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The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising *** (2007, Alexander Ludwig, Ian McShane, Christopher Eccleston, Frances Conroy, James Cosmo, Jim Piddock, Wendy Crewson) – Classic Movie Review 4529

Alexander Ludwig plays nice 14-year-old American kid called Will Stanton, who comes to rural England and learns he is ‘special’. He is the last of a group of immortal warriors dedicated to fighting forces of […]

Oct, 24 · in Reviews

Inkheart *** (2008, Brendan Fraser, Andy Serkis, Eliza Bennett, Sienna Guillory, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Stephen Graham, Jamie Foreman) – Classic Movie Review 4528

Director Iain Softley’s smooth and colourful 2008 family fantasy adventure takes the idea that ‘every story ever written is just waiting to become real.’ And the cinema just the place for that! Eliza Bennett plays […]

Oct, 24 · in Reviews

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa *** (2008, voices Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer) – Classic Movie Review 4527

In directors Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath’s entertaining, eagerly-awaited 2008 sequel to DreamWorks 2005 animation hit Madagascar, its beloved characters Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the Hippo, King Julien, Maurice and the penguins and […]

Oct, 24

Australia *** (2008, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Bryan Brown, Ray Barrett, Arthur Dignam, Bill Hunter, David Gulpilil, Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, David Wenham) – Classic Movie Review 4526

Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman had to learn not only her lines but also how to be a feisty cowgirl and perform the most gruelling stunts for co-writer/ director Baz Luhrmann’s enjoyable old-style Outback romantic epic, the […]

Oct, 24

When a Stranger Calls *** (1979, Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Tony Beckley, Colleen Dewhurst, Rachel Roberts, Ron O’Neal, Rutanya Alda) – Classic Movie Review 4525

Co-writer/ director Fred Walton’s 1979 cult horror thriller follows in the wake of the similar but better Halloween (1978), but is held together by the powerful presence of excellent Charles Durning as John Clifford, the cop obsessively […]

Oct, 24

When a Stranger Calls ** (2006, Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson, Brian Geraghty, Clark Gregg, Derek de Lint) – Classic Movie Review 4524

Though not outstanding, Camilla Belle makes a pretty, feisty heroine as Jill Johnson, a high-school student baby-sitter in peril in a chic isolated house when a mad homicidal stranger repeatedly calls and finally threatens the […]

Oct, 24

Prime *** (2005, Uma Thurman, Bryan Greenberg, Meryl Streep) – Classic Movie Review 4523

Uma Thurman stars as a New York City divorcée who falls for a young painter (Bryan Greenberg) who is 14 years her junior. But, hey, that is no problem at all compared to the fact […]

Oct, 24

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