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...Grimaldi (Gary Oldman) is the Queens police sergeant who cannot resist the temptations of the underworld. Like a child at a candystore window, Jack, in doing surveillance work, has longingly spied on the blandly depicted lifestyles of the rich and infamous. Instead of trading in his badge for true mobster glory, Jack decides to be a mob informer by remaining on the force. The whereabouts of protected witnesses is big business as Jack begins working for Don Falcone (Roy Scheider...

Author: By Ariel Foxman, | Title: Bleeding Heartless | 2/10/1994 | See Source »

...film's first half we watch Jack volley between his inexplicably loyal wife Natalie (Annabella Sciorra) and his submissive moll Sheri (Juliette Lewis), all the while wrestling with his conscience. Because the formula would not be complete without a furtive villain force, Medak is compelled to introduce Russian mobster Mona Demarkov (Lena Olin) into Jack's dysfunctional life. Fueled by lust and fear, Jack is either chasing or being chased by this femme fatale from hell...

Author: By Ariel Foxman, | Title: Bleeding Heartless | 2/10/1994 | See Source »

...film centers on Calogero (Francis Capra), a 9-year-old boy from the neighborhood who is fascinated by the mysterious goings-on at the Chez Bippy, the bar and social club downstairs from his apartment. The reigning neighborhood mobster, Sonny, runs the place and coordinates all of his illegal dealings there. Calogero and his friends often stand on the stoop next door and mimic Sonny's every move...

Author: By Clarissa A. Bonanno, | Title: Not Such Good Fellas | 10/14/1993 | See Source »

...Clinton plays a mobster in National Lampoon's Last Resort, out next spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rogergram Our Periodic Update on the First Half Brother | 7/26/1993 | See Source »

...depiction of a bisexual, icepick-wielding wild woman. The movie nevertheless grossed more than $350 million worldwide, and since then Eszterhas has sold various ideas that could end up making him more than $10 million over the next two years, among them a $3.4 million script about mobster John Gotti. In addition, he has written a TV commercial for Chanel No. 5 that was directed by Roman Polanski, and he is mulling over a possible move into theater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gonzo Screenwriter | 5/31/1993 | See Source »

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