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Wild Card *** (2015, Jason Statham, Michael Angarano, Stanley Tucci) – Movie Review

Jason Statham stars as ultra-tough and uber-resourceful Las Vegas bodyguard Nick Wild in a gritty and intriguing remake of the Burt Reynolds crime thriller Heat (1986). Statham’s Wild gets a weird thing going with rich young entrepreneur Cyrus Kinnick (Michael […]

Mar, 20

Indecent Proposal *** (1993, Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Seymour Cassel, Oliver Platt, Billy Bob Thornton) – Classic Movie Review 1905

Director Adrian Lyne’s mesmerisingly compulsive 1993 erotic thriller pitches a financial dilemma against a moral dilemma. It stars Robert Redford as John Gage, a billionaire who meets loving, but newly cash-troubled yuppie married couple, architect David and real […]

Nov, 30

Step Up 5: All In **½ (2014, Ryan Guzman, Briana Evigan, Adam G Sevani, Alyson Stoner) – Movie Review

So, as the title suggests, the idea here is that all the stars from the previous Step Up instalments come together (apart from original star Channing Tatum of course) in a Las Vegas-set dance extravaganza. That’s the good […]

Jul, 30

Swingers ****½ (1996, Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Patrick Van Horn, Ron Livingston, Heather Graham) – Classic Movie Review 981

Director Doug Liman’s fresh and 1996 funny comedy focuses on four madly anxious, self-deluded swingers (Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Patrick Van Horn, Ron Livingston) who head for Las Vegas in search of a good time […]

Mar, 25

Very Bad Things *** (1998, Christian Slater, Jon Favreau, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Stern, Jeremy Piven, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Leland Orser) – Classic Movie Review 979

Writer-director Peter Berg’s 1998 black farce crime thriller is an intriguing mixed bag of grisly dark-toned fun. It can boast some Very Good Things (the star performances) as well as some Very Bad Things (the […]

Mar, 24

Diamonds Are Forever **** (1971, Sean Connery, Jill St John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell) – Classic Movie Review 953

Lana Wood: ‘I’m Plenty.’ Sean Connery: ‘I bet you are.’ Wood: ‘Plenty O’Toole.’ Connery: ’Named after your father?’ The 1971 spy thriller Diamonds Are Forever finds Sean Connery enjoying his sixth James Bond movie. Lana […]

Mar, 21

Showgirls *** (1995, Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon) – Classic Movie Review 885

In director Paul Verhoeven’s infamous 1995 shocker, Elizabeth Berkley plays Nomi Malone, a tarty, ambitious chorus line dancer who hitches to Las Vegas and tries to find work in a big show. Having failed the […]

Mar, 07

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