Tag: Robert De Niro

Hole in the Desert The final moments of Casino show old Vegas being torn down. Implosions send once grand buildings to rubble. Sam Rothenstein (Robert De Niro) opines about …

Fireball Island Universal produced Backdraft, a surprise given the Disney-esque tragedy of the intro. It’s near camp. A small child looks on, star-eyed, as his father enters a burning …

Car Melee John Frankenhiemer’s Ronin is pure atmosphere porn. A dimly lit bridge at night, surrounded by wet reflective concrete giving off a glow. A safe house, littered, and …

So dirty In terms of framing and narrative devices, Dirty Grandpa is an awful film. It has the thinnest of reasons to exist, the crudest methodologies, and a litany …

Unlike the kooky spin of Last Vegas which charmed through its gentle retiree feud, Grudge Match is out for blood, and spill blood it will.

Last Vegas is absorbingly leisurely, a cinematic vacation from super heroes, bloodshed, and true life dramas

This becomes a story surrounding itself on De Niro's performance

This battle, taking place without witnesses, feels as if consequences carry enormity.

Silver Linings plays to its oddball strengths, keeping itself propped on its highs, rarely celebrating the lows.

The key to Everybody's Fine is purely De Niro who expertly crafts a lonely senior, lost without anyone in his home.

Cop Land is billed as a suburban western, and it most certainly is.

The scripting is beneath the like of De Niro or Forest Whitaker, even if they're mild bright spots on a dreadful, dreary film.