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Sergeant York ***** (1941, Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie) – Classic Movie Review 2345
Director Howard Hawks’s double Oscar-winning 1941 war drama stars Gary Cooper who won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the Tennessee hick farmer Alvin York. The hillbilly sharpshooter puts aside his claims to […]
Rain Man ***** (1988, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino) – Classic Movie Review 2064
Director Barry Levinson’s four Oscar-winning 1988 drama is a triumph, winning some of the most important of the 1989 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. It also won the […]
Gandhi ***** (1982, Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Mills, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Martin Sheen, Ian Charleson) – Classic Movie Review 1488
Producer-director Richard Attenborough’s stirring 1982 film Gandhi was a triumph, scooping eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Attenborough and Best Actor for Ben Kingsley’s unforgettable performance as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948). John […]
Shine **** (1996, Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor, Armin Mueller-Stahl) – Classic Movie Review 292
Writer-director Scott Hicks’s 1996 Aussie movie is a genuinely appealing heartwarmer. Three actors at different ages – boy, teen, man – shine brightly as the troubled real-life piano-playing genius David Helfgott (born 19 May 1947) […]
Milk ***** (2008, Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, James Franco) – Classic Movie Review 538
‘All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words. That is what America is.’ – Harvey Milk. Virtually unrecognisable and immersing himself totally in a character far from […]
As Good As It Gets ***** (1997, Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr, Shirley Knight, Skeet Ulrich) – Classic Movie Review 185
‘How do you write women so well?’ – awed publishers’ receptionist ‘I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability.’ – Melvin Udall Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt won Best Actor and […]
The Silence of the Lambs ***** (1991, Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Diane Baker, Anthony Heald, Frankie Faison) – Classic Movie Review 84
‘Good evening, Clarice.’ ‘A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.’ Director Jonathan Demme’s gut-wrenching 1991 serial killer thriller mesmerises throughout thanks to […]