11 posts tagged with alpacino.
Displaying 1 through 11 of 11. Subscribe:
Movie: The Godfather: Part II
The second installment in The Godfather trilogy. Partially based on Puzo's novel The Godfather, the film is both sequel and prequel to The Godfather, presenting parallel dramas: one picks up the 1958 story of Michael Corleone (Pacino), the new Don of the Corleone family, protecting the family business in the aftermath of an attempt on his life; the prequel covers the journey of his father, Vito Corleone (De Niro), from his Sicilian childhood to the founding of his family enterprise in New York City. [more inside]
Hunters: Season One Season 1, Ep 0
Untold numbers of Nazis are living in secret in the the 1970's United States, conspiring to build a Fourth Reich. 19 year-old Jonah Applebaum (Logan Lerman) is drawn into the orbit of Meyer Offerman (Al Pacino) and his secret band of Nazi hunters. Created by David Weil and produced by Jordan Peele. [more inside]
Movie: The Godfather: Part III
A Shakespearean tragedy. In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
Movie: Dog Day Afternoon
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus. [more inside]
Movie: Scarface
In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed. [more inside]
Movie: Heat
A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist, while both sides attempt to find balance between their personal and their professional lives. [more inside]
Movie: Scent of a Woman
A prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated.
Directed by Martin Brest, starring Al Pacino and Chris O'Donnel [more inside]
Movie: Carlito's Way
A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C. [more inside]
Movie: Insomnia
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen. [more inside]
Movie: The Insider
Michael Mann party! [more inside]
The Insider, dir. Michael Mann, 1999
Sometime next weekend (August 16 or 17), I will be raving on FanFare about Michael Mann's "The Insider," which was released 15 years ago this autumn. [more inside]
Page:
1