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Posts Tagged "Christopher McDonald"

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Exposed *** (2016, Keanu Reeves, Ana de Armas, Christopher McDonald, Mira Sorvino) – Movie Review

Keanu Reeves stars as Detective Galban, a tormented New York cop who investigates the truth behind the life and death of his partner and close friend, Detective Cullen, murdered in a subway. The case reveals disturbing police […]

Feb, 24

The Iron Giant ****½ (1999, voices of Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr, Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel, Harry Connick Jr, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney) – Classic Movie Review 2647

Writer-director Brad Bird’s outstanding, brilliantly imaginative, dark-toned 1999 animated feature is based on The Iron Man children’s story by British poet Ted Hughes. It starts when a nine-year-old boy, Hogarth Hughes (voiced by Eli Marienthal), […]

Jun, 27

Quiz Show *** (1994, Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Paul Scofield, Rob Morrow) – Classic Movie Review 2254

Director Robert Redford conscientiously probes the circumstances, characters and issues surrounding the scandal attached to American TV’s rigging of the then famous 1950s quiz show Twenty One. It was so popular that fifty million people watched […]

Mar, 11

Unforgettable * (1996, Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote) – Classic Movie Review 1618

John Dahl, the director of the neo film noir modern classics Kill Me Again, Red Rock West and The Last Seduction, comes a cropper this time with this, ironically, totally forgettable 1996 sci-fi mystery thriller. […]

Sep, 01

Flubber ** (1997, Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Clancy Brown, Ted Levine, Wil Wheaton, Edie McClurg) – Classic Movie Review 1552

Director Les Mayfield’s harmless and innocuous 1997 family comedy Flubber is fun for kids, though adults may find it tedious at times and that a little bit of it goes a long way. Just when […]

Aug, 16

The Perfect Storm *** (2000, George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, John C Reilly, William Fichtner) – Classic Movie Review 999

In the stirring, fact-based 2000 adventure drama film The Perfect Storm, set in New England in October 1991, a team of fisherman head off aboard the Andrea Gail on a stormy fishing trip into the […]

Mar, 26

Thelma and Louise ***** (1991, Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Brad Pitt, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald) – Classic Movie Review 702

Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon enjoy roles to die for as female buddies Thelma and Louise in director Ridley Scott’s rousing 1991 film, advertised as the first feminist, buddy-buddy road-movie. A weekend break from the […]

Jan, 15

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