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The In-Laws *** (2003, Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 1321

Talented players Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks spark director Andrew Fleming’s fun, offbeat 2003 comedy remake of the cult 1979 Peter Falk-Alan Arkin movie. It’s slickly made by Fleming, with scenes shot on location in Chicago. […]

Jun, 13

Traffic **** (2000, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta Jones, Benicio Del Toro) – Classic Movie Review 710

Director Steven Soderbergh’s scalding, four-Oscar-winning 2000 thriller casts Michael Douglas and his then new wife Catherine Zeta Jones together for the first time (though, alas, they share no scenes). This nail-biting, epic thriller is great, intelligent […]

Jun, 13

Basic Instinct *** (1992, Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza, Denis Arndt, Leilani Sarelle, Dorothy Malone) – Classic Movie Review 1287

Director Paul Verhoeven’s 1992 shocker is a full-blooded, full-throttle sex and violence farrago of a neo-noir erotic thriller. It sees Michael Douglas settle comfortably back in Fatal Attraction mode and once again on the streets […]

Jun, 03

Disclosure ***½ (1994, Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland) – Classic Movie Review 1083

Producer-director Barry Levinson’s thought-provoking 1994 thriller stars Michael Douglas as happily married computer expert Tom Sanders, whose expected promotion goes to ambitious Demi Moore, an old flame, who sexually harasses him. All hell lets loose […]

Apr, 12

Fatal Attraction ***** (1987, Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer) – Classic Movie Review 1002

British director Adrian Lyne’s absorbing, nerve-jangling and rather nasty psychological thriller film Fatal Attraction was a much discussed blockbuster hit in 1987. Despite its thriller and horror elements, and the controversy it generated, it is […]

Mar, 27

The American President ***½ (1995, Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J Fox, John Mahoney, Samantha Mathis, Richard Dreyfuss) – Classic Movie Review 945

Producer-director Rob Reiner’s 1995 romantic comedy drama stars Michael Douglas as widowed US President Andrew Shepherd, who seizes his chance for love and goes after political lobbyist journalist Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening). This amusing, […]

Mar, 19

Don’t Say a Word *** (2001, Michael Douglas, Brittany Murphy) – Classic Movie Review 912

Michael Douglas lifts director Gary Fleder’s solid, old-style, if frankly contrived 2001 Hollywood thriller as Dr Nathan Conrad, a psychiatrist whose eight-year-old daughter Jessie (Skye McCole Bartusiak) is abducted by crazed crooks. They are desperately […]

Mar, 13

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