Even if you’ve seen Goodfellas multiple times, you’ll still love the wild ride of the source book, Nicholas Pileggi’s Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family (1985). That’s because so many scenes in the ...

Henry Hill, Jimmy the Gent, Tommy DeVito, Paulie, Karen, Billy Batts, the Lufthansa heist … all someone has to do is mention some of these names and I get the sudden and irresistible urge to watch ...

When “Goodfellas” first landed in front of a test audience 30 years ago, it was not well-received. The film highlighted the highs and lows of being involved with New York City’s mob scene, and though ...

THE MOST MEMORABLE SCENE in “Goodfellas” is the brutal killing of Billy Batts. It starts in 1970 at the Suite Nite Club where Batts, a “made” guy in the Gambino family, is celebrating his return from ...

There is a certain joy in watching a quotable film – in hearing a line and instantly knowing you’ll be reciting it later on repeat. In this way – and countless others – GoodFellas was a cinematic gift ...

In what might be the wildest lawsuit of the year, actor Frank Sivero has filed a $250 million lawsuit against Fox Television Studios over one of the “wise guy” characters on The Simpsons. In his ...