The two-time Academy Award winner stars in a double role. The first trailer for the much-anticipated gangster movie The Alto Knights starring Robert De Niro has just been released. The screenplay was penned by Goodfellas co-writer and The Irishman producer Nicholas Pileggi, with the film directed by Barry Levinson (Bugsy, Rain Man). Robert De Niro plays […]

1 year ago

Rest in peace, Beansie. Sopranos actor Paul Herman has sadly passed away at the age of 76, on the day of his birthday. Best known for his role as Beansie in The Sopranos, he also starred as Randy in David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook and as Whispers DiTullio in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman. His […]

4 years ago

Some have criticised Paquin’s lack of lines in the film. Hey, have you seen The Irishman yet? It’s been on Netflix for almost a week now, so we’ll presume that you have. If you haven’t, please note that this article contains some important plot-related spoilers for Martin Scorsese’s latest – and perhaps final? – crime epic. We […]

6 years ago

Warning: This shows a *lot* of the film… Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman appears to be doing quite well during its current limited-release cinema run. We say ‘appears’ because as with the majority of its output, Netflix is keeping data such as viewing figures – and in this case, box office takings – a closely-guarded secret. In […]

6 years ago

JOE’s review of Scorsese’s $160 million gangster epic is here. In a world of binge-watching, when people can sit and watch four, five, six episodes of shows without giving it a second thought, there is still something daunting about a movie with a 209-minute run-time. Perhaps that has to do with the fact that it […]

6 years ago

Never show up late to a meeting with Al Pacino… It’s safe to say that we are absolutely buzzing for the release of The Irishman on Netflix. Come on like, a cast of Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Jesse Plemons, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Ray Romano and Bobby Cannavale, to star […]

6 years ago