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Richard III **** (1995, Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Maggie Smith, Robert Downey Jr, Nigel Hawthorne) – Classic Movie Review 3645

Director Richard Loncraine’s 1995 Shakespeare movie gives Ian McKellen a showcase where he dazzlingly re-creates his stage performance as the mad English monarch Richard III, fired by vaulting ambition, hate and revenge on humankind for […]

May, 02

Avengers Assemble [The Avengers] ***** (2012, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston) – Classic Movie Review 3615

Written and directed by an inspired Joss Whedon, the brilliant 2012 sci-fi action adventure Avengers Assemble [also known as The Avengers] stars Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark / Iron Man, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America, […]

Apr, 24

Captain America: Civil War ***½ (2016, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Tom Holland) – Movie Review

Welcome to directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo’s spectacular follow-up to their Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). It’s an incredibly lusty, grown-up, head-banging movie with a whole lot of thrilling stuff going on and a […]

Apr, 20

Iron Man 2 **** (2010, Robert Downey Jr, Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson) – Classic Movie Review 3442

Robert Downey Jr continues his highly expert and entertaining turn as Tony Stark/ Iron Man in this exciting but nicely relaxed and easy-going sequel to the 2008 original blockbuster. It is reliable stuff that takes […]

Mar, 02

Avengers: Age of Ultron **** (2015, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner) – Movie Review

Writer-director Joss Whedon’s awesome Avengers sequel is a seamless technical triumph, transferring the adored comic book to the screen with astounding visuals, fabulous action and of course great characters and stars. It’s a huge credit […]

Apr, 22

Short Cuts ***** (1993, Andie MacDowell, Julianne Moore, Tim Robbins, Jack Lemmon) – Classic Movie Review 2123

Writer-director Robert Altman’s masterly 1993 take on Los Angeles, re-created from nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver, is an ambitious and extraordinary creation. The meeting of two American cult masters is fully the momentous movie occasion […]

Jan, 28

Natural Born Killers ** (1994, Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Downey Jr) – Classic Movie Review 2080

Director Oliver Stone’s hugely controversial 1994 serial killer thriller and media satire started life originally as a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino. But here it is substantially reinvented and given a changed ending by writer-director Stone, […]

Jan, 17

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