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Man of Iron [Czlowiek z Zelaza ] ***** (1981, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Irene Byrska, Boguslaw Linda) – Classic Movie Review 4473

Polish director Andrzej Wajda’s 1981 sequel to Man of Marble (1978) is a highly impressive award-winner as the recipient of the Palme d’Or and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. The […]

Oct, 15

The Lovely Bones ** (2009, Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Saoirse Ronan, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli, Jake Abel) – Classic Movie Review 4335

‘I remember being really small, too small to see over the edge of a table. There was a snow globe, and I remember the penguin who lived inside the globe. He was all alone in […]

Sep, 10

The Commune [Kollektivet ] ***½ (2016, Ulrich Thomsen, Trine Dyrholm, Fares Fares) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director Thomas Vinterberg’s raw, incisive and involving 2016 Danish drama about an up-scale hippy commune in the Seventies focuses on the disintegration and death of a marriage in its tale of the clash between personal desires […]

Aug, 01

The Nice Guys **** (2016, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Kim Basinger) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director Shane Black’s invigoratingly dark and cynical action comedy thriller is just great. It manages to be both funny and exciting, and a makes for a brilliant, exhilarating evening in the cinema for grown-ups. Russell Crowe […]

May, 18

Vanishing Point **** (1971, Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Charlotte Rampling) – Classic Movie Review 3,239

Director Richard Sarafian’s modish 1971 car chase action thriller film Vanishing Point is still exciting and intriguing, and has now a reputation as a favourite cult hit of its era. It has pretensions of reaching […]

Jan, 16

Salem’s Lot **** (1979, David Soul, James Mason, Reggie Nalder, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres, Julie Cobb, Elisha Cook Jr) – Classic Movie Review 3,232

Tobe Hooper turns Stephen King’s famed 1975 horror novel into the splendidly scary and hugely entertaining 1979 movie Salem’s Lot starring David Soul as writer Ben Mears and James Mason as spooky antique dealer Mr […]

Jan, 05

At Close Range **** (1986, Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Mary Stuart Masterson) – Classic Movie Review 3094

Director James Foley’s eye-catching 1986 thriller is based on the true story of Bruce Johnston Sr and his sons, from Chester County, Pennsylvania, though it is filmed in Tennessee. Written by Nicholas Kazan, it has an extremely […]

Nov, 25

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