Trash, Art, And The Movies
The podcast that pits arthouse cinema against brainless entertainment—and then declares a victor.
TAATM #131: Bugsy vs. Bugsy Malone

Paul and Erin review two films about immature gangsters with wacky nicknames. First: BUGSY, Barry Levinson's 1991 biopic starring Warren Beatty as gangster-slash-cockeyed visionary Bugsy Siegel, and Annette Bening as his mistress and eventual business manager; then, BUGSY MALONE, Alan Parker's offbeat 1976 musical gangster spoof, in which Scott Baio and Jodie Foster head up an all-child cast to tell the story of a boxing promoter who winds up in the middle of a turf war between two rival gangs. The Flamingo Hotel or Fat Sam's Grand Slam: which will prevail?

Plus: our quick takes on INHERENT VICE, SEVENTH SON, JUPITER ASCENDING, A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, MILIUS, PADDINGTON, and IN HER PLACE.

Direct download: TAATM_131__Bugsy_vs._Bugsy_Malone.mp3
Category:TV and Film -- posted at: 7:01pm EDT