Tagged: mafia

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2010s / Comedy / Thriller

The Family (2013)

Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook, Limitless) stars as Fred Blake (formerly a mob boss named Giovanni Manzoni), who, along with his wife Maggie (Pfeiffer, Dark Shadows) and two teenage children, Belle (Agron, I Am Number Four) and Warren (D’Leo, Cop Out),...

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1970s / Action / Thriller

Across 110th Street (1972)

One of the grittiest and most violent films of its era, Across 110th Street, is a reliable police action vehicle made especially compelling with its claustrophobic location work, giving us a feel of the bleakness and...

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1970s / Drama / Thriller

The Godfather: Part II (1974)

There are many that tout the second chapter in the Corleone saga as superior to the original, and while I can definitely understand why I’m not necessarily inclined to agree from a personal taste...

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1970s / Drama / Thriller

The Godfather (1972)

The Godfather is a tough film to review, as it’s almost hallowed ground to some fans out there, and many others who might argue that it’s the greatest film of all time.  I’m not even...

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1990s / Drama / Thriller

Casino (1995)

Based on a true story (although the names have been changed), this tells the tale of Sam “Ace” Rothstein (De Niro, A Bronx Tale), a Jewish gambler with an incredible knack for bet-handicapping. His help...

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1990s / Action / Comedy / Musical

Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)

Elwood Blues gets out of jail and once again gets the old band together to head to Louisiana and enter a Battle of the Bands contest to save the orphanage. Along the way the...

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1980s / Comedy / Drama / Thriller

Prizzi’s Honor (1985)

A professional mafia hit man (Nicholson, The Postman Always Rings Twice) falls for an equally tenacious hit woman (Turner, Romancing the Stone), but past crimes against his family put her in a precarious standing. Prizzi’s Honor is...