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Hail, Caesar! *** (2016, Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Scarlett Johansson, Ralph Fiennes, Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Jonah Hill) – Movie Review

Josh Brolin stars as Eddie Mannix, a Hollywood fixer for Capitol Pictures in the Fifties, who solves problems for big Tinseltown names. George Clooney co-stars as studio star Baird Whitlock, who disappears, kidnapped from the […]

Mar, 03

The Constant Gardener **** (2005, Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Hubert Koundé, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy) – Classic Movie Review 3169

Ralph Fiennes stars as widower Justin Quayle, who is determined to uncover a potentially explosive secret involving the murder of his activist wife Tessa (Rachel Weisz), in director Fernando Meirelles’s excellent 2005 movie of the novel by John […]

Dec, 18

Spectre ***½ (2015, Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Dave Bautista, Naomie Harris) – Movie Review

Daniel Craig is back for his fourth Bond movie in director Sam Mendes‘s sequel to his smash-hit Skyfall (2012). It’s hard to follow the most successful 007 movie, but they’ve done a pretty bang-up job, […]

Oct, 22

The Prince of Egypt *** (1998, voices of Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer) – Classic Movie Review 2651

DreamWorks dreams up this properly reverential and intelligent 1998 version of the biblical Moses story as an animated feature. It is distinguished by striking animation, some truly magnificent and memorable sequences, a strong voice cast and an […]

Jun, 27

Quiz Show *** (1994, Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Paul Scofield, Rob Morrow) – Classic Movie Review 2254

Director Robert Redford conscientiously probes the circumstances, characters and issues surrounding the scandal attached to American TV’s rigging of the then famous 1950s quiz show Twenty One. It was so popular that fifty million people watched […]

Mar, 11

Spider **** (2002, Ralph Fiennes, Lynn Redgrave, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, John Neville) – Classic Movie Review 1747

Ralph Fiennes is brilliant as the mentally ill Dennis Clegg, nicknamed ‘Spider’ by his mother (Miranda Richardson). Now in his thirties, he is released after 20 years in a clinic to Lynn Redgrave’s depressingly seedy London boarding […]

Oct, 06

Maid in Manhattan *** (2002, Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes) – Classic Movie Review 1338

Director Wayne Wang’s 2002 romcom is bright and lovely. Jennifer Lopez plays a New York hotel maid trying on rich socialite Natasha Richardson’s clothes when politician Ralph Fiennes, a candidate for the Senate, takes her […]

Jun, 20

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