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Miles Ahead *** (2015, Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michael Stuhlbarg) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director/star Don Cheadle’s labour of love biopic is a free-wheeling, impressionistic exploration of the life and music of legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991). This is Cheadle’s director début […]

Apr, 23

Captain America: Civil War ***½ (2016, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Tom Holland) – Movie Review

Welcome to directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo’s spectacular follow-up to their Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). It’s an incredibly lusty, grown-up, head-banging movie with a whole lot of thrilling stuff going on and a […]

Apr, 20

Ocean’s Thirteen **** (2007, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Al Pacino, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Carl Reiner, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Don Cheadle) – Classic Movie Review 3246

It’s lucky 13 when George Clooney returns again as Danny Ocean and rounds up his boys Brad Pitt’s Rusty Ryan, Matt Damon’s Linus Caldwell and co for a third heist, after Al Pacino’s casino owner Willy […]

Jan, 07

Lush Life *** (1993, Jeff Goldblum, Forest Whitaker, Kathy Baker, Don Cheadle, Lois Chiles) – Classic Movie Review 2893

Jeff Goldblum and Forest Whitaker star as life-long best buddies who play jazz in New York clubs in writer-director Michael Elias’s atmospheric, stirring, emotion-packed 1993 drama, as seen though clouds of alcohol and cigarette smoke. […]

Sep, 08

Bulworth ** (1998, Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Kimberly Deauna, Sean Astin) – Classic Movie Review 2014

Warren Beatty tries very hard, both as producer-writer-director and star, but seems to have lost his touch in this offbeat 1998 satirical comedy drama. He plays, quite well, suicidally disillusioned liberal senator Jay Bulworth, who […]

Dec, 29

Devil in a Blue Dress ****½ (1995, Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals) – Classic Movie Review 1954

Writer-director Carl Franklin’s Chandler-esque 1995 neo-noir whodunit provides a perfect role for Denzel Washington, who is great as 40s LA private eye Easy Rawlins. Based on the novel by Walter Mosley, this is a superbly […]

Dec, 14

Crash **** (2004, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Thandie Newton, Matt Dillon) – Classic Movie Review 1749

  Co-writer/director Paul Haggis’s serious-minded, low-budget, triple Oscar-winning 2004 movie about race, ethnicity and religion got great reviews and kicked up a storm at the box office. On a $6,500,000 cost, it took $55million in US […]

Oct, 06

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