Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Lily Gladstone and Jesse Plemons star in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming epic crime-western Killers of The Flower Moon. It is based on the best selling book by author David Grann about events that took place in Oklahoma in the early 20th century after Native Osage people discovered […]
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There is no general consensus about what constitutes an epic movie, but certain characteristics can be found in movies both famous and overlooked. Personally, I like the ambition and “gravitas” that epic movies have, which not always necessarily translates directly into cinematic importance, or merit, but there is something to […]
Many years before I discovered such films as Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai, Sanjuro and Yojimbo, the 1980 NBC TV epic based on James Clavell’s novel SHOGUN was my introduction to legendary actor Toshiro Mifune, the world of ancient Japanese culture and the samurai. Longtime fans of this classic 547 […]
The Eye of Bill “The Butcher” As Bill The Butcher (Daniel Day Lewis) stands in the cold snow, the camera cuts in to an extreme close up of his evil glass eye which features the image of an American eagle. Gangs of New York: Being a longtime fan of Scorsese, […]