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White Collar – Financial Crimes

mobflix — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:11:18 +0000

Everything I’ve ever learned about finance I learned from these movies:

- Wall Street
- Trading Places
- Boiler Room

We start White Collar / Financial Crimes feature with Wall Street.

This movie really highlighted the causes of the market crash in the 1980′s. Leveraged Buyouts, Insider Information, Junk Bonds, Corporate Raiders. In the 80′s everybody was doing it. Only a few people had the foresight not to follow the crowd and get out before the collapse. This movie really gets to the heart of 80′s Wall Street Greed.

Michael Douglas as Gordon Gecko was exceptional. See the original movie and you’ll know why he won the academy award. Charlie Sheen was perfect as Bud Fox, and Daryl Hannah was hot.

Chuck Norris vs Abraham Lincoln

mobflix — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:10:39 +0000

Chuck Norris Month continues with Chuck Norris vs Abraham Lincoln Epic Rap Battle of History.

Chuck Norris Filmography

mobflix — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:44:25 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Norris#Filmography

Source: wikipedia.org

Chuck Norris in Forced Vengeance

mobflix — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:20:11 +0000

One of my favorite Chuck Norris movies. Chuck works as security for a family owned Hong Kong Casino. The Mob moves in to violently take over the Casino. Chuck gets his vengeance.

The above montage was brought to us by themachman19691, who put together a montage of some of the best scenes.

In Honor of the 4th of July, we present to Chuck Norris Month

mobflix — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:02:55 +0000

July is Chuck Norris Month at http://www.Mobflix.com. We will profile some of his best work. Chuck Norris kicks American Ass. There’s only one who beat Chuck Norris, and that was Bruce Lee.

Old School Movie Montage

mobflix — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:49:47 +0000

June is Old School movie month and I found a great montage by jackbenny1924 on youtube. They put together a great montage of all the great old school movie actors including:
Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Paul Muni, George Raft, and George E Stone.

The music is from Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo, Batman soundtracks, etc). This montage features the best of the best of old school and sums it up in one great video. Enjoy.

Old School Movie Month with James Cagney in The Public Enemy

mobflix — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:40:18 +0000

James Cagney was the Joe Pesci of the Black & White Gangster Movie era. Many people assume he was type cast as a Gangster actor except that he also danced and sand in movies such as Yankee Doodle Dandy. Cagney oozed talent, testosterone and tough guy attitude.

The Public Enemy released in 1931 is about a Chicago hoodlum, Tom Powers, played by Cagney, who rises to the top while his brother urges him to pursue a different lifestyle. An accidental killing leads to a climactic off-camera shootout with a rival gang that has Cagney stumbling to the gutter.

Some very cutting edge scenes of the day are in this movie that caused controversy.

In the scene below Cagney shows what happens when a women nags her gangster boyfriend.

Another great scene shows how Cagney manipulates a pawn shop owner resulting in a stick up. It is a brilliant scene that leads to the off-screen shoot out. In those days it took talented acting to portray implied off-screen actions. You never see the gun battle, you can only imagine. But you see the results.

June is Old School Movie Month

mobflix — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:22:37 +0000

Before Pesci, De Niro, and Pacino, there was Cagney, Bogart, and Robinson. June is Old School month where we will profile the movies from the early days of movies. Organized Crime Movies were not invented with the Godfather but have been around since silent films.

The roaring 20′s and the depression era of the 1930′s brought us some fantastic movies. Some of these films such as “The Public Enemy,” were cutting edge and controversial for their day. In many of these scenes, you wont see the graphic sex or violence, it is implied. But that doesn’t mean the impact is lost in these movies. They are still powerful.

So for June, we honor the Old School Black & White films, the classics.

Foreign Film Month Continues with Kick-Ass Kung Fu Hustle video montage

mobflix — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:40:26 +0000

Upon doing research for Kung Fu Hustle, I came across a great video compilation of a tribute to the Landlord character in Kung Fu Hustle ( played by Wah Yuen ). The humor and action of the movie really shows through in this piece.

The video was created by http://www.youtube.com/user/Alliikk

Foreign Film Month Continues with Kung Fu Hustle

mobflix — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:54:58 +0000

This film is about Canton China in the 1940′s where the Axe Gang rules the land except for Pig Sty Alley. Pig Sty Alley is a poor apartment complex, it is so poor that the gangsters simply ignore it.

This is until an aspiring gangster gets their attention and brings the wrath of the axe gang to the apartment complex. It just so happens that the landlords and residents of this complex have special Kung Fu powers and battle ensues for the control of the area.

This film is quite humorous, it is a tongue in check exaggerated portrayal of the best of Kung Fu in a respectful way.

The Landlady and her husband are hysterical. Never mess with a landlady in curlers in Canton China. She always has a cigarette in her mouth even when she is fighting.

Just about everybody in this movie has some kind of Kung Fu Special Powers. The leader of the Axe Gang has super frog jumping powers, while the harpist assassins use their special harps to unleash deadly attacks at the speed of sound.

I love this film because it is so much fun to watch. The action is incredible, it has great humor, and the English overdubbing give it just the right character expected in a film of this genre.