Tag: Martin Scorsese

Scary TV for a Spooky Halloween

On By C.H. NewellIn Amazing Stories, American Horror Story, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Horror, List, Masters of Horror, Supernatural, The Twilight Zone, The Walking Dead, The X-Files, TV ShowsLeave a comment

A list of TV episodes to quench the deadly thirst of Halloween season— BEWARE!!!

Father Gore’s Top 205

On By C.H. NewellIn Documentary, Drama, Film, Horror, Psychological horror, Psychological Thriller, Revenge Thriller, ThrillerLeave a comment

Here are Father Gore's Top 205 Films of all time! Dig in.

An Uneven Sequel, My Guilty Pleasure – EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC

On By C.H. NewellIn Film, Horror, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Max Von Sydow, Ned Beatty, Richard Burton, Sequel, The Exorcist II: The Heretic, William GoodhartLeave a comment

This sequel to William Friedkin's original horror classic is far from perfect. Yet I'll be damned if it isn't my guilty pleasure.

TAXI DRIVER Rides Through the Moral Soup of Murder

On By C.H. NewellIn Albert Brooks, Crime, Cybill Shepherd, Drama, Film, Martin Scorsese, Peter Boyle, Rated R, Robert De NiroLeave a comment

This Martin Scorsese classic is the barometer for movies dealing with PTSD - not an overt military movie, but one that examines the effects of war and isolation and the lack of help for those who come home.

A Guy Ritchie Retrospective: Snatch

On By C.H. NewellIn Alan Ford, Benicio Del Toro, Brad Pitt, Comedy, Crime, Dennis Farina, Film, Guy Ritchie, Lennie James, Robbie Gee, Vinnie JonesLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7QBS0O7gT0 Snatch. 2000. Directed & Written by Guy Ritchie. Starring Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Rade Serbedzija, Alan Ford, Mike Reid, Robbie Gee, Lennie James, Ewen Bremner, Jason Flemyng, Ade, William Beck, & Andy Beckwith. Columbia Pictures Corporation/SKA Films. Rated 18A. 104 minutes. Comedy/Crime ★★★★★  It's been at least …

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Scorsese’s SHUTTER ISLAND: This is Your Brain, This is Your Brain Under Repression

On By C.H. NewellIn 2010, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Lehane, Film, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Martin Scorsese, Max Von Sydow, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, ThrillerLeave a comment

Scorsese & Lehane together as one? That's how you get a spooky, mind-bending thriller like SHUTTER ISLAND.

Vinyl – Season 1, Episode 1: “Pilot”

On By C.H. NewellIn Bobby Canavale, HBO, Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Music, Ray Romano, VinylLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrz4DMEjCpQ HBO's Vinyl Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot" Directed by Martin Scorsese Written by George Mastras * For a review of the next episode, "Yesterday Once More" - click here This Martin Scorsese-Mick Jagger produced HBO show starts out with a pilot directed by Scorsese himself. Everyone's been anticipating this slice of nostalgia, along with …

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Black Mass: Welcome Back, Mr. Depp!

On By C.H. NewellIn Benedict Cumberbatch, Biography, Crime, Drama, Film, Jesse Plemons, Joel Edgerton, Johnny Depp, Scott CooperLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE3e3hGF2jc Black Mass. 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Screenplay by Jez Butterworth & Mark Mallouk; based on the novel by Dick Lehr & Gerard O'Neill. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, David Harbour, and Adam Scott. Cross Creek Pictures/Grisbi Productions/Infinitum Nihil/Free State Pictures. Rated …

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