Posts Tagged ‘Robert De Niro’
Movie of the Year: 1984 – Once Upon a Time in America (with Keith Phipps)
Movie of the Year: 1984 Once Upon a Time in America (with Keith Phipps) Can Once Upon in America take the title of our 1984 Movie of the Year? Once Upon a Time in America is a movie of epic scope even though it is the tale of small-time crooks trying to screw each other…
Read MoreMovie 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: 1985 – Brazil
Movie of the Year: 1985 Brazil The Taste Buds discuss 1985’s most bizarre movie, Brazil! Brazil is a quirky little movie that didn’t do great in its own time but has risen to cult status. Might it be more than a little film that punches above its weight? We would dare to say that it…
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…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 2019 – Joker
Movie of the Year: 2019 Joker The Taste Buds just rip on Joker for about an hour in this one. Imagine if the dunk contest had a defender whose job it was to stand under the basket just to get dunked on. Now imagine that person is a Blu-ray DVD copy of 2019’s Joker. This movie is…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1997 – Jackie Brown
Movie of the Year: 1997 Jackie Brown The Taste Buds tackle the 1997 hit Jackie Brown! Jackie Brown reflects on the simpler life of 1995 mall culture, when everyone would risk it all for a chance to get $500,000 and a sweet, backwards Kangol. Jackie is a stone-cold player and a tactical genius, so obviously…
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