The Color of Money
The Color of Money (green, for those wondering) is a 1986 film starring Tom Cruise and Paul Newman as pool players who work together to hustle their unsuspecting opponents – until ultimately they turn...
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After Hours
After Hours follows protagonist Paul Hackett as he has the worst night of his life. After spontaneously going on a date, Paul tries to go home. However, obstacles and circumstances keep preventing this. For...
Dune: Part Two
Not since Top Gun: Maverick have I been as excited to see a movie in theaters as this one – and much like the aforementioned Tom Cruise film, this exceeded my expectations. I rewatched...
The King of Comedy
The King of Comedy brings back Robert De Niro as the starring role for the fifth time over Marty’s eight films to date. And for the fifth time, he plays a person that, if...
Raging Bull
I’m very glad I finally got around to watching this. Part of the reason I decided on Scorsese for my director deep dive was to give me an excuse to watch some stone-cold classics...
New York, New York
This film, not the city, stars Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli as they enter a complicated on-and-off again relationship fueled by love, hate, and music. It’s like La La Land, except the audience...
Taxi Driver
I normally try to avoid most spoilers in my articles, but it is not possible to talk about this film without a spoiler warning here. Marty’s fifth feature film, Taxi Driver, follows Travis Bickle...
The Holdovers
Due to the upcoming Oscars, I wanted to watch all ten nominees for Best Picture before the ceremony. I had already tackled Barbie, Maestro, Oppenheimer, and Killers of the Flower Moon, so with The...
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Apologies for the three week hiatus. We should be back on-track now. Marty’s fourth feature film was something completely different to him. The film follows Alice, a widow attempting to raise her son while...
Lift
Lift is Netflix’s newest nothing-burger of a film. I love heist films. Some of my favorite films come from this genre. But there was just absolutely nothing in this Fast and Furious-ripoff to love....
Mean Streets
Scorsese’s third film, Mean Streets, is the spiritual sequel to his directing debut, Who’s That Knocking at My Door, both in terms of themes and its star, Harvey Keitel. This is the first time...
