Casino

Stone jumps into the deep end with Scorsese made guys, De Niro and Pesci, as the action moves from New York to Vegas, with uneven results.

"...Last Waltz, The Color of Money, Cape Fear or GoodFellas. And speaking of GoodFellas, that movie may just be..."

Nov. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Slow Burn

Slow Burn – starring Ray Liotta, LL Cool J, and Mekhi Phifer – becomes one of those movies that’s so bad, it’s almost entertaining. Almost.

"...J is no Kevin Spacey and Liotta’s days of GoodFellas brilliance have settled into a hazy memory. Spoon-feeding every..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Six Ways to Sunday

"...during SXSW Film '98) spends half its time strip-mining GoodFellas territory and the rest rapid-firing oddball jokes that seem..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jawbreaker

"...life among the quick, dead, and gorgeous plays like GoodFellas meets Pygmalion meets Heathers. That's all peachy keen until..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Palookaville

"...something, but there's one problem: They're just fellas, not goodfellas. No matter how desperate their situation, they don't have..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Corrina, Corrina

"...of the cinematic nightmare he's been wallowing in since GoodFellas. Goldberg's impressive performance is reminiscent of her powerful dramatic..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography

"...film school trick of “zoom in/pull back” in Scorsese's GoodFellas, Michael Chapman comments on his work in both Taxi..."

April 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Medicine Man

"...directing women -- Bracco who was so impressive in GoodFellas, is shockingly godawful here. I blame the director rather..."

Feb. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Super

"...into bad movies. Joe Pesci, wonderfully creepy in Scorsese's GoodFellas, has finally ended up in a less-than-delightful film. It..."

Oct. 11, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Best Films of the Decade

"...and such titles as The Silence of the Lambs, GoodFellas, When We Were Kings, The Sweet Hereafter, Unforgiven, Trainspotting,..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature

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"...Last Waltz, The Color of Money, Cape Fear or GoodFellas. And speaking of GoodFellas, that movie may just be..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Piranhas

Naples' juvenile gangsters are more than mini-goodfellas

"...received comparisons – both favorable and unfavorable – to Goodfellas. As in Scorsese’s film, we are introduced to a..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Wolf of Wall Street

Martin Scorsese's latest take on the American hoodlum is a relentlessly wild ride.

"...time and again in films such as Mean Streets, GoodFellas, Casino, and Gangs of New York. Here the thugs..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What'cha Watchin'?

Account Executive Marisa Mirabal celebrates our First Plates issue with a menu of movies

"...that revenge is always a dish best served cold. Goodfellas(HBO Max, Amazon Prime)..."

July 30, 2021 Screens Column by Marisa Mirabal

Cherry

The Russos pull the threads between addiction and PTSD

"...rock that feel like the suburban cokehead sequences in Goodfellas; and, before the addiction, Cherry's trip through basic training..."

March 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Irishman

Scorsese's filmmaking excellence can't mask a flawed retreading of mob history

"...Of course Sheeran sits alongside Jimmy the Gent in Goodfellas and Casino's Ace Rothstein as the Mafia insider-outsider; but..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Kitchen

1970s mob drama gets a #MeToo overhaul

"...how-to of Casino nor the super-kinetic speedball charisma of Goodfellas, and that’s before a third act gear change that..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 1

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 1-7

"...Goodfellas Scorsese’s amped-up, coked-up take on the true-life tale of..."

July 1, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

American Made

Tom Cruise is a pilot who becomes embroiled in the Iran/Contra scandal

"...there’s simply too much cash and gold to hide. (Goodfellas fans will note some similarities between the character of..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chuck

The rise and fall of the real-life Rocky

"...cocaine consumption, Chuck’s rise-and-fall story bears greater resemblance to Goodfellas than Rocky or Raging Bull...."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Family

The family that slays together, stays together – even in witness protection.

"...The explicit reference to GoodFellas and the presence of De Niro as the head..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Animal Kingdom

An Australian family that commits crimes together avoids time together in this brutal look at the human survival instinct.

"...sense of imminent demise, Animal Kingdom calls to mind GoodFellas, though it lacks that film’s breathtaking narrative crescendo and..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Middle Men

Middle Men journeys backward in Internet history to 1995 when two coked-up ne'er-do-wells created the first dial-up, porn-on-demand website.

"...breezily profane panache and no small debt to both GoodFellas and Boogie Nights, Middle Men journeys backward in Internet..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Prophet

This riveting French film is the best prison/crime saga to come along in quite a while.

"...such a claim. Audiard’s film ranks up there with GoodFellas, both Scarfaces, The Godfathers, Oz, the gangster films of..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Departed

Watching this new film by Scorsese is tantamount to falling in love with the director all over again.

"...life to something sui generis in Mean Streets and GoodFellas, the guy who made the pale white underbelly of..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Aviator

Scorsese's best film in years is a work of bravura, classic Hollywood filmmaking.

"...difficult if not impossible to trump Raging Bull or GoodFellas – but it’s a clear return to form after..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wonderland

Dull take on real-life murder mystery has one titillating factor: the involvement of former porn star John Holmes.

"...oversaturated stock, and a soundtrack that feels like Scorsese’s GoodFellas after its been up all night partying at 10050..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

An American Rhapsody

"...mind of the similar all-or-nothing perfectionism of Martin Scorsese's GoodFellas. The two films couldn't have more dissimilar storylines --..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stuart Little

Retelling of E.B. White's children's classic.

"...the neighborhood cats always speaking like Ray Liotta in GoodFellas? That's what you get when you cast Bruno Kirby..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mafia!

"...and plot from Coppola's Godfather trilogy, Scorsese's Casino and GoodFellas, but curiously leaves out any of the gangster genre's..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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