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The Other Side of Hope [Toivon tuolla puolen] **** (2017, Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Ville Virtanen, Kati Outinen) – Movie Review

The great Aki Kaurismäki is back on inspired form with a typical black comedy drama, in a story that offers him the best chance to do all the things he has being doing for three decades. It’s […]

May, 21

Babette’s Feast [Babettes gæstebud] ***** (1987, Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel) Classic Movie Review 2438

Writer-director Gabriel Axel’s 1987 Danish movie won the 1988 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. It was a special triumph as it was the first Danish film to win the best foreign film Oscar. It also […]

May, 01

Tears of the Sun (2003, Bruce Willis) – Classic Film Review 962

  Director Antoine Fuqua’s 2003 serious-minded action thriller finds Bruce Willis on good form as a gung-ho US Navy SEAL lieutenant in Africa. But he finds that ‘God has already left Africa’ when he leads […]

Mar, 24

District 9 **** (Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope) – Classic Movie Review 253

Director Neill Blomkamp’s 2009 satirical sci-fi action thriller from South Africa was a deserved, surprise worldwide smash-hit. It proves quite a breath of fresh air from the usual Hollywood blockbuster. For a start, it’s nice […]

Sep, 20

Scarface ***** (1983, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, F Murray Abraham, Robert Loggia, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Miriam Colon, Paul Shenar, Harris Yulin, Pepe Serna) – Classic Movie Review 51

‘The world is yours.’ Director Brian De Palma’s 1983 all-stops-out remake of Howard Hawks’s 1932 classic gangster thriller Scarface with Paul Muni is now a classic in its own right. Al Pacino appears in one […]

Jul, 15

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