Movies
December, 1986
Officially described as a follow-up rather than a sequel, Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money (Touchstone) can stand shoulder to shoulder with The Hustler, which hustled nine Oscar nominations back in 1961. (Walter Tevis' story was first published in Playboy in 1957.) "Money won is twice as sweet as money earned," snaps Paul Newman in a vibrant, enriched reprise of his role as pool shark Fast Eddie Felson. For Newman, a superstar who welcomes risk and improves with maturity, his portr...
