One of the most ambitious British films of recent times, Roland Joffé’s follow-up to The Killing Fields is an epic drama set in 18th century South...
When Martin Scorsese announced his Mob-in-Vegas drama Casino in the mid-’90s, there was a distinct feeling of déjà vu , particularly as he was teaming up...
Star studded and wonderfully realised, Stardust is based on Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess’s renowned graphic novel. In a typical idyllic English village young Tristan (Charlie...
The Devil may have all the best tunes, but he doesn’t get the best lines in Alan Parker’s supernatural thriller, which stars Mickey Rourke as a...
Based on a real-life story, Cuba Gooding Jr stars as Carl Brashear, son of a poor sharecropper who signs up for the US Navy post-WWII with...
‘When it comes to portraying the lives of real people on the screen,’ wrote Lorezno Carceterra, ‘the movies have never been accurate…if the end result is...
Rocky meets Raging Bull in this heavyweight tale reworking High Noon as a tale of endemic police corruption featuring two actors at the opposite end of...
The Bronx, 1941. Jake La Motta (Robert De Niro), just 19, is married and a father. Managed by his brother Joe Pesci, he has achieved a...
One of the best heist movies in recent years, Frank Oz’s film sees three of cinema’s finest actors gathered for a genuine cliff-hanger. Nick Wells (Robert...
Cimino’s Oscar winning The Deer Hunter is one of the handful of genuine anti-war movies, showing how the Vietnam war affected those who went, those who...
A searing, contemporary crime thriller – incredibly, almost as funny as it is unpredictably violent – with Oscar-worthy performances by Robert DeNiro, Ray Iiotta and Joe...
Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is an air stewardess who supplements her income by smuggling for Ordell Robbie (Samuel L Jackson), but her career is stifled after...
‘To my mind, it is Scorsese’s worst film to date,’ Nigel Andrews wrote in the Financial Times when Taxi Driver was released. That was very much a minority...
The Wizard Of Lies, starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer as Bernie and Ruth Madoff, examines Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme – his deception, lies and...
NYC 22 follows six diverse NYPD rookies as they patrol the gritty streets of upper Manhattan. With unique backgrounds, personalities and reasons for being on the...