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Guardians of the Galaxy ***** (2014, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker) – Movie Review

Entertainment is back! Guardians of the Galaxy is so much fun! This is the summer blockbuster we’ve been waiting for after all those boringly serious popcorn movies. Virtually a comedy, certainly a sci-fi spoof, definitely […]

Jul, 24

The Stepford Wives ** (2004, Nicole Kidman, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken) – Classic Movie Review 1382

Nicole Kidman looks like she’d prefer to be somewhere else during director Frank Oz’s cheesy 2004 black comedy remake of the 1974 chiller about the too-perfect wives of a New England village. The first half hour […]

Jul, 01

Hamlet *** (1990, Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Ian Holm, Alan Bates) – Classic Movie Review 1294

Co-writer/director Franco Zeffirelli’s 1990 Shakespeare movie has an unexpected star in Mel Gibson, who personifies the much-tormented Prince of Denmark lustily and honourably, giving a strong, earnest performance. It was a brave thing to do since Gibson’s only […]

Jun, 05

Paradise Road *** (1997, Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett) – Classic Film Review 1215

Remember Tenko, the BBC prison camp series that ran from 1981-84? Well, if you were one of the millions hooked on that one, you’ll also want to catch Paradise Road, dubbed the big-screen Tenko. Writer-director […]

May, 14

Fatal Attraction ***** (1987, Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer) – Classic Movie Review 1002

British director Adrian Lyne’s absorbing, nerve-jangling and rather nasty psychological thriller film Fatal Attraction was a much discussed blockbuster hit in 1987. Despite its thriller and horror elements, and the controversy it generated, it is […]

Mar, 27

Air Force One *** (1997, Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close) – Classic Movie Review 754

In director Wolfgang Petersen’s 1997 action thriler, Harrison Ford stars as the US President, James Marshall, returning home from Moscow aboard his private plane Air Force One, when it is hijacked by Russian terrorists, led […]

Jan, 26

Dangerous Liaisons ***** (1988, Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Uma Thurman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Mildred Natwick, Keanu Reeves, Peter Capaldi) – Classic Movie Review 307

Director Stephen Frears’s dazzling 1988 movie of Christopher Hampton’s award-winning London and Broadway hit stage play Les Liaisons Dangereuses is scaldingly exciting. You can just feel the sexual heat radiating from it. Based on the […]

Oct, 21

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