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The Black Dahlia **** (2006, Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr) – Classic Movie Review 2925

Director Brian De Palma’s superb neo noir movie of James Ellroy’s retro hard-boiled thriller novel The Black Dahlia is criminally neglected and underrated. Ellroy’s novel is inspired by the most notorious real-life unsolved murder in Californian […]

Sep, 26

Your Friends and Neighbours *** (1998, Jason Patric, Catherine Keener, Ben Stiller, Nastassja Kinski, Aaron Eckhart, Amy Brenneman) – Classic Movie Review 1831

Writer-director Neil LaBute’s darkly satirical 1998 tale of bed hopping among some of life’s unhappy couples is extreme, cynical and quite alienating. But it is also very well acted and cleverly scripted. It’s a smart […]

Nov, 10

Paycheck **** (2003, Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart, Colm Feore) – Classic Movie Review 1721

Ben Affleck erases memories of his 2003 turkey Gigli with his mind-blowing turn as Michael Jennings, a high-tech reverse engineer hunted by an evil corporation, in director John Woo’s dazzlingly smart and stylish 2003 sci-fi […]

Sep, 30

Possession ** (2002, Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle, Lena Headey) – Classic Movie Review 1,713

Neil LaBute’s 2002 romantic mystery drama film Possession stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart, and is based on the 1990 Booker Prize-winning novel by British author A S Byatt. Co-writer/ director Neil LaBute’s 2002 romantic mystery drama […]

Sep, 27

Any Given Sunday **** (1999, Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, L L Cool J) – Classic Movie Review 1561

Co-writer/director Oliver Stone’s 1999 sports movie Any Given Sunday finds Al Pacino on blistering form as Tony D’Amato, an ageing crusty veteran professional football coach who has obsessively sacrificed his wife, family and personal life for […]

Aug, 17

Olympus Has Fallen *** (2013, Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo) – Movie Review

My fellow people of the world, there’s bad news. Unfortunately, it seems that Olympus, that’s American Secret Service code for the White House, has fallen to pesky foreign terrorist invaders. They’ve flown in, shot up […]

Mar, 24

The Dark Knight ***** (2008, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart) – Classic Movie Review 847

Three years on from Batman Begins (2005), co-writer/director Christopher Nolan follows up with his 2008 Batman/Dark Knight reboot sequel that is arguably even more thrilling. This time Nolan boldly takes on Tim Burton’s Batman (1989) directly, […]

Feb, 24

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