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The fans want it, the actors involved with both franchises want it, and studio higher-ups at Marvel and Sony have promised that it will happen some day. Even so, after six movies featuring the characters releasing under the Sony Pictures banner over the past few years, we have yet to see Venom and Spider-Man interact on the big screen.

Despite rumors that Tom Hardy and Tom Holland were set to show up in each other's franchises at various points, the closest we've come to any kind of crossover is Eddie Brock getting (briefly) zapped to MCU’s Earth-616 thanks to Doctor Strange’s botched spell in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

While speaking to The Playlist, Hardy confirmed that there were early plans in place for some kind of Spidey/Venom crossover movie, and it came very close to happening.

“We got close. We got as close as I could possibly imagine getting,...

Steven Spielberg is one of the most iconic film directors, entertaining multiple generations through many different types of films. His first big success was the film Jaws, which revolutionized the summer blockbuster era in Hollywood. Spielberg eventually ventured into other genres, creating some of the best adventure, science fiction, and war films.

Spielberg is often recognized for his extravagant films like Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List, which showcase his diverse filmography. However, Spielberg isn't just a director. Known mostly for the films he made throughout his long career, many people do not know that Spielberg was a producer on many iconic films.

Back to the Future Is an Iconic Time Travel Misadventure to the Past IMDb Score: 8.5/10

Back to the Future is a film about a young teen who is accidentally sent back in time to 1955 and must figure out a way to get back to 1985. Marty McFly assists the quirky scientist Dr.

Imagine pitching a movie so absurd that even Hollywood’s wildest execs would raise an eyebrow. Now, imagine trying to rope in Martin Scorsese, yes, that Martin Scorsese, to make an appearance in a comedy about making that movie. Sounds impossible, right?

Well, welcome to Seth Rogen’s world, where the unexpected is just another Tuesday. Apple TV+’s latest comedy, The Studio, throws audiences into the chaotic world of Hollywood filmmaking, where bad ideas sometimes lead to billion-dollar blockbusters. And who better to navigate this madness than Seth Rogen, a man whose entire career is built on turning ridiculous premises into gold?

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But while Rogen has played plenty of over-the-top characters, his latest role as Matt Remick, a studio executive trying to fast-track a Kool-Aid movie, might just be his most outrageous yet. But the real magic trick? Convincing Martin Scorsese to play along.

Ralph Macchio is not done with Daniel Larusso yet as he returns in this year’s Karate Kid: Legends alongside Jackie Chan. The actor finally had his arc completed in Netflix’s Cobra Kai along with William Zabka’s Johnny Lawrence. The show reunited many of the iconic characters from the ‘80s The Karate Kid franchise and gave them an arc.

While the reboot of The Karate Kid may have worked out, Macchio’s wishlist for another of his classic’s reboot may not be as easy as Cobra Kai. The actor mentioned that he was having conversations with writers for a reboot of My Cousin Vinny, which starred Joe Pesci and Marissa Tomei, who also won the Oscar for the role.

Ralph Macchio in Cobra Kai | Credits: Netflix Ralph Macchio’s wish for a My Cousin Vinny reboot might be tough to pull off now

Before Cobra Kai, no...

Fox Nation will roll out part two of its hit docudrama series Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints beginning on Friday, April 4, and through the Easter season. The series is hosted, narrated, and executive produced by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese.

From Lionsgate Alternative Television, The Saints explores the remarkable stories of men and women who risked everything to embody humanity’s most noble and complex trait — faith. Throughout each episode, Scorsese journeys over 2,000 years of history, focusing on these extraordinary figures and their extreme acts of kindness, selflessness, and sacrifice.

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With each episode focusing on a singular saint, the final three episodes of the season will spotlight Francis of Assisi, Moses the Black, and Mary Magdalene. The season first kicked off in November 2024 with Joan of Arc, John the Baptist, Sebastian, and Maximilian Kolbe.

Developed by Scorsese and Matti Leshem for Lionsgate Alternative Television, Martin...

Martin Scorsese is making his next film, starring Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson, for 20th Century Studios. More here.

A veteran director of mob movies he may be, but Martin Scorsese isn’t yet done making films about charasmatic criminals. Set to add to a body of work that already includes Goodfellas, Gangs Of New York, Casino, The Departed and The Irishman, the filmmaker’s next project will be a Hawaii-set crime thriller that stars Emily Blunt, Dwayne Johnson and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Naturally, interest is high for the film, with Netflix said to be the frontrunner at one stage. But it looks like the Silicon Valley streamer has once again been trumped by a traditional movie studio when it comes to securing a major project. If we were to speculate, we’d be wondering just how important the guarantee of a proper theatrical run for the project was in making...

Martin Scorsese, renowned for his crime cinema, is taking his signature gritty storytelling to a surprising new setting: the lush and turbulent underworld of the Hawaiian Islands. In a significant announcement reported on March 27, 2025, Disney and 20th Century Studios have acquired the rights to Scorsese’s latest untitled crime thriller, which he has long considered a passion project.

The film combines an impressive trio: Dwayne Johnson, “The Rock,” Leonardo DiCaprio, and Emily Blunt. Set in the Hawaiian criminal landscape during the 1960s and 1970s, it is expected to showcase Martin Scorsese’s expertise in mob dynamics with a unique island flavor.

Martin Scorsese in Hugo | Credits: Gk Films/Infinitum Nihil

This ambitious project, with its stellar cast, is already screaming for future Oscar nominations, and fans could not have asked for more from the crime maestro.

Martin Scorsese unites a stellar cast for his upcoming Hawaiian mob saga Emily Blunt...

Los Angeles plays itself in the new Apple TV+ comedy series The Studio.

The scathing Hollywood satire from co-creator, -writer, -director, and star Seth Rogen is perhaps the most accurate portrayal of the entertainment industry in years, featuring not just several celebrity camoes but many famous locations around the city (including the Warner Bros. lot and Burbank’s Smokehouse restaurant).

“We wanted to paint a real, very accurate picture of a Hollywood movie studio,” Rogen said earlier this month after the show’s premiere at the South by Southwest Film and TV Festival in Austin, Texas. “We wanted to use people that you believe a studio would get excited about, so you believe people who love film would be passionate about.”

“I remember watching the Entourage movie, and they’re having a big party, and Bob Saget is the most famous guy there,” Rogen added. “I love the guy but it’s always like,...

Sure, headlines are calling its launch "a fiasco" and suggesting its underwhelming box office is "in bomb terrority," but there's a case to be made that Disney’s embattled Snow White could be among next year’s Oscar nominees.

Call us Dopey if you must. However, there are several Oscar-winning and -nominated artisans involved in the film's production. Without the consultation of the mirror, here’s the fairest case for the live-action Snow White with Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot to land some awards recognition next year.

Best Costume Design

Sandy Powell is one of the most-decorated costume designers of all time, with 15 Oscar nominations and three wins — and she has notably already received Oscar nominations for her previous Disney live-action movies: 2015’s Cinderella and 2018’s Mary Poppins Returns. This is also a category where the live-action Disney remakes have historically performed exceptionally well: Alice in Wonderland, Maleficent, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast,...

The veteran mind of Barry Levinson rejoined the theatrical circuit this past weekend, with his latest effort, The Alto Knights, struggling to make the impact the Academy Award winner would've liked, despite starring the iconic Robert De Niro in not one but two roles. Beyond a difficult start to box office life, The Alto Knights also struggled to impress critics, earning a terrible opening critical score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. However, the film's 38% critical rating is juxtaposed by its audience response, with The Alto Knights officially earning an impressive 70% audience score on the site.

Although still Levinson's worst-rated movie of this current decade, the 70% audience score of The Alto Knights is still much better than many of his other efforts, only bettered by three other projects since 2012. These three projects are 2015's The Natural: The Best There Ever Was, 2021's TheSurvivor, and another 2021 title, Ennio. Only one of these three,...

There exists a laundry list of great performers who have worked with Martin Scorsese as he emerged from New Hollywood. But none more frequently, effectively, or memorably than Robert De Niro. While Scorsese has built a strong relationship with several actors, specifically Leonardo Di Caprio in recent years, De Niro is still most closely tied to the American filmmaker, with ten collaborations together.

Among Scorsese’s other frequent collaborators is Catherine Scorsese (7 films), the director’s mother, who often appeared in small roles and famously cooked for cast and crew. Leonardo DiCaprio (6 films) has been Scorsese’s go-to lead since 2002, starring in films like The Wolf of Wall Street and The Departed. Harvey Keitel has also been a mainstay (6 films) and played key roles in the filmmaker’s early works like Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, later returning for The Irishman.

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“The Alto Knights,” a crime thriller starring dueling Robert De Niros, made moviegoers an offer they easily refused.

The Warner Bros. film was D.O.A. over the weekend with $3.2 million at the domestic box office, one of the worst-ever starts for a major studio release. “The Alto Knights” also cratered overseas, earning $1.8 million for a bleak worldwide tally of $5.1 million. With a price tag above $45 million before marketing is taken into account, “The Alto Knights” is already one of the year’s biggest misfires.

Box office watchers, however, aren’t exactly scratching their heads to figure out what went wrong. They believe “The Alto Knights” hails from a genre — mobster movies — that’s been sleeping with the fishes for decades. Then critics rebuked the film, which landed a poor 37% on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences, at least the few people who checked the film out, were kinder, giving it a “B” grade on CinemaScore exit polls.

For over five phenomenal decades, Robert De Niro has remained a beloved presence on the silver screen, dazzling audiences all across the world with one unparalleled performance after another. Widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of his generation, the two-time Academy Award-winner is no stranger to starring in critically acclaimed hits, and in 1984, he partnered up with cinema pioneer Sergio Leone for his epic crime masterpiece Once Upon a Time in America, an adaptation of Harry Grey's The Hoods.

With a stacked ensemble cast including James Woods, Joe Pesci, and Elizabeth McGovern, the powerful picture chronicled the friendship between two close friends as they fought to get themselves out of poverty and become some of New York City's most feared and respected gangsters during the '20s and '30s. De Niro has undeniably made the gangster genre his bread and butter as a performer, with the Hollywood...

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Robert De Niro has starred in some of the greatest movies ever made, and even after 60 years, his career has no end in sight. From The Godfather: Part II to The Irishman, De Niro never turns in a bad performance, and in the early 1970s, De Niro made a name for himself by pairing up with director Martin Scorsese. However, it was the actor's team-up with director Michael Cimino for the film The Deer Hunter that was a game-changer in a world coping with the Vietnam War.

The Deer Hunter follows three working-class men before, during, and after serving in the Vietnam War. Mike Vronsky, Steven Pushkov, and Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich are Russian-Americans who live in a small steel mill town of Claritan, Pennsylvania. The film begins with Steven's wedding, taking place a mere couple of days before he ships off to Vietnam with Mike and Nick.

Fans are demanding accolades for Netflix’s Adolescence (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Netflix viewers are rallying behind a “haunting” new drama, demanding it be showered with awards as they heap praise on both its creator and star, Stephen Graham.

The British actor, known for his powerful performances in The Irishman and This is England, has once again captivated audiences, but this time with Adolescence, a gripping four-part miniseries that has left viewers reeling.

Stephen Graham Shines as Both Star and Creator

In the limited series, Graham not only takes center stage as Eddie Miller but also serves as the show’s creator and executive producer, cementing his status as one of the most formidable talents in British television.

Trending Justin Bieber Gets Candid About Self-Doubt In Raw Social Media Posts: “I Have Anger Issues”

When Andrew Garfield Faced “Near-Death Experiences Every Hour” On His Dream Movie Set

The Netflix show has received near-universal acclaim,...

The third season of Taylor Sheridan's mob drama Tulsa King is expanding its cast with new additions. Just a couple of days ago, we learned the series would be returning for a third season, and now we're learning about two actors who will join the Sylvester Stallone-led series. Robert Patrick(of Terminator 2: Judgment Day fame) and Beau Knapp have joined the series in villainous roles (via Deadline), so we can expect a face off against Stallone's Dwight "The General" Manfredi.

Tulsa King, created by Sheridan, stars the Rocky and Rambo actor as Manfredi, a New York mafia capo exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, after a prison release, to build a criminal empire. The show, which streams on Paramount+, premiered in 2022 and has garnered critical acclaim.

Patrick, who is best known for his iconic role as the T-1000, the shape-shifting antagonist in James Cameron's 1991 Terminator sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day,...

Digital babies. Altered vocals. Deceased actors back from the grave. A list of major films that have used AI in their making:

Nb: The following contains an unavoidable spoiler for Alien: Romulus. Do skip that entry if you haven’t seen the film yet.

As the past few months have proven, AI is becoming an increasingly controversial topic both inside the film industry and without. As companies like OpenAI talk excitedly about the next generation of Artificial Intelligence replacing millions of jobs over the coming years, Oscar hopeful The Brutalist has sparked a backlash over its use of AI to adjust its actors’ performances.

The consternation has been such that the Academy is reportedly thinking about making it mandatory for filmmakers to disclose their use of AI when submitting their movies. The film industry, in essence, is racing to keep up with an area of technology that has only risen...

Inside you there are two mobsters, and Robert De Niro plays both.

There’s a scene near the limp climax of Barry Levinson’s utterly somnambulant The Alto Knights in which Vito Genovese (De Niro) argues violently with his meathead driver and muscle Vincent Gigante (Cosmo Jarvis) about whether or not Palmyra, NY is the birthplace of Mormonism. Palmyra is the birthplace, but Vito is convinced it isn’t, and he is such a hothead narcissist he nearly strangles Vincent to death. The scene goes on for an obnoxiously long time. There are “jokes” about golden books and a lot of yelling. With no apparent thematic or narrative purpose, the unending scene is an unfortunate metonym for Levinson’s entire enterprise. It is, in other words, a complete waste of time, barely aping properly the mob genre for which it is now sure to be an afterthought.

Loosely, the film...

A part of me feels protective of the filmmaking team behind The Alto Knights. For one, Barry Levinson has had a historic and varied career, directing everything from Good Morning, Vietnam to Bugsy and his best collaboration with Robert De Niro, Wag the Dog. This marks his fourth film with the legendary actor, but unfortunately, it is more of a disappointment—much like Sleepers, What Just Happened, and The Wizard of Lies.

Another factor is De Niro’s third collaboration with Nicholas Pileggi, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Goodfellas and Casino (he also executive produced The Irishman). Pileggi lived it. De Niro brings his characters to life. However, many have pointed out that the film is full of crime tropes as if this is the first time it’s happened. I mean, how else do they become them in the first place?

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Robert De Niro is an actor who is synonymous with the crime/gangster genre in some fans’ minds. He’s been a part of films like The Untouchables, The Irishman, Goodfellas, The Godfather 2, and many more which showcase his range and prowess. So to have a movie where De Niro is in a dual role of warring gangsters seems like a crowd puller but that’s not the case. De Niro’s latest gangster drama The Alto Knights has garnered a 38 percent Rotten Tomatoes score.

Ted Sarandos, the head of Netflix, wonders if the threatened cinema industry might harbour some kind of bias against his company. Hmmm.

Netflix loves statistics. The company thrives on numbers, using its endless reams of data to commission projects, axe projects, determine payouts and see into the future. Okay, maybe not the last one.

But for a company so adept at reading the digital tea leaves that it has rocketed from humble beginnings as a mail-out DVD service to become bigger than any of its famous old rivals, CEO Ted Sandaros seems to be having a little trouble deciphering a rather simple data set.

Netflix has picked up more awards recognition at the Oscars each year for the last three years, and yet still, that top prize of Best Picture eludes the company. Even in the years when it seemed like a shoo-in, such as when Roma or The Power Of The Dog...

With over 300 million subscribers worldwide, Netflix is the biggest name in the world of streaming, but the company is still chasing Hollywood’s top honour: the Oscar for Best Picture. Although Netflix hasn’t won Best Picture, it’s come close several times; in fact, the studio received the most Oscar nominations out of any studio at the recent Academy Awards ceremony.

While speaking with Variety, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos was asked if he’s disappointed that Netflix has yet to win an Oscar for Best Picture. “It’s hard for me to say, ‘Do they have it out for Netflix?’ when we’ve been the most-nominated studio for the past three years,” Sarandos said. “There’s something about [the Academy] — you nominate the movies that you respect and admire, and you vote for best picture for the movie that you love. We have to make a movie that people love.“

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If there is one genre that seems to lack quality in recent years, it is the gangster genre. From time to time, an unexpected gem will come along and give fans another gripping drama based in an organized crime setting. However, for the most part, the genre has been much less active since the days of The Sopranos' success on television and Martin Scorsese's The Departed won multiple Academy Awards. While the genre has evolved over the course of cinema history, it was a staple of the movie theater experience for decades, until more recently. A big part of the genre's success was due to some of cinema's greatest auteurs telling stories about the mob. Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese and Brian De Palma invigorated the genre in the '70s, '80s and '90s. In the 21st century, it feels like only those powerhouse filmmakers can deliver the next classic gangster movie.

Robert De Niro has been a consistent presence in mob movies for the past five decades. One of his first Mafia movies was 1973's Mean Streets, which marked De Niro's first of several collaborations with Martin Scorsese and is considered by many to be one of the greatest gangster movies ever made. The following year, De Niro played a younger Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II, and won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, his first of eight Oscar nominations over his illustrious career.

Over the years, De Niro has collaborated with Scorsese on many more mob movies, including Goodfellas and Casino, both of which were co-written by Nicholas Pileggi based on his nonfiction books, and frequently rank among the greatest Mafia movies ever made. Other mob movies that De Niro has starred in over the years include Sergio Leone...

Robert De Niro stars in dual roles in Barry Levinson's new gangster epic, 'The Alto Knights,' which is written by Nicholas Pileggi and produced by Irwin Winkler. The two close De Niro collaborators discuss the actor's involvement in the film and its connection with 'Goodfellas.' 'The Alto Knights' is in theaters on March 21 from Warner Bros. Pictures.

In 'The Alto Knights,' a power struggle between Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, the top bosses of the Mafia, spills into open conflict when Vito orders a hit on Frank. Barely surviving, Frank maneuvers to protect himself and his family from Vito while also planning to retire from the Mafia.

If the digital de-ageing of the holy trinity of Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman was a bit distracting at times, get a load of double De Niro in Barry Levinson’s long-gestating The Alto Knights. Demonstrating that when it comes to the greats you can never have too much of a good thing, De Niro plays both leading roles: that of don Frank Costello on the verge of a quiet retirement, and his hot-headed childhood friend and drug baron Vito Genovese, with whom he’s forced to go toe-to-toe.

Based on a true story of mob warfare and penned by GoodFellas screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, the film has been in the works since the 1970s and was finally greenlit in 2022. Watching the early sequences certainly gives one a sense of déjà vu: the film opens in media res in 1957 with an act of violence,...

From the mind of Award-winning director Barry Levinson and legendary screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi (Goodfellas), The Alto Knights is an ambitious attempt to recapture the golden age of mob cinema. With an all-star cast led by Robert De Niro—who takes on the daunting task of portraying both real life Mafia bosses Frank Costello and Vito Genovese—the film explores the volatile power struggle that reshaped the American crime families in the late 1950s.

Supported by a talented ensemble, including Debra Messing (Will & Grace), Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth) , Katherine Narducci, and Michael Rispoli, this crime saga is rich in historical detail and beautifully layered performances.

The Alto Knights follows Costello and Genovese, once the closest of allies, as they become bitter rivals vying for control of New York’s underworld. The film does a great job of depicting their rise through the ranks, illustrating how friendships in organised crime can be...

Martin Scorsesemay have directed some of the greatest crime dramas ever to be created, but Robert De Niro starred in most of them. The unofficial trilogy of Goodfellas, Casino, and The Irishman is a testament to that fact, and that doesn't even include other classics like Scorsese's early hit Taxi Driver and his recent epic Killers of the Flower Moon. This probably sounds like Cinema Snob 101 material, but the reason we bring it up is because any film that casts Robert De Niro in a gangster film is inevitably going to draw comparisons to those aforementioned masterworks. That is certainly a fate that The Alto Knights is unlikely to escape.

In 1995, Michael Mann's "Heat" gave cinephiles a face-off for the ages: at long last, legendary actors Robert De Niro and Al Pacino would share the screen in an epic crime thriller. Now, in 2025, we have a new crime thriller that has Robert De Niro coming face-to-face with ... Robert De Niro. This isn't such a bad idea: despite a string of questionable roles in the latter half of his long, acclaimed career, De Niro remains one of our finest actors, and he's turned in some recent performances — specifically his work in two Martin Scorsese movies, "The Irishman" and "Killers of the Flower Moon" — that prove he's still got it.

With Barry Levinson's "The Alto Knights," De Niro pulls double duty, playing two real-life gangsters who grew up as friends before becoming bitter enemies. There's a lot of room for potential mob movie fun here, and yet, Levinson's film...

It’s rare to see a film in which not a single interesting thing happens over the course of its entire running time. Not only is that true of Barry Levinson’s “The Alto Knights,” but this tired-as-hell mafia story — which wouldn’t merit so much as a footnote in the history of mob cinema if not for the gimmick of casting Robert De Niro as real-life crime boss Vito Genovese and his best frenemy Frank Costello — seems totally at peace with it.

From the moment it starts, Levinson’s first theatrical feature since 2015’s “Rock the Kasbah” is comfortably entombed in the same deep sense of resignation that inspires its main character to get out of the game. Frank Costello knows that his era in the underworld has come to a close, and he narrates the limp saga of his own life as if it were already irrelevant. As...

With Robert De Niro in both lead roles, The Alto Knights dives into the competition for authority between mob bosses Frank Costello and Vito Genovese. The Alto Knights, directed by Barry Levinson and written by Nicholas Pileggi, is not only a glimpse into the inner workings of mafia leadership but also reveals the complexities of crime, violence, and loyalty in a world that revolves around mob warfare.

Additional cast members Debra Messing as Frank's wife, Bobbie; Cosmo Jarvis as hired gun Vincent Gigante, and Kathrine Narduci as Anna Genovese help craft a story about two men who went from friends to rivals during the 1950s. De Niro is no stranger to movies about the mafia, with films like The Godfather, The Godfather II, Goodfellas, Casino, and The Irishman all topping the list of some of his greatest performances. The dual role in The Alto Knights is a testament to De...

It’s official, Hollywood icon Sylvester Stallone will return to the small screen as mob capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi in Tulsa King Season 3. The next chapter in the crime saga has been in production for the last few months, with Paramount+ now taking to social media to make everything official and confirm that Tulsa King Season 3 “is in the works!”

Beginning back in 2022, Tulsa King introduces audiences to New York mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi, played by Rocky and Rambo star Sylvester Stallone. After being released from prison after 25 years and exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla, Manfredi realizes that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind and decides to slowly build a "crew" from a group of unlikely characters to help him establish a new criminal empire.

Created by Taylor Sheridan, who is best known for the likes of Sicario,...

One debated real-life detail in director Martin Scorsese's Netflix gangster movie gets addressed by an expert who gave it a perfect accuracy score. What's notable about the crime movies Scorsese has made over the decades is that many of them pull from real-world events, dramatizing them in lengthy stories that maintain their realism. This includes the true story of Killers of the Flower Moon, which, while slightly embellished for the sake of the adaptation's plot, contains key information about the Osage murders in the 1920s.

However, some of Scorsese's best movies have been crime films involving gangsters, with one of the director's most-recognized movies being the 1990 biopic Goodfellas. The gangster movie was one of his many collaborations with actor Robert De Niro, who starred in 10 movies across the director's career. This includes movies from before the gangster film, like Taxi Driver and King of Comedy, to later entries like Cape Fear and Casino.

Streamer’s endless quest to make an unforgettable blockbuster continues to sputter out with the release of $300m dud The Electric State

The full effect of Netflix on the film industry, positive or (more likely) negative, will be reverberating for years to come. But in the short term, they’ve made some undeniably great movies, mostly through the strategy of giving money to great directors and appearing to let them do whatever they want (and supplementing those by acquiring already-great movies from film festivals). That’s how you wind up with The Irishman, Marriage Story, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Hit Man, Roma, The Power of the Dog, Da 5 Bloods, Rebel Ridge and The Killer, among others.

It’s a lineup that smokes most of the major studios, which was presumably the idea: undercut the competition by stealing the film-makers they established and giving them the world. That particular...

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Martin Scorsese is an absolute master at creating iconic crime thrillers. He knows how to captivate an audience and put his own stamp on a film. Despite his skill, he didn't want to make a gangster movie, which actually turned out to be one of his best, and nor did one of the biggest actors in it. Scorsese has evidently been choosy with his work. He doesn't settle for stories that aren't going to continue his glowing resume, nor does he work with people that aren't up to standard.

The director has been nominated for Academy Awards 16 times, winning once for Best Director with The Departed. His most recent works, including Killers of the Flower Moon and The Irishman, have demonstrated that he is able to...

Mafia movies are known for their raw depiction of an underworld of crime and corruption and everything that stems from those. Some are simply better than others, although when it comes to the mafia genre, it doesn't get any better thanThe Godfather. Francis Ford Coppola's film portrayed the mob as a criminal organization with all sorts of characters loosely based on real-life people. But as grounded as the film was, you don't exactly think of "realism" when you see it. Thankfully, real-life former mobster Anthony Ruggiano Jr. has some insight into what's real and what's not in The Godfather.

The 1972 epic crime drama revolutionized the industry with a deeply compelling story about Vito and Michael Corleone, a father and son who face their true nature as they commit the ultimate betrayal of their family. Widely considered one of the best movies ever made, The Godfather was a remarkable game-changer...

Day of the Fight director and actor Jack Huston is getting back behind the camera for Joseph Merrick, a new and emotional film about the individual known to many as The Elephant Man. According to reports, Huston’s film highlights Merrick’s heart and humanity by focusing on untold aspects of his story to celebrate the inspiring life of a kind and misunderstood soul.

Production for Joseph Merrick begins later this year. The story will focus on the final months of Merrick’s life, examining his transformative journey and the unexpected way he touched the hearts of those fortunate enough to know him. The project aims to shed positive light on Merrick’s contribution to humanity by sharing his unique experience and profound impact on defying expectations and proving that true beauty comes from within.

“I’ve long been fascinated by the life of Joseph Merrick — marked by unimaginable adversity,...

Seth Rogen has come a long way from his Freaks and Geeks days and the stoner comedies of years past. But that doesn’t mean he has traded in all of his trademarks – the dude still loves to curse. That amount even caught the ear of Martin Scorsese, who Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg landed for their upcoming Apple TV+ series The Studio.

Appearing at SXSW this week to premiere the first two episodes of The Studio, Seth Rogen said that he and Goldberg were called out by Martin Scorsese for the amount of “f fombs” they were dropping. As Rogen recalled while filming, “He’s like, ‘You guys say ‘f*ck’ too much. And we were like, ‘We say ‘fuck’ too much?!’”

Considering the amount of cursing going on in some of Martin Scorsese’s most famous movies, it’s no wonder Seth Rogen was surprised. For reference, The Wolf of Wall Street...

Anthony and Joe Russo's new film "The Electric State" will arrive on Netflix on March 14, 2025 (you can watch the trailer here), and it comes with a lot of baggage. Adapted from a picture novel by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag, "The Electric State" takes place in an alternate dystopian version of 1990s American where corporate mascots wander the landscape as intelligent robots. There was a recently-failed robot uprising, and now all the robotic mascots now wander a wasted, walled-off landscape, exiled from humanity. Millie Bobbie Brown plays Michelle, a young woman who has to venture into the robot wasteland in search of her long-lost brother. 

The Russo brothers are perhaps best known for the work within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as they oversaw the blockbusters "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," "Captain America: Civil War," "Avengers: Infinity War," and "Avengers: Endgame," one of the most successful films of all time. "The Electric State...

After starring in two of the buzziest series of 2025, Adam Scott and Michelle Monaghan are both teaming up for Netflix film “The Whisper Man,” an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire.

Scott, who leads Emmy-winning series “Severance,” will star as a widowed crime writer who works with his estranged father, a retired police detective (Robert De Niro), to find his abducted 8-year-old son. The duo soon realize that the case has a connection with a decades-old murder committed by a convicted serial killer known as “The Whisper Man.” The film is based on Alex North’s New York Times bestselling novel.

Monaghan is set for an undisclosed role. She currently appears in “The White Lotus” Season 3.

“The Whisper Man” was first reported with De Niro starring in February 2025. James Ashcroft will direct the film, with Ben Jacoby (“The First Omen”) and Chase Palmer (“It”) adapting the script.

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One of the greatest sports films of all time, crafted by the legendary duo of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, lands on a new streaming home. Subscribers can now watch the acclaimed biographical drama, Raging Bull, on Amazon Prime Video.

Prime Video is the most recent streamer to acquire Raging Bull. The film is also available for fans on the free-to-watch streaming service, Tubi, and via Hulu. It's also the latest Scorsese-De Niro classic to become available on streaming after the beloved Taxi Driver debuted in January.

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After a very intense and controversial Oscars season, Netflix scooped up three awards at the 2025 97th Academy Awards. That brings Netflix’s total Oscar count up to 26 statues. Here’s a full breakdown of Netflix’s past efforts at the Academy Awards and the full list of 73 nominated titles.

Netflix takes the Oscars seriously. They continue to have a massive team working on awards campaigning. Insider reported in 2022 that Netflix had a 40-person awards operation along with 15 consultants who spread their time working on campaigns for Emmys and, of course, the Oscars. Despite that massive spending and resource allocation, it’s still yet to win some of the biggest prizes of the night when some of its close rivals have. Apple TV+ notably scored Best Picture at the 2022 Oscars, and Prime Video has scooped some top awards, too.

As of 2025, Netflix has still eluded a few big awards,...

Are you tired of streaming movies from your couch? Conan O’Brien has a solution for you.

In a satirical sketch slamming streaming culture, the Oscars host introduced a new business venture called “CinemaStreams,” pioneering a “building for movies” in which “we took 800 smartphones and glued them all together and made one giant smartphone.”

When asked how an individual would “hold” the screen, O’Brien answered: “The building holds it.”

The Saturday Night Live-esque bit provided a humorous alternative of sorts to Nicole Kidman’s beloved AMC ad, in which she speaks of the power of film in fostering human connection. When asked by the sketch’s actors if CinemaStreams didn’t just constitute a movie theater, O’Brien veered onto a different topic, saying that the product was a “trademark of Conan O’Brien in partnership with the Sackler family [who will pay billions in a recent opioid settlement] and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”

In a welcome and surprise cameo,...

If you grew up in the early 2000s, chances are you spent many evenings with Ray Barone (Ray Romano) and his eccentric family in the hit comedy series "Everybody Loves Raymond." For good reason. This critically acclaimed sitcom about Ray, a Newsday sportswriter, dealing with his put-upon wife Debra (Patricia Heaton), bickering parents (Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts), and neurotic brother Robert (Brad Garrett), perfectly captures the working-class family and all its quirks, resulting in a heartfelt, often hilarious look at everyday life.

Running from 1997 to 2005, "Raymond" won 15 Primetime Emmys, garnered critical acclaim, and averaged over 20 million viewers during its peak. More impressively, the cast became household names, forever tied to their characters. Still, while many cast members achieved even greater success following the show's finale, others faded into obscurity or endured heartbreaking tragedy. Interested to learn more? Then, keep reading to see what happened to the cast of "Everybody Loves Raymond.

Netflix produced its first non-documentary feature in 2015. It was called Beasts of No Nation, and it was fine. However, the film did not get nominated for an Academy Award. Lots has changed in the last decade.

Your favorite streamer often gets nominated for major awards each year. 2025 is no different. Emilia Pérez has 13 nominations alone, including one for Best Picture. So far, Netflix has yet to get a win in that category, and Emilia Pérez is not the favorite this year, either.

In fact, Netflix has also almost been entirely shut out of wins in the acting categories. Only Laura Dern won, and that was for Best Supporting Actress in 2020. But the streamer does do well in some other categories. Those might not be part of the Big 6, but when it comes to documentaries, Netflix knows what it is doing. Just see below, and you'll know.

The 2025 Oscars will be held on Sunday,...

Once Geoffrey Rush hit his mid-60s, he was offered more and more roles where his age was the focal point. Yet when he read the script for “The Rule of Jenny Pen,” the nursing home-set horror film offered a different angle.

Rush plays Stefan Mortensen, a tough-talking judge who suffers a stroke and must live in an assisted living facility. Unfortunately, one of the other wards is Dave Crealy (John Lithgow), who terrorizes the residents in increasingly sinister ways — along with the help of his hand puppet, Jenny Pen. As Dave gets more emboldened to do terrible things in the nursing home, Stefan loses more and more of his faculties, having to take down his nemesis as his motor skills fade.

“I’ve had quite a few scripts sent my way in the last eight years that felt like treading water,” the 73-year-old actor says. “But in this, his brain deteriorates — actually,...

British actor Stephen Graham (“The Irishman”) has been quite the busy bee lately with his period boxing drama “A Thousand Blows” from Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”) now streaming, taking a supporting role in the “Peaky Blinders” movie, and has another series coming out next month on Netflix with “Adolescence.”

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“Adolescence” sees Graham playing the father of Jamie Miller, a young teen who is arrested for the murder of a girl from the student’s school.

Continue reading ‘Adolescence’ Trailer: Netflix Crime Drama Starring Stephen Graham Debuts March 13 at The Playlist.

Al Pacino has given audiences some of the best performances in crime cinema history. From the calculated Michael Corleone in The Godfather to the ruthless Tony Montana in Scarface, Pacino has long been a master of the genre. But Serpico is classic Pacino with a twist, a crime drama that sees him as a frustrated NYPD cop determined to expose corruption within the force.

Based on a true story, Serpico is Pacino’s first portrayal as a real person – something he took rather seriously. And, while he may not be the typical Pacino fans have since come to know and love, he still commands every scene with the same intensity. A performance that earned him several awards and nominations, Serpico remains one of Pacino’s most underrated and best performances to date.

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An actor’s physicality is “one of the many strange things” about a career in performance, as Jesse Plemons says, and it’s not a quality he may try to manipulate any time soon.

In a recent profile with The Independent, the star of Netflix’s Zero Day reflected on having gained weight for 2015’s Black Mass, in which he portrayed a real-life mobster, admitting that he’s not sure the toll it took on him would be worth repeating.

“I never imagined getting to play a part like that,” he said. “[Gaining weight] was a decision I made at that age, given that opportunity for that director — and I was playing a real person. I don’t regret it. But it was very easy to put the weight on, and much more difficult taking it off. I don’t know if it’s something I would do again — because it did mess me up a bit.

Robert De Niro has addressed the possibility of reuniting with director Martin Scorsese on the filmmaker's star-studded new movie. Scorsese has long been working on a film version of Devil in the White City, Erik Larson's book about serial killer H.H. Holmes.

Scorsese has been developing Devil in the White City for the past 15 years, but there were recent reports that Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star. The movie would take place during the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, where Holmes allegedly committed multiple murders.

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This Underrated Martin Scorsese Gangster Movie Has Lived In Goodfellas' Shadow For Decades (& It's Time for a Rewatch)

30 years later, Casino has a lot to offer fans of gangster movies and fans of Scorsese.

There have been questions about whether De Niro could reunite with his old friend and frequent collaborator Scorsese for this movie, though he...