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Prick Up Your Ears **** (1987, Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn, Julie Walters, Frances Barber, Lindsay Duncan) – Classic Movie Review 2976

Director Stephen Frears’s provocative 1987 biopic is a cleverly written, powerfully acted biography of the brilliant Sixties gay playwright Joe Orton. It was advertised as ‘From the director of My Beautiful Laundrette’ and ‘They shared […]

Oct, 10

Anna Karenina * (1997, Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, Alfred Molina, Mia Kirschner, James Fox, Fiona Shaw, Danny Huston, Phyllida Law) – Classic Movie Review 2916

Writer-director Bernard Rose’s appallingly misjudged 1997 British film version of Leo Tolstoy’s novel is totally scuppered by the miscasting of the central duo of Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean as the married 19th-century Russian aristocrat […]

Sep, 19

Love Is Strange **** (2014, John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei) – Movie Review

John Lithgow and Alfred Molina are inspired to give perhaps their best ever acting in co-writer-director Ira Sachs’s haunting and moving drama. Adorable, so sweet and subtle and touching, Love Is Strange really gets to you. Lithgow […]

Jan, 15

Texas Rangers ** (2001, James Van Der Beek, Rachael Leigh Cook, Ashton Kutcher, Dylan McDermott) – Classic Movie Review 1891

In the aftermath of the American Civil War, a posse of courageous young gunslingers resolves to prevent Texas from falling into lawless ruin and form the Texas Rangers to clean up the place. Director Steve […]

Nov, 27

The Impostors *** (1998, Stanley Tucci, Oliver Platt, Alfred Molina, Steve Buscemi) – Classic Movie Review 1691

Writer-star-director Stanley Tucci’s freewheeling 1998 old-style slapstick comedy is engagingly silly, fast-moving entertainment. Tucci and Oliver Platt do a Laurel and Hardy double act as Arthur and Maurice, out-of-work actors on the run – from just […]

Sep, 20

Before and After *** (Liam Neeson, Meryl Streep, Edward Furlong) – Classic Movie Review 1468

Director Barbet Schroeder’s 1996 fast-paced dramatic thriller stars Liam Neeson as a well-respected American father who fights with his wife (Meryl Streep) and daughter (Julia Weldon) when their teenage son, New England boy Jacob (Edward Furlong), […]

Jul, 25

Raiders of the Lost Ark ***** (1981, Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman) – Classic Movie Review 1222

Director Steven Spielberg’s glorious, rip-roaring 1981 fantasy adventure epic stars Harrison Ford in one of his two or three most iconic performances as archaeologist and treasure hunter Indiana Jones. Indy is sent to find the […]

May, 16

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