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In Cold Blood ***** (1967, Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Jeff Corey, Paul Stewart, Will Geer) – Classic Movie Review 2874

Writer-director Richard Brooks’s gruelling 1967 movie version of Truman Capote’s 1966 bestselling true-crime ‘non-fiction novel’ about the brutal, senseless murder of a family in rural Kansas is extremely gripping, authentic and realistic, but also thankfully avoids […]

Sep, 02

The Great Gatsby *** (1974, Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Scott Wilson, Lois Chiles) – Classic Movie Review 2630

Director Jack Clayton’s painstaking, beguilingly romantic 1974 version of the great F Scott Fitzgerald novel of 1925 is the third movie of the classic work. It is lit up with captivating performances headed by Robert […]

Jun, 22

The Exorcist III ***½ (1990, George C Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif, Nicol Williamson, Jason Miller) – Classic Movie Review 2524

Oscar-winning writer William Peter Blatty’s belated 1990 sequel (as both writer and director this time) to his 1973 blockbuster The Exorcist is advertised as ‘from the creator of the original Exorcist’. That’s to distance itself […]

May, 26

The Animal ** (2001, Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, John C. McGinley) – Classic Movie Review 1972

Director Luke Greenfield provides a moderate 2001 comedy star vehicle for Rob Schneider as wimpy Marvin Mange, who is injured in a car crash. He thinks his lifelong dreams of becoming a cop are over, until […]

Dec, 17

Dead Man Walking ***** (1995, Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn) – Classic Movie Review 1007

Writer-director Tim Robbins’s triumphant 1995 film stars his then life partner Susan Sarandon, who won a highly deserved Best Actress Oscar portraying the real-life nun who helps a convicted killer (Oscar-nominated Best Actor Sean Penn) […]

Mar, 28

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