Articles tagged "gangster movies"

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New book examines the mystery of the ‘Scarface’ phenomenon

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[26.Nov.08] :. Al Pacino, Oliver Stone, Brian De Palma, they just don’t get it. A quarter century since its December 1983 release, “Scarface” remains a towering pop-cult phenom, a hyperactive...

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The Gangster Film Reader by Alain Silver and James Ursini [Eds]

by David Sterritt

[25.Jul.07] :. In an age when gangsters have given way to gangstas, it's refreshing to find a book that takes the older breed seriously.

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Shallow Graves

by Michael Patrick Brady

[21.Feb.07] :. Martin Scorsese's hotly tipped Oscar fave, The Departed, plumbs the depths of the psychological and sociological motives of violence, loyalty, and duty.

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The Departed (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Oct.06] :. The Departed's understanding of identity is deeply rooted in place and culture -- South Boston, Irish Catholicism, masculine rituals.

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For Leonard DiCaprio, Scorsese’s ‘The Departed’ was one film to kill for

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[4.Oct.06] :. His career ambitions were pretty much fulfilled, says Leonardo DiCaprio, when Martin Scorsese called him to talk about playing Howard Hughes in 2004’s “The Aviator.” “After...

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Jack Nicholson loves being the ‘nice juicy bad guy’ in Scorsese’s ‘Departed’

by Rene Rodriguez [The Miami Herald (MCT)]

[2.Oct.06] :. The rumors emanating from the set of “The Departed,” Martin Scorsese’s remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller “Infernal Affairs,” had Jack Nicholson doing...

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