Dennis Farina

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Dumbo, Gremlins, Mad Max, Snatch

Posted 7 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: E.T., Ghostbusters, The Wicker Man

Posted 9 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

Making movies is a rough business in these clips for Epix’s Get Shorty

Posted 9 years ago

I've never come across a single person who has told me that making movies is easy, though I would imagine that dealing with dead bodies, pre-madonnas, and itchy trigger-fingered thugs is a whole other kettle of fish. Do you remember...

Ray Romano & Chris O’Dowd topline Epix’s Get Shorty series

Posted 10 years ago

Replace John Travolta and Gene Hackman with Chris O'Dowd and Ray Romano, and you've now got yourself the starring cast for Epix's series adaptation of GET SHORTY.  Announced earlier this summer, the series would position O'Dowd as Miles Daly, the...

Rupert Grint to star in Crackle series based on Guy Ritchie’s Snatch

Posted 10 years ago

Rupert Grint's post-Potter career hasn't exactly reached the same heights as his HARRY POTTER co-stars, which is a shame as I always enjoyed his performances in the Potter franchise. As for the future, Rupert Grint is set to star in...

Get Shorty is the latest feature film of yesteryear to get adapted for TV

Posted 10 years ago

GET SHORTY was one of those films that took place during the renaissance period of John Travolta's rebirth in the mid-90s. Based on Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name, the film centered around a loan shark who decided to make a...

Face-Off: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels vs. Snatch

Posted 11 years ago

Guy Ritchie didn’t exactly become the holy shit superstar his first two films led us to expect, with SWEPT AWAY, REVOLVER, and ROCKNROLLA receiving only moderate attention and mixed to negative reviews. Stepping slightly away from his usual fare, the...

JoBlo.com’s tribute to the people from film & TV we lost in 2013

Posted 12 years ago

"We are meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?" ~ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button As 2013 draws to a close, we here at JoBlo.com want take a...

Elmore Leonard, author of Out of Sight, 3:10 to Yuma, and Jackie Brown, has died

Posted 13 years ago

Elmore Leonard, the famed author of numerous gritty crime thrillers, has passed away at the age of 87 due to complications from a stroke. A Detroit native, known as “Dutch” amongst friends and family, Leonard leaves behind a tremendous legacy...

R.I.P. character actor Dennis Farina (1944-2013)

Posted 13 years ago

Dennis Farina, character actor extraordinaire, has passed away at the age of 69. An 18 year veteran of the Chicago Police, Farina got his break in show business on the Michael Mann film THIEF in 1981. From there, Farina went...

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