“Combat Shock” is a cult classic film made in 1986 and distributed by the infamous Troma Entertainment. Written, directed, and produced by Buddy Giovinazzo, and starring his brother Ricky Giovinazzo, it is the story of […]
“The Relentless Patriot” is a documentary film about political activist and artist Scott LoBaido from New Dorp, Staten Island. The documentary is made by Christopher Martini. LoBaido has been a patriotic artist for years, and […]
A 1990 mob movie based on a true story — a film adaptation of Nicholas Pileggi’s 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy. The movie was directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. Plot The movie follows […]
Written and directed by native Staten Islander James DeMonaco, “The First Purge” was actually the 4th of the trilogy of “The Purge” films — it was a prequel that was supposed to take place before […]
The movie of all movies filmed on Staten Island — Francis Ford Coppola’s epic Gangster flick, based on the Mario Puzo best-selling 1969 novel. Plot I’ve watched this move a dozen times and never really […]
The most recent movie of movies filmed on Staten Island — a national hit comedy-drama that generated a lot of acclaim and did well at the box office. Directed by native NYer Judd Apatow, from […]
“There’s a game on Staten Island called ‘Bullshit’; I’m from Staten Island and I call Bullshit.” I’ve used this line a lot the last 15 or so years — especially in the last 8 years […]
A 1980 American psycho-slasher film directed by Staten Islander Armand Mastroianni, written by Scott Parker and starring Caitlin O’Heaney, Don Scardino, Elizabeth Kemp, Tom Rolfing, and Tom Hanks in his movie debut. Plot A young bride is murdered on […]
Amongst many famous movies filmed on Staten Island is “Easy Money”, a comedy that Rodney Dangerfield wrote and starred in — filmed in Staten Island in 1982 and released in 1983. It also starred Joe […]
An eccentric, enchanting film starring Tracy White as Superman, Jing Bao as Shanghai Hell Cat, Richard Dacio in a duel role as Angus the Mad Ape and the Mad Scientist, and director Chris Spollen as himself. […]
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