The Deuce The Complete First Season (HBO Home Entertainment – 2018) New York City in the 70s was dirty, sleazy, violent and wild, but it also had a certain throbbing energy that the current Disney-ification of the city has pretty much defanged. Long before sky-high rents and massive chain stores turned the city into the … Continue reading
KICK-ASS (2010) Starring Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong, Clark Duke, Evan Peters, Lyndsy Fonseca, Garrett M. Brown, Sophie Wu, Yancy Butler, Michael Rispoli, Xander Berkeley, Omari Hardwick, Elizabeth McGovern and Craig Ferguson. Screenplay by Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Distributed by Lionsgate Films. 117 minutes. … Continue reading
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 (2009) Starring Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, Luis Guzman, Michael Rispoli, James Gandolfini, Ramon Rodriguez, Victor Gojcaj, John Benjamin Hickey, Alex Kaluzhsky, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Katherine Sigismund, Jake Siciliano, Gary Basaraba, Aunjanue Ellis and Saidah Arrika Ekulona. Screenplay by Brian Helgeland. Directed by Tony Scott. Distributed by Columbia … Continue reading
INVINCIBLE (2006) Starring Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth Banks, Kirk Acevedo, Lola Glaudini, Kevin Conway, Michael Rispoli, Dov Davidson, Michael Kelly, Sal Darigo, Michael Nouri and Tony Luke, Jr. Screenplay by Brad Gann. Directed by Ericson Core. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 108 minutes. Rated PG. I grew up in Philadelphia and was a young … Continue reading
SUMMER OF SAM (1999) Starring John Leguizamo, Mira Sorvino, Adrien Brody, Jennifer Esposito, Michael Rispoli, Bebe Neuwirth, Patti LuPone, Joe Lisi, Spike Lee, Mike Starr, Anthony LaPaglia, Ben Gazzara, John Savage, Jimmy Breslin and Michael Badalucco. Screenplay by Victor Coliccio, Michael Imperioli and Spike Lee. Directed by Spike Lee. Distributed by Touchstone Pictures. 142 minutes. … Continue reading
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