Shaft (2019)
Shaft cleverly avoids the ludicrous titles of other long-running franchises by just calling every installment Shaft. But as this latest Shaft features the original John Shaft (Richard Roundtree), his nephew, […]
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The Pledge
Jack Nicholson plays Jerry White, a retiring cop who takes on one last case after some rather unreasonable battery farmers make him swear on his eternal soul to find the […]
Gotti
John Travolta plays the eponymous real-life mob boss in Gotti, very much this decade’s Battlefield Earth. Both films star a mad-haired Travolta, lost millions of dollars, and saw their parent […]
The Godfather Part II
To follow one of the most acclaimed films of all time is a near-impossible challenge, especially when its iconic main character is dead. Here the Godfather goes farther via a […]
Gone Baby Gone
When a young child goes missing, her aunt and uncle (Amy Madigan, Titus Welliver) reach out to a private investigator, Patrick (Casey Affleck), to help find her. This is an impeccably […]
The Godfather
The Godfather needs no introduction. But in spite of how well known it is, and after being extensively referenced and parodied, it never feels ruined by its status in pop […]
The Mule
Cinematic workhorse Clint Eastwood stars and directs as Earl, a broke horticulturalist who becomes a big-time drugs mule to make ends meet. Let’s call it Breaking Grandad. Alongside his foray […]
