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The Naked Spur ***** (1953, James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker, Millard Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 2049

The Naked Spur (1953) is the third and perhaps finest of James Stewart’s series of richly satisfying Westerns with director Anthony Mann. It is lifted to the highest rank of Westerns by the Oscar-nominated script […]

Jan, 04

Raising Arizona **** (1987, Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 1767

Hooray for the Coen Brothers’ second movie, providing a dazzling follow-up to their stunning film noir debut with Blood Simple in 1984. Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter star as a petty crook H.I. McDonnough (‘Hi’) […]

Oct, 13

Transformers: Age of Extinction *** (2014, Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, T J Miller, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer) – Movie Review

Transformers 4 is an awesome but soul-less juggernaut of a stonking, barn-storming action thriller, cruelly dumping the nice original cast after 2014’s Transformers: Age of Extinction, and instead randomly employing today’s favourite action star Mark Wahlberg as widowed […]

Jul, 10

The Rundown [Welcome to the Jungle] *** (2003, The Rock, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, Rosario Dawson) – Classic Movie Review 1376

Director Peter Berg’s 2003 action adventure thriller The Rundown, also known as Welcome to the Jungle, stars The Rock (also known as Dwayne Johnson), who comes on like Arnie on speed as Beck, an aspiring chef […]

Jun, 29

For a Few Dollars More [Per qualche dollaro in più] ***** (1965, Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè, Klaus Kinski) – Classic Movie Review 1368

Clint Eastwood returned to Spain for a few dollars more – actually only $50,000, but his percentage of the movie must have compensated for this low salary – to re-team with co-writer/ director Sergio Leone […]

Jun, 28

Mud **** (2012, Matthew McConaughey, Reese Withersoon, Tye Sheridan, Sam Shepard, Joe Don Baker) – Movie Review

The Matthew McConaughey renaissance continues with this, quite probably his best ever performance, as a spectacularly grungy-looking fugitive hiding away alone on a Mississippi isolated island after killing the husband who was abusing his lover. […]

May, 26

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