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It Runs in the Family *** (2003, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Bernadette Peters, Cameron Douglas, Diana Douglas, Michelle Monaghan, Rory Culkin) – Classic Movie Review 5094

The long-awaited meeting of Michael Douglas and his father Kirk Douglas on film had to wait till Kirk was 87 and had suffered a major stroke. Still, better late than never. In director Fred Schepisi’s […]

Mar, 03

The Ghost and the Darkness *** (1996, Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson) – Classic Movie Review 3701

In this unbelievably old-fashioned 19th-century-set 1996 adventure movie, you expect to find both Tarzan and Allan Quatermain, since it seems to owe much to Edgar Rice Burroughs and Rider Haggard as to any true story […]

May, 12

One Night at McCool’s **** (2001, Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, Paul Reiser, John Goodman, Michael Douglas) – Classic Movie Review 3008

Director Harald Zwart’s smart and clever 2001 comedy stars Matt Dillon, Paul Reiser and John Goodman as a trio of hapless men who all fall for a beautiful temptress called Jewel (Liv Tyler at her […]

Oct, 24

Beyond the Reach *** (2014, Michael Douglas, Jeremy Irvine, Ronny Cox, Martin Palmer) – Movie Review

Old Michael Douglas and young Jeremy Irvine fight it out in a battle to the death as high-rolling corporate shark Madec and his poor young guide Ben on a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert. Ronny […]

Jul, 29

Ant-Man *** (2015, Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Bobby Cannavale) – Movie Review

Paul Rudd keeps surprisingly cheery as con-man Scott Lang who enjoys the double-edged sword of the ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, apparently at will, so he can get out of trouble whenever […]

Jul, 08

Wall Street ***** (1987, Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Terence Stamp) – Classic Movie Review 2068

Co-writer/director Oliver Stone’s 1987 financial drama summons up the get-rich-quick 80s era better than most other movies and added a couple of indelible phrases into the language: ‘greed is good’ and ‘lunch is for wimps’. Though the […]

Jan, 10

A Chorus Line **** (1985, Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Michael Blevins, Alyson Reed) – Classic Movie Review 1868

A Chorus Line is one of the greatest of all Broadway musicals, as well as one of the longest runners of all time) and unexpected director Richard Attenborough’s 1985 movie version is pleasingly entertaining. The show […]

Nov, 22

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