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Dillinger **** (1973, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman, Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Dreyfuss, Steve Kanaly, Geoffrey Lewis, John P Ryan, John Martino, Roy Jenson) – Classic Movie Review 3241

Writer-director John Milius’s 1973 thriller for American International Pictures casts Warren Oates in his first starring role as America’s public enemy number one John Dillinger. Début director Milius’s gangster movie is tough, pulsating and uncompromising […]

Jan, 05

The Wind and the Lion **** (1975, Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith) – Classic Film Review 1400

Writer-director John Milius’s lusty and violent 1975 semi-historical adventure movie stars Edinburgh-born Sean Connery, who triumphs over a highly strange idea of casting him as Arab chieftain Mulai Ahmed Mohammed er-Raisuli the Magnificent. The Berber […]

Jul, 07

Apocalypse Now ***** (1979, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Frederic Forrest) – Classic Movie Review 344

Apocalypse Now – and Forever! Co-writer/ director Francis Ford Coppola’s incredibly ambitious, wildly extravagant ($31 million) epic brilliantly reworks Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness as an examination of the absurdities and madness of the […]

Oct, 31

Milius – Film Review

Everything you’ll ever need to know about the movie writer and director John Milius. Meticulously, incisively and lovingly directed by  Joey Figueroa and  Zak Knutson, this is a film’s buff dream movie. OK, it’s just […]

Oct, 31

Conan the Barbarian **** (1982, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman) – Classic Movie Review 343

John Milius’s savage comic-book sword and sorcery 1982 film Conan the Barbarian, based on the tales of Robert E Howard, is written and made in the grandest style. Milius describes it as a ‘feverish dream […]

Oct, 31

Big Wednesday **** (1978, Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D’Arbanville, Lee Purcell, Barbara Hale) – Classic Movie Review 321

Co-writer/director John Milius’s 1978 cult movie favourite offers a poignant, haunting toast to male friendship, beaches, girls and perfect waves. Unfortunately, it was spurned for what they considered its lack of commercial chances by its […]

Oct, 25

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