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They learned from the best, which included Colonel Walter Stone of the Rhode Island State Police, Major Pete Benjamin, Lieutenant Nat Urso, Pawtucket Police standout Ted Dolan, Jack Leydon, a major in the Providence police squad, and two Providence cops who were specialists in organized crime at the time: Vinnie Vespia and Anthony Mancuso.

The Mob and Me John Partington 2010

Joe Leydon of Variety gave Boy A a rather glowing review, which is a very good thing, saying that it "inspires respect for its first-rate performances, artful construction and meticulous understatement."

Worth Watching - June 6: John Crowley's Boy A Trailer « FirstShowing.net 2008

Joe Leydon finds "100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers."

GreenCine Daily: Weekend shorts. 2007

Joe Leydon: Red Without Blue [site] is an understated but compassionate account of twin brothers who struggle to define themselves in terms of individuality and sexual identity ....

GreenCine Daily: Park City. Cleanup. 2007

Joe Leydon parses the Golden Raspberry nominations.

GreenCine Daily: Lists, 1/4. 2007

Update, 3/19: Though he made "movies as diverse as The Laughing Policeman, Pocket Money, The Drowning Pool and The Pope of Greenwich Village," notes Joe Leydon, "Sometimes, all you need to do is make one movie to ensure your immortality."

GreenCine Daily: Stuart Rosenberg, 1927 - 2007. 2007

"[N] ever in my wildest dreams could I have predicted such shockers as the Best Picture snub of Dreamgirls - somebody better put uber-fan David Poland on a suicide watch - and the Best Actor honor for Ryan Gosling of the widely praised but little seen Half Nelson," writes Joe Leydon.

GreenCine Daily: Oscars. Nominations. 2007

Joe Leydon fires a few fresh ones himself; more from Ron Gonsalves at Hollywood Bitchslap, where there are new reviews from Jason Whyte and David Cornelius.

GreenCine Daily: Grindhouse, 4/12. 2007

Joe Leydon remembers Oscar-winning screenwriter and late-blooming pop novelist Sidney Sheldon, 1917 - 2007: "Let this be a lesson to us all: You're never too old to become, for better or worse, a phenomenon."

GreenCine Daily: Shorts, 1/31. 2007

Joe Leydon, Matt Dentler and Cinematical's James Rocchi consider the state of print media, at least as far as film publications go, now that "Hachette Axes Another US Title: Premiere."

GreenCine Daily: Media, 3/6. 2007