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The Italian Job *** (2003, Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton, Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Seth Green, Jason Staham, Mos Def) – Classic Movie Review 5356
Mark Wahlberg takes over the old Michael Caine role as master thief Charlie Croker in director F Gary Gray’s fast-paced and enjoyable enough, if uninspired 2003 total revamp of the classic Sixties crime caper The […]
Man in the Dark *** (1953, Edmond O’Brien, Audrey Totter, Ted de Corsia) – Classic Movie Review 5186
Director Lew Landers’s 1953 film noir thriller stars the always excellent Edmond O’Brien, Audrey Totter and Ted de Corsia, is filmed in 3D and is based on a story by Henry Altimus and Tom Van […]
Odds Against Tomorrow **** (1959, Robert Ryan, Harry Belafonte, Ed Begley, Shelley Winters, Gloria Grahame) – Classic Movie Review 4,993
Robert Wise’s 1959 crime thriller film noir Odds Against Tomorrow is intense and exciting, concentrating on character studies of three crooks involved in a big heist on a bank, with a strong, timely plea for […]
Touchez Pas au Grisbi ***** (1954, Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Lino Ventura, Gaby Basset, Daniel Cauchy, René Dary, Dora Doll, Paul Frankeur) – Classic Movie Review 5007
A sad and smokey bitter-sweet Gallic atmosphere of tired desperation pervades co-writer/ director Jacques Becker’s 1954 wry classic French noir gangster crime thriller. A movie based on Albert Simonin’s novel was always going to be good, […]
Short Circuit 2 ** (1988, Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Cynthia Gibb, Jack Weston) – Classic Movie Review 4581
Director Kenneth Johnson’s pleasantly silly 1988 sci-fi fantasy comedy sequel is aimed at an even younger audience than the 1986 teen movie original. Alas, original stars Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg and director John Badham […]
Fast & Furious 5 [Fast Five] ***½ (2011, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Dwayne Johnson, Tyrese Gibson, Gal Gadot, Joaquim de Almeida, Ludacris) – Classic Movie Review 4537
Justin Lin and Chris Morgan, the director and writer of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), return for the thrilling, hard-revving 2011 American action film fifth instalment in the franchise. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster (all reprising […]
Inside Man **** (2006, Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe, Chiwetel Ejiofor) – Classic Movie Review 4516
New York cop Detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) is engaged in a risky game of cat and mouse with smooth criminal Dalton Russell (Clive Owen), leader of a gang of robbers disguised in painters’ outfits, who storm […]