Posts Tagged ‘gangster movies’

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    Brian De Palma-The World is Yours
    (Some  spoilers  in the post). Say Hello to my Little brother I   was  one  of  those  hated  Scarface when  i  saw  it  first.  I  guess  maybe  i  saw  it  a time,  when  i  hated  anything  even  remotely  80’s.  And  the movie   was  80’s,  right from  Giorgio  Moroder’s  techno  music  to  the  over the top  acting...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at August 13th, 2009 at 04:08 am
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    Carlito’s Way- The Road to Redemption
    In  1983,    Brian  De  Palma  and  Al  Pacino,  came  together  in Scarface,  a  movie  that  polarized critics  and  audiences  alike.  After  his  turn  as  the  suave  Michael  Corleone in The  Godfather  Series,  Pacino,  again  lit  up  the screen as  Tony Montana,  a  foul mouthed,  hot headed,  illiterate,  cocaine  snorting ...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at March 19th, 2009 at 06:03 am
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    Casino(1995)- Gamblers, Las Vegas and the Mob
    Las Vegas- The name itself conjures up many images, of glitzy neon lit hotels, of millionaires, of hotels with exotic names, and the most unforgettable image its casinos. Think Detroit, and the first image is that of cars, Think Los Angeles, and its Hollywood, think New York, and its the towering skyscrapers and Wall Street, and Las...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at March 1st, 2009 at 06:03 am
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    Vaastav- A sordid reality
       In the  underworld  of  Mumbai,  there  are  some  become  gangsters  out  of  choice,  mesmerized by  the  flashy lifestyle,  and  there are some  who  become  gangsters,  because  of   circumstances,  either  extreme  poverty  or  just  a desire  for  survival.  In a vast  majority  of  the  Bollywood  movies,  the  hero ...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at January 18th, 2009 at 08:01 am
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    Goodfellas-I’ve always wanted to be a Gangster
        Goodfellas  is  Martin Scorcese’s  second  movie in the Gangster genre, after  Mean Streets. It  also  makes up the 3rd  part of  his  famous  trilogy  of  movies ,  the other 2 being  Taxi Driver    and  Raging Bull.    The movie  starts  off  with  Henry Hill( Ray Liotta),  driving down in a car,  along with fellow gangsters ...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at January 12th, 2009 at 09:01 am
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    Scarface – 25 Years
    1983 India won the World Cup in Cricket converting yours truly into a total cricket fan. The Star Wars series continued its success with Return of the Jedi topping the charts. Michael Jackson’s Thriller becomes a rage. And in the same year on Dec 9, was released a movie that would polarize the movie lovers community into 2 camps, those who hated it and those who...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at November 20th, 2008 at 07:11 am
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