GoodFellas this week.  Umberto D next week.  As always, follow along on our iCheckMovies list, and be sure to let us know how you’d rank the movies in the comments below.

GoodFellas – September 19, 1990

Director: Martin Scorsese

Producer: Irwin Winkler

Writers: Martin Scorsese, Nicholas Pileggi

Actors: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino

Distributor: Warner Bros.

The course of the conversation:

Cocaine’s a hell of a drug.

GoodFellas fits firmly in Scorsese’s biopic oeuvre.

The true tragedy of Raging Bull.

Self-realization in Raging Bull is debatable.  There is none in GoodFellas.

Beware of runaway conversations.

80′s bashing for the win.

Joe Pesci’s performance is terrifying in its accuracy.

You end up empathizing with people you really shouldn’t.

GoodFellas and My Blue Heaven as the ultimate duology.

Is Ray Liotta’s performance weak, or is the character weak and Ray Liotta is playing it perfectly?

The weird ethics of the mob.

Michael defends placing Raging Bull significantly over GoodFellas.

Jonathan puts Goodfellas and Raging Bull together, but rearranges his list to get there.

Nathaniel defends placing GoodFellas significantly over Raging Bull.

This is not the last Scorsese movie on the list, and none of the hosts have seen Taxi Driver.