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Far and Away *** (1992, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson, Robert Prosky, Barbara Babcock, Colm Meaney, Cyril Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 3333

Director Ron Howard’s stirring 1992 epic period adventure Far and Away is remembered for pairing the then real-life husband and wife Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as a poor Irish farm labourer called Joseph Donnelly […]

Feb, 06

Cimarron **** (1931, Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Edna May Oliver) – Classic Movie Review 2326

Director Wesley Ruggles’s creaky but still rewarding 1931 Western film Cimarron is a triple Oscar-winner for Best Picture, as well as Best Adapted Screenplay (Howard Estabrook) and Art Direction (Max Rée). It is remarkable as […]

Mar, 29

Silkwood **** (1983, Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher) – Classic Movie Review 1869

This 1983 little gem from the late, great director Mike Nichols is a highly intelligent, high-profile real-life thriller, taken by socially concerned screenwriters Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen from the headlines of the day. Nichols said […]

Nov, 22

Twister **** (1996, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Philip Seymour Hoffman) – Classic Movie Review 996

In director Jan (Speed) de Bont’s breezy 1996 action-adventure thriller/ disaster movie, the main stars are Industrial Light and Magic’s spectacular special visual effects (though they lost out to those for Independence Day at the […]

Mar, 26

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