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National Lampoon’s Vacation **** (1983, Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Imogene Coca, Eddie Bracken) – Classic Movie Review 2763

Director Harold Ramis’s 1983 comedy stars Chevy Chase as inventor Clark Griswold, who takes a vacation across America from the family home in Chicago to California’s famous ‘Walley World’ theme park, named after Eddie Bracken’s thin m0ustached […]

Aug, 01

Last Action Hero *** (1993, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O’Brien, F Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance) – Classic Movie Review 2582

Producer-director John McTiernan’s comedy sci-fi action adventure thriller was supposed to be the 1993 summer blockbuster but Jurassic Park stole much of its thunder and its business. Unfairly, and unexpectedly, it severely damaged Arnold Schwarzenegger’s box-office […]

Jun, 10

*batteries not included **** (1987, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Elizabeth Peña, Frank McRae) – Classic Movie Review 2002

Co-writer/director Matthew Robbins’s thoughtful, likeable and appealing, 1987 sci-fi comedy drama stars veteran married couple Hume Cronyn (aged 76) and Jessica Tandy (aged 78) as beleaguered New York City old-timers, diner owner Frank Riley and […]

Dec, 28

48 Hrs. ***** (Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O’Toole) – Classic Movie Review 1568

Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy are on blistering form in director Walter Hill’s thrilling 1982 blockbuster, one of the all-time great buddy-buddy action movies. Nolte plays Jack Cates, a middle-aged hard-nosed cop, and Murphy is Reggie Hammond, his […]

Aug, 18

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