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Scarface ***** (1932, Paul Muni, George Raft, Boris Karloff, Osgood Perkins) – Classic Movie Review 52
Based on the novel by Armitage Trail, director Howard Hawks’s 1932 release is still an all-time great gangster movie, and wears remarkably well given its venerable age. It’s a troubling, but thrillingly exciting film, a […]
Scarface ***** (1983, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, F Murray Abraham, Robert Loggia, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Miriam Colon, Paul Shenar, Harris Yulin, Pepe Serna) – Classic Movie Review 51
‘The world is yours.’ Director Brian De Palma’s 1983 all-stops-out remake of Howard Hawks’s 1932 classic gangster thriller Scarface with Paul Muni is now a classic in its own right. Al Pacino appears in one […]
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 […]
Get Carter ***** (1971, Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland) – Classic Movie Review 21
The top-notch 1971 British noir gangster thriller stars Michael Caine in one of his best roles as Jack Carter, a London-based crook who travels to Newcastle to investigate and avenge his brother’s murder. Based on […]
Seven Psychopaths **** (2012, Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Tom Waits) – Movie Review
‘Put your hands up.’ ‘No.’ ‘What?’ ‘I said no.’ ‘Why not?’ ‘I don’t want to.’ ‘But I’ve got a gun.’ ‘I don’t care.’ ‘That doesn’t make any sense.’ ‘Too bad!’ With its delicious, ultra-witty script […]
Pulp Fiction ***** (1994, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L Jackson, Bruce Willis) – Classic Movie Review 13
Often unbearably tense and frequently hilarious, Quentin Tarantino’s second film, following his greatly admired 1992 cult hit Reservoir Dogs, is still his masterpiece. Tarantino’s brilliantly inventive and exuberant direction of his ultra-smart, sadistically violent 1994 […]
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 […]