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State of Grace *** (1990, Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman) – Classic Movie Review 7667

Powerhouse acting from Sean Penn, Gary Oldman and especially Ed Harris distinguishes director Phil Joanou’s 1990 State of Grace, a saga of Irish gangsters in New York facing a barrel-load of trouble from the Mafia, […]

Oct, 14

Mikey and Nicky *** (1976, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty) – Classic Movie Review 7221

Writer-director Elaine May signed up real-life old friends Peter Falk and John Cassavetes for her 1976 Mikey and Nicky as long-time criminal buddies Mikey and Nicky, one of whom turns out to be designated by […]

Jun, 25

Simple Men **** (1992, Robert John Burke, William Sage, Karen Sillas, Elina Löwensohn, Martin Donovan) – Classic Movie Review 7101

Writer-director Hal Hartley’s striking third feature Simple Men (1992) reaches the parts other movies do not, as a pair of brothers, Bill and Dennis McCabe (Robert John Burke, William Sage) – good boys with bad […]

May, 27

A Night at the Roxbury * (1998, Chris Kattan, Will Ferrell, Raquel Gardner, Molly Shannon, Dan Hedaya, Gigi Rice, Elisa Donovan) – Classic Movie Review 6619

The likeable Saturday Night Live comics Chris Kattan and Will Ferrell do their best to raise laughs as Doug and Steve Butabi, the sad, pathetic, dim-wit brothers whose bid to get into the town’s hippest disco […]

Jan, 29

Inside Moves *** (1980, John Savage, David Morse, Diana Scarwid) – Classic Movie Review 6,563

Director Richard Donner handles the warm-hearted 1980 feel-good drama film Inside Moves like a man who believes in it. He said it was ‘the smallest film I could do that was just very near and […]

Jan, 15

Joe ** (1970, Peter Boyle, Susan Sarandon, Patrick McDermott, Dennis Patrick, Audrey Caire) – Classic Movie Review 6162

Peter Boyle gives a remarkable performance of repellent power as Joe Curran, in director John G Avildsen’s revolting, nasty-toned 1970 right-wing tract that was a huge hit against the apparent peace-and-love mood of the times […]

Oct, 30

Trees Lounge **** (1996, Steve Buscemi, Anthony LaPaglia, Carol Kane, Mark Boone Jr, Chloë Sevigny) – Classic Movie Review 6157

For his impressive, laid-back 1996 writer-director debut, the ever-quirky actor Steve Buscemi gives himself the fat star role as Tommy Basilio, a washed-up, unemployed car mechanic, one of a bunch of the low-lives hanging out […]

Oct, 30

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