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Eragon *** (2006, Ed Speleers, Sienna Guillory, Jeremy Irons, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich, Garrett Hedlund, Alun Armstrong, Gary Lewis, Djimon Hounsou, Chris Egan) – Classic Movie Review 2968

Beating 180,000 applicants, the 18-year-old Ed Speleers left Eastbourne College in June 2006 before completing his A-levels to take the title role of Erago in this robust and entertaining 2006 big-screen version of the popular novel by Christopher […]

Oct, 09

Lolita *** (1997, Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella) – Classic Movie Review 2235

Director Adrian Lyne remakes Stanley Kubrick’s ground-breaking 1962 film of Vladimir Nabokov’s famous controversial tale of an older man’s obsession for an adolescent girl in 1997. Jeremy Irons is perfectly cast and at his very best as […]

Mar, 04

Kafka *** (1991, Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Grey) – Classic Movie Review 2138

Director Steven Soderbergh’s ambitious and intriguing 1991 follow-up to his sensationally successful 1989 worldwide indie hit Sex, Lies, and Videotape is a murky mystery thriller about author Franz Kafka (Jeremy Irons) getting caught up in a strange […]

Jan, 31

Casanova ***½ (2005, Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin) – Classic Movie Review 2131

Though hardly the most obvious casting, Aussie boy Heath Ledger is sexy, amusing and likeable as vintage Italian lover Giacomo Casanova in director Lasse Hallström’s lightweight but entertaining 2005 American romantic period romp Casanova, loosely based […]

Jan, 29

The French Lieutenant’s Woman **** (1981, Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Leo McKern) – Classic Movie Review 2.116

Director  Karel Reisz’s fascinating 1981 film of John Fowles’s 1969 postmodern historical fiction novel The French Lieutenant’s Woman is graced with another literate, distinguished screenplay by Harold Pinter, striking cinematography by Freddie Francis, a lovely […]

Jan, 26

Die Hard 3: Die Hard with a Vengeance *** (1995, Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 1681

This time British Oscar winner Jeremy Irons is the guest star villain as the German terrorist and mad bomber who terrorises New York while tormenting Bruce Willis’s boozed-out cop John McClane with a teasing series of false […]

Sep, 16

The Lion King ***** (1994, voices Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones) – Classic Movie Review 1620

Directors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff’s 1994 animation favourite featuring Matthew Broderick as the voice of the lion Simba (and Jonathan Taylor Thomas as his young cub version) is one of the Walt Disney studio’s […]

Sep, 02

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