Trucking union boss Hoffa's mysterious death explodes anew in 'The Irishman'

Dec 09, 2019 at 08:44 AM CST
It’s not often that popular culture, American history and trucking all combine to captivate the country. But they have in the new movie, The Irishman. I must confess that I had no idea what it was about before seeing it recently. I love Al Pacino (who doesn’t?), and this being another of director Martin Scorsese’s ‘quasi-mob’ movies, following Goodfellas and Casino, and with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci back to intimidate everyone in sight, what’s not to like? Maybe the running time of three and a half hours, but not much else.

Dec 09, 2019 at 08:44 AM CST

It’s not often that popular culture, American history and trucking all combine to captivate the country. But they have in the new movie, The Irishman. I must confess that I had no idea what it was about before seeing it recently. I love Al Pacino (who doesn’t?), and this being another of director Martin Scorsese’s ‘quasi-mob’ movies, following Goodfellas and Casino, and with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci back to intimidate everyone in sight, what’s not to like? Maybe the running time of three and a half hours, but not much else.