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The Acid House *** (1998, Stephen McCole, Maurice Roëves, Garry Sweeney, Kevin McKidd, Martin Clunes, Jemma Redgrave, Ewen Bremner) – Classic Movie Review 677

More twisted tales of the Scottish city, with author Leith-born Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting, Filth) adapting a surreal triptych from his collection of short stories. It’s hard to imagine, but it seems even more extreme than […]

Jan, 12

Wicker Park ** (2004, Josh Hartnett, Diane Kruger, Matthew Lillard, Rose Byrne) – Classic Movie Review 675

Tending to let his single eyebrow do most of the acting for him, Josh Hartnett plays Matthew, a young Chicago advertising executive who is about to marry his boss’s daughter when he sees his long-lost love […]

Jan, 11

The Reckoning *** (2002, Willem Dafoe, Paul Bettany, Brian Cox, Tom Hardy, Gina McKee, Vincent Cassel, Marián Aguilera) – Classic Movie Review 670

Paul Bettany scores in the 2002 murder-mystery film The Reckoning as a 14th-century English fugitive priest hiding out with a troupe of actors, who witnesses the murder of a travelling player. Willem Dafoe, Brian Cox […]

Jan, 11

Gangster No 1 ** (2000, Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany, Saffron Burrows, Kenneth Cranham, Jamie Foreman, Eddie Marsan) – Classic Movie Review 659

A ruthless middle-aged English hoodlum reflects on his life of crime, and how he rose from young hardman in small-time crime in Swinging 60’s London to being boss of the gang. This repellently bloodsoaked British gangster […]

Jan, 09

Lucky Number Slevin **** (2006, Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Stanley Tucci) – Classic Movie Review 647

Mr Goodkat: ‘Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest in Monte Carlo and came in third. That’s a story.’ Just the right, cultish cast is assembled for the tough and brilliant 2006 thriller […]

Jan, 07

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