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On the Edge *** (2001, Cillian Murphy, Tricia Vessey, Jonathan Jackson, Martin Carney, Stephen Rea) – Classic Movie Review 8,222

Cillian Murphy stars as a suicidal young man sent to stay in a Dublin psychiatric hospital, where he meets influential new friends, in John Carney’s 2001 Irish drama film On the Edge. Co-writer/ director John Carney’s 2001 Irish […]

Mar, 10

The Pledge **** (2001, Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Clarkson, Aaron Eckhart, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael O’Keefe, Mickey Rourke) – Classic Movie Review 4362

Jack Nicholson gives his best display of serious acting for years as Jerry Black, a Nevada police chief on the brink of retirement, who pledges to the mother that he will find the killer of […]

Sep, 13

School Daze *** (1988, Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, Joe Seneca, Bill Nunn) – Classic Movie Review 893

In his second film (after She’s Gotta Have It in 1986), from way back 1988, young writer-director Spike Lee gives himself a crucial role as Half-Pint, the newcomer to the Gamma Phi Gamma college fraternity […]

Mar, 10

Dazed and Confused **** (1993, Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck) – Classic Film Review 856

Writer-director Richard Linklater’s 1993 follow-up to his 1991 no-budget comedy hit Slacker is one of the top 50 best ever high school movies. It confidently and compellingly focuses on a score or more characters in […]

Mar, 02

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