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Posts Tagged "Luc Besson"

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Taxi *** (1998, Sami Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard) – Classic Movie Review 1384

Sami Naceri and Frédéric Diefenthal star as Marseilles cabbie Daniel and his pal Emilien the cop, who get involved in an often hilarious, fast-paced, high-energy French all-action crime comedy adventure. In the daft plot, Daniel is […]

Jul, 02

3 Days to Kill ** (2014, Kevin Costner, Amber Heard, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen) – Movie Review

Kevin Costner (aged 59) enjoys rare top star billing here these days as Ethan Renner, a cancer-afflicted dying CIA agent trying to reconnect with his snotty estranged teenaged daughter (Hailee Steinfeld) meets the exotic and way […]

Jun, 19

Léon *** [Léon: The Professional] (1994, Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman, Danny Aiello) – Classic Movie Review 1244

This slick but reprehensible 1994 English-language French urban neo noir thriller is directed with knowing flash that is all surface and no depth by co-producer/ writer/ director Luc Besson. His story about an illiterate mob […]

May, 24

Brick Mansions **½ (2014, Paul Walker, David Belle) – Movie Review

Brick Mansions is dedicated ‘In loving memory of Paul Walker’ before the end credits. That’s cause for lots of tears and heartache among his zillions of fans. It would be great to report that this, his […]

Apr, 29

The Family *** (2013, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, John D’Leo) – Movie Review

Thanks to some fresh ideas and the right cast, this is an enjoyable, darkly funny, violent comedy riff on the Mafia thriller. The central idea is a great one, providing a new spin on the old […]

Nov, 21

The Fifth Element **** (1997, Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker, Luke Perry, Lee Evans, John Neville, Brion James, John Bluthal) – Classic Movie Review 270

Cult French director Luc Besson, working in an English studio and the then about-to-close London Royal Opera House, exuberantly embarks on Europe’s most expensive film, the 1997 science fiction action epic The Fifth Element.  And […]

Oct, 05

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