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The Haunting *** (1999, Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson, Lili Taylor, Bruce Dern) – Classic Movie Review 997

American movies fans forked out more than $100 million for director Jan de Bont’s daft but ingenious and amusing 1999 supernatural chiller. It’s the old, old haunted house story. With no acting really required, Liam […]

Mar, 26

Twister **** (1996, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Philip Seymour Hoffman) – Classic Movie Review 996

In director Jan (Speed) de Bont’s breezy 1996 action-adventure thriller/ disaster movie, the main stars are Industrial Light and Magic’s spectacular special visual effects (though they lost out to those for Independence Day at the […]

Mar, 26

Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997, Sandra Bullock) – Bad Movie 2

Director Jan de Bont’s 1997 Keanu Reeves-less sequel to the 1994 megahit is a farrago. Everything about it goes wrong where everything went right the first time. You wouldn’t think it was the same director, […]

Mar, 23

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life *** (2003, Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie, Noah Taylor, Djimon Hounsou, Til Schweiger) – Classic Movie Review 972

Speed director Jan de Bont’s 2003 Lara Croft sequel proves more than the equal of the highly popular original, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). And Angelina Jolie proves even feistier the second time around as the […]

Mar, 23

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