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Keoma (1976)

Coming home ought to make a western hero easier to place. In Keoma, it makes his position more uncertain. The town is ill, power belongs to violent men, and family offers another set of hostilities.

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How Fruit Shocked America in 1931

A brief act at a breakfast table reveals the cruelty beneath a gangster’s charm.

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Going the Distance

This is Movie Mavericks’ top 10 scenes from the Rocky series, starring Sylvester Stallone. The movie series tells the story of a wandering boxer, Rocky...

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Tom Sizemore, Under Pressure

Three roles built around the weight a supporting actor can bring into a crowded frame.

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Paul Sorvino’s Quiet Authority

In Goodfellas, Paulie Cicero makes everyone else adjust to his pace.

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James Caan in Thief

Frank knows how to do the job. The difficulty is building the life he expects it to buy.

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Tony Sirico as Paulie Walnuts

The comic precision and wounded pride inside one of The Sopranos’ most recognisable performances.

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James Caan as Sonny Corleone

These scenes encapsulates the Sonny Corleone character, played by the bodacious James Caan. He solves family issues with public displays of violence and power. While...

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Gangsters in Black and White

Three films about ambition, belonging and the cost of making power personal.

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Ray Liotta in Goodfellas

These are the top 10 Ray Liotta scenes in Martin Scorsese’s classic gangster film, “Goodfellas”: 1. Touch her again you’re dead – This is just...

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Ray Liotta, Remembered

Three performances that show how quickly Ray Liotta could change the temperature of a scene.

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Terry Silver’s Long Game

Thomas Ian Griffith gives The Karate Kid Part III a villain who treats revenge as a leisure activity.

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Hard to Kill (1990)

A revenge film that turns recovery into preparation and conviction into spectacle.

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