From the Gabbing Geek Archives
AFI Challenge Countdown #94: Goodfellas
Martin Scorsese’s work makes its first appearance in the countdown with one of Watson’s favorite films, the based-on-a-true-story mob drama Goodfellas.
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The Comeback Trail (2020)
A struggling producer hires an aging cowboy star to die in an insurance scam.
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Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
A hapless idiot listens to his rich uncle as he plots to steal oil rights from the Indians, including the idiot’s wife and her family.
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Stacker Countdown Challenge #51: Goodfellas (1990)
As far back as he could remember, Henry Hill wanted to be a gangster.
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Stacker Countdown Challenge #61: Taxi Driver (1976)
A lonely cabbie disintegrates into a psychotic mess.
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Casino (1995)
A professional gambler tries to keep all hands happy as he runs a Las Vegas casino.
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Wag the Dog (1997)
A spin doctor and a Hollywood producer work to cover up a presidential sex scandal with a fake war.
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The Irishman (2019)
Thanksgiving, or so the jokes go, is a time when families gather and get into ugly political arguments, particularly when one older uncle gets a few drinks into him. My family more or less agrees with each other on that sort of thing, so the closest I had was a Read more