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The Art of the Steal *** (2013, Kurt Russell, Matt Dillon, Jay Baruchel, Terence Stamp) – Movie Review

An ancient-looking Kurt Russell (aged 63) stars as semi-reformed art thief Crunch Calhoun, who agrees to re-assemble his old gang for one last heist. Along with his possibly duplicitous brother Nicky (Matt Dillon) and a hyper new young […]

Jun, 19

Escape from New York **** (1981, Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence, Ernest Borgnine, Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau) – Classic Movie Review 1177

Director/ co-writer John Carpenter’s tough and exciting futuristic action thriller, made in 1981 but set in 1997, sees the US President forced to land in Manhattan, now a prison ghetto full of baddies who take him […]

May, 03

Escape from L A ** (1996, Kurt Russell, Cliff Robertson, Georges Corraface, A J Langer, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, Bruce Campbell, Peter Fonda, Michelle Forbes, Pam Grier, Valeria Golino) – Classic Movie Review 1176

Director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell reunite in 1996 for a fairly feeble, low-imagination, low-adrenaline sequel to 1981’s Escape from New York that plays more like a re-make. They shouldn’t have proceeded without a […]

May, 03

Soldier **** (1998, Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen, Jason Isaacs, Michael Chiklis, Gary Busey, Sean Pertwee) – Classic Movie Review 1174

Director Paul W S Anderson’s superior and intelligent 1998 futuristic sci-fi action movie stars Kurt Russell as Todd 3465, a cyborg sergeant whose superiors dump him on a desolate planet, convinced that he is dead. But […]

May, 03

Vanilla Sky *** (2001, Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell) – Classic Movie Review 613

Tom Cruise’s fans are in for a bit of a shock. He’s disfigured and masked for much of this arty, romantic 2001 mystery movie that’s just as posh and smart but even duller than his […]

Jan, 02

The Thing ***** (1982, Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, David Clennon) – Classic Movie Review 53

Director John Carpenter’s stylish and classy 1982 remake of director Christian Nyby and producer Howard Hawks’s 1951 horror classic The Thing From Another World sizzles with menace, atmosphere and tension. It’s a great monster movie. […]

Jul, 15

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