Tag: Joe Pesci

  • Goodfellas, the Alamo Drafthouse, and the Moviegoing Experience

    Goodfellas, the Alamo Drafthouse, and the Moviegoing Experience

    People have been calling time of death on movie theaters for years, and several big events in the last decade have exacerbated those predictions. The rise of streaming was the big one, with Netflix and its progeny offering your choice of films and shows for a monthly fee that is, at least here in New…

  • REVIEW: The Irishman (2019)

    REVIEW: The Irishman (2019)

    Since the 1930s, the gangster has permeated cinema and given birth to some of the defining characters of the medium over the years, inspiring debate from fans and critics alike (including this reviewer’s thesis). From Edward G. Robinson’s Caesar Enrico Bandello in 1931’s Little Caesar to Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro’s Don Vito Corleone…

  • New Irishman Trailer Arrives Online

    New Irishman Trailer Arrives Online

    The new trailer for Martin Scorsese’s upcoming gangster epic The Irishman has arrived online. The new trailer for the film based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses, opens with Ray Romano’s Bill Bufalino having a meeting with Robert DeNiro’s Frank Sheeran. As he asks Sheeran a myriad of questions and Sheeran answers “No”…

  • The Irishman Trailer Arrives Online

    The Irishman Trailer Arrives Online

    The Irishman is Martin Scorcese’s upcoming Netflix movie based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt. The first full trailer for the highly anticipated film is framed by a phone call set up by Joe Pesci’s (in his return to acting after nearly a decade) Russel Bufalino between Robert DeNiro’s Frank…

  • First Teaser for The Irishman Released

    First Teaser for The Irishman Released

    Martin Scorsese and Netflix have made Mafia movie fans an offer they can’t refuse as the first teaser for the long-awaited film The Irishman has been released. While on the surface, the trailer might not seem like something to write home about, it can’t be said enough how important this movie is. Not only are…