Casino

Starring: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

RS: 4of 4 Stars

1995 Universal Pictures Drama

Spookily enough, recent headlines about the FBI's cornering of real-life Mafiosi allegedly behind the murders of Tony and Michael Spilotro coincide with the ten-year anniversary of the film they helped inspire: Casino. "It's kind of a sequel to GoodFellas," Martin Scorsese says in the making-of documentary, nearly underselling this Vegas masterpiece, featuring Sharon Stone as the arch bitch, Robert De Niro as her sap and Joe Pesci as the perfect psycho.