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Noah ** (2014, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth) – Movie Review

In the Beginning, back in 1966, there was a much derided movie called The Bible… In the Beginning, directed by the great John Huston, and starring himself as old Noah A contemporary review said: ‘A bad […]

Apr, 03

King Arthur *** (2004, Clive Owen, Stephen Dillane, Keira Knightley, Mads Mikkelsen, Ioan Gruffudd, Joel Edgerton, Ray Winstone, Hugh Dancy) – Classic Movie Review 954

Director Antoine Fuqua’s 2004 movie stars Clive Owen, who looks glum as an Anglo-Roman Artorius (or King Arthur) in this entertainingly silly Hollywood attempt to prove that the legend actually happened – back in the Dark […]

Mar, 21

Sexy Beast – Classic Film Review 674

Ben Kingsley stars as Mr Evil Mobster, aka the incredibly brutal British gangster Don Logan, who arrives from London to talk a retired villain, safecracker Gary ‘Gal’ Dove (Ray Winstone), out of his Spanish villa […]

Jan, 11

Nil by Mouth – Classic Film Review 380

Actor Gary Oldman turns writer and director in 1997, and comes up with an explosive humdinger of a film based on his own early experiences of working-class life on council estates, in the pubs and […]

Nov, 09

Face **** (1997, Robert Carlyle, Steven Waddington, Ray Winstone, Philip Davis, Damon Albarn) – Classic Movie Review 328

A London gang’s ramraid heist on a money-counting depot goes to plan for a change. But it turns out one of their number is a traitor. Who’s the rotten apple? Criminal with a conscience, ex-socialist […]

Oct, 27

Ripley’s Game **** (2002, John Malkovich, Dougray Scott, Lena Headey, Chiara Caselli) – Classic Movie Review 108

Patricia Highsmith’s distinguished, chilling crime novel Ripley’s Game (the third book in her Tom Ripley sequence) becomes a slick, polished and riveting pulp fiction thriller in 2002 in the expert hands of an unexpected film-maker […]

Jul, 30

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