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Smokey and the Bandit **** (1977, Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry, Paul Williams, Pat McCormick) – Classic Movie Review 4166

Director Hal Needham’s tremendous 1977 action comedy Smokey and the Bandit stars Burt Reynolds in one of his most famous and popular iconic roles as the Bandit, who tries to outrun cop Smokey on the […]

Aug, 13

Deliverance ***** (1972, Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox) – Classic Movie Review 3595

Producer-director John Boorman’s disturbing and chilling but thrilling 1972 adventure nightmare suspense thriller with a message is one of the key films of its era and an influential game-changer for this kind of story. It […]

Apr, 21

The Player ***** (1992, Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Peter Gallagher, Vincent D’Onofrio) – Classic Movie Review 2122

Cult favourite director Robert Altman’s 1992 Hollywood-insiders’ comedy thriller and satire on the film industry is one of his smartest, most celebrated movies. It is an all-knowing, lovingly-made movie, delightfully light-hearted and thoroughly entertaining with […]

Jan, 27

Mystery, Alaska *** (1999, Rusell Crowe, Burt Reynolds, Hank Azaria, Mary McCormack) – Classic Movie Review 1656

  Director Jay Roach’s good-natured 1999 comedy focuses, surprisingly enough, on the little-known remote small US town of Mystery, Alaska, which is obsessed with hockey. And it goes haywire when its amateur team agrees to take […]

Sep, 08

Bean *** (1997, Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, John Mills, Burt Reynolds, Johnny Galecki, Pamela Reed, Harris Yulin, Larry Drake, Peter Capaldi) – Classic Movie Review 791

Rowan Atkinson scored a super-sized hit in 1997 with this nutty, big-hearted big-screen version of his popular TV show (1990-95). It cost $22million and grossed $182million worldwide, though only $45million of that was in the US. […]

Feb, 02

Boogie Nights ***** (1997, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds) – Classic Movie Review 272

Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 breakthrough movie is a very adult, brilliantly staged epic look at the LA porn scene of the late 70s and early 80s. Epic in scale as well as running time (155 […]

Oct, 06

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