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Prizzi’s Honor ***** (1985, Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, William Hickey, John Randolph) – Classic Movie Review 2805

Director John Huston’s absolutely brilliant 1985 black-comedy Mafia movie thriller, based on Richard Condon’s novel, stars Jack Nicholson as Charley Partanna, a hitman who works for the Prizzi crime syndicate family. Charley is soon up […]

Aug, 12

The Producers ***** (1968, Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars) – Classic Movie Review 1942

Writer-director Mel Brooks’s inspired 1968 first film is a wonderfully tasteless look at the devilish machinations behind the staging of a Broadway flop. It’s still guaranteed to delight and offend in equal quantities. The Zero […]

Dec, 09

The Boston Strangler **** (1968, Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 1683

  Director Richard Fleischer’s 1968 follow-up to his real-life thriller Compulsion is a documentary-style thriller about the capture of a real-life 60s serial killer. It showcases a riveting tour-de-force performance by a heavily made-up, only semi-recognisable Tony Curtis […]

Sep, 17

MouseHunt **** (1997, Lee Evans, Nathan Lane, Christopher Walken) – Classic Movie Review 1649

  Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski’s 1997 farcical comedy is a total hoot, with a highly amusing and inventive screenplay by Alan Rifkin. Lee Evans and Nathan Lane are well cast as daft brothers […]

Sep, 07

Forget Paris *** (1995, Billy Crystal, Debra Winger) – Classic Movie Review 1592

Written, directed by and starring Billy Crystal, this 1995 romantic comedy sees him as Mickey Gordon, a basketball referee who meets a French-speaking American (Debra Winger) in Paris, where he has arrived to bury his […]

Aug, 25

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

The Name of the Rose **** (1986, Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F Murray Abraham, Feodor Chaliapin Jr, Ron Perlman, Vernon Dobtcheff, William Hickey) – Classic Movie Review 1084

Director Jean-Jacques Annaud’s 1986 worldwide movie hit The Name of the Rose turns the Umberto Eco metaphysical bestselling novel into a thrilling, adult medieval mystery. It won the César for Best Foreign Film and BAFTAs […]

Apr, 12

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