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Basic * (2003, John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L Jackson, Giovanni Ribisi, Brian Van Holt) – Classic Movie Review 2961

Director John McTiernan’s all-too-basic 2003 thriller stars John Travolta and Connie Nielsen as DEA drug agents who investigate deaths in the American army. The deaths seem to involve a sadistic sergeant, played by Samuel L Jackson. […]

Oct, 06

3 Days to Kill ** (2014, Kevin Costner, Amber Heard, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen) – Movie Review

Kevin Costner (aged 59) enjoys rare top star billing here these days as Ethan Renner, a cancer-afflicted dying CIA agent trying to reconnect with his snotty estranged teenaged daughter (Hailee Steinfeld) meets the exotic and way […]

Jun, 19

Mission to Mars *** (2000, Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Jerry O’Connell) – Classic Movie Review 1292

Take the best bits of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the worst parts of The Abyss. Add in pieces of Contact, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Apollo 13 and just a dash of […]

Jun, 04

Soldier **** (1998, Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen, Jason Isaacs, Michael Chiklis, Gary Busey, Sean Pertwee) – Classic Movie Review 1174

Director Paul W S Anderson’s superior and intelligent 1998 futuristic sci-fi action movie stars Kurt Russell as Todd 3465, a cyborg sergeant whose superiors dump him on a desolate planet, convinced that he is dead. But […]

May, 03

Gladiator ***** (2000, Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Connie Nielsen) – Classic Movie Review 166

Best-actor Academy Award winner Russell Crowe powers this brilliant five-Oscar-winning Roman epic, a real man’s man movie. Ridley Scott’s astounding gladiator movie won the 2001 Best Picture award at the Oscars. A glorious throwback to […]

Aug, 16

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