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Wild Bill **** (1995, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, Diane Lane, Bruce Dern, David Arquette, Christina Applegate, Keith Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 3740

This high, wide and handsome, great big, expensive 1995 Western about gun-toting lawman Wild Bill Hickok from tough-guy writer-director Walter Hill, the maker of 48 Hrs. (1982), is a huge treat for action and Wild West fans. An ideally […]

May, 22

Into the West *** (1992, Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Ciarán Fitzgerald, Rúaidhrí Conroy) – Classic Movie Review 3332

Director Mike Newell’s sweet 1992 family-friendly Irish adventure, based on a story by Michael Pearce, is a fairly appealing yarn with a nice touch of the blarney, with a canny screenplay by Jim Sheridan and […]

Feb, 06

Animal Attraction ** (2001, Ashley Judd, Hugh Jackman, Greg Kinnear, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin) – Classic Movie Review 1973

Director Tony Goldwyn’s 2001 romantic comedy stars Ashley Judd as Jane Goodale, a TV producer and talent scout of a popular daytime talk show, who is unexpectedly jilted by her boyfriend, the show’s dashing executive […]

Dec, 18

The Big Easy **** (1986, Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty) – Classic Movie Review 1855

Director Jim McBride’s hot and fresh 1986 erotic crime thriller stars Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin in their prime and on their peak form. They show they have the sexual chemistry to make screenwriter Daniel […]

Nov, 18

Crime and Punishment in Suburbia **** (2000, Monica Keena, Ellen Barkin, Michael Ironside, Vincent Kartheiser) – Classic Movie Review 1658

  Director Rob Schmidt’s 2000 thriller is a sizzling, disturbing but ultimately life-enhancing American teen movie version of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment – hey, don’t switch off just yet! – with Monica Keena as […]

Sep, 09

Diner **** (1982, Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern) – Classic Movie Review 1548

Writer-director Barry Levinson’s 1982 breakthrough movie focuses poignantly and incisively on a group of half-dozen college-age Baltimore buddies who spend the last days of 1959 trying to work out their problems with girls, money and their future […]

Aug, 15

Sea of Love **** (1989, Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman) – Classic Movie Review 1513

Director Harold Becker’s sizzling 1989 thriller Sea of Love is arguably his finest movie, though City Hall (1996) comes a very near second. Al Pacino is on his best form as love-crazed cop Detective Frank Keller, […]

Aug, 03

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