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The highly anticpated ‘The Irishman’ – Martin Scorsese

Posted on July 31, 2019 by observationblogger — 6 Comments

The year was 1995. Scorsese, De Niro, & Pesci teamed up in CASINO (and GOODFELLAS in 1990) and De Niro & Pacino in HEAT. And now all four have finally come together in Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’. Arguably the greatest cast…

Music homage films abound in 2019 (Beatles, Springsteen, Elton John & Bob Dylan)

Posted on May 3, 2019 by observationblogger — 8 Comments

After the big box-office smash hit Bohemian Rhapsody, film studios must have been wiping the dust off dozens of musical homage scripts faster than they could sing: ‘We will, we will rock you!’. Yesterday and Blinded By The Light In…

‘Love and Theft’ – American Hustle (2013)

Posted on December 31, 2013 by observationblogger — Leave a comment

David Russell lent heavily from Martin Scorsese’s best crime dramas to make American Hustle. The narratives, music and editing are an almost direct homage to Scorsese’s 90’s work particularly Casino. Even De Niro makes a key entrance wearing the same…