD3V2_vNJ1sZeVy_FpLWOTqloVKGVGhrmyllEBYNT4Vpz_9cqD45UGroasMnDOMMcehi42ZqdY0oeZiDqBTfJcq9XOTtgBU4ECuK1OP40nJ0Lpc3Di-cJCEos/s1600/gm0.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNGayqwPoz6ZsAwOSX9HD3V2_vNJ1sZeVy_FpLWOTqloVKGVGhrmyllEBYNT4Vpz_9cqD45UGroasMnDOMMcehi42ZqdY0oeZiDqBTfJcq9XOTtgBU4ECuK1OP40nJ0Lpc3Di-cJCEos/s320/gm0.jpg" width="216" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 2013 rating: **1/2</td></tr> </tbody></table> There are probably more people curious about seeing ROCKY and RAGING BULL square off than a COP LAND reunion… Either way, with Rocky Balboa and Jake LaMotta in the same movie, they might want something edgy, dramatic and uplifting. Well good luck with that... <br /> <br /> Sylvester Stallone as Henry “Razor” Sharp and Robert De Niro as Billy “The Kid” McDonnen are two retired boxers who had three… no, actually two matches in the past… Kid won the first, Razor the second and then, for mysterious reasons, Razor canceled the anticipated final bow at the last minute, making Kid hold a <i>grudge</i> till a new opportunity arises, many years later (too many years to really matter)... <br /> <br /> First let’s get some ROCKY references out of the way: Razor is forced into drinking raw eggs by his elderly manager Lighting, played by Alan Arkin, a "Mickey" (Burgess Meredith) type character… Also like the original Oscar-winning classic, Razor punches hanging beef in a meat locker… Then, like ROCKY II, he's fired from a menial job, buys new clothes, drives around in a hotrod and fumbles lines off “dummy cards” during a commercial shoot… In the backstory, after the success as a fighter, he loses his money and returns to hometown poverty like ROCKY 5… He trains in a grueling, hands-on fashion like ROCKY 4 (physically pulling a truck named Road Hawk care-of OVER THE TOP).... Then takes part in a virtual reality "What if" bout lifted from ROCKY BALBOA...<br /> <br /> And at one point later on, during the promotional circuit, he and Kid wind up at an Ultimate Fighting venue where Razor, comparing the popular sport to scripted Professional Wrestling, is threatened by a melodramatic blowhard brawler: reminiscent of Hulk Hogan in ROCKY 3… As for De Niro’s Kid character, he retired from boxing with a lucrative car lot but also runs a nightclub where he, like RAGING BULL himself, performs a laconic stand-up routine...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSRuxTg1vqyuX7cs6dCwM0vAJA1ThhB6vh3SoYxMRVNBahdQsjEq7Es2tzQbCxwl4neszDaEV6Hu-A0DSKMG2zlnot-mnIHfDdLUYuHFBwgIZpitC7HHkHOtRARIyJavg61NRkP4LH0E/s1600/rocky-meat1.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSRuxTg1vqyuX7cs6dCwM0vAJA1ThhB6vh3SoYxMRVNBahdQsjEq7Es2tzQbCxwl4neszDaEV6Hu-A0DSKMG2zlnot-mnIHfDdLUYuHFBwgIZpitC7HHkHOtRARIyJavg61NRkP4LH0E/s200/rocky-meat1.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stallone pounds meat in ROCKY</td></tr> </tbody></table> So while not as good as it should be with the talent on board, GRUDGE MATCH isn't as god-awful as the maligned (and already Razzie nominated) reputation… The lightweight banality sheds an endearing glow, and Kid has a few moving conversations with his estranged son, played by WALKING DEAD actor Jon Bernthal…<br /> <br /> Their scenes fare better than the contrived dialogue between Stallone and Arkin. Perhaps more tragic than De Niro and Stallone playing down to light comedy is that Arkin, no stranger to evoking genuine audience laughter, isn’t funny at all. But he's not the comic relief...<br /> <br /> In that department is Kevin Hart as the motormouth promoter keeping a reluctant Razor on board the upcoming payday, trying way too hard with an annoying Chris Tucker imitation. After a while his frantic intrusion tappers off, which leads to something even more ghastly, blunting the dynamic of Bernthal’s character: One of the worst child actors in history, playing Kid’s grandson, enters the show and never leaves... <br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwifCHR_2osMume5G1oHZKL7VGa8nug_HqoB2qxojxUCkHhOC6mbznMJoYhlMq1rZzn8F3t8xEUvtgQy3TMr9QASu73Up_NdTqW8JlzSWt81tfdYLHUaERf2Cgj0szfS00KqkXkvG_RBc/s1600/gm1.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwifCHR_2osMume5G1oHZKL7VGa8nug_HqoB2qxojxUCkHhOC6mbznMJoYhlMq1rZzn8F3t8xEUvtgQy3TMr9QASu73Up_NdTqW8JlzSWt81tfdYLHUaERf2Cgj0szfS00KqkXkvG_RBc/s200/gm1.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DeNiro in RAGING BULL</td></tr> </tbody></table> Meanwhile our two rivals seem to be going through the motions. Their constant bickering is liken to GRUMPY OLD MEN sans the essential cantankerous anti-chemistry. Supposedly these guys hate each other yet seem pretty content, making us forget the entire purpose. But their combined scenes are merely sporadic: Much of the film involves dragging conversations with side-characters, ranging from trainers to the sole love interest played by a not-aged-so-well Kim Basinger...<br /> <br /> Will or won’t Razor stay in the fight becomes the only suspense till the final match where two old dudes beat each other raw like that frozen beef. Here’s where we finally get some old school blood and gusto, but it’s much to late to save a missed opportunity involving this rare superstar collective, intriguing and disappointing both cult and mainstream audiences.

2013, alan arkin, boxing, comedy, jon bernthal, robert deniro, sylvester stallone, team-up

STALLONE VS DE NIRO IN GRUDGE MATCH

year: 2013 rating: **1/2 There are probably more people curious about seeing ROCKY and RAGING BULL square off than a COP LAND reunion… E...

REVIEW OF' LAST VEGAS' WITH MICHAEL DOUGLAS & ROBERT DENIRO

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcvmGWWxcx1j7wf3kOMwo-J_4mfnWXNe7KjqIfw7uDb2x_0ofzxh6ivFJovmuAI1CJ2k8Y7H1hF5dRHV2kKje3VPFIUoXWjFLAG8sGRLCptmH8WDbHGo0T5F8YH0NVIlXwWXrh0PMvL5o/s1600/last-vegas.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcvmGWWxcx1j7wf3kOMwo-J_4mfnWXNe7KjqIfw7uDb2x_0ofzxh6ivFJovmuAI1CJ2k8Y7H1hF5dRHV2kKje3VPFIUoXWjFLAG8sGRLCptmH8WDbHGo0T5F8YH0NVIlXwWXrh0PMvL5o/s400/last-vegas.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>An old wild bunch of LAST VEGAS Year: 2013</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> With Robert DeNiro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline in the same movie... as old friends taking a trip to Las Vegas... we either needed a longer backstory/flashback of when they were giddy Brooklyn kids, or no flashback at all (preferred)... Either way it doesn’t matter: LAST VEGAS is a personality driven film…<br /> <br /> Douglas, as Billy, is the confident, womanizing leader while polar opposite DeNiro’s Paddy is the most brooding, and keeps the only dramatic subplot intact… Morgan Freeman as Archie is likable, wise and charming: as usual for Freeman... And Sam, played by Kevin Kline – given free reign to cheat on his progressive wife – is doing his sarcastic “Steve Martin light” shtick, providing bouts of comic relief to a comedy film and, as the only non "legend" herein, seems the most busy as the guys have a<i> bachelor party weekend</i> for Douglas's Billy, geared to marry a spry thirty-one year old, and he’s not as aware of his advanced age as if everyone else… Especially DeNiro's Paddy, who had married the girl Billy loved and is still sore Billy, a confident public speaker along with being extremely wealthy, didn’t make her funeral: to host it. This is as tense as things get… DeNiro holds onto a determined, temperamental stubbornness not without likable pathos – but, within the story, his incessant, grouchy whining can’t ruin the endless party…<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7z-xjYE0L1oBd46qx98ZUIs2ssRA-ugxtSFwq0GQH5pFM570BNP4OmeGdzd2TCMT3WhZ2aStg1gzrKS3oR4NhwxHku69SL1V15PRqUJOEV3KuBZmVf2IP0_fqtL724isAR75d3dPXSI/s1600/last-vegas1.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7z-xjYE0L1oBd46qx98ZUIs2ssRA-ugxtSFwq0GQH5pFM570BNP4OmeGdzd2TCMT3WhZ2aStg1gzrKS3oR4NhwxHku69SL1V15PRqUJOEV3KuBZmVf2IP0_fqtL724isAR75d3dPXSI/s400/last-vegas1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>RATES: ***</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> The best parts are cliché yet entertaining enough to pass the time, as the boys become hosts at an indoor bikini contest, then VIP’s in a backroom nightclub, which isn't all fun and games: there’s actually a love story, kind of: Mary Steenburgen’s lounge singing Diana (who has aged quite well) provides sporadic heartfelt detours which don't slow down the breezy pace that, although soaked in a formulaic mainstream glow, makes for a genuinely enjoyable getaway: If aspiring to be contentedly mediocre — LAST VEGAS delivers.

2013, comedy, kevin kline, michael douglas, morgan freeman, robert deniro, team-up

REVIEW OF' LAST VEGAS' WITH MICHAEL DOUGLAS & ROBERT DENIRO

An old wild bunch of LAST VEGAS Year: 2013 With Robert DeNiro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline in the same movie... as o...

THE FAMILY

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6mHgK4CoGnmK6doiezcPDhYmdJB1Ebm-LX2w2yEtMTM8wb_W2BU6lt-tuq5T9cCZ0UfsbCc_yQch78QD2j3wQlP17rotOdB2nb_FLq4pJ4ummup18ZT9OUFQzC0m8cRoM2Mtm3DJhLfS/s1600/family.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6mHgK4CoGnmK6doiezcPDhYmdJB1Ebm-LX2w2yEtMTM8wb_W2BU6lt-tuq5T9cCZ0UfsbCc_yQch78QD2j3wQlP17rotOdB2nb_FLq4pJ4ummup18ZT9OUFQzC0m8cRoM2Mtm3DJhLfS/s16000/family.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 2013 cast: Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, Tommy Lee Jones rating: **</td></tr> </tbody></table> At the end of Martin Scorsese's mob classic GOODFELLAS, Ray Liotta, after ratting out the mobsters who practically raised him from childhood, fears living the rest of his mundane life as a “Schnook.” In layman's terms he will no longer party like a king, which is basically where THE FAMILY begins: only in a dilapidated France manor instead of suburban Middle America.<br /> <br /> There's a double-meaning title, relating to both The Mafia and this particular clan consisting of DeNiro’s bearded and reflective Fred Blake (a fake name) and his much more assertive wife Maggie, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, who doesn’t take crap from anyone – especially the snotty folks at a grocery store she winds up firebombing. And it’s a shame since Pfeiffer’s character has the most bloody fun, but not for long – eventually she’s part of the backdrop as the kids, a gorgeous daughter and geeky son in a new high school, pretty much take over the film.<br /> <br /> Belle (Dianna Agron) and Warren (John D’Leo) are polar opposites. Warren gets beaten by bullies but soon manipulates other students to cut corners – think Tom Sawyer meets Ferris Bueller with connections. And Belle makes crazy like mom, only with more gusto and for a lot longer… With the exception of a young gaunt-faced teacher she winds up falling dreadfully in love with, anyone who crosses her path gets the kind of pummeling you only see in, well, really violent mob films. Only here, in a quirky dark comedy backed by goofy Italian restaurant music to remind us of such, the beatings are much too simple…<br /> <br /> From thrashing people into bloody pulps to random acts of terrorism, The Family does whatever they feel like without any repercussions (save for a few lectures from Tommy Lee Jones's FBI man). The characters are more like caricatures – it's no wonder Robert DeNiro heads the bill. Since we all know his status as a famous actor in the mob genre, his Fred... formerly Giovanni... needs only a few hollow flashbacks to make everything clear. <br /> <br /> As an ultra-violent satire about a family that can’t adapt to normalcy given their violent nature, the movie goes too far off the deep end without allowing us to know them better. And one pivotal scene... when DeNiro winds up critiquing a very familiar film... breaks the fourth wall so bad, hardcore cinema fans might not be laughing like a conventional audience, who can easy forgive a project more dependent on past glories… from GOODFELLAS to THE UNTOUCHABLES… than the story at hand, which, in this particular case, offers only clichés.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcbnrPEXeakCn4DeVp4bUvLKlfxgOUvPBor9ll2bvyKFWKYdqVI5tVsO_K5G3ZLk-FPooLTCoquDkg12W06jFRoOXstmMpsHyuYzOBq3xm5NJypzH-D2QW6HwWRXzO28HcyBS5gqVyDG_/s1600/Goodfellas+photo.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcbnrPEXeakCn4DeVp4bUvLKlfxgOUvPBor9ll2bvyKFWKYdqVI5tVsO_K5G3ZLk-FPooLTCoquDkg12W06jFRoOXstmMpsHyuYzOBq3xm5NJypzH-D2QW6HwWRXzO28HcyBS5gqVyDG_/s16000/Goodfellas+photo.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert DeNiro having much better and younger times in GOODFELLAS with Ray Liotta</td></tr> </tbody></table>

2013, dark comedy, michelle pfeiffer, mob, robert deniro, tommy lee jones

THE FAMILY

year: 2013 cast: Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, Tommy Lee Jones rating: ** At the end of Martin Scorsese's mob clas...

HARRY NORTHUP REFLECTS TAXI DRIVER

<b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwUGUlsH8DtNJ5zO91Ic31gUSa-PwZy87_-GlCLhFV7TtxdhPx-n0fiSKs0U8qYNIup41KNOfpq_YviSz-ohU6krttuGfG3Rze1kC76BvFo01-oZlH1dZ2j5BijcW0mrOVp59v8JseyeLGI-rMn0ewMNrBU078O2J80muDcizTbxcO-5O5B6p3bOsy41J/s837/1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="837" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwUGUlsH8DtNJ5zO91Ic31gUSa-PwZy87_-GlCLhFV7TtxdhPx-n0fiSKs0U8qYNIup41KNOfpq_YviSz-ohU6krttuGfG3Rze1kC76BvFo01-oZlH1dZ2j5BijcW0mrOVp59v8JseyeLGI-rMn0ewMNrBU078O2J80muDcizTbxcO-5O5B6p3bOsy41J/s1600/1.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>INTERVIEW WITH TAXI DRIVER ACTOR HARRY NORTHUP</u></td></tr></tbody></table>You worked on the iconic Martin Scorsese film TAXI DRIVER starring Robert De Niro… Your character was a cabbie nicknamed Doughboy... How was this experience?</b><br /> <br /> Scorsese told me he wanted me to play Doughboy. He handed me the script of TAXI DRIVER and said, “The dialogue’s too direct; you know the way we work – sideways.” I was at his office at The Burbank Studios. He added, “I’m going to shoot the city in such a surreal way no one ever has before. I’m going to turn TAXI DRIVER into a gothic horror story.”<br /> <br /> A week later I was called by an assistant of Marty’s and asked to come in and tape the part of Travis Bickle so they could send it to De Niro, who was doing 1900 in Italy, so that he could study my Midwest accent. I went in to the studio and read Travis Bickle’s lines into a tape recorder.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSM7BI336M3WeWfTVP_j3M6bpFTm7_Jj5T0lbAT7L_sXdLm5SbgnqConb_1c6hsvUU7IMkS3DPJElH65Rjwijh0BRZoZiHt6XAqScKont2t7JenCBK703uNtwGsIOsB3oJg8Qzuswd3b-epJRxMwz9AqsY5tUbkcMdSzE-OroeAYI92AeKBYY9k2Xerk4_/s836/2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="836" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSM7BI336M3WeWfTVP_j3M6bpFTm7_Jj5T0lbAT7L_sXdLm5SbgnqConb_1c6hsvUU7IMkS3DPJElH65Rjwijh0BRZoZiHt6XAqScKont2t7JenCBK703uNtwGsIOsB3oJg8Qzuswd3b-epJRxMwz9AqsY5tUbkcMdSzE-OroeAYI92AeKBYY9k2Xerk4_/s1600/2.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Peter Boyle (Wizard) with Harry Northup </u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>I had four scenes in the movie. The first one was a 3-page scene that took place at the Bellmore Cafeteria, a cabbie hang-out on Park Avenue South.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpc7hw7U2l7Mnxds7rh9wckC4RDE5UHfPG4IwuBRwUQI6lPYojnizZO8qfFyN0DCKgk7Yw3hGFKPBioKm5jDjkIQYcu5CxG7qPjLj7gOeySg40Ki60HJfZ4HLoB9INdDTUu1BbMEouY0bw/s1600/harrynorthup11.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpc7hw7U2l7Mnxds7rh9wckC4RDE5UHfPG4IwuBRwUQI6lPYojnizZO8qfFyN0DCKgk7Yw3hGFKPBioKm5jDjkIQYcu5CxG7qPjLj7gOeySg40Ki60HJfZ4HLoB9INdDTUu1BbMEouY0bw/s200/harrynorthup11.jpg" width="169" /></a></div> The first night of shooting for me was on July 2, 1975. Peter Boyle and I had a rehearsal at Scorsese’s suite at the St. Regis Hotel at 6 P.M. and our call was at 8:45 P.M. We did the lines in the script, plus we improvised. Marty’s assistant taped the scene, typed out the recording and compressed the best and gave us the newly typed compression when we arrived on the set. Marty was always very thorough, covering the scene from every angle, master, to two shots, singles, close-ups.<br /> <br /> In the beginning, I remember he came up behind me, put his hands on my shoulders in a very warm way and said, “Relax.” I remember him loving and laughing at my improvisations. Once, someone brought a danish up to the table and put it between Marty and De Niro as we were all sitting there in between takes. They broke it in half and each ate half. They were the major parts of the film, along with Schrader’s magnificent script. But, Marty always gave each character his/her own rich density in the film.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjreU5mUJO2OE6ZAVP-N6h8DAzMFVEnrRdi2_kKBuGkMAkLzH8T2CCpmo-cWjsFkdE6mp7HN1KrvyNqoyLLloO4sKjgGIMug7EGCyk3sGPv5mkrREvXy2wI3ackt703_J4CInG-iqwnIm5UBiaAD1KA5omKCwu8E3-08jy5tt-1jk2bfZpiEE8xanbO8R9v/s851/h1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjreU5mUJO2OE6ZAVP-N6h8DAzMFVEnrRdi2_kKBuGkMAkLzH8T2CCpmo-cWjsFkdE6mp7HN1KrvyNqoyLLloO4sKjgGIMug7EGCyk3sGPv5mkrREvXy2wI3ackt703_J4CInG-iqwnIm5UBiaAD1KA5omKCwu8E3-08jy5tt-1jk2bfZpiEE8xanbO8R9v/s1600/h1.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>The cabbies hanging out at the 45th St. & 10th Ave. cafe</u></td></tr></tbody></table>The second large scene that I was in was shot in a real cabbies’ hangout on 45th and Tenth. It was a 6-page scene, also shot at night. De Niro entered the scene after we were there and Marty had him sit in a chair away from me so that there was an oval gap in the middle-right part of the screen.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> Marty would rehearse Peter Boyle, myself and the other actor and then have De Niro come in during the actual shooting. He did not want De Niro to rehearse with us. Wanted to help create the alienation. Same thing with the Bellmore Cafeteria scene. Most of the dialogue was in the script, but I spiced mine up – “Got change for a nickel, Travis?” instead of “Yeah, we went to Harvard together” after Wizard had asked, “Travis, you know Doughboy, Charlie T?” This scene was about “You carry a piece? You need one?” “Well, you ever need one, I know a feller that kin get cha a real nice deal. Lots a sh-- around.” Part of the action line of the script. Later on, I pick up Travis and introduce him to the gun salesman and drive them to the salesman’s place where Travis buys an arsenal.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfX50j2wARRgZpJtpxPznLsbhAOHp48s-O4HvpFKsHsXI9RVWTphvumfrGMKpKyWaa_R2in4LQNpL03bPcxfG5q-la5x1kekosCgkk6FAUb-K0-9uNZRH4OdFd1WROmqsAkaIgUmjX-Q6F9XoERXhyt3n0JNHnK0VjPcgUfUHWyw6NUV179Owo9Sspk9c/s833/td.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="833" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfX50j2wARRgZpJtpxPznLsbhAOHp48s-O4HvpFKsHsXI9RVWTphvumfrGMKpKyWaa_R2in4LQNpL03bPcxfG5q-la5x1kekosCgkk6FAUb-K0-9uNZRH4OdFd1WROmqsAkaIgUmjX-Q6F9XoERXhyt3n0JNHnK0VjPcgUfUHWyw6NUV179Owo9Sspk9c/s1600/td.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robert DeNiro and Harry Northup in TAXI DRIVER</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><b>Did you improvise any lines?</b><br /> <br /> The one thing that I did do that wasn’t in the script was that I tried to sell DeNiro a piece of Errol Flynn’s bathtub. I told Marty my idea after rehearsing the scene. I said I would do it after I had exited the scripted scene. I would re-enter, pull the piece out of my pocket and try to sell it to him.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjH6lCFU57q8dtJlts0VBbMDvkEfvEVGBAj9hKjGPaMysEUomFeTXd4RXhMpoCZOYjhV2x94p7I_yLV1gEPguPec3wIj5okR_fvv8NHz7pyQwWaVm61tpFaSJ4ZiPIK5K6cguAoZhEjVo/s1600/Screen+shot+2015-10-20+at+2.23.44+PM.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjH6lCFU57q8dtJlts0VBbMDvkEfvEVGBAj9hKjGPaMysEUomFeTXd4RXhMpoCZOYjhV2x94p7I_yLV1gEPguPec3wIj5okR_fvv8NHz7pyQwWaVm61tpFaSJ4ZiPIK5K6cguAoZhEjVo/s1600/Screen+shot+2015-10-20+at+2.23.44+PM.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Boyle with Harry</td></tr> </tbody></table> If Marty didn’t like it, he could cut it and still have the original scripted scene intact and he wouldn’t have to move the camera for another set-up. Marty loved the idea. He told De Niro that I was going to try something at the end – try to sell him something and just say no. The scene was fabulous and offbeat. Later, I realized Marty’s use of water images and it fit in.<br /> Marty always loved it when actors tried something new. After the movie was over, he sent me a signed pewter cup with TAXI DRIVER 1975 and his name printed on it. TAXI DRIVER won the 1976 Palme d’Or at the Cannes film Festival.<br /> <br /> <b>And how was it working with the late Peter Boyle?</b><br /> <br /> Peter Boyle was great to work with. When we met at Marty’s hotel suite to rehearse, Peter would have a yellow legal pad full of cabbie stories, but I could always come up with something better because when I was in college, I had driven a cab for ten months, so I had many real cab stories.<br /> <br /> On the set, we shared an RV for our dressing room, so we spent a lot of time together when we weren’t shooting. During shooting, he listened, he was very imaginative, he made me laugh. He was witty, a wonderful actor and a beautiful person.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NmUzvhtlWVJkNl8BrbHsWboxjKPun9hzf863tH1JZWCTB-uw2ZOINRQurnoUy2lSBGVv8btqVBO6-4dqBltIPUOmEVz6Mzpq6WafOmAe8oDF3MQpUEcd2CnD7O365pCxDz1g1XY4ypnQsahRWIpQErDSvGjf1xKGoG9ylT3AKAb8FAx3Dn2QEmpZ3tt9/s853/h2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NmUzvhtlWVJkNl8BrbHsWboxjKPun9hzf863tH1JZWCTB-uw2ZOINRQurnoUy2lSBGVv8btqVBO6-4dqBltIPUOmEVz6Mzpq6WafOmAe8oDF3MQpUEcd2CnD7O365pCxDz1g1XY4ypnQsahRWIpQErDSvGjf1xKGoG9ylT3AKAb8FAx3Dn2QEmpZ3tt9/s1600/h2.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Peter Boyle and Harry Northup in TAXI DRIVER</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />

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And that’s where the real story begins…<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjep5ev6nVxVAOKYrQrhHxz525zH_vkEO2TIU1yV3SMnypXmoo_I90xPjwTGZPQilNO_-zhNg-Jxc4ncMStjnT-6XH494GPo35f9f660RTvRQAbqYiOBjdYfU0ozjOAosZT1uTMNqW3uo1e/s1600/s2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjep5ev6nVxVAOKYrQrhHxz525zH_vkEO2TIU1yV3SMnypXmoo_I90xPjwTGZPQilNO_-zhNg-Jxc4ncMStjnT-6XH494GPo35f9f660RTvRQAbqYiOBjdYfU0ozjOAosZT1uTMNqW3uo1e/s640/s2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jennifer Lawrence facing Bradley Cooper</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> Jennifer Lawrence’s Tiffany might be crazier… or rather… more blunt than anyone else on board. With a sordid past – having slept with a laundry list of people – there’s no subject she won’t shed light on. And her pet project becomes Pat, who still thinks he has a chance reconciling with his wife despite a serious restraining order. <br /> <br /> The best scenes have Pat and Tiffany hanging out, jogging around or wandering the suburbs, outdoing each other with combative honesty and getting closer and closer despite their neurosis, providing Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence worthy performances: each seeming too real for the world and each other. Meanwhile, sporadic handheld camera provides an edgy documentary vibe, and more stagnant scenes remind us of the romantic comedy baseline. <br /> <br /> But the real catch, and what drives the character-driven story, is Veronica’s promise to bring Pat and his wife (friends with her sister) back together – the stakes are raised as that silver lining now has a price. He has to learn to dance for a big competition that, occurring on the same night of an important football game, gives this unique tale a worthy climax for conventional audiences.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SVFKTLSsZ_ncTAgjJTx9K3HHRgO84QclRSr2FkeVc5TUbIEo17GIXQuy3FuVTQkrKfx8H0ZtwAlwmBSgteWTBh-2a968_Ky9zLhOSNZKSyOXCg6kj5vpTynsY9OKmRDADomeKBzP1-HT/s1600/title03_013021331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SVFKTLSsZ_ncTAgjJTx9K3HHRgO84QclRSr2FkeVc5TUbIEo17GIXQuy3FuVTQkrKfx8H0ZtwAlwmBSgteWTBh-2a968_Ky9zLhOSNZKSyOXCg6kj5vpTynsY9OKmRDADomeKBzP1-HT/s640/title03_013021331.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jennifer Lawrence in an Oscar winning role</td></tr> </tbody></table> Sure it can be simplistic at times. The two leads find solutions much too easily... specially since Pat has a beautiful young dream-girl/life coach that any guy would die for, making him difficult "underdog" to relate with. While some of the characters, like Pat’s brother and his outpatient friend, aren’t entirely fleshed out and border on cliché...<br /> <br /> But with an ultimately heartfelt performance by De Niro, and a platform for Cooper and Lawrence to shine without limits, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK is a dose of effective medicine. <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31Wjvs1i0RlwXqeU679pewdjmTgTfIQbGezUd07I2xua-VfkjR4H9_1bSXqtNGiwi_LPK4v08HT0s70ZsbxBqX-olk1iN7GDNBanw3FnsWRa5r-hdGZoxN1MaDMJI2j919AFHyk8IfXzo/s1600/s3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31Wjvs1i0RlwXqeU679pewdjmTgTfIQbGezUd07I2xua-VfkjR4H9_1bSXqtNGiwi_LPK4v08HT0s70ZsbxBqX-olk1iN7GDNBanw3FnsWRa5r-hdGZoxN1MaDMJI2j919AFHyk8IfXzo/s640/s3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Yes, I am talkin' to you."</td></tr> </tbody></table> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?t=jamtaci-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B005DD7H50&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?t=jamtaci-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B002RVCCUQ&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?t=jamtaci-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B00A81MV3U&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>

2012, bradley cooper, jennifer lawrence, robert deniro

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

year: 2012 cast: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, Chris Tucker rating: ***1/2 When it comes to relationships, there’s a...

COME HERE, YOU... MERRY CHRISTMAS

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRMVWLGeLnO7e46Qxr3_n0zVBkGr7mfXG3Xkxh-j_TPXiOSr685_5BAyv42BMavaUl6hfWmsnYgGZMDG71bIchuoqvTazn4if5yzhzv-eeIgDfqugTmCk0QPPO0XQMe9_5UU_YOAVPz8/s1600/deniro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRMVWLGeLnO7e46Qxr3_n0zVBkGr7mfXG3Xkxh-j_TPXiOSr685_5BAyv42BMavaUl6hfWmsnYgGZMDG71bIchuoqvTazn4if5yzhzv-eeIgDfqugTmCk0QPPO0XQMe9_5UU_YOAVPz8/s640/deniro.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #073763;">Robert De Niro at the post-heist Christmas party</span></b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #990000;">"Hey, come here, you..." Merry Christmas... Don't buy a new car or fur coat...</span></b> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXtDopKKc8BORvCobpA4p-mfZIrQYOsjo1ekivvt5RZbXQ8wdjvpbM-9M5ubbBDVB6sTS-jKi4iLxEu5ST8ZNVoNe1mg9IdC9t8sLt-aVwBVlj7yD_3SM_XQFdk9QbIf1-L8d6mI9K0M/s1600/goodfellas+xmas+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXtDopKKc8BORvCobpA4p-mfZIrQYOsjo1ekivvt5RZbXQ8wdjvpbM-9M5ubbBDVB6sTS-jKi4iLxEu5ST8ZNVoNe1mg9IdC9t8sLt-aVwBVlj7yD_3SM_XQFdk9QbIf1-L8d6mI9K0M/s640/goodfellas+xmas+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #073763;">Ray Liotta and Lorraine Bracco celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah</span></b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #990000;">But you can have the best tree on the lot... Because you <u>flocking</u> deserve it...</span></b></div>

lorraine bracco, mob, nineties, ray liotta, robert deniro

COME HERE, YOU... MERRY CHRISTMAS

Robert De Niro at the post-heist Christmas party "Hey, come here, you..." Merry Christmas... Don't buy a new car or fur c...

JMT FILM INSTITUTE: 10 GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDq-SlhlsFU7Yhr7eJja2uSFVFZbPLj5xHI6SE1EYsWi4Thzts21CGDmXDsseRI5B6M-5AVbvnv8hQLtOv5CAPdoX3zkTVcElHx7UeHKYxfWb5ggWVUc1WH6q8z9a8oYWLHkWy8wLVGAgmQF_14RYJL_5eymtJHiND0CFkp_smLlsfURzvZBrS31RwnIK/s1702/Screen%20Shot%202024-04-25%20at%201.34.28%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1702" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDq-SlhlsFU7Yhr7eJja2uSFVFZbPLj5xHI6SE1EYsWi4Thzts21CGDmXDsseRI5B6M-5AVbvnv8hQLtOv5CAPdoX3zkTVcElHx7UeHKYxfWb5ggWVUc1WH6q8z9a8oYWLHkWy8wLVGAgmQF_14RYJL_5eymtJHiND0CFkp_smLlsfURzvZBrS31RwnIK/w640-h370/Screen%20Shot%202024-04-25%20at%201.34.28%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1) THE GODFATHER PART II (FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Two time periods covered in a single motion picture… A sequel that exceeds the original when the original is a classic… Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino… The Black Hand and Vito Corleone walking the same direction toward a very different fate… John Cazale telling Al Pacino he’s not dumb, he’s smart… How Richard Bright pronounces “Buenos Aires”… When Joe Spinell says, "The family had a lot of buffers".... Lee Strasberg proves he can practice what he teaches...   </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxS1uwu7DV5lvsKZ-kSdqI9GN_8qgqHd5WmZJuxOqfAx-cIZJB9o8TA_ZREA7-ubl3k_b7-QXO97cuHNV-M1r5jmD4BiW5uEkgmJyDeU70tQRQAGaxGcGkpi_y40Hf72uTuyoxTfAvEq6t/s1600/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxS1uwu7DV5lvsKZ-kSdqI9GN_8qgqHd5WmZJuxOqfAx-cIZJB9o8TA_ZREA7-ubl3k_b7-QXO97cuHNV-M1r5jmD4BiW5uEkgmJyDeU70tQRQAGaxGcGkpi_y40Hf72uTuyoxTfAvEq6t/s640/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2) THE GODFATHER (FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> The slow pan on Al Pacino as he turns from passive little brother into calculating mobster… Al finds the gun in the latrine as the train shakes the building’s foundation, providing a suspenseful score without music… Marlon Brando becomes an aging old crime boss, more human than hateful, more loving than evil… James Caan, Robert Duvall, John Cazale… And don't forget the cannoli...</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDtnf9V8276nyQ-geLmSmVGUduMJgJYcO17u-kxJmSJUaoapzk-ji2hJu7Kg559X4doz9evf08XOtwIp3mh50o3papspnEI4_w3SQqMVbjSfeZ2bznc-XqxwakKZBve4sEqCZy0SNkKQy/s1600/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDtnf9V8276nyQ-geLmSmVGUduMJgJYcO17u-kxJmSJUaoapzk-ji2hJu7Kg559X4doz9evf08XOtwIp3mh50o3papspnEI4_w3SQqMVbjSfeZ2bznc-XqxwakKZBve4sEqCZy0SNkKQy/s640/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3) GOODFELLAS (MARTIN SCORSESE)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Joe Pesci ain't your clown – and don’t remind him he shined shoes… Ray Liotta’s sharp narration as Henry Hill, telling a tale that, in the two-and-a-half running time, has so many twists and turns the entire thing seems like separately intense, and often darkly humorous, vignettes… Monkey Man, Gimme Shelter, Sunshine of Your Love, the second half of Layla… Morrie’s wig commercial… Lorraine Bracco’s narration as Henry’s wife, not just a token female but an important part of the proceedings: it’s her story too… Martin Scorsese’s peak as a director, gliding the camera like no one else can do, or has done, or will ever do again…</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRb96Mz4RW9XnSnxZT2AYkfusmFxaLRY7prNzRLFBV4yGGftektT8tvlPJMJOCm0nU8_BnNN4h74FUF_AEAdhQlmgzFet8AOY_ajBszPt7HzhKCP7sVqGspuR-TIEt6O9RuvLyVp59dMud/s1600/bull.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRb96Mz4RW9XnSnxZT2AYkfusmFxaLRY7prNzRLFBV4yGGftektT8tvlPJMJOCm0nU8_BnNN4h74FUF_AEAdhQlmgzFet8AOY_ajBszPt7HzhKCP7sVqGspuR-TIEt6O9RuvLyVp59dMud/s640/bull.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4) RAGING BULL (MARTIN SCORSESE)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Robert DeNiro with the tight muscular build of a middleweight boxer… Then with a belly and double chin… Flashbulbs pop during boxing scenes… Joe Pesci with a looser, fouler mouth than Tommy in GOODFELLAS… Cathy Moriarty at the public swimming pool… Bare knuckles bleeding on a brick prison wall…      </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWYGgQ-OhGXtjlRMB2a54-qMwYTrWQIvUeuqJo1-eqBo-yA9rWkFVPicuG2ic-LlOtNUQNukL2G6tvns4bE865_A8Onoj7BBqfNGHnYfJBCPMYxrQl3XF5hpD7kB04-_cQHORsioSCp6k/s1600/5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWYGgQ-OhGXtjlRMB2a54-qMwYTrWQIvUeuqJo1-eqBo-yA9rWkFVPicuG2ic-LlOtNUQNukL2G6tvns4bE865_A8Onoj7BBqfNGHnYfJBCPMYxrQl3XF5hpD7kB04-_cQHORsioSCp6k/s640/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5) CITIZEN KANE (ORSON WELLES)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> A twenty-five year old kid transforms into a bitter old man… A twenty-five year old kid pissing off a real life mogul that could, and would, hinder a promising career… Dorothy Comingore playing chess in a room with a giant fireplace… Stock footage bats from SON OF KONG… Joseph Cotten in a wheelchair… Everett Sloane remembering that timeless woman in the white dress…</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Z16-oLOrWY9JD9ClcnvILZbtmlHFKEqWCNgGjeD3Fw5IfVtB_bKH9xLIlMJhthjb29XjgT3r4-vygUy_fzmHSBpqUyD_2gyvZERqRFOeCNz9KNEMCz2SrW2lRKzFnH4kEOMJUKSt8MPE/s1600/6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Z16-oLOrWY9JD9ClcnvILZbtmlHFKEqWCNgGjeD3Fw5IfVtB_bKH9xLIlMJhthjb29XjgT3r4-vygUy_fzmHSBpqUyD_2gyvZERqRFOeCNz9KNEMCz2SrW2lRKzFnH4kEOMJUKSt8MPE/s640/6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">6) IN COLD BLOOD (RICHARD BROOKS)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> The meticulous routine of two criminals, and a passive small town family, connected as one living/breathing creature… Not showing the murders till later on… Rain shadows as tears on Robert Blake’s face… Scott Wilson, Scott Wilson, Scott Wilson…</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDc6vnGV8dqZJCDeYuNCyHojZHUqFHOsitw2RFhJGkLUZ8wSzdkyHceF8bn4dnwL8uC_fW0h6s4jwf2zFa1Gs0_zvKh-crzwYzUaQvvY0A1RvXSh0tOUJvHXIzMgEEtBoDJpjQbgLDlru/s1600/touch_of_evil_4.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDc6vnGV8dqZJCDeYuNCyHojZHUqFHOsitw2RFhJGkLUZ8wSzdkyHceF8bn4dnwL8uC_fW0h6s4jwf2zFa1Gs0_zvKh-crzwYzUaQvvY0A1RvXSh0tOUJvHXIzMgEEtBoDJpjQbgLDlru/s640/touch_of_evil_4.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7) TOUCH OF EVIL (ORSON WELLES)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Despite the "Charlton Heston as a Mexican" becoming a pop culture punchline, this is the legendary actor's most subdued and genuine performance... Up against director Orson Welles as a crooked cop epitomizing Film Noir villainy... The three-and-a-half minute opening shot without a single cut... Akim Tamiroff's bulging eyes... Janet Leigh trapped in a rural motel, the first time... Marlene Dietrich's voice... Joanna Moore's figure... Joseph Cotten's cameo... Joseph Calleia's loyalty... And don't forget the shadows, oh those amazing shadows...</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhej8Egg3cnrOvMF-sZ1JsXXgEhWS2YO6Rb_o4zcfdaxXTG49C7GHTTKotZOmi_xigDmmKzA0IDb-YACnjA7BtGfbVxr-hbP4v3bCEQ-0eQRjs86PDuqKckl7xgh_gLTl9M8mOuYHzb36fz/s1600/8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhej8Egg3cnrOvMF-sZ1JsXXgEhWS2YO6Rb_o4zcfdaxXTG49C7GHTTKotZOmi_xigDmmKzA0IDb-YACnjA7BtGfbVxr-hbP4v3bCEQ-0eQRjs86PDuqKckl7xgh_gLTl9M8mOuYHzb36fz/s640/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8) CHINATOWN (ROMAN POLANSKI)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Only the hidden things matter… Jack Nicholson knows nothing… Faye Dunaway knows everything – how she hides it from both Jack and the audience is the key… John Huston eats fish with eyes…Burt Young eats venetian blinds… </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZGR6qL39_bHRHsAEjADQIDucJHb-BHDiDBF_m9-R_a5yBhcug_gdLjVzR-eFz5tGMl5tNrhKeEXlQD68XKnAOq70lhFImSJrWoBXzyImqqADkN5aTToZVAIx-mVo8uWQmcNjWZtYJk7v/s1600/9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZGR6qL39_bHRHsAEjADQIDucJHb-BHDiDBF_m9-R_a5yBhcug_gdLjVzR-eFz5tGMl5tNrhKeEXlQD68XKnAOq70lhFImSJrWoBXzyImqqADkN5aTToZVAIx-mVo8uWQmcNjWZtYJk7v/s640/9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">9) JAWS (STEVEN SPIELBERG)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> The camera is the shark long enough so the fake looking beast means nothing… Robert Shaw recalling the S.S. Indianapolis – tapping his mug on the table… Roy and Richard kicking home... Spielberg’s camera maneuvers in a viewer-friendly fashion that big budget blockbusters still attempt to this day… Duh Dum, Duh Dum…  </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKJ2jxm1mvjuQwDS6jT8rHIY5dETRN1Ks-3SQAWD-hiMWI_CuOVYfDcq3Ebbdo5Ke-NwOhg9qM0D_deDXvUSqMe4RXISfmVir-SOX4-I0uaZ17aZTqEO13HKbJSrmiVsX-sU3ZsykeGOX/s1600/10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKJ2jxm1mvjuQwDS6jT8rHIY5dETRN1Ks-3SQAWD-hiMWI_CuOVYfDcq3Ebbdo5Ke-NwOhg9qM0D_deDXvUSqMe4RXISfmVir-SOX4-I0uaZ17aZTqEO13HKbJSrmiVsX-sU3ZsykeGOX/s640/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">10) LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (DAVID LEAN)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> Peter O’Toole admits he enjoyed killing the man he had saved… Peter O’Toole saving the man he then has to kill… The match flame becomes a burning desert sun… A desert mirage becomes a man with a gun…</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cGjfQNVoKui_K5UgbM5cGRBlDtTHDeD5Gzuq_AKHY6TJlu79PZQLI8NKl6tEEGbNpwPITB6sVoLUYCx7sCBb8ETR1McfQYy8R2O0GbsMN34VfvQnDvbLX8kl9k0aOOvmnbm9czRxJQWi/s1600/op6dd.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cGjfQNVoKui_K5UgbM5cGRBlDtTHDeD5Gzuq_AKHY6TJlu79PZQLI8NKl6tEEGbNpwPITB6sVoLUYCx7sCBb8ETR1McfQYy8R2O0GbsMN34VfvQnDvbLX8kl9k0aOOvmnbm9czRxJQWi/s640/op6dd.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">10 GREATEST MOVIES LIST BY JAMES M. TATE</td></tr> </tbody></table>

al pacino, marlon brando, orson welles, robert deniro, seventies, sixties

JMT FILM INSTITUTE: 10 GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME

1) THE GODFATHER PART II (FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA) Two time periods covered in a single motion picture… A sequel that exceeds the original ...

MARTIN SCORSESE'S MEAN STREETS W/ INTERVIEWS

<div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2019/08/goodstreets.html"><span style="font-size: large;">CLICK HERE FOR THE NEW HOME FOR 'MEAN STREETS' AND THE KEVIN CORRIGAN INTERVIEW</span></a><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3UrpHPoM3JUXbNzItFRg4zO9tMHBkvNSyT0SlcokXtITKFxRwoSlRoZ6z5iVE-WWtDQduGQa9SkxQzCdYhMNr6-6-HVQZB_ANnbcdMiya-Ug3CCOe0mUetsfprGWLGw_ERnQZR24Hv1V/s1600/Mean+Streets+pic+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3UrpHPoM3JUXbNzItFRg4zO9tMHBkvNSyT0SlcokXtITKFxRwoSlRoZ6z5iVE-WWtDQduGQa9SkxQzCdYhMNr6-6-HVQZB_ANnbcdMiya-Ug3CCOe0mUetsfprGWLGw_ERnQZR24Hv1V/s640/Mean+Streets+pic+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2019/08/goodstreets.html">MEAN STREETS HAS MOVED HERE</a></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_gp2KY5omgA" width="640"></iframe>

david carradine, david proval, george memmoli, harry northup, harvey keitel, martin scorsese, mob, robert carradine, robert deniro, robert romanus, seventies

MARTIN SCORSESE'S MEAN STREETS W/ INTERVIEWS

CLICK HERE FOR THE NEW HOME FOR 'MEAN STREETS' AND THE KEVIN CORRIGAN INTERVIEW MEAN STREETS HAS MOVED HERE

ROBERT DE NIRO AND EDDIE MURPHY TEAM IN 'SHOWTIME'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOReZ9tQCeA6v2RwBm2cp5D553XOfXjN3fRzXCtytlbF0n5X0ZtGhtD4O4xOAvwkoZvslqCz5PiX3dtt0OtfDPtmelp_gdeOD9tqPMCbnu2NUKYLl0MwuW_ONl5ZY876zHbSJcon9agDSA/s1600/320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOReZ9tQCeA6v2RwBm2cp5D553XOfXjN3fRzXCtytlbF0n5X0ZtGhtD4O4xOAvwkoZvslqCz5PiX3dtt0OtfDPtmelp_gdeOD9tqPMCbnu2NUKYLl0MwuW_ONl5ZY876zHbSJcon9agDSA/s400/320.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 2000 cast: Robert DeNiro, Eddie Murphy,William Shatner score: ***</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> It’s good cop, bad cop. The good cop takes his job serious. Robert De Niro’s Mitch Preston plays by the book and from the very beginning lets us know the difference between fictional fuzz and real ones. The bad cop isn’t crooked, he’s just not very… good as his job. And he’s a bad actor...<br /> <br /> Not Eddie Murphy – but his character Trey Sellers wants to be part of a popular reality series TUFF COPS and doesn’t have the acting chops to make the cut. Till he foils an important bust led by DeNiro's Preston, which is captured on the local news – and the reality show, headed by producer Rene Russo, sees a rising star in the gruff veteran cop.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0ITK9uySljR2wBvVu2CdT2Q38wxaHYbu1VCU5CGsjRHs10UBFndmS9AoUD-v_u4sXVkAZpi4HpAp4O0b2N4Mu3J4zFXoi1zkrC50ffbRu3e45MxjCdbLaahKB94Dk4pKfJB24DVkmGve/s1600/e.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0ITK9uySljR2wBvVu2CdT2Q38wxaHYbu1VCU5CGsjRHs10UBFndmS9AoUD-v_u4sXVkAZpi4HpAp4O0b2N4Mu3J4zFXoi1zkrC50ffbRu3e45MxjCdbLaahKB94Dk4pKfJB24DVkmGve/s320/e.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>DeNiro and Sam Jackson in JACKIE BROWN </u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Long story short, the two opposites team up as part of the reality series and, like Murphy’s screen debut 48 HRS (or any buddy flick) they don’t get along at first. Till they move in on the main villain… a Spanish nightclub owner with a giant gun that can shoot through anything (including bulletproof vests)… and both eventually learn to trust each other...<br /> <br /> Which all sounds more cliché and banal than it actually is. Despite the déjà vu – we’ve seen this template a million times – SHOWTIME is surprisingly involving despite the fact it’s not drop on the floor funny like Murphy's older movies, and we all know De Niro deserves better. But the characters, if anything else, will keep you invested in the outcome <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5poHHVn0_bdfzoSQE4p-MutfLrqAF4UnsUpnJ_e58x1oohcLrEZ4uY-j8Isbf12bBcezaTn5wxU4Gnu59hKksCEU7BSDIiSBfMUrEGHpYnlrgRwETeAj2_WtOPvdtDPT1Kjn7A_-U8fgJ/s1600/48-hrs.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5poHHVn0_bdfzoSQE4p-MutfLrqAF4UnsUpnJ_e58x1oohcLrEZ4uY-j8Isbf12bBcezaTn5wxU4Gnu59hKksCEU7BSDIiSBfMUrEGHpYnlrgRwETeAj2_WtOPvdtDPT1Kjn7A_-U8fgJ/s1600/48-hrs.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Eddie Murphy starts a career with Nick Nolte in 48 HRS</u></td></tr> </tbody></table>

action, comedy, cop, eddie murphy, rene russo, robert deniro, team-up, william shatner, zeroes

ROBERT DE NIRO AND EDDIE MURPHY TEAM IN 'SHOWTIME'

year: 2000 cast: Robert DeNiro, Eddie Murphy,William Shatner score: *** It’s good cop, bad cop. The good cop takes his job serious. Ro...

BEING FLYNN

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRBRWu51Qp05EKZlsrkqN9Sewy2ujzLlCRGdb6HNSfzTpO9I0louKVUpjOoDLGyfPDj8WSuyIj6ZPkkOFDxXMCsjUQIeORiDkmqGfbySWcbTIzeLdCsOqYUjFK-lv8svHhNbCvztOW7Z6/s1600/e-being-flynn2-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRBRWu51Qp05EKZlsrkqN9Sewy2ujzLlCRGdb6HNSfzTpO9I0louKVUpjOoDLGyfPDj8WSuyIj6ZPkkOFDxXMCsjUQIeORiDkmqGfbySWcbTIzeLdCsOqYUjFK-lv8svHhNbCvztOW7Z6/s320/e-being-flynn2-web.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DeNiro verses Dano as Dad and Son</td></tr> </tbody></table> <b>title:</b> BEING FLYNN<br /> <b>year: </b>2012<br /> <b>cast: </b>Robert DeNiro, Paul Dano<br /> <b>r</b><b>ating: </b>***<br /> <br /> There are familiar characters within Robert DeNiro’s Jonathan Flynn. For starters, he’s a closed-minded TAXI DRIVER. And he’s in his own world and fancies himself a famous author – much like THE KING OF COMEDY dreamt of being a famous comedian. But this Flynn only pretends to be narrating a true story as he, after being thrown out of his apartment and losing his job, wanders the streets in the freezing cold New York City nights. It’s his son Nick, a twenty-something who had grown up with a single mother (Julianne Moore in sporadic flashbacks) with only dad’s letters and pictures, with a legit narration guiding us.<br /> <br /> Nick resides in a closed-down strip bar and works at a homeless shelter where his father, a barking, opinionated bully, eventually resides. The inter-workings of the shelter gives the viewer an involving, realistic yet somewhat watered-down experience of how the other half lives. But when Nick, played with dependable pathos by Paul Dano, morphs into a cocaine habit... strung-out one minute and clean the next... the real story sidetracks. It's the relationship with pop that keeps the movie grounded and interesting. And for DeNiro fans, while this isn’t one of his top-shelf performances, it far exceeds the mediocre grimacing cop roles he’s sleepwalked through for the last decade.

2012, biopic, drama, paul dano, robert deniro

BEING FLYNN

DeNiro verses Dano as Dad and Son title: BEING FLYNN year: 2012 cast: Robert DeNiro, Paul Dano r ating: *** There are familiar cha...