Tag: robert de niro
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Review: Amsterdam
David O. Russell returns after a 7 year hiatus with his new movie Amsterdam. I have liked the bulk of his movies. The movie stars Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Mike Myers, Michael Shannon, Andrea Riseborough, Robert De Niro, Timothy Olyphant, Anya Taylor Joy, Rami Malek, Zoe Saldana, Alessandro Nivola, Chris Rock, Taylor…
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A Trip Back To: The King of Comedy (1993)
1/2 To be Martin Scorsese must be a little frustrating. Here is a guy who has made all of these excellent films, and has received multiple Oscar nominations… and yet he only has one Oscar to his name. To further that, while most of Scorsese’s films become instant classics and are completely cherished, others don’t…
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Review: Dirty Grandpa
By Christian DiMartino There comes a scene near the end of Dirty Grandpa in which two trucks nearly crash into each other, and truth is, I was rooting for them to go all the way. Robert De Niro can be funny, and yet he can phone it in. He’s obviously a legend in his own right,…
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Review: Joy
By Christian DiMartino Joy is a bit of a step back for David O. Russell, who has been on roll ever since The Fighter. That film, Silver Linings Playbook, and American Hustle all made my Best Lists, and I assumed Joy was heading there as well. Well, turns out that lightning can’t strike four times, but I still think Joy is a good…
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