Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle, and Benicio Del Toro star in this sprawling drama that tackles the drug trade.
Tag: Albert Finney
Albert Finney plays ‘Gumshoe’ on Amazon Prime Video
“I want to write The Maltese Falcon, record ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ and play Las Vegas.” So proclaims Eddie Ginley (Albert Finney), a small-time bingo caller and wannabe stand-up comic, to his therapist in the opening scene of Gumshoe (1971). But he’ll settle for running an ad in the local paper offering his services as a […]
Ridley Scott’s ‘The Duellists’ on Amazon Prime Video
“The duelist demands satisfaction. Honor for him is an appetite.” The Duellists (1977), the feature debut of Ridley Scott, begins in 1800, “the year Napoleon became ruler of France,” with an early morning duel in a dewy green meadow where French military officer Gabriel Feraud (Harvey Keitel) runs his opponent through and then busies himself […]