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‘Ocean’s Thirteen’ – third time’s the charm on Max

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George Cooney and Brad Pitt reunite the old gang for one more romp in the third film in Steven Soderberg’s jaunty heist franchise.

Al Pacino is ‘Danny Collins’ on Paramount+

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Pacino plays a former rock star on a redemption tour in this low-key comic drama that gives the actor an opportunity to both play off and play down his knack for big, showy performances.

Al Pacino is Cuban thug turned Miami drug lord Tony Montana in Brian De Palma's 'Scarface'

‘Scarface’ – Say hello to my little friend on Prime Video

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Brian De Palma directs Al Pacino in this thriller of a Cuban criminal’s rise to the top in the eighties cocaine wars of Florida. It’s a blood-spattered crime opera.

Marlon Brando stars in the Oscar-winning film by Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘The Godfather’ trilogy on Paramount+

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Al Pacino is Michael Corleone in the great American epic of the immigrant dream turned family business in the Oscar-winning trilogy based on the novel by Mario Puzo.

Al Pacino stars in 'Serpico',' directed by Sidney Lumet

Al Pacino is ‘Serpico’ on Prime Video, Paramount+ and MGM+

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Sidney Lumet directs this based-on-a-true-story crime drama on location in New York and helped set the style of American crime dramas in the seventies.

Robert De Niro vs. Al Pacino in ‘Heat’ on Netflix

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Michael Mann writes and directs this epic of a ruthlessly efficient heist crew and the special Los Angeles crime unit on their trail.

Al Pacino in Christopher Nolan's 'Insomnia' (2002), the American remake of the Norwegian thriller.

Al Pacino battles ‘Insomnia’ on Hulu

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Christopher Nolan directs this American remake of the icy, sun-bright 1997 Norwegian noir. Hilary Swank and Robin Williams costar.

Al Pacino and Johnny Depp in ‘Donnie Brasco’ on Netflix

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Mike Newell directs this rich and gritty mob drama based on the true story of an undercover FBI agent who succumbs to the criminal identity he plays.

What to stream: ‘Hunters’ on Amazon, ‘Gentefied’ on Netflix, more ‘Outlander’ on Starz

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Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … The weekly column is featured in The Seattle Times, The Spokesman-Review, and other newspapers. Al Pacino makes his streaming TV debut in the Amazon Original series “Hunters” (2020), a thriller with a twist of […]

What to stream: ‘The Irishman’ and ‘I Lost My Body’ on Netflix, ‘The Report’ and ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ on Amazon

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+, drama, gangsters, historical, Hulu, Kanopy, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD, What to Stream 11/29/2019 Sean Axmaker

Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … The weekly column is featured in The Seattle Times, The Spokesman-Review, and other newspapers. After the major film studio passed, Martin Scorsese turned to Netflix to finance “The Irishman” (2019, R) his latest and […]