Posts Tagged ‘robert de niro’

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    Jackie Brown-Of Tarantino and Blaxploitation
    One  of  the  numerous  slam  bang  movies,  i  saw  as  a kid  during  the  late  70’s  in  India  was  Black Belt Jones.  It  had Jim  Kelly,  one  of  the  main  characters  in  the  70’s   martial  arts  flick,  Enter  the  Dragon,  that  had made  Bruce Lee  an  icon  of   sorts,   especially  during  the ...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at November 3rd, 2009 at 08:11 am
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    Brian De Palma- And so it began
    1988- I  was  watching  the  Academy  Awards ceremony on  TV.  The  nominees   for  the  Best  Supporting  Actor  were  being  announced,  and  one  of  them  was  an  actor,  who  to  date  still  happens  to be my  favorite  Bond,   Sean  Connery.   Slightly  older,  with a salt and pepper  beard,  but  still  looking   dashing...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at August 11th, 2009 at 04:08 am
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    Analyze This, Analyze That : Crystal And de Niro’s Comic Act
    I am neither going to Analyze This nor Analyze That. Just pour my thoughts about these two movies that I saw back-to-back on Sunday evening. When AThis ended, I did have a smile on my face and was raring to watch AThat. But at the end of AThat, I was a lot disappointed. In fact, I felt that I should have kept AThat for another day and enjoyed the good humor of AThis; and...
    by crazyrals at May 4th, 2009 at 06:05 pm
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    Director – Actor Combo: Some Gems
    iView Author: SATYENDRA JHA (Pune, India) Email: satyendrajha30 [at]gmail[dot]com Like most of my other articles on PFC, this one has also got its seeds from one of the comments on the beautiful articles written by Ratnakar and Crazyrals paying homage to the great Shakti Samanta, who left us for heavenly abode last week. Well, the comment in question was how Shakti-da...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 19th, 2009 at 11:04 am
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    The Deer Hunter – A review
    iView Author: Skanda Narayanan (Pune, India) Email: skandarks(at)gmail(dot)com The Deer Hunter – A review For a long time, I have been wanting to start my old habit of reviewing movies. For various reasons (laziness, being the primary reason) I have not been able to start. Finally, yesterday I rented a couple of DVDs and here I am with the review of one of the...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at March 3rd, 2009 at 08:03 pm
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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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    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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    Ronin
    Kick ass action, bad ass guys, femme fatale, car chases and above all Robert De Niro. Paisa Vasool maamu. (3.5/5). IMDB
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at November 13th, 2008 at 07:11 pm
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    Midnight Run(1988)
    Fabulous, on the road movie, with some of the best one liners. Great chemistry between Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin. Don’t miss this superb comic thriller. Rating- 4/5 IMDB
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at October 14th, 2008 at 08:10 pm
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