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The Punisher ** (2004, Tom Jane, John Travolta, Will Patton, Samantha Mathis, Ben Foster, Rebecca Romijn, Roy Scheider) – Classic Movie Review 3117

There are a few bright spots and an ideal star to enliven this grim and largely misbegotten remake of the 1989 Dolph Lundgren action thriller, based on Stan Lee’s dark-toned Marvel comic-strip caper. Thomas Jane stars as […]

Dec, 01

The Postman ** (1997, Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Olivia Williams, Larenz Tate) – Classic Movie Review 2543

Kevin Costner’s self-directed 1997 post-apocalyptic epic, the land equivalent of Waterworld, got the thumbs down almost everywhere, though it has its impressive moments in that dreadfully long running time of 180 minutes. It’s 2013, and […]

May, 30

Remember the Titans **** (2000, Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris) – Classic Movie Review 1839

Director Boaz Yakin’s 2000 sports drama is based on the actual events of 1971. It stars Denzel Washington, who gives a titanic turn as Coach Herman Boone, the newly appointed African-American head coach of a football team […]

Nov, 13

Armageddon *** (1998, Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler) – Classic Movie Review 1098

In a plot very similar to the simultaneously made Deep Impact, oil-riggers Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and co are recruited to head for space to drill a hole and place a bomb to explode a […]

Apr, 15

Gone in Sixty Seconds ***½ (2000, Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi) – Classic Movie Review 939

Director Dominic Sena’s 2000 action thriller remakes a low-budget cult 1974 movie with a big budget, some flash and zest, and Nicolas Cage starring as legendary master car thief Randall ‘Memphis’ Raines. In Scott Rosenberg’s […]

Mar, 19

The Client **** (1994, Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro, J T Walsh, Will Patton, William H Macy) – Classic Movie Review 653

Director Joel Schumacher’s tense and exciting 1994 thriller is still the best of the film adaptations of John Grisham’s legal mystery novels so far. Susan Sarandon was Oscar nominated and won the BAFTA Film Award for […]

Jan, 08

After Hours **** (1985, Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Teri Garr, Verna Bloom) – Classic Movie Review 331

Largely forgotten actor Griffin Dunne stars as a computer programmer who finds his casual date with a  young woman exploding in his face. His one rash decision turns immediately into a surreal nightmare of mistaken […]

Oct, 27

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