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Casino

IMDB Rating: 7.80
32821 votes

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This Martin Scorsese film depicts the Janus-like quality of Las Vegas--it has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, each as a foil to the other, the details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970's and '80's are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman, robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic flaw--Ace falls in love with a hustler, Ginger, and Nicky falls into an ever-deepening spiral of drugs and violence.
Actors
Sam 'Ace' RothsteinRobert De Niro
Ginger McKenna/RothsteinSharon Stone
Nicky SantoroJoe Pesci
Also posted in 1995, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

French Kiss

IMDB Rating: 6.20
8717 votes

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 Actors
KateMeg Ryan
Luc TeyssierKevin Kline
CharlieTimothy Hutton
Also posted in 1995, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Maverick

IMDB Rating: 6.70
15749 votes

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Maverick is recreated from the character James Garner created in the 1950s TV program. Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and recover a little loot for the reward, all with a light hearted air. He joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvelous, though fake, southern accent as the two both try and enter the game.
Actors
Bret Maverick, Jr.Mel Gibson
Mrs. Annabelle BransfordJodie Foster
Marshal Zane Cooper/Bret Maverick, Sr.James Garner
Also posted in 1994, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (0)

Goodfellas

IMDB Rating: 8.60
81023 votes

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This film views the mob lives of three pivotal figures in the 1960's and 70's New York. Ray Liotta plays Henry Hill, a local boy turned gangster in a neighborhood full of the roughest and toughest. Joe Pesci plays Tommy Devito, a pure bred gangster, who turns out to be Henry's best friend. Robert De Niro plays Jimmy Conway, the man who puts the two of them together, and runs some of the biggest hijacks and burglaries the town has ever seen. After an extended jail sentence, Henry must sneak around the back of the local mob boss, Paulie Cicero, played by Paul Sorvino, to live the life of luxury he has always dreamed of. In the end, the friends end up in a hell of a jam, and must do anything they can to save each other, and stay alive.
Actors
Jimmy ConwayRobert De Niro
Henry HillRay Liotta
Tommy DeVitoJoe Pesci
Also posted in 1990, Biography, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Platoon

IMDB Rating: 8.10
41512 votes

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A gritty and emotional look at the lives of a platoon of American soldiers as they patrol, fight and die in the jungles of Vietnam as seen through the perspective of a young recruit. Two veteran sergeants clash when one of them precipitates a massacre of villagers.
Actors
SSgt. Bob BarnesTom Berenger
Sgt. Elias GrodinWillem Dafoe
Pvt. Chris TaylorCharlie Sheen
Also posted in 1986, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (0)
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