Tag: Ray Liotta

  • REVIEW: Cocaine Bear (2023)

    REVIEW: Cocaine Bear (2023)

    Unlike the majority of movies and television discussed on this site, Universal Pictures’ Cocaine Bear is an incredibly difficult movie to review. Cocaine Bear is not an intelligent movie. It is not well-acted, well-written, or well-done, and the script is utterly atrocious. But hot damn if it isn’t a great steaming pile of fun. In…

  • 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 Many Saints of Newark (2021)

    REVIEW: The Many Saints of Newark (2021)

    The Many Saints of Newark was a risky proposition from the get-go. To follow up something as beloved and intricately constructed as The Sopranos is one of the clearest examples of a fool’s errand imaginable. It becomes greater in the wake of El Camino, which added nothing to Breaking Bad and ruined a perfect ending…

  • The Tragedy of Marriage Story

    The Tragedy of Marriage Story

    Like many people, I was instantly excited by the announcement of Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach’s latest Netflix release. I’ve really enjoyed some of his other films, like While We’re Young and, especially, The Meyerowitz Stories. Marriage Story features another amazing ensemble cast, including Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver (who I quite like based on his non-Star…

  • Having an Old Friend for Dinner

    Having an Old Friend for Dinner

    “I came halfway around the world to watch you run.” Movie sequels are a real crapshoot. There’s no exact formula to getting them right, and you’re almost guaranteed to never please everybody. Public opinion is mysterious; people will praise some movies for doing things that they criticize in others. A lot of this has to…