We finally take on Michael Mann’s 1995 crime masterpiece Heat, a movie that brings together Al Pacino and Robert De Niro as two professionals on opposite sides of the law. We discuss Neil McCauley, Vincent Hanna and the obsessive cat-and-mouse relationship that drives the entire film. We start with first impressions, including Arnold’s experience watching…
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The famiglia gathers at the request of our resident Italian, to pay homage to the quintessential Italian-American crime drama. Yes, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Francis Ford Coppola directed adaptation of Mario Puzo‘s 1969 crime novel – The Godfather. The Godfather tells the story of the Corleone family, one of the five…
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In this episode we breakdown the un-iconic, masturbatory, Warren Beatty vanity project that is “Dick Tracy”. The film stars Beatty in the titular role, Al Pacino as the over-the-top, mustache-twirling villain and Madonna, the wife of a director who apparently never showed her how to act her way out of a paper bag. In this…
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