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Concussion **** (2015, Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks) – Movie Review

Will Smith commendably goes for a change of pace, a piece of real acting and a Nigerian accent as real-life accomplished pathologist Dr Bennet Omalu who, while he is working in Pittsburgh, uncovers the terrible […]

Jan, 20

A Most Violent Year **** (2014, Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Albert Brooks) – Movie Review

Recalling the young Al Pacino, no less, Oscar Isaac gives an electrifying performance as Abel Morales, an ambitious American immigrant who fights to protect his increasingly iffy business and his family during 1981, apparently the most […]

Jan, 06

Mother *** (1996, Debbie Reynolds, Albert Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 1423

Debbie Reynolds is ideally cast as Beatrice Henderson, the mother from hell in star/co-writer/director Albert Brooks’s entertaining 1996 comedy. She has a successful but middle-aged science fiction writer son (Brooks), who moves back in to live […]

Jul, 13

The In-Laws *** (2003, Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 1321

Talented players Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks spark director Andrew Fleming’s fun, offbeat 2003 comedy remake of the cult 1979 Peter Falk-Alan Arkin movie. It’s slickly made by Fleming, with scenes shot on location in Chicago. […]

Jun, 13

Out of Sight **** (1998, George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Dennis Farina, Albert Brooks, Steve Zahn, Catherine Keener, Nancy Allen, Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 1001

Director Steven Soderbergh’s 1998 thriller is yet another highly intriguing and entertaining but not entirely great attempt at filming another of Elmore Leonard’s esteemed Florida low-life thrillers. It’s a problem that George Clooney just doesn’t […]

Mar, 27

Finding Nemo ***** (2003, voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould) – Classic Movie Review 123

Directed by Andrew Stanton (with Lee Unkrich), this totally witty and delightful 2003 animation is one of the very best from Pixar studios, who made Toy Story and Monsters Inc. And it’s at least the […]

Aug, 03

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