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Executive Decision *** (1996, Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, Steven Seagal, John Leguiziamo, Oliver Platt, Joe Morton, David Suchet, J T Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 2932

Director Stuart Baird’s hokey but often nail-biting 1996 edge-of-seat action thriller stars Kurt Russell, who is on his best form as a reluctant action hero. He is forced to board and tackle the Arab terrorists […]

Sep, 29

The Three Musketeers ** (1993, Chris O’Donnell, Tim Curry, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Oliver Platt, Rebecca De Mornay, Hugh O’Conor) – Classic Movie Review 2309

Director Stephen Herek’s 1993 Austrian-American action-adventure film The Three Musketeers from Walt Disney Pictures and Caravan Pictures is a proficient but moderate version of the Alexandre Dumas classic, with a brisk but modest screenplay by David Loughery. The […]

Mar, 24

Casanova ***½ (2005, Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin) – Classic Movie Review 2131

Though hardly the most obvious casting, Aussie boy Heath Ledger is sexy, amusing and likeable as vintage Italian lover Giacomo Casanova in director Lasse Hallström’s lightweight but entertaining 2005 American romantic period romp Casanova, loosely based […]

Jan, 29

Bulworth ** (1998, Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Kimberly Deauna, Sean Astin) – Classic Movie Review 2014

Warren Beatty tries very hard, both as producer-writer-director and star, but seems to have lost his touch in this offbeat 1998 satirical comedy drama. He plays, quite well, suicidally disillusioned liberal senator Jay Bulworth, who […]

Dec, 29

Kinsey **** (2004, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O’Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Lynn Redgrave, Timothy Hutton, John Lithgow, Tim Curry, Oliver Platt) – Classic Movie Review 1,999

Writer-director Bill Condon’s 2004 American biographical drama film Kinsey stars Liam Neeson, who gives a sterling performance as US academic and sex scientist Dr Alfred Kinsey, who became America’s most notorious man through his pioneering studies […]

Dec, 24

Indecent Proposal *** (1993, Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Seymour Cassel, Oliver Platt, Billy Bob Thornton) – Classic Movie Review 1905

Director Adrian Lyne’s mesmerisingly compulsive 1993 erotic thriller pitches a financial dilemma against a moral dilemma. It stars Robert Redford as John Gage, a billionaire who meets loving, but newly cash-troubled yuppie married couple, architect David and real […]

Nov, 30

Simon Birch **** (1998, Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Oliver Platt, Ashley Judd) – Classic Movie Review 1794

  Writer-director Mark Steven Johnson’s 1998 family drama is a truly heartwarming, lovely and adorable experience. It is set in late-1950s America, and focuses on a tiny boy named Simon Birch (played by Ian Michael Smith), […]

Nov, 01

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