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Hearts of the West **** (1975, Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence, Blythe Danner, Alan Arkin) – Classic Movie Review 5393

Director Howard Zieff’s amusing, delightful and intelligent 1975 comedy explores the vanished world of cheap B-movie Hollywood Westerns with great with sympathy and charm, and a lovely warm-hearted sense of humour. The young Jeff Bridges […]

May, 05

Overnight ***½ (2003, Troy Duffy, Jeffrey Baxter, Chris Brinker) – Classic Movie Review 4673

Struggling 25-year-old musician and barman Troy Duffy did the difficult immediately: he wrote a script for a movie called The Boondock Saints and sold it to the ace independent film company Miramax. The deal was, […]

Nov, 20

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

Barton Fink **** (John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney, Jon Polito, Steve Buscemi, Tony Shalhoub) – Classic Movie Review 476

‘There’s only one thing stranger than what’s going on inside his head. What’s going on outside.’ John Turturro stars as the eponymous Barton Fink in the Coen Brothers Joel and Ethan’s clever, witty 1991 Hollywood […]

Dec, 06

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