Robert Celestino Movies
Robert Celestino's drama Yonkers Joe stars Chazz Palminteri as an aging gambler and professional cheat. Although Joe is quite good at his various unethical endeavors, he feels guilt about his chosen profession. He has a grown son (Tom Guiry) who suffers from Down syndrome, and the dad firmly believes that the ailment is some sort of punishment. When the difficult to control son leaves the institution that has cared for him, Yonkers Joe tries to reconnect with him, while also planning a big score that will allow the son to live in comfort and safety. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Chazz Palminteri, Christine Lahti, (more)
A man's new passion for an old love reveals his dark side in this independent drama. Johnny Vincent (Frank John Hughes) was born and raised in Yonkers, where he teaches English at a school he once attended. Johnny doesn't much care for his job, his marriage is on its last legs, and while Johnny thinks that he may have a future in music, his periodic local gigs attract the scant amount of attention they deserve. One night, after his wife finally leaves him, Johnny runs into Lisa (Lisa Lo Cicero), a woman he knew and loved in high school. They hit it off, but while for Lisa it's a casual fling, Johnny is convinced that this is the romance he's been waiting for all his life. Lisa tries to maintain a distance from Johnny, but with each day he becomes more possessive, eventually crossing the line into an obsession that proves dangerous for them both. Mr. Vincent won the Critics Award at the 1997 Verona Love Screens Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Frank John Hughes, LoCicero, (more)
- 1991
The son of an Italian mobster, John Laguna is highly ambivalent about his involvement with that life, but so far he has only served as a debt collector. When his father tells him he must kill his best friend because he is a "rat" (informer), it creates a real crisis in his life. His father is forced to use some devious means to induce him to carry out the mob's traditional form of justice and at the same time become a "made" man. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Franke Hughes, Clem Caserta, (more)
