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The Escape Artist *** (1982, Raul Julia, Griffin O’Neal, Desi Arnaz, Joan Hackett, Gabriel Dell) – Classic Movie Review 4070

Director Caleb Deschanel’s nicely offbeat 1982 children’s movie follow-up to the 1979 The Black Stallion stars Ryan O’Neal’s son Griffin, who makes an appealing acting début in this attractively oddball saga of a teenage amateur […]

Jul, 23

Seduced and Abandoned – Film Review

Alec Baldwin goes to the Cannes Film festival, surprisingly for the very first time, along with the maverick film director James Toback, and they go on a hilarious quest for financing for their next feature film, a preposterous […]

Nov, 05

Apocalypse Now ***** (1979, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Frederic Forrest) – Classic Movie Review 344

Apocalypse Now – and Forever! Co-writer/ director Francis Ford Coppola’s incredibly ambitious, wildly extravagant ($31 million) epic brilliantly reworks Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness as an examination of the absurdities and madness of the […]

Oct, 31

Bram Stoker’s Dracula **** (1992, Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins) – Classic Movie Review 244

Francis Coppola’s beautifully produced 1992 version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel is luxurious, sensual and richly enjoyable, though it has many faults and maybe we expected a greater movie from this greatest of all directors. […]

Sep, 16

The Godfather: Part III ****½ (1990, Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Talia Shire, Diane Keaton, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, Sofia Coppola, Raf Vallone, Donal Donnelly) – Classic Movie Review 28

Michael Corleone: ‘Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.’ Quibbles apart, Francis Ford Coppola’s 1990 crime film The Godfather: Part III is a worthy successor to his first two films. There […]

Jul, 07

The Godfather: Part II ***** (1974, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Diane Keaton, Lee Strasberg, Michael V Gazzo, Troy Donahue, G D Spradlin, Richard Bright, Morgana King) – Classic Movie Review 3

‘Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.’ Francis Ford Coppola’s awesome six-Oscar-winning Mafia movie The Godfather: Part II is a more than worthy successor to his 1972 original. ‘Keep your friends close and your […]

Jun, 24

The Godfather ***** (1972, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Diane Keaton, Abe Vigoda, Morgana King) – Classic Movie Review 2

Francis Ford Coppola summed it up: ‘Whatever immortality The Godfather films achieve is due to the great acting and Mario Puzo’s writing.’ Although reluctant to take on the project, Francis Ford Coppola hit the jackpot […]

Jun, 23

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