No introduction, just the films, which speak for themselves. The films have not been ranked, rather have been arranged in the order they were released. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010) An […]
Wonder Woman 1984 | Official Trailer | Gal Gadot | Kristen Wigg | Chris Pine | Pedro Pascal | Patty Jenkins |Geoff Johnson | David Callaham Releasing June 2020
No Time To Die | Official Trailer | Daniel Craig | Rami Malek | Lea Seadoux | Naomie Harris | Ralph Fiennes | Ben Whishaw | Jeffrey Wright | Christoph […]
The first time I screened this film was the second day of its run at the Carlton Cinemas, an Art house theatre in downtown Toronto. Sherri and I braved the […]
Though I do not place myself into the elitist (snobby) plateau of a film critic who looks down on pure entertainment films, made for the popcorn crowd, I do confess […]
The first time I saw ‘Raging Bull’ (1980), I was with my friend Kevin McDonald who went on to great fame as one of The Kids in the Hall comedy […]
As a blue-collar family, my father worked for forty-one years in General Motors building cars. He would work two weeks days and two weeks nights until he gained enough seniority […]
Nominated for ten Academy Awards, ‘Gangs of New York’ was thought to be the film that was finally going to land Martin Scorsese his long-overdue Academy Award for Best Director. […]
In 1976, I was aware of Martin Scorsese as a filmmaker having seen Mean Streets (1973) and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974), and certainly a fan of the actor […]
By now it is clear Martin Scorsese is a filmmaking legend who will be remembered long after he has left this life. Scorsese’s films, the best ones, are films for […]
So yes, this got under my skin today! Seems the Marvel groupies and purists are lashing out at Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola for saying what many of us […]
Watching Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) trudge up that long concrete set of stairs on his way home each day, we can feel the burden he carries. Like a stone metaphor […]
Science fiction works best, I think when it reaches far beyond the mere expectations of the given narrative. When small, intimate moments with the characters or a visual sequence take […]
Though dismissed by some critics upon release in 1983, through the years Martin Scorsese’s rather chilling, cautionary tale, ‘The King of Comedy’ (1983) has gained in prominence and is now […]
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