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The Abyss **** (1989, Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn) – Classic Movie Review 1293

Writer-director James Cameron’s expensive 1989 sci-fi thriller was a very rare box-office flop for him, taking only $90million worldwide. It’s hard to know quite what went wrong. It looks stunning and the trick work is […]

Jun, 05

Avatar **** (2009, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Michelle Rodriguez, C C H Pounder) – Classic Movie Review 577

Director James Cameron’s 2009 fantasy action adventure movie Avatar is the highest grossing film in history. It won three Oscars, for Best Achievement in Visual Effects, Art Direction and Cinematography, acknowledging its incredible state-of-the-art images. Six […]

Dec, 27

Terminator 2: Judgment Day ***** (1991, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong) – Classic Movie Review 106

In 1984 Arnie promised to be back, and so he was in 1991. It’s now a decade since the original The Terminator tried to kill Sarah Connor in the first film. And, in an extraordinary, […]

Jul, 29

The Terminator ***** (1984, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn) – Classic Movie Review 105

Arnold Schwarzenegger finds the role he was born for as The Terminator (T-800 Model 101), a cyborg (part man, part machine) despatched from a post-apocalyptic 21st century to Los Angeles circa 1984. In that future, […]

Jul, 29

Titanic **** (1997, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart, Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Bernard Hill, Suzy Amis, Frances Fisher, David Warner) – Classic Movie Review 77

‘I’m the king of the world.’ Leonardo DiCaprio gets that sinking feeling as his shipboard love for Kate Winslet hits the rocks in this mesmerising blockbuster. Writer-producer-director James Cameron’s romantic disaster movie reputedly cost a […]

Jul, 21

Aliens ***** (1986, Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Paul Reiser) – Classic Movie Review 38

Sigourney Weaver’s Flight Officer Ripley, victorious in her battle against the monster in the original 1979 Alien, is rescued from space and returns home 57 years after the first movie. She is talked into bringing the […]

Jul, 09

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