From the guy who brought us La Femme Nikita and Leon: The Professional is back once again with another crime/mob dramedy starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, and John D'Leo. The premise is quite simple (no joke) as it is about a mob family who is put under witness protection after Giovanni (De Niro) rats out his friends and on the run from them (& that's it). The film takes on an Addams family approach with its black comedy but of course mob style with violence being their main language. Tonally, the film doesn't know what it wants to be but the performances and characters are so delightfully naughty and barbaric, it will surely make you burp wild cackles. This is one dysfunctional family I would love to be a part of. B-
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Silver Lining Playbook is definitely not a holiday kind of film but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy it with your very liberal friends and family! See Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper along with Robert De Niro, Jackie Weaver, Chris Tucker, and even Julia Stiles give a unique performance that defies their typecast careers.
I dont know about you but thinking about seeing de niro and pacino in the same screen gives me the chills and the fever. i know they were in heat (1995) together but their legacy has grown since then and they're actually on the same side this time (or so they say). Righteous Kill is coming out next week (Sept. 12) at the same time burn after reading and i hear a movie hop session calling me... i won't go into details till later but i just wanted to share my excitement with you guys...
and im starting my netflicks on monday even though im utterly broke and burning holes in my pocket. im going to start watching films from the 60s and 70s which include titles such as blow up, bullit, dirty harry, soylent green, the odd couple and on and on and on... man, 68' was a good year for film. movies of the 60s and 70s allowed more freedom to directors who took risks and inevitably became influenced by the political and social generation of their time. they say that when one watches a film, one should immediately tell which time period and generation the story is about. and in those times, thats what directors did. like the way we were (1973), it wasnt just a love story, but a story that dealt with love during that time which intertwined relationship problems with politics. it's strange but it worked. it got me thinking that if i were to make a film, i would certainly incorporate the period and events and possibly strengthen the story. i completely went off from rambling on about righteous kill to the 60s, odd.
p.s. and in no way was it my intention to relate the title to the film.. hahah but very interesting that i unconsciously did...
