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'The Drop' (2014) Film Review
"The Drop" is a crime drama film produced by Chernin Entertainment and distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
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Sep 12, 20216 min read


'Molly's Game' (2017) Film Review
R | 2017 ‧ Bio. Crime. Drama | 2h 20m. "Molly's Game" is a biographical crime, drama film directed and written by Aaron Sorkin. The film ..
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Sep 8, 20212 min read


'Blow' (2001) Film Review
'Blow' is a crime drama directed by Ted Demme, released in 2001. Based on the real-life story of George Jung, a notorious drug trafficker.
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Mar 29, 20213 min read


'Kill The Irishman' (2011) Film Review
"Kill the Irishman" is a gritty crime drama directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, based on the true story of Danny Greene, an Irish mobster.
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Mar 11, 20214 min read


'The Godfather' Part 3 (1990) Film Review
40 years celebrating the classic trilogy of 'The Godfather' 3 (1990) which marks the final chapter of Francis Ford Coppola's epic crime saga
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Dec 20, 20204 min read


'Heat' (1995) Film Review
'Heat' (1995) celebrating 20 years today of an iconic classic crime genre film starring; Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, & Val Kilmer.
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Dec 15, 20205 min read


Godfather of Cinema™
Martin Scorsese turns 78, and we are here to celebrate his genius. He truly is the Godfather of Cinema.
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Nov 17, 20203 min read


R.I.P Sean Connery
Rest In Peace Sir Sean Connery [ August 25, 1930 - October 31, 2020 ] Sean Connery, often hailed as the epitome of suave sophistication...
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Oct 31, 20203 min read


Carlo Gambino
Carlo Gambino was an Italian American crime boss of the Gambino Crime Family, one of New York's biggest Mafia families and a head of the com
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Oct 15, 20204 min read


'The Departed' (2006) Film Review
"The Departed," directed by Martin Scorsese, is a cinematic masterpiece that delves deep into the gritty underbelly of organized crime ...
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Oct 6, 20204 min read


"Mickey" Cohen
Mickey Cohen, born Meyer Harris Cohen in 1913, was a notorious American gangster known for his criminal activities in the mid-20th century.
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Sep 4, 20203 min read


Dutch Schultz
Dutch Schultz, born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer in 1902, was a notorious American mobster during the Prohibition era.
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Jul 17, 20202 min read


Pasquale "Fat Pat" Musitano shot and killed
Who new the mafia set its routes in Hamilton, Canada.. It really is the last place one would imagine to live. I guess that's the point. R.I.P Mr. Musitano.
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Jul 10, 20202 min read


Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky, (July 4, 1902 -January 15, 1983) was a pivotal figure in the annals of American organized crime during the 20th century.
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Jun 1, 20203 min read


Best WiseGuy Quotes
Here is a list of some of my favorite wiseguy quotes and quotes from real people who have shaped crime entertainment over the past 100 years. I sat back one day and put a list of all my favorite movies together on paper, and then went through my massive box of DVD's, about 500 of them only to decide to categorize and go OCD on organizing it by genre, for hosting reasons of course, but no honestly what I learned about myself through that was that I'm obsessed with gangster cri
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Mar 1, 20201 min read


John ‘Sonny’ Franzese dies at 103
“They wanted me to roll all the time,” Franzese told Newsday in 2019. “I couldn’t do that.
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Feb 24, 20202 min read


'Sexy Beast' (2000) Film Review
"Sexy Beast" is a British crime drama that emerged in the year 2000, directed by Jonathan Glazer.
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Jan 19, 20203 min read


Charles "Lucky" Luciano
Charles "Lucky" Luciano is regarded as the mastermind behind the reorganization and modernization of the American Mafia.
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Jan 1, 20203 min read


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Dec 31, 20190 min read


Gangs of New York (2002) Film Review
Gangs of New York (2002) | Crime, Drama Director: Martin Scorsese Starring; Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz, with...
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Dec 1, 20193 min read
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