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Recent Examples of mafioso
Loosely, the film is nothing more than a bizarrely boring showcase for the gimmick of De Niro playing mafioso frenemies.
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Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
Italian Husband is using the wedding as an excuse to bury the hatchet between his family and the rival mafiosi, apparently.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 May 2025
But there’s a catch, a gimmick even, as De Niro stars opposite himself, playing both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, the notorious Italian American mafiosi.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2025
That leads to plenty of buddy scenes, as the two very different men begin to enjoy each other’s company via such moments as having to swim to shore after being unceremoniously pushed off a ship by the threatening mafiosi.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
Italian Husband is using the wedding as an excuse to bury the hatchet between his family and the rival mafiosi, apparently.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 May 2025
But there’s a catch, a gimmick even, as De Niro stars opposite himself, playing both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, the notorious Italian American mafiosi.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2025
That leads to plenty of buddy scenes, as the two very different men begin to enjoy each other’s company via such moments as having to swim to shore after being unceremoniously pushed off a ship by the threatening mafiosi.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mafioso
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The all-star cast for the limited series includes Kevin Hart as Chicken Man, the organizer of the party, Taraji P. Henson as his right hand woman Vivian Thomas, Samuel L. Jackson as gangster Frank Moten, and Don Cheadle as J.D. Hudson, the cop trying to figure out who really orchestrated the crime.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
20 June 2025
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Creature With the Atom Brain sees a gangster force a German scientist to reanimate the dead with atomic radiation in order to pull off crimes (recalling both Frankenstein and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, films that fit neatly alongside the zombie genre).—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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And for them, solving murders, consorting with mobsters, and adopting aliases all turn out to be more life-affirming—not to mention entertaining—than chair yoga and a salt-free diet.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
25 June 2025
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Roe, an African American mobster, ran a policy wheel that offered prize money to players who picked the right sequence of random numbers.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2025
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Sir Jimmy Crystal gives deeply unsettling vibes from the get-go, and while his bizarre gang of hoodlums do save Spike’s life, it’s implied that Spike may have wandered into a much worse situation.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Critics say police gave up when the rioting erupted in 1992, letting big chunks of the city burn while looters and hoodlums ruled.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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“Mafioso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mafioso. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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