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Lost in Space *** (1998, Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Heather Graham, Mimi Rogers) – Classic Movie Review 3700

The fondly remembered Irwin Allen 1965-68 family sci-fi TV series lives again in director Stephen Hopkins’s daft but likeable mega-budget ($90million) 1998 big-screen re-creation. A cast of actors rather than stars take the parts of the […]

May, 12

Captive ** (2015, Kate Mara, David Oyelowo, Mimi Rogers, Michael K Williams, Leonor Varela) – Movie Review

Life-affirming, uplifting entertainment has its place but it needs a tougher, grittier, more rigorous, challenging edge. Kate Mara plays real-life single mother drug user Ashley Smith who is held captive in her home by Brian Nichols (David Oyelowo) on […]

Sep, 24

Cruel Intentions 2 *** (2000, Robin Dunne, Amy Adams, Mimi Rogers, Sarah Thompson, Keri Lynn Pratt) – Classic Movie Review 2585

Writer-director Roger Kumble’s 2000 prequel to his 1999 erotic thriller hit is a shade less good, but it is still provocative, amusing, stylish and properly hard-hearted. Set a few years before the original, it follows […]

Jun, 12

The Player ***** (1992, Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Peter Gallagher, Vincent D’Onofrio) – Classic Movie Review 2122

Cult favourite director Robert Altman’s 1992 Hollywood-insiders’ comedy thriller and satire on the film industry is one of his smartest, most celebrated movies. It is an all-knowing, lovingly-made movie, delightfully light-hearted and thoroughly entertaining with […]

Jan, 27

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd * (2003, Derek Richardson, Eric Christian Olsen, Eugene Levy) – Classic Movie Review 1964

Two incredibly silly high-school boys called Harry and Lloyd get unwittingly mixed up in the scam when their mean School Principal conspires with the dinner lady to perpetrate a fraud. Derek Richardson (as Harry Dunne) […]

Dec, 16

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog *** (1995, Jesse Bradford) – Classic Movie Review 1534

Jesse Bradford is super as young Angus McCormick (aged 14), who finds himself washed ashore in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest after a storm capsizes his boat at sea and separates him from his […]

Aug, 10

The Mirror Has Two Faces *** (1996, Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall) – Classic Movie Review 1298

Both faces belong to Barbra Streisand, and (as usual) several hats too, as she’s star, director, co-producer and songwriter of this 1996 release, then her first film for six years. for all its apparent serious […]

Jun, 06

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