Vincent Pastore
1) Made
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Bobby and Ricky, long-time pals in Los Angeles, fail as amateur boxers. They're recruited by their mob-connected boss to make what should be an easy delivery to an East Coast kingpin named Ruiz. By the time they reach New York, Bobby's no-nonsense approach has been bulldozed by Ricky's hopelessly false bravado, which he's blithely absorbed from too many mobster movies. While Ricky invites disaster with reckless ambition, Bobby just wants a happier,...
2) Revolver
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Jake Green is a grifter who vows revenge against Macha, the ferocious crime boss who sent him to prison. After taking Macha down in a game of chance, Macha puts out a hit on Jake. Caught between a gun and a hard place, Jake finds himself protected by two vicious loan sharks who make him an offer he can't refuse.
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Miles Montego was king of the streets as a high-level drug trafficker, and although he has tried to move on, the DEA isn't convinced. When Miles meets Vanessa, a woman who is different than every other woman he's met, he is drawn to her beauty and her spirituality. As their connection grows deeper, both are tested to their last ounce of faith in God and in each other.
"Molina's story is worth telling."--RogerEbert.com
"The dialogue in places leans...
Pub. Date
1999.
Description
Tony Soprano is your average, middle-aged businessman. Tony's got a dutiful wife, a not-so-dutiful daughter, a son named Anthony Jr. a mother he's trying to coax into a retirement home, a hot-headed uncle, a not-too-secret mistress and a shrink to tell all his secrets, except the one she already knows: Tony's a mob boss.
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Vito Rossi knows how to make a delicious sauce and Frank Bianco the perfect crust, but as rival neighborhood pizzeria propietors, each would rather go bankrupt than share his secret with the other. As a winner-takes-all cook-off threatens to settle their long-term feud for good, each man will stop at nothing to learn the other's secret in pursuit of the perfect pizza pie, even if it means spying, sabotage, or using the budding romance between their...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
A man who calls himself P.J. has witnessed a horrific accident and subsequently retreats within himself. He barely talks, and doesn't even know who he is. He is brought to a hospital where the resident doctor tries to get through to him with the help of his assistant and P.J.'s bitter ex-girlfriend. All the while, the doctor is fighting his own life's demons, and an out-of-touch supervisor who wants P.J. permanently committed.
7) Serving Sara
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Description
Joe is a process server. After several failed attempts to serve papers to various clients, Joe is able to persuade his boss to give him another chance with a high-profile client, a wealthy Texas cattle baron who has decided to divorce his wife and business partner, Sara. When Joe presents the divorce papers, she is shocked by the news, which would cost her her half of the fortune. Sara strikes a deal with Joe - if he's willing to take back the papers,...
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
An innovative look at the life of fictional Mafia Capo Tony Soprano, this serial is presented largely first person, but additional perspective is conveyed by the intimate conversations Tony has with his psychotherapist. We see Tony at work, at home, and in therapy. Moments of black comedy intersperse this aggressive, adult drama, with adult language, and extreme violence.
9) Deuces wild
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Description
Two brothers, Leon and Bobby, are members of the street gang in Brooklyn known as the Deuces. When their brother was killed by a drug overdose a few years earlier, the gang became determined to keep drugs off their block. Another more vicous gang known as the Vipers becomes a threat to Leon and Bobby's efforts. The Deuces are determined to do whatever is necessary to keep drugs off their block even if that means dying.
