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Crossworlds ** (1996, Rutger Hauer, Josh Charles, Stuart Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 10,544

‘Imagine a place where all dimensions of the universe collide…’ Director Krishna Rao’s 1996 film Crossworlds is tolerable sci-fi action film with an on-form Rutger Hauer as A T, a space mercenary mentor, and Josh […]

Nov, 15

Creed II *** (2018, Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Dolph Lundgren, Florian Munteanu) – Movie Review

After 42 years, Creed II is the eighth film in the incredibly long-running Rocky franchise and the second focused on Apollo Creed’s son Adonis Creed (Michael B Jordan). Well that is a milestone and possibly some kind of […]

Nov, 24

American Assassin ** (2017, Dylan O’Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Taylor Kitsch, David Suchet, Charlotte Vega) – Movie Review

Dylan O’Brien stars as troubled 23-year-old Mitch Rapp, who is enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) as a counter-terrorism operative recruit. She gets tough Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton) to […]

Sep, 17

True Crime ** (1995, Alicia Silverstone, Kevin Dillon, Bill Nunn) – Classic Movie Review 5812

Writer-director Pat Verducci’s 1995 low budget film is a savage and deeply unpleasant thriller on a very familiar theme. Alicia Silverstone stars as bright Catholic school teenager Mary Giordano, a high school senior who is hooked on […]

Jul, 25

Batman of the Future: Return of the Joker **** (2000, voices of Will Friedle, Mark Hamill, Kevin Conroy) – Classic Movie Review 5111

Bruce Wayne (aka Batman) faces a final challenge when the maniacal super-villain The Joker seemingly returns from the dead to wreak a new wave of havoc on Gotham City. Director Curt Geda’s imaginative and first-rate […]

Mar, 06

The Mechanic ** (2011, Jason Statham, Tony Goldwyn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Foster) – Classic Movie Review 4607

Jason Statham delivers the action alright but fails to impress in the acting department, stepping into Charles Bronson’s worn-out old shoes in director Simon West’s all-too-moderate 2011 remake of the 1972 Michael Winner thriller The Mechanic. […]

Nov, 07

Morning Glory ***½ (1933, Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Adolphe Menjou) – Classic Movie Review 3420

Director Lowell Sherman’s 1933 romantic drama stars the 26-year-old Katharine Hepburn, who won her first Oscar as Eva Lovelace, a starry-eyed, naively innocent, aspiring actress who arrives in Manhattan as a Broadway babe trying to be […]

Feb, 27

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