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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ***** (2017, Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage) – Movie Review 

Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell give dazzlingly brilliant performances in writer-director Martin McDonagh’s supremely dark and dangerous black comedy crime drama. McDonagh sure does like living dangerously, as he previously showed in In Bruges (2008) and Seven […]

Oct, 15

Jaws 2 *** (1978, Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 4899

Roy Scheider as Amity police chief Martin Brody, Lorraine Gary as his wife Ellen Brody and Murray Hamilton as wicked mayor Larry Vaughn repeat their roles in director Jeannot Szwarc’s welcome 1978 sequel to, and […]

Jan, 16

Our Man in Havana **** (1959, Alec Guinness, Noël Coward, Maureen O’Hara, Burl Ives) – Classic Movie Review 1808

Director Carol Reed’s 1959 thriller finds the ideal fit in Alec Guinness, who is perfectly cast as Jim Wormold, the meek vacuum cleaner salesman in Havana, in this delightful film of one of Graham Greene’s […]

Nov, 05

Hostage **** (2005, Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Ben Foster) – Classic Movie Review 1512

Bruce Willis is back in top gear in 2005 for his die-hard fans as a failed LAPD hostage negotiator who’s now the police chief in a small California town. When their convenience store robbery goes wrong, the three crooks […]

Aug, 03

Jaws ***** (1975, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 526

The triple-Oscar-winning 1975 monster movie classic that propelled the 28-year-old director Steven Spielberg to the front rank of cinema story-tellers is a sleekly crafted rollercoaster ride of fear, suspense and thrills. Based on the bestselling […]

Dec, 15

A Kiss Before Dying **** (1956, Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward, George Macready, Mary Astor) – Classic Movie Review 284

Robert Wagner gives a career best performance in the brilliantly simmering 1956 colour film noir thriller A Kiss Before Dying, the original film version of Ira Levin’s famous mystery thriller novel. Director Gerd Oswald’s little-known […]

Oct, 12

Blood ** (2012, Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham, Brian Cox, Mark Strong) – Movie Review

We’re in the north of England, at a gloomy, rundown coastal town. Paul Bettany and Stephen Graham are brother cops, sons of the legendary but now semi-senile retired police boss Brian Cox. Their buddy in […]

May, 26

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