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Movie – Gangs of New York (2002) – A movie by Martin Scorsese, and a big commercial success

With Gangs of New York (released in 2002), Martin Scorsese was back to where he makes his mark, the gritty streets of New York, with lots of hard violence, mafia and gangs, rock music based soundtrack, and people with an inclination for violence. However, with the movie, Scorsese starred a different set of characters, with [...]

Movie – Bringing Out the Dead (1999), directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Nicholas Cage – movie did not do too well

After a couple of movies such as Casino and Kundun, Martin Scorsese returned to the same location that is a staple of his movie, the gritty New York areas where he takes people with deep emotional conflicts and shows up the progression of these conflicts. In ‘Bringing Out the Dead’, Scorsese made a movie where [...]

Book – Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (1934) – A book by Agatha Christie, a murder mystery about the murder of an unknown man

This is another book by Agatha Christie which does not have either of her main 2 detectives, Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple. This book was also published in the United States under a different name – The Boomerang Clue. The book got a good review from the press upon its release. The book is about [...]

Movie – Kundun (1997) – Directed by Martin Scorsese, a film about the Dalai Lama

Martin Scorsese is persona non grata in China, and will never be allowed there. But I guess he would have expected that if he made a movie about the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama, the 14th in line, is the spiritual leader of the people of Tibet and the administrator before the Chinese invaded the [...]