By Jack Silbert on April 1, 2025
4 stars out of 5Robert De Niro stars as real-life gangster Frank Costello, with a strong supporting performance by Robert De Niro as Costello’s rival, Vito Genovese. Now, The Two Bobbys could’ve turned out cheesy or cheap-looking, but in director Barry Levinson’s hands, it works. And it’s fun to watch late-stage De Niro flex his […]
Posted in movie reviews | Tagged 20s movies, 90s movies, Barry Levinson, mafia, Nicholas Pileggi, Robert DeNiro, The Sopranos
By Jack Silbert on January 2, 2013
3 stars out of 5 OK, David Chase, you’ve gotten the veiled autobiography out of your system. Can we maybe get a Sopranos movie now? With Not Fade Away, he was partially there, anyway. You’ve got James Gandolfini playing, well, Tony Soprano if he worked at Pep Boys. Silvio is the film’s music supervisor. Eugene […]
Posted in movie reviews | Tagged 10s movies, David Chase, James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
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