REVIEW: The Wolf of Wall Street [2013]

“Into the donuts, my boy?” This is the story of an American antihero: a guy born in the Bronx to working class parents who set off for Wall Street to make a name for himself as a stockbroker and rule the world. Jordan Belfort got a good five years or so of the limelight as a result, learning the tricks from Mark Hanna before discovering penny trades cashing out at fifty percent commission could be applied to the whales big firms were targeting for blue chip stocks. He built brokerage…

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Top 15 Films of 1995

(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 40 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #15: Billy Madison directed by Tamra Davis #14: Get Shorty directed by Barry Sonnenfeld #13: Dead Man directed by Jim Jarmusch #12: La Citè des enfants Perdus[The City of Lost Children] directed byJean-Pierre Jeunet #11: The Usual Suspects directed by Bryan Singer.. #10: Before Sunrise directed by Richard Linklater.. #09: Dead Man Walking directed by Tim Robbins #08: Casino directed by Martin…

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