In 1977 director Martin Scorsese was on a roll. Hot off the critical and commercial success of Mean Streets, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and Taxi Driver, he was given free rein to do whatever he wished. His pet project…
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1980 | 129 mins. | R Released on Blu-ray for the first time in 2009, Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull returns to high definition for its thirtieth anniversary with some additional special features. As I sit down to write…
Warner Bros. | 1990 | 145 mins. | Rated R Like The Godfather, I have watched Goodfellas at least half a dozen times over the years, and waffled back and forth as to which is the better film. After twenty…
Warner Bros. | 1995 | 170 mins. | Rated R I loved Heat when I saw it in theaters back in 1995, and I love it even more in high definition. When a film reaches the 170 minute mark, there’s…
As I sit down to write this, my first impulse is to proclaim Raging Bull Martin Scorsese’s greatest film. However, that would be completely unfair. I’m driven to do that just because I just finished watching it. If I declared…