34 h. ago ‘Marty stop that! You can’t do it!’: Scorsese reveals he toyed with buying a gun to threaten film studio

Proposed edits to his movie Taxi Driver made the director so furious, he threatened to take the law into his own handsOscar-winning film director Martin Scorsese threatened to buy a gun when in a rage at a film studio, according to a new docuseries about his life. After suggested edits to his 1976 movie Taxi Driver, which starred Robert De Niro, he flew into such a fury that he began threatening to take the law into his own hands.“Marty was very upset,” says Steven Spielberg. “We get a call at the office: ‘Steve, Steve, it’s Marty. Can you come over to the house? They want me to cut all the blood spurting, they want me to cut the guy who loses his hand.’” Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Report reveals rise in levels of violence against nurses in A&E

Examples of the abuse include being spat at, punched and even being threatened with a gun

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49 h. ago Nurse threatened with gun as tensions rise over A&E wait times

Another nurse was knocked unconscious when a patient punched her in the head

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53 h. ago Martin Scorsese 'threatened to get gun' after bold Taxi Driver request from bosses

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese has revealed he was that miffed by a request from movie bosses that he threatened to get a gun and destroy a copy of hit film Taxi Driver

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55 h. ago Martin Scorsese thought about ‘getting a gun’ after violent scenes were nearly cut from Taxi Driver

The director talks about the incident in a new Apple TV documentary series

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7 d. ago Netflix fans can finally watch 'greatest gangster movie of all time'

Martin Scorsese's 2006 film The Departed, which is widely regarded as one of the greatest gangster movies of all time, will be available to stream on Netflix from August

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7 d. ago Martin Scorsese gangster movie 'best of all time' finally on Netflix

The Departed, which was directed by Martin Scorsese, has been dubbed a "must-see" and the "best of its kind"

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7 d. ago Platonic season two review: Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne stop at nothing to make you laugh – and it’s joyful TV

It’s so nice to watch a show that tries this hard to induce chuckles. But there’s also real depth to this gag-packed comedy about two mischief-loving friends reuniting in midlifeThe Studio, Seth Rogen’s cosy Hollywood satire which dropped on Apple TV+ earlier this year, features a glut of industry figures cameoing as themselves: Martin Scorsese, Charlize Theron, Zac Efron, Ron Howard, Zoë Kravitz, Nicholas Stoller. Unless you also happen to work in the movie business, that last name probably won’t mean much: in the show Stoller is introduced as a reliable writer of kid-friendly fare – The Muppets, Captain Underpants – who can make a decent job of the IP-driven film (“the Kool-Aid movie”) that Rogen’s studio head, Matt Remick, has been forced to pursue.In real life, Stoller did indeed write those films. Yet he’s also a key figure in the later years of the Judd Apatow-abetted Frat Pack era, responsible for a number of box office hits including Sex Tape, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get ...

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9 d. ago Man jailed for threatening police with ‘gun’ made from Primark bag

CCTV footage shows the man chase a police car and point a fake gun at the officers in Telford

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3 w. ago Leonardo DiCaprio epic called ‘the funniest film ever made’ is streaming for free

Martin Scorsese's epic crime caper is now available to watch for free on BBC iPlayer - and it's a must-see for fans of fast-paced thrillers

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3 w. ago Epic movie fans say ‘deserves more than five stars’ is streaming free on BBC iPlayer

Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street is now available to stream for free on BBC iPlayer and has been hailed 'the shortest long movie I have ever seen' by fans

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