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Rate Re: Once Upon a time OR The Godfather

Original at imdb.com external link    Sun, Jun 28

I think OUATIA is a tad more believable than Godfather in the sense of these gangsters rising to power. One problem I... the film (but most certainly not with the book) is that "The Godfather" films never show just how Vito rose to power. There's ...and incredibly well acted. Both of them are, really. F...

Rate Re: Better than The Godfather?

Original at imdb.com external link    Sun, Jun 28

Better than The Godfather? i have not seen Lawrence of Arabia yet (so i guess that means i probably should not comment to much), but it's unlikely it will beat The Godfather in my book since i am a big fan of gangster films in general. -The Godfather = 10/10 (easily one of the best, if not the best...

Rate The Godfather Ii Review

Original at astahost.com external link    Wed, Jun 24

025025.html had to walk with The Godfather II, an action title that attempts ...fledgling Dons with their criminal empire, The Godfather II provides a good dose of ...young Vito Corleone in New York – The Godfather II focuses on Michael Corleone, ...Aldo Trapani (the protagonist of the first Godfa...

Rate Re: Once Upon a time OR The Godfather

Original at imdb.com external link    Wed, Jun 24

Once Upon A Time In America and The Godfather are different types of film. Trying to rate them directly against...s often mentioned that Leone turned down the job of directing the Godfather. According to Bob Evans, Head of Production for Paramount, the movie...as a metaphor for capitalism in Ame...

Rate Re: Robert De Niro, Michael V. Gazzo, or Lee Strasberg in Godfather II?

Original at imdb.com external link    Sun, Jun 21

safe to say this is what my 1974 Supporting Actor line-up looks like: 1. Robert Deniro - The Godfather, Part II 2. Michael V. Gazzo - The Godfather, Part II 3. John Cazale - The Godfather, Part II 4. Lee Strasberg - The Godfather, Part II 5. Robert Duvall - The Godfather, Part II You were a tomato! A tom...

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Rate Review: Godfather II

Original at Bitbag external link    Mon, Jun 8

 CA The Godfather II was released YEARS ago…1974 to be exact! So with this game, there's no movie tie in marketing, no rushed work and no buggy engine. This game was made to retell the story from a different point of view and for once, they got it right. ...

Rate Arjun Bajwa's idea of fun

Original at Times of India external link    Mon, Jun 8

 India Behave like Michael Corleone from The Godfather when sitting in a story narration. Reach your own film set riding a bike and then behave star-struck asking for autographs from others. Start playing antakshari in a coffee shop and involve everyone in ...

Rate THEATER REVIEW | 'All Sinatra'

Original at Kansas City Star external link    Fri, Jun 5

 MO I remembered reading that he was one of the major stars who wanted to play Don Corleone in “The Godfather,” a role that went to Marlon Brando, whom, we surmise, Sinatra probably hated ever since they co-starred in “Guys & Dolls. ...

Rate E3 09: Fate of EA's The Godfather series is unknown

Original at Destructoid external link    Thu, Jun 4

 Florida Electronic Arts could be cutting the cord on The Godfather series. The company might also be considering making more games based on the license. Paramount doesn't know the future of The Godfather videogames and apparently Electronic Arts isn't exactly ...

Rate Top 5: Lame attempts at milking past success

Original at Washington Times external link    Thu, Jun 4

 DC The Last Don — What made the backers of this 1997 Mafia miniseries think they could replicate the formula of the "Godfather" franchise? As "The Godfather: Part III" proved, not even the auteur himself, Francis Ford Coppola, could manage the feat. 3. ...

Year 2009

 

Rate Cool Stuff: Tim Doyle's Godfather II Inspired “Full of Grace” Art ...

Original at /FILM external link    Wed, Jun 3

 MA Some of you may remember that The Alamo Drafthouse released a poster by Tim Doyle for The Godfather. The poster, which can be viewed here, featured a shot of the Statue of Liberty from the wheatfields, and was titled “Leave the gun… take the cannoli. ...

Rate The Godfather and survival

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sat, May 30

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I watched The Godfather this past week and was surprised by how much the Michael character showed a truth consistent with Scripture. We can be seduced into evil, very easily, by strong internal drives. Michael is drawn into a lifestyle that, ...

Rate Re: Goodfellas or Godfather

Original at imdb.com external link    Sat, May 30

Goodfellas: 162 Godfather: 157 Don't get me wrong, Goodfellas is a great film, ... the best thing that Scorsese has directed, whereas The Godfather is perfect in its direction, cinematography etc. I enjoy Goodfellas more, but find The Godfather more rewarding. It's a really deep intelligen...

Rate The Godfather II

Original at GamePro.com external link    Fri, May 29    19 related articles

The storyline is great but you should watch the godfather movies or play the first to enjoy the story a bit more because it'll help you understand it abit more. Some people say that the first is better and alot say that the second is better and ...

Rate Re: I honestly think that Goodfellas is better than The Godfather

Original at imdb.com external link    Thu, May 28

It depends on what you are looking for in a movie. The difference is The Godfather is a great film maker's film. Very subtle actions, motifs, and metaphors drive the movie. ..., but unfortunately, the narration spells everything out for you, so it reaches the masses more than The Godfather does. "...

Rate Keaton to give talk, not sure how 'smart'

Original at Cincinnati.com external link    Tue, May 19

 OH That career first soared in the 1970s when she appeared as mob wife Kay Adams Corleone in "The Godfather" and in half-a-dozen Woody Allen movies including "Annie Hall," which won the 1977 Academy Award for Best Picture and landed Keaton an Oscar for ...

Rate Video game review: Unlike film it's based on, 'Godfather II' is ...

Original at Oshkosh Northwestern external link    Mon, May 18

 WI The Godfather II" opens in Cuba with Michael Corleone and Hyman Roth plotting an empire together. As you may know, things go sour pretty quickly. Players are tasked with creating their own gangster who joins the Corleone family in Cuba and then ...

Rate Top 5 directors in decline - Francis Ford Coppola

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sun, May 17

The Godfather" films speak for themselves, and he proved his range with "The Conversation," "Apocalypse Now" and the better than it had a right to be "Dracula." He even penned the great war epic "Patton." But then he signed on for "The Rainmaker," a ...

Rate Notes from The AmPav: Francis Ford Coppola

Original at Indie Wire external link    Sat, May 16

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—The director reminded moderator Scott Foundas that “Apocalypse Now”—Coppola's follow-up to “The Godfather”—did not receive good reviews initially. Nevertheless, it was appreciated over time and is much more appreciated today. —Coppola emphasized the ...

Rate Sukhwinder sings for maker of 'Godfather'

Original at Times of India external link    Sat, May 16

 India The veteran American filmmaker (best remembered for The Godfather) asked Sukhwinder to croon for his next film Youth Without Youth, which was partly shot in Mumbai by Bollywood director Vishal Bharadwaj. Sukhwinder, who is under contract with Coppola's ...

Rate RE: The Godfather II Review

Original at boards.ign.com external link    Fri, May 15

If you want great character customization in an enormous free roam city then do yourself a favor and buy SAINTS ROW 2, you can do missions stark naked if you want... Godfather 2 is a truly awful game filled with bugs and glitches so bad that they sometimes prevent you from completing a mission, t...

Rate DVD REVIEW: ANIMATED TELEVISION SHOWDOWN

Original at Cinematic Happenings Under Development external link    Thu, May 14

 NY The second episode is an example as the opening sequence is a parody of The Godfather, something most young children have no knowledge of. There was a great moment in the episode when Freakazoid is asked if he is wacko and Wacko from The Animanaics ...

Rate Opinion: Nothing in Button's 'curious case' comes alive

Original at Gainesville Sun external link    Thu, May 7

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Columbus Dispatch  FL Youth Without Youth" is a return to the cinema for legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, who you may remember for directing three of the best movies of all time ("The Godfather" "The Godfather Part 2" and "Apocalypse Now") and who you may also ...

Rate Opinion: The Godfather II

Original at AsiaOne external link    Thu, Apr 30

The biggest problem with The Godfather II game - the follow-up to a title that received fairly good reviews in 2006 - is that it plays the same without taking license from the Godfather movies. In the game, you play Dominic, a henchman who has been ...

Rate Opinion: ‘Godfather II’ game doesn’t deserve the name

Original at St. Louis Post-Dispatch external link    Tue, Apr 14

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By David Sheets If you grew up with the cinematic legend of the “Godfather” movies hanging over your film-watching experience as Game Guy did, you expect anything that dares borrow from that legend to approach but not quite reach the same level of ...

Rate The Godfather II review

Original at Telegraph.co.uk external link    Tue, Apr 14

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EA's new Godfather title offers a lot of addictive fun for players... if you haven't seen the film. By Nick Cowen It may seem harsh to begin a review by pointing out a video game's biggest weakness, but The Godfather II was never going to be as good as ...

Rate The Godfather II (Xbox 360) Review

Original at India.com external link    Sat, Apr 11

 India Godfather II improves upon the 'crime boss' aspect of GTA and becomes the experience by which other crime games must be judged. It isn't the best open-world game out there but it does a sublime job of capturing what it feels like to be the head of a ...

Rate Opinion: The Godfather II

Original at NintendoDS Advanced external link    Wed, Apr 8

Succeeding in The Godfather II requires one to think a few moves ahead as if playing a bloody game of chess. Planning a proper raid is usually just as much fun as carrying it out. Returning from the previous game is the MobFace feature in which ... The Godfather 2 Review (Xbox 360/PS3) UGO

Rate The Godfather II PC Review @ TestFreaks

Original at compatdb.org external link    Wed, Apr 8

I think your readers might find interesting. Title: The Godfather II PC Review ( -at -) TestFreaks Review Link: http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/review/the-godfather-ii-pc-review/ Review Snipit: "The Godfather II was officially released by EA yesterday, I was going to try and ...I thin...

Rate The Godfather II Review

Original at PSX Extreme external link    Tue, Apr 7

The Godfather II, although a bit easy and not nearly as long as it should be, is still a great sandbox game that fans of the genre will enjoy wholeheartedly. It boasts solid control mechanics, from on-foot gameplay, to fighting, to gun play, ... Gamers.com The Godfather II (PS3) GamePro.com

Rate Opinion: The Godfather II

Original at GameZone external link    Tue, Apr 7

Launched a few years ago, The Godfather: The Game was EA’s first foray into the lucrative world of sandbox crime dramas. EA seemly poured buckets of money into the game’s development, licensing a sizable chunk of the film’s cast for voice work and ... The Godfather 2 Talk Xbox

Rate Opinion: The Godfather 2

Original at Talk Xbox external link    Mon, Apr 6

In 2006,when the first Godfather game hit store shelves, no one was surprised at its creation. Despite many critics’ preconceived predictions, the first game was quite ambitious and successfully tapped into the heart and soul of the Godfather universe ...

Rate Opinion: ‘Gomorrah’ is ‘Godfather’-esque, only people are living the story

Original at Schenectady Gazette external link    Fri, Apr 3

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Why haven’t we heard more about this squalid environment or, to be more precise, why, you may ask, hasn’t the phenomenon captured our imaginations with the epic force of “The Godfather?” For one thing, this is Naples, not Sicily, and while Mario Puzo ...

Rate Re: New Godfather Trailer - "The Godfather Family"

Original at boardsus.playstation.com external link    Thu, Mar 26

money. I am not even going to buy this one. Now the MOVIE was excellent. Best Mobster/Mafia movie ever done.   I actually liked the first one. Of course no game can never be as good as the Godfather movies were, but if you're realistic and don't play it with such expectations, it's quite enjoyable. I...

Rate How To: The Godfather II Cuba Tutorial GameplayVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Fri, Mar 20

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Rate Fanfiction?

Original at imdb.com external link    Sat, Feb 28

I'm not sure if any of you Godfather fans are into fanfiction, but would anyone know of any good fanfiction based on The Godfather movies? I have tried on Fanfiction.net, but the selection wasn't very long. Thanks! S laughter is the best medicine

Rate Opinion: Take the Oscar trivia challengeVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Boulder Daily Camera external link    Fri, Feb 20

The Coppolas: Carmine (Best Original Dramatic Score for "The Godfather: Part II" in 1975); Francis (Best Original Screenplay for "Patton" in 1971; Best Adapted Screenplay for "The Godfather" in 1973; Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for "The ...

Rate Genre Critique: Crime Drama films

Original at boards.1up.com external link    Wed, Dec 24

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By KaleidoKyle Or The Godfather 4/Goodfellas 2 in my opinion. My favorite Pesci role and De Niro was awesome, especially when fighting with Stone. It's so hard to choose one favorite Scorsese film but this one is a very close call...next to Goodfellas and The Departed. Too hard to choose.

Rate Does “Jewish Heritage” Make Someone a Flight Risk? The Feds Say Yes

Original at WSJ.com external link    Fri, Dec 19

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By Dan Slater Aficionados of “The Godfather” trilogy may remember the travails of Hyman Roth, played by the iconic acting teacher Lee Strasberg (pictured). In Part II, Roth, who falls out of favor with Michael Corleone, flees to Israel. But the High Court of Israel turns down his request to live as a ‘ret...

Rate Is The Sicilian a Lost Part of the Godfather Lore?

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Mon, Nov 17

By Nick Nadel While not a direct sequel to The Godfather, Mario Puzo's 1984 novel The Sicilian is something of a spin-off. Set during Michael Corleone's time in Sicily, The Sicilian details Michael's efforts to ferry notorious bandit Salvatore Guiliano out of Italy to America. (In video game terminol...

Rate Mafia Movies Ultimate Fan Quiz

Original at blogs.amctv.com external link    Fri, Nov 14

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By Alex Zalben Are you a Goodfella or a Godfather? A rat or a mole? Think you know the deepest darkest secrets of the Casa Nostra? Believe you've got the answers to the questions to make a Corleone give you a double take or Al Capone to turn white as a sheet? Then take this Mafia Movie Quiz, and show us just how m...

Year 2007

 

Rate DVD review: 'The Godfather Collection'

Original at dvd external link    Sun, Jul 15

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By Glenn Abel Some of the extras surfaced on earlier video presentations, including a decent behind-the-scenes documentary shot during the making of "Godfather III" in which the cast and filmmakers gamely equate that troubled project with the first two classics. Included in the docu are such gems a...

Rate AFI Top 100

Original at cwinters.com external link    Sat, Jun 30

By Chris Winters Citizen Kane," 1941. "The Godfather," 1972. "Casablanca," 1942. "Raging Bull," 1980. "Singin' in the Rain," 1952. (best musical ever, and I hate musicals) "Gone With the Wind," 1939. (meh) "Lawrence of Arabia," 1962. "Schindler's List," 1993. "Vertigo," 1958. "The Wizard of Oz," 1939. "City Li...

Rate Podcast: Retro Redux: Musical Moods From The Godfather

Original at Blogcritics external link    Fri, Jun 8

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By Big Geez One scene that always seemed to me to be well served by the music was early in the first movie, after Johnny Fontane asks for the Don's help with a producer who wouldn't give him a movie part. The Don tells Johnny that he'll take care of the producer. "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" (A...

Rate Don Corleone: Libertarian ?

Original at Liberty Papers external link    Thu, May 10

By Doug Mataconis The theme of the corrupt government official is further explored in The Godfather, Part II in the person of a Nevada Senator who attempts to extort money from the Corleone family in exchange for helping to get a casino license approved. In the end, he gets framed for murder but survives with...

Rate Francis Ford Coppola Says He Has Abandoned 'Megalopolis' Project

Original at Cinematical external link    Wed, May 9

By Patrick Walsh The Godfather. The Conversation. The Godfather Part II. Apocalypse Now. Francis Ford Coppola has so many classic American movies in his filmography, he could direct, say, a movie about reverse aging starring Robin Williams and Fran Drescher and not lose his position among our greatest dir...

Rate Nintendo Wii Review: The Godfather - Blackhand Edition

Original at Blogcritics external link    Wed, Apr 11

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By Brian Szabelski The Godfather features many of the actors who were alive when the game was in production reprising their roles from the film, including Robert Duvall, James Caan, and Marlon Brando in his final role. Other actors who have passed on have had their likenesses placed into the game as well, and...

Rate 4cr Review - Godfather: Blackhand Edition

Original at 4 color rebellion external link    Tue, Apr 3

By Greg First, let me get some of my biases out in the open. I’ve never been a fan of the GTA-style sandbox game. I played Grand Theft Auto 3 and couldn’t get into it; a number of things just didn’t click. So, as you can imagine, I’m a bit of a newbie to the sandbox experience. Second, I’m a huge fan of the Godfa...

Year 2006

 

Rate Podcast: PopCast #32: 2006 Wrap-Up Part 1 - Get Up! (LOVE) m4a

Original at DigAPony (Feedburner) external link    Sun, Dec 31

By andrew@popmontreal.com (Andrew Rose - Pop Montreal) 2006 comes roaring to a sudden hault, and with it another end-of-year three-part PopCast (LOVE POWER PEACE). As with the 2005 episodes, part 1 here focuses on the more dance-friendly of numbers. A soundtrack for your own little personal New Year's Eve party. There was no one in music more dan...

Rate Podcast: The Godfather of Invention

Original at BusinessWeek external link    Thu, Jun 22

Nathan Myrvold's Intellectual Ventures has a detailed plan for profiting from the vast array of patents it is acquiring. In this week's podcast, BusinessWeek's executive editor, John Byrne, and senior writer, Michael Orey, discuss how snapping up thousands of patents can make Myrvol...

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