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Windtalkers *** (2002, Nicolas Cage, Christian Slater, Adam Beach) – Classic Film Review 1,218

Nicolas Cage reunites with his 1997 Face/Off director, John Woo, in 2002 for the impressive, scarily in-your-face, big-budget war movie Windtalkers. US sergeants Nicolas Cage and Christian Slater are assigned to protect Navajo marines (Adam […]

May, 15

Very Bad Things *** (1998, Christian Slater, Jon Favreau, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Stern, Jeremy Piven, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Leland Orser) – Classic Movie Review 979

Writer-director Peter Berg’s 1998 black farce crime thriller is an intriguing mixed bag of grisly dark-toned fun. It can boast some Very Good Things (the star performances) as well as some Very Bad Things (the […]

Mar, 24

Nymphomaniac *** (2003, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Jamie Bell) – Movie Review

Danish writer-director Lars Von Trier’s 2013 shocker seems very near to being like a porn film wrapped up as an art movie. Charlotte Gainsbourg stars as Joe, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac who recounts her erotic experiences […]

Feb, 19

Pump up the Volume **** (1990, Christian Slater, Scott Paulin, Ellen Greene, Samantha Mathis) – Classic Movie Review 835

Allan Moyle’s 1990 comedy drama film Pump up the Volume stars Christian Slater as an Arizona suburban high school lad who moonlights as a pirate radio disc jockey. Writer-director Allan Moyle’s 1990 comedy drama film […]

Feb, 16

True Romance ***** (1993, Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn) – Classic Movie Review 756

Director Tony Scott’s shocking and exhilarating 1993 crime thriller turns Quentin Tarantino’s pre-Reservoir Dogs screenplay into an astounding designer-violence style object. It is a heady, giddying odyssey into the dark side. Christian Slater stars as […]

Jan, 26

Hard Rain **** (1998, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, Ed Asner) – Classic Movie Review 315

Director Mikael Salomon’s extremely well done, exciting, first-class 1998 crime thriller Hard Rain boasts a new idea at its heart and a wonderfully convincing production, achieved under the most difficult of circumstances. A storm hits […]

Oct, 23

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles ***** (1994, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater, Stephen Rea, Kirsten Dunst, Thandie Newton) – Classic Movie Review 88

Director Neil Jordan’s commanding, all-embracing 1994 romantic vampire movie Interview with the Vampire, based on Anne Rice’s 1976 bestselling novel, is a dark, swirling homoerotic meditation on love, death and the hereafter. Along with Dracula […]

Jul, 25

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