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Return to Me *** (2000, David Duchovny, Minnie Driver) – Classic Movie Review 1428

David Duchovny and Joely Richardson star as happily married couple Bob and Elizabeth Rueland, who both work at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo. But then architect Duchovny’s zoologist wife Richardson dies suddenly in a car accident and waitress Grace […]

Jul, 14

Slap Shot **** (1977, Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean) – Classic Movie Review 1427

Director George Roy Hill’s funny, fast and furious 1977 ice hockey comedy drama stars Paul Newman, who is on top form as Reggie Dunlop, an ageing player-coach sports star who plays dirty to win. His struggling Charlestown […]

Jul, 13

The Silver Chalice * (1954, Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Jack Palance, Virginia Mayo) – Bad Movie 8

Paul Newman took out a newspaper ad in America to ask people not to watch this biblical epic, his first film, in which he plays Basil, the Greek artisan craftsman ordered by St Luke to […]

Jul, 13

Street Fighter * (1994, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raúl Juliá, Kylie Minogue) Bad Movie 4

Writer-director Steven E. de Souza’s 1994 American action film is risibly bad without actually being funny. Based loosely on the Street Fighter video games produced by Capcom, it stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raúl Juliá, […]

Jul, 13

Kangaroo Jack * (2003, Jerry O’Connell, Anthony Anderson, Christopher Walken) – Bad Movie 7

Director David McNally’s 2003 comedy for producer Jerry Bruckheimer is bad. In a lull in his brilliant career, Christopher Walken plays a Mob boss called Salvatore ‘Sal’ Maggio, who despatches his New York hairstylist stepson […]

Jul, 13

Crossroads * (2002, Britney Spears, Zoë Saldana, Taryn Manning, Kim Cattrall, Justin Long) – Bad Movie 6

In director Tamra Davis’s 2002 drama, pop diva Britney Spears makes an unwise crossover to the movies, acting forlornly and singing to little effect as a girl at the crossroads of her life. The yarn […]

Jul, 13

John Q ** (2002, Denzel Washington) Classic Movie Review 1426

Director Nick Cassavetes’s 2002 thriller stars reliable Denzel Washington as John Quincy Archibald, a father and husband whose young son Michael (Daniel E. Smith) is diagnosed with an enlarged heart after he collapses at his baseball […]

Jul, 13

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