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The Pelican Brief ** (1993, Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard) – Classic Movie Review 6373

Screen-writer/ producer/ director Alan J Pakula’s sleek and polished 1993 movie was the second of John Grisham’s legal thriller novels to hit the screen – after The Firm (1993) with Tom Cruise. But it suffers […]

Dec, 08

The Summit [La Cordillera] *** (2017, Ricardo Darín, Dolores Fonzi, Erica Rivas, Christian Slater, Paulina García) – Movie Review 

Ricardo Darín is excellent as President Hernán Blanco of Argentina, who is facing various crises in his private and public life while in the middle of the Summit of Latin American presidents in La Cordillera. Darín […]

Oct, 01

First Kid *** (1996, Sinbad, Brock Pierce, James Naughton, Lisa Eichhorn, Zachery Ty Bryan, Erin Williby, Blake Boyd) – Classic Movie Review 4548

Director David M Evans’s laid-back, entertaining 1996 Disney comedy stars Sinbad, who is amusing as ex-boxer Sam Simms, the agent in charge of Luke Davenport (Brock Pierce), the difficult, troublesome, 13-year-old son of the US […]

Oct, 27

Invictus **** (2009, Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge) – Classic Movie Review 4316

There were two Oscar nominations and three Golden Globe nominations – but no wins – for director Clint Eastwood’s sterling 2009 biopic. Well, you can’t win every time, though the odd nod in the right […]

Sep, 08

State of the Union **** (1948, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Adolphe Menjou, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Lewis Stone) – Classic Movie Review 3851

Director Frank Capra’s scintillating 1948 political comedy drama provides a first-rate vehicle for the screen and real-life team of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The fifth Tracy-Hepburn movie, it got strong reviews and did nicely at the box office. While […]

Jun, 12

The Year of Living Dangerously **** (1982, Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Michael Murphy, Bill Kerr) – Classic Movie Review 3785

Director Peter Weir’s 1982 romantic war drama, based on the novel by C J Koch, is an Aussie classic. The Year of Living Dangerously is 1965 and the dangerous place is Indonesia. Mel Gibson stars as Guy Hamilton, an […]

May, 29

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City ** (1969, Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors, Nanette Newman) – Classic Movie Review 3726

Director James Hill’s 1969 adventure movie Captain Nemo and the Underwater City is passable entertainment for youngsters, but it is a routine movie if compared with Captain Nemo’s earlier tale 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea […]

May, 20

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