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Director Mark Robson’s epic 1974 disaster movie is preposterously entertaining with the right manly main star in Charlton Heston (as construction engineer Stuart Graff), an ambitious, costly production, tedious personal dramas and excellent Oscar-winning visual […]
John Wayne stars as Detective Lieutenant Lon McQ, a Dirty Harry-style cop on the trail of the hood who killed his best friend and partner. This leads McQ to uncover corrupt elements in the police […]
Keanu Reeves stars as Detective Galban, a tormented New York cop who investigates the truth behind the life and death of his partner and close friend, Detective Cullen, murdered in a subway. The case reveals disturbing police […]
‘Thank goodness, we can all relax, Susan Hayward’s won the Oscar she has been chasing for 20 years.’ Susan Hayward’s Best Actress Oscar-winning portrayal of Barbara Graham, a card-sharp, thief and prostitute who was sentenced […]
Director Henry Hathaway’s ultra-tense, meticulously crafted 1951 film noir thriller is an absolutely excellent one. The exteriors are imaginatively shot on location on the streets of New York City. The building used was demolished in 1967 […]
A moderately amusing idea about a police commissioner lowering his standards to take in a bunch of misfit recruits turned into a comedy sensation that has surprisingly run and run (to Police Academy 7 so […]
Director John Mackenzie’s first-rate 2000 thriller stars Joan Allen as Dublin reporter Sinead Hamilton, who dices with death to pursue the story of an evil crime boss (Gerard Flynn). The admirable Allen effortlessly carries this […]