‘Raging Bull’ Download and Reviews

November 16, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Biography, Drama, Sport

“Raging Bull” Movie Details

Raging Bull tagline:
Raging Bull - DVD Cover

Raging Bull DVD Cover

Actors:
Robert De Niro Jake La Motta
Cathy Moriarty Vickie Thailer
Joe Pesci Joey La Motta
Frank Vincent Salvy Batts
Nicholas Colasanto Tommy Como
Theresa Saldana Lenore
Mario Gallo Mario
Frank Adonis Patsy
Joseph Bono Guido
Frank Topham Toppy
Lori Anne Flax Irma
Charles Scorsese Charlie
Don Dunphy Himself
Bill Hanrahan Eddie Eagan
Rita Bennett Emma
Directors: Martin Scorsese
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10 out of 83,484 votes

“Raging Bull” Movie Review

“Raging Bull” Plot Summary

An emotionally self-destructive boxer’s journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it.

Incredible acting

‘Raging Bull’ is a masterpiece of filmmaking. It is entertaining, but to me, it is more of a technical movie than an entertaining movie

The acting is undescribable. Some terrific performances are featured in this film, especially Robert De Niro’s performance, which is the stuff of legends. It was probably one of the most predictable Academy Awards ever that year, because Robert De Niro just blew everyone else away. Joe Pesci brings us another amazing performance. Martin Scorsese’s directing is near perfect, and we are treated to great black and white cinematography. Basically everything about this movie had ‘OSCAR’ stamped on its forehead

Although ‘Raging Bull’ is, in a technical sense, one of the greatest movies ever made, it fails to entertain on all levels. There are many moments in the movie that are incredibly entertaining, however, there are some moments where it just seems to be too slow-paced. I am usually all for slow-paced movies, as it helps to build up the plot and the characters, but I feel that ‘Raging Bull’ could have been cut short 15 or 20 minutes and it would have been more entertaining, and still just as great when it comes to all the technical aspects

Sum-up: If you are looking for some of the best acting you will ever see, look no further than ‘Raging Bull.’ If you want entertainment, you will find it in ‘Raging Bull’, but it probably won’t be as much entertainment as you want.

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‘Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai’ Download and Reviews

November 11, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Crime, Drama, Thriller

“Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai” Movie Details

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai tagline: All assassins live beyond the law… only one follows the code
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai DVD Cover

Actors:
  • Gano Grills
  • Forest Whitaker Ghost Dog
    John Tormey Louie
    Cliff Gorman Sonny Valerio
    Dennis Liu Chinese Restaurant Owner
    Frank Minucci Big Angie
    Richard Portnow Handsome Frank
    Tricia Vessey Louise Vargo
    Henry Silva Ray Vargo
    Gene Ruffini Old Consigliere
    Frank Adonis Valerio’s Bodyguard
    Victor Argo Vinny
    Damon Whitaker Young Ghost Dog
    Kenny Guay Boy in Window
    Vince Viverito Johnny Morini
    Gangsta in Red
    Directors: Jim Jarmusch IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 out of 34,003 votes

    “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai” Movie Review

    “Ghost Dog” Plot Summary

    An African American mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob. add synopsis

    Sweet!

    Hi, this movie is all about REAL SAMURAI. This site is awesome. My name is Robert and I can’t stop thinking about. These guys are cool; and by cool, I mean totally sweet

    Facts: 1. Samurai are mammals. 2. Samurai fight ALL the time. 3. The purpose of the samurai is to flip out and kill people

    Samurai can kill anyone they want! Samurai cut off heads ALL the time and don’t even think twice about it. These guys are so crazy and awesome that they flip out ALL the time. I heard that there was this samurai who was eating at a diner. And when some dude dropped a spoon the samurai killed the whole town. My friend Mark said that he saw a samurai totally uppercut some kid just because the kid opened a window

    And that’s what I call REAL Ultimate Power!!!!!!!!!If you don’t believe that samurai have REAL Ultimate Power you better get a life right now or they will chop your head off!!! It’s an easy choice, if you ask me

    Samurai are sooooooooooo sweet that I want to crap my pants. I can’t believe it sometimes, but I feel it inside my heart. These guys are totally awesome and that’s a fact. Samurai are fast, smooth, cool, strong, powerful, and sweet. I can’t wait to start yoga next year. I love samurai with all of my body (including my pee pee).

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    ‘True Romance’ Download and Reviews

    November 10, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Crime, Romance, Thriller

    “True Romance” Movie Details

    True Romance tagline: Stealing, Cheating, Killing. Who said romance is dead?
    True Romance - DVD Cover

    True Romance DVD Cover

    Actors:
    Christian Slater Clarence Worley
    Patricia Arquette Alabama Whitman
    Michael Rapaport Dick Ritchie
    Val Kilmer Elvis, Mentor
    Bronson Pinchot Elliot Blitzer
    Dennis Hopper Clifford Worley
    Gary Oldman Drexl Spivey
    Brad Pitt Floyd
    Tom Sizemore Cody Nicholson
    Christopher Walken Vincenzo Coccotti
    Samuel L. Jackson Big Don
    Saul Rubinek Lee Donowitz
    James Gandolfini Virgil
    Victor Argo Lenny
    Frank Adonis Frankie
    Directors: Tony Scott
    IMDB Rating: 7.9/10 out of 69,386 votes

    “True Romance” Movie Review

    “True Romance” Plot Summary

    Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it. add synopsis

    This really is the ultimate Quentin Tarantino movie.

    True Romance. Tarantino’s first, and ironically enough most original, movie. Though directed by Tony Scott (Top Gun, Enemy of the State) the film remains very faithful to Tarantino’s original conception. With the exception of the ending and the trademark Tarantino non-linear storytelling being taken out. There are oh so many things in this movie that Tarantino’s later works reference to that it’s like a Tarantino fan boy treat! Which I am not anymore. But during my one year time as a fan boy I did read the script of this movie and this was before I even saw the movie. So this being so very faithful to the script you can imagine how psyched i was seeing this movie. I was not disappointed

    The movie starts off in not so sunny Detroit with our anti-hero Clarence. Clarence lives a very lonely life with comic books, Kung Fu movies and Elvis as his greatest passions. But one day a woman named Alabama comes into his life. They fall in love instantly and armed with a 38 caliber revolver, a suitcase full of cocaine and most of all love, they set off to sunny Hollywood to try to sell it off and live happily ever after

    Many people brand this movie as a narcissistic teenage boy’s wet dream. Well it’s not. This is supposed to be a fairy tale and it so is. I mean he’s a film geek and she’s a hot girl. Well it turns out this hot girl likes movies and comics to so they get married. That’s every man’s dream. Tarantino didn’t set out to make a fairy tale when he wrote it but the changes that Tony Scott made (as small as they were) really changed the theme of the movie and made it lighter and more like a fairy tale. Personally I would have really liked to see what the movie would have been like if Tarantino had directed it

    This is one of those movies which has a wonderful cast. First there’s Christian Slater (….well…True Romance) who plays the character of Clarence very good. Had this been directed by Tarantino in the early nineties the part would have been played by Tarantino himself. Slater plays it with a certain style and this really is his best film ever. I wonder why he doesn’t get better parts in movies. Then there’s Dennis Hopper (Land of the Dead, Speed) who plays his father in a couple of scenes. The whole movie is worth watching just for him. Gary Oldman (Leon, Lost in Space) plays a very cool role as Drexl the pimp. Good old Gary. Christopher Walken has a small role and plays it very calm and cool. Michael Rapaport, (Friends) who we all know from Friends and Deep Blue Sea, Plays struggling actor Dick Richie and gives a solid performance. And last but most certainly not least there’s Chris Penn (rest in peace) as Detective Nicky Dimes. He plays the part with such coolness and style and the film would not be what it is if he weren’t in it.’People have asked me: ‘So would you ever do a romance movie?’ like that’s not what I would do. ‘Well, I did a romantic movie, True Romance.’ ‘No, no, I mean like a real romantic movie.’ ‘Well that is a real romantic movie.’ ‘No, like one without violence?’ ‘Well there’ll be a lot of things in any movie I do that will be contradictory, but anybody who’s a fan of the movie can tell you, the title – True Romance – is not ironic…this is true romance.” – Quentin Tarantino.

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    ‘Goodfellas’ Download and Reviews

    October 15, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Biography, Crime, Drama

    “Goodfellas” Movie Details

    Goodfellas tagline: “As far back as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to be a gangster.” — Henry Hill, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1955.
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    Goodfellas DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • Suzanne Shepherd
  • Robert De Niro Jimmy Conway
    Ray Liotta Henry Hill
    Joe Pesci Tommy DeVito
    Lorraine Bracco Karen Hill
    Paul Sorvino Paul Cicero
    Chuck Low Morris ‘Morrie’ Kessler
    Frank DiLeo Tuddy Cicero
    Frank Sivero Frankie Carbone
    Tony Darrow Sonny Bunz
    Mike Starr Frenchy
    Frank Vincent Billy Batts
    Frank Adonis Anthony Stabile
    Catherine Scorsese Mrs. DeVito, Tommy’s Mother
    Gina Mastrogiacomo Janice Rossi
    Karen’s Mother
    Directors: Martin Scorsese IMDB Rating: 8.8/10 out of 211,611 votes

    “Goodfellas” Movie Review

    “Goodfellas” Plot Summary

    Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy.

    A classic mobster film.

    This is one hell of a film about the mobsters, based on a true story and coming from one of the great directors of all time. This is about Henry Hill, the narrator of the story, an Irish simple person who gets involved with the Mafia at a very young age and continues his life through it. There is no major plot in this film, just isolated incidents one of which was the turning point of Hill’s life. Scorsese, as brilliant as he ever was, shows violence, sex and drugs etc in his own trademark style. And his actors helps him to make this film one of the classics

    Robert DeNiro is not present in much of the film, nor his acting leaves too much impression. The three actors who really did their best job here are Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci and Lorraine Bracco. I hate to say that most youngsters today don’t know too much about Liotta or how talented he was. I asked my younger brother about him and he said, ‘The man who did the voice on GTA: Vice City?’. This is partly because Liotta did not get too many big roles after that, especially in recent years. But here he is just brilliant as Hill. It’s Pesci’s one of the best too. Playing a mad mobster with dark sense of humor wasn’t his usual type. And Lorraine Bracco becomes the perfect lead female in such type of films

    The film’s got smart screenplay and excellent cinematography. And I don’t know how many times Scorsese will be denied his Academy recognition. I hate to see a lifetime achievement award as his first Oscar. But things are going like that.

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    ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’ Download and Reviews

    August 26, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Action, Comedy, Mystery

    “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” Movie Details

    Ace Ventura: Pet Detective tagline: He’s the best there is! (Actually, he’s the only one there is.)
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    Ace Ventura: Pet Detective DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • Bill Zuckert
  • Jim Carrey Ace Ventura
    Courteney Cox Melissa Robinson
    Sean Young Lt. Lois Einhorn/Ray Finkel
    Tone Loc Emilio
    Dan Marino Himself
    Noble Willingham Riddle
    Troy Evans Roger Podacter
    Raynor Scheine Woodstock
    Udo Kier Ron Camp
    Frank Adonis Vinnie
    Tiny Ron Roc
    David Margulies Doctor
    John Capodice Aguado
    Judy Clayton Martha Mertz
    Mr. Finkle
    Directors: Tom Shadyac IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 out of 59,612 votes

    “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” Movie Review

    “Ace Ventura” Plot Summary

    A goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of a missing dolphin mascot of a football team. add synopsis

    Funny, Funny, Funny

    Here it is, folks: the movie that made ‘Jim Carrey’ a household name overnight–’Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.’ Although the movie’s silly, crude, and often very childish, I still love the damn thing to death. It’s a classic. Just one of those movies that you know’s great but can’t accurately describe why. Maybe because Jim Carrey’s the only actor on earth who can pull Ace Ventura off without looking like a complete jackass. Yeah, I think that’s it. Can you think of any other actor on earth who could bend over, talk through his rectum, and still manage being funny and make sense? That’s what Carrey does here. Ace Ventura is obnoxious, but he makes sense and solves complex cases; he’s no idiot. The plot’s pretty good for a silly movie. Ace Ventura is hired by the beautiful Melissa Robinson (Courtney Cox) of the Miami Dolphins to retrieve their missing mascot dolphin–Snowflake

    This movie practically made Carrey a superstar overnight. (And even resulted in a funny but inferior sequel entitled–’Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.’) Had this not been made, we’d of never experienced the hilarity of ‘Dumb and Dumber’ or ‘The Mask.’ Jim Carrey’s a comedic genius. I miss the Dumb and Dumber/Mask era, when Carrey was in his prime and never took himself or his audiences too seriously.3 and a half stars

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