Posts Tagged ‘Martin Scorsese’
Movie of the Year: 1973 – Mean Streets
Movie of the Year: 1973 Mean Streets This week we discuss Mean Streets! Are these mean streets tough enough to become our Movie of the Year? Mean Streets is principally about three characters. We have Michael-the wanna-be gangster who is trying to will himself to fit into a world of crime that he doesn’t seem…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 2002 – Gangs of New York (BONUS)
Movie of the Year: 2002 Gangs of New York (BONUS) The Taste Buds meet at the Five Points to discuss 2002’s Gangs of New York and decide whether or not it should have been in contention for Movie of the Year! Gangs of New York is one of those movies that we all think must…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1985 – After Hours
Movie of the Year: 1985 After Hours The Taste Buds discuss Martin Scorsese’s 1985 forgotten classic After Hours! After Hours, what is that even? Can this movie possibly be the movie of the year if no one has ever seen it and few have even heard of it? Well, it’s directed by a little guy…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 2019 – The Irishman
Movie of the Year: 2019 The Irishman The Irishman is this week’s 2019 movie. Yes, it’s long. Yes, the actors move like old men yet have computer-smooth faces rendered uncannily young–and some have of the colorless eyes of a wight. And, yes, the women characters share a handful of lines at most. But does the…
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