Thirty years ago, a movie about the Mafia became a classic because it did what mobsters do: It broke the rules. While most of the movies about gangsters like "Scarface" (both the 1932 and 1983 ...

There is a scene in Goodfellas where Joe Pesci’s character, Tommy, thinks he is about to become a “made man” in the mafia. He puts on his best suit, hops into his freshly polished car and walks into ...

While viewers encounter some scary characters in Goodfellas, no one in the Martin Scorsese classic compares with Tommy DeVito, played so memorably by Joe Pesci. Tommy’s the kind of guy who can’t get ...

Martin Scorsese’s film “Goodfellas” is a violent, dramatic and humorous true story of organized crime, greed and treachery. The film is based on Nicholas Pileggi’s true crime book “Wiseguy,” the story ...

Even if you’ve seen Goodfellas multiple times, you’ll still love the wild ride of the source book, Nicholas Pileggi’s Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family (1985). That’s because so many scenes in the ...