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A Life Less Ordinary ** (1997, Cameron Diaz, Ewan McGregor, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Ian Holm) – Classic Movie Review 1876
Director Danny Boyle’s 1997 movie is an honourable flop this time round from the Trainspotting (1996) production team, commendably trying something bold and adventurous a million miles away from their previous hit, with a modern […]
Trapped *** (2002, Kevin Bacon, Charlize Theron, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend) – Classic Movie Review 1754
Director Luis Mandoki’s 2002 thriller stars Kevin Bacon, Courtney Love and Pruitt Taylor Vince as Hickey, Cheryl and Marvin, scumbag lowlifes who make an unhealthy living kidnapping kids for the ransom money. But they meet […]
Street Fighter * (1994, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raúl Juliá, Kylie Minogue) Bad Movie 4
Writer-director Steven E. de Souza’s 1994 American action film is risibly bad without actually being funny. Based loosely on the Street Fighter video games produced by Capcom, it stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raúl Juliá, […]
Harper [The Moving Target] **** (1966, Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Robert Wagner, Janet Leigh, Shelley Winters) – Classic Movie Review 1,302
The hard-boiled 1966 detective-mystery thriller film Harper [The Moving Target] casts Paul Newman in an ideal guise as Lew Harper, an archetypal Los Angeles private eye. Director Jack Smight’s hard-boiled American 1966 detective-mystery thriller film Harper […]
Dirty Harry ***** (1971, Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, John Vernon, Reni Santoni, John Larch, John Mitchum) – Classic Movie Review 1,262
Don Siegel’s 1971 police thriller film Dirty Harry is arguably Clint Eastwood’s most famous movie, and certainly one of his best films. Lalo Schifrin contributes one of his finest scores. ‘I know what you’re thinking. […]
Proof of Life **** (2000, Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse, David Caruso, Pamela Reed) – Classic Movie Review 1032
Director Taylor Hackford’s 2000 thriller is the one where Meg Ryan met and fell for Russell Crowe in real life. It is a scalding, epic action thriller about kidnap and retrieval. Alice Bowman (Ryan) begs […]
The Way of the Gun (2000, Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro) – Classic Film Review 963
Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie’s 2000 vicious, scalding thriller stars Ryan Phillippe and Benicio Del Toro as young petty crooks who kidnap a young woman (Juliette Lewis) and hold her for ransom. But various deadly low-lives are […]