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Posts Tagged "Patrick Swayze"

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Black Dog ** (1998, Patrick Swayze, Randy Travis, Meat Loaf) – Classic Movie Review 2298

Director Kevin Hooks’s 1998 movie stars Patrick Swayze, who goes for a modest comeback in a very basic, threadbare B-movie thriller about a down-on-his-luck ex-con trucker called Jack Crews. He takes a job driving a truck […]

Mar, 22

Ghost ***** (1990, Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn) – Classic Movie Review 1820

Patrick Swayze etches his way into screen history with his starring role as the ghostly Sam Wheat here in director Jerry Zucker’s truly, madly, deeply entertaining and captivating 1990 romantic supernatural thriller. This crowd-pleasing tear-jerker is […]

Nov, 08

Waking Up in Reno *** (2002, Billy Bob Thornton, Charlize Theron, Patrick Swayze) – Classic Movie Review 1755

Nobody’s going to argue about the quality of the cast for director Jordan Brady’s semi-amusing 2002 piece, as two dim couples are embroiled in infidelity on their vacation. Brent Briscoe and Mark Fauser’s daffy screenplay […]

Oct, 08

The Outsiders ***** (1983, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, C Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon) – Classic Movie Review 1519

In 1983, director Francis Ford Coppola conjures up a dream cast for his first of his two adaptations of an S E Hinton classic novel about youth. It is set in 1966 and follows the disturbed, […]

Aug, 04

To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar ***½ (1995, Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Arliss Howard, Chris Penn, Jason London, Melinda Dilllon, Blythe Danner) – Classic Movie Review 1095

Director Beeban Kidron’s 1995 comedy stars Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo, who give convincing, touching performances and make surprisingly marvellous girls as three drag queens, Miss Vida Boheme, Miss Noxeema Jackson and Miss […]

Apr, 15

Dirty Dancing **** (1987, Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach) – Classic Movie Review 60

‘Nobody puts Baby in the corner.’ Patrick Swayze (1952-2009) stars in one of his two most famous roles (the other is 1990’s Ghost) as alluring tempter and one hell of a dirty dancer Johnny Castle, […]

Jul, 17

Donnie Darko ***** (2001, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Duval, Seth Rogen) – Classic Movie Review 46

‘The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I ever had.’ – Mad World. Back in 2001, Jake Gyllenhaal puts in an outstanding bid for serious-actor stardom as disturbed teenager Donnie, who, after escaping a […]

Jul, 13

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