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Mortdecai ** (2015, Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Paul Bettany, Olivia Munn, Jeff Goldblum) – Movie Review

‘Sophistication has a name’ is the dangerous claim in the tagline for this remarkably unsophisticated movie. Johnny Depp stars in director David Koepp’s caper comedy as roguish, debonair English art dealer Charlie Mortdecai, who has to […]

Jan, 22

A Life Less Ordinary ** (1997, Cameron Diaz, Ewan McGregor, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Ian Holm) – Classic Movie Review 1876

Director Danny Boyle’s 1997 movie is an honourable flop this time round from the Trainspotting (1996) production team, commendably trying something bold and adventurous a million miles away from their previous hit, with a modern […]

Nov, 23

Robots *** (2005, voices of Robin Williams, Halle Berry, Ewan McGregor, Greg Kinnear, Mel Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 1587

Directors Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha, the makers of Ice Age (2002), come up with another dazzlingly inventive and witty CGI animation in 2005. Robin Williams voices the nutty robot Fender, who, with cute Cappy […]

Aug, 24

Being Human ** (1994, Robin Williams, John Turturro, Kelly Hunter) – Classic Movie Review 1570

With the best will in the world, writer-director Bill Forsyth’s 1994 offbeat epic fantasy comedy drama just can’t be judged an unqualified success, though it’s a highly ambitious and intelligent project. Robin Williams teams with the Scottish director […]

Aug, 19

Velvet Goldmine **** (1998, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Ewan McGregor, Eddie Izzard, Christian Bale) – Classic Movie Review 1529

Rhys-Meyers and Ewan McGregor strut their flamboyant stuff in writer-director Todd Haynes’s gay-friendly, Citizen Kane-style exposé of 1970s glam rock. In truth, the immensely ambitious 1998 drama Velvet Goldmine is a part failure, but it […]

Aug, 09

Shallow Grave **** (1994, Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor) – Classic Movie Review 1059

Danny Boyle’s cinema directorial debut Shallow Grave finds shy chartered accountant David (Christopher Eccleston) losing his mind and making the attic his home and surveillance place. He bores holes in the attic floor to spy […]

Apr, 05

Black Hawk Down **** (2001, Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Sam Shepard, Jason Isaacs, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Eric Bana, Ewen Bremner, Tom Hardy) – Classic Movie Review 648

Produced by the unexpected team of Jerry Bruckheimer and Ridley Scott, this 2001 double Oscar-winning fact-based drama film Black Hawk Down is based on the book by Mark Bowden. In his pounding, heart-stopping, all-action 2001 […]

Jan, 08

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