Tag: The Irishman
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‘The Bear’ Creator Christopher Storer Joins Mob Movie That Once Intrigued Martin Scorsese, Michael Mann
Christopher Storer is no slouch when it comes to orchestrating kitchen chaos, having created the hit Hulu comedy-drama “The Bear.” Now, he’ll turn his camera on “The Winter of Frankie Machine” and trade trades the tense world of short-order cooking for a mob story about a hitman who is lured out of retirement to set…
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Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ Kicked off Netflix’s Top 10 by J.Lo’s ‘The Mother’
It’s probably not getting an Oscar nominations anytime soon, but “The Mother” has bested Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” where it counts: Netflix viewership metrics. Jennifer Lopez’s thriller film has entered the streamer’s list of Top 10 most popular English-language films at No. 8, knocking Scorsese’s three-and-a-half hour mobster epic out of the upper echelon.Netflix announced…
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The Inspiration for ’Casino’s Gruesome True Story Explained
Through his decades-long collaboration with Martin Scorsese, Joe Pesci has given audiences a handful of memorable characters. Beginning with Joey Lamotta in Raging Bull, and continuing through with his Oscar-nominated performance as Russell Bufalino in The Irishman, the veteran actor has made a habit of commanding the screen when working with the revered filmmaker, and…
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Regal Cinemas to Screen All 10 Best Picture Nominees
Keeping its tradition of the past few years Regal Cinemas is set to screen all ten Best Picture nominees of the 95th Academy Awards, for 10 days leading up to the main Oscar ceremony, a new report in Comicbook reveals. Notably, this year the cinema chain will also screen Netflix’s All Quiet at the Western…
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The Awards Season Lineup Has a Big, Martin Scorsese-Shaped Hole in It
It’s been nearly three years since “The Irishman” debuted at the New York Film Festival, when it was hailed as a late-period masterpiece by Martin Scorsese. Since then, audiences have been waiting for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which has Scorsese directing his and Eric Roth’s adaptation of a David Grann non-fiction bestseller about the…
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Martin Scorsese Had To Scrap Another Movie To Make The Irishman
Scorsese’s star-studded swan song, “The Irishman,” almost had a totally different plot. When the acclaimed director and his long-time collaborator Robert De Niro decided to team up again for the first time since 1995’s “Casino,” they knew it had to be a project they would both be passionate about. Their initial plans got derailed when…
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‘Somewhere in Queens’ Review: What’s Not to Love About Ray Romano’s Directorial Debut?
It may come as a surprise to anyone who only knows him from the sitcom that made him a household name, but Ray Romano can really act. This first became apparent to many via his performance in “Parenthood,” Jason Katims’ small-screen adaptation of the Ron Howard movie that surpassed its source material in every way,…
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The 7 Best Movies New to Netflix in June 2022
Netflix’s film slate has made news in recent weeks, mainly due to a bombshell report that the streaming service is planning to stop funding expensive prestige movies like Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” in favor of cheaper, crowd-pleasing fare.But while Scorsese may not be directing another film for Netflix anytime soon (he’s moved on to Apple…
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Netflix Lost Subscribers, But It Really Lost Something Larger — Call It Mythology (Column)
Pretend it was one year ago, when the streaming revolution, stoked by the pandemic (when is a pandemic good for business? When your business depends on people staying home), was feeling the first flush of being the New Paradigm That Ate The World. And pretend, in that spring of 2021, that you’d been asked to…
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Paul Herman, The Sopranos Actor, Dies At 76
Award-winning actor and classic crime movie regular Paul Herman died on March 29, 2022, which was his 76th birthday. After starting his movie career in 1982 in “Dear Mr. Wonderful” with Joe Pesci and Karen Ludwig, the veteran Brooklyn-born actor went on to work with some of the all-time great filmmakers like Penny Marshall, Ivan Reitman,…