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The Big White *** (2005, Robin Williams, Giovanni Ribisi, Holly Hunter, Woody Harrelson, Tim Blake Nelson, W Earl Brown) – Classic Movie Review 4518
In Alaska, cash-strapped travel agent Paul Barnel (Robin Williams) stumbles across a frozen corpse and tries to pass it off as his missing, presumed-dead brother Raymond to claim the $1 million insurance payoff. But then he finds […]
Frauds *** (1993, Phil Collins, Hugo Weaving, Josephine Byrnes) – Classic Movie Review 3041
Writer-director Stephan Elliott’s 1993 Avengers-style fantasy comedy crime thriller stars a slightly struggling Phil Collins as Roland Copping, a sadistic insurance investigator who gets his kicks from manipulating people’s lives with outrageous games and gimmicks. He […]
The Thomas Crown Affair ***** (1968, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston, Biff McGuire, Yaphet Kotto) – Classic Movie Review 2,229
Director Norman Jewison’s entrancing, cucumber-cool 1968 thriller The Thomas Crown Affair is a highly polished, entertaining fake gem that perfectly captures the glitzy escapist, colour supplement aspect of the late Sixties zeitgeist. Those fashionable beautiful […]
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion *** (2001, Woody Allen, Helen Hunt) – Classic Movie Review 1803
Writer-director-star Woody Allen’s carefree 2001 comedy is fun up to a point, with enough funny gags and amusing situations to keep the mood happy and the movie likeable. In the daft, nostalgic yarn, Allen plays […]
The Killers ***** (1946, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Albert Dekker) – Classic Movie Review 1137
Director Robert Siodmak turns Ernest Hemingway’s short story about a gangster waiting passively for the two professional killers who are coming to get him into an extremely atmospheric, tense and stylish hard-nosed, hard-boiled film noir crime […]
Gone in 60 Seconds *** (1974, H B Halicki, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda) – Classic Movie Review 940
A car thief is forced by an evil crime boss baddie to come out of retirement to steal 50 vehicles in a night to save his brother’s life. H B Halicki writes, produces, directs, does his […]
Double Indemnity ***** (1944, Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G Robinson) – Classic Movie Review 164
Co-writer-director Billy Wilder’s 1944 black and white film noir thriller milestone Double Indemnity still plays beautifully whether on late-night TV or on cinema revivals. Hugely admired and much imitated, it is a sizzling movie masterpiece. […]