thomasiversen Reviews

Manchester United: Beyond the Promised Land (2000 Video)

Good film about a great team

[10/10 · 23 December 2002]

This documentary evolves around the season after which United completed an amazing Treble, winning the Championship, the Fa Cup and the Champions League. This tells the story of how the worlds biggest football club are run and how Man Utd can still be hungry for more success after the Treble season.

It's a fairly good documentary, but it's not great and at times you get the feeling that this is a film meant for all those who support the Reds on a daily basis. My conclusion is that United fans will enjoy this film very much, but if you are not Man Utd supporter then this is maybe not for you.

Casino (1995)

An excellent look at one man's rise and fall in the 80s' Las Vegas

[10/10 · 10 September 2001]

Based on the true story of Frank Lefty Rosenthal, this is a moving and violent masterpiece. Scorsese and De Niro teams up again and Joe Pesci in his first collaboration with them after Goodfellas(1990). Sharon Stone is a standout in this film and also received and Academy Award nomination for best actress in a supporting role. Writer Nicholas Pileggi's (aslo wrote the book Wiseguy which Goodfellas is based on) screenplay which he co-wrote with Scorsese is very sharp.

I'm not going to tell you what the movie is about, but the fact that it's a true story is amazing. Scorsese is an absolute favourite of mine and De Niro is equally impressive. Joe Pesci is splendid as the short-tempered, violent Nicky and Stone is brilliant as Ace's wife Ginger

Perhaps the best film of the 90s, if not the century! Marvelous!!