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Guncrazy *** (1992, Drew Barrymore, James Le Gros, Joe Dallesandro, Michael Ironside, Ione Skye, Jeremy Davies, Billy Drago, Robert Greenberg) – Classic Movie Review 2568

Director Tamra Davis’s propulsive and dangerous 1992 loose remake of Joseph H Lewis’s 1949 film noir favourite stars Drew Barrymore as Anita Minteer, a sexy but disturbed high-school girl who is sick and tired of her life […]

Jun, 07

Highlander 2: The Quickening *** (1990, Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen, Michael Ironside) – Classic Movie Review 2332

Director Russell Mulcahy’s likeable and agreeable enough 1990 sequel unfortunately lacks the kind of magic of his 1986 hit, so it must be counted a disappointment. With nowhere to go after the first film, it’s […]

Mar, 30

Total Recall ****½ (1990, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, Michael Ironside) – Classic Movie Review 2028

Both director Paul Verhoeven and his star Arnold Schwarzenegger are on or very near their best form for this exhilarating 1990 science-fiction thriller, a clever mix of bright ideas, involving plot, witty satire and violent […]

Jan, 01

Crime and Punishment in Suburbia **** (2000, Monica Keena, Ellen Barkin, Michael Ironside, Vincent Kartheiser) – Classic Movie Review 1658

  Director Rob Schmidt’s 2000 thriller is a sizzling, disturbing but ultimately life-enhancing American teen movie version of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment – hey, don’t switch off just yet! – with Monica Keena as […]

Sep, 09

Top Gun **** (1986, Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Tom Skerritt) – Classic Movie Review 1517

Tony Scott’s irresistible, ultra-canny 1986 blockbuster Top Gun shot the 24-year-old Tom Cruise into the Hollywood stratosphere. Director Tony Scott’s irresistible, ultra-canny 1986 blockbuster Top Gun shot Tom Cruise into the Hollywood stratosphere as Lieutenant Pete […]

Aug, 04

The Perfect Storm *** (2000, George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, John C Reilly, William Fichtner) – Classic Movie Review 999

In the stirring, fact-based 2000 adventure drama film The Perfect Storm, set in New England in October 1991, a team of fisherman head off aboard the Andrea Gail on a stormy fishing trip into the […]

Mar, 26

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