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Mississippi Grind *** (2015, Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Sienna Miller, Yvonne Landry, Alfre Woodard) – Movie Review

Ben Mendelsohn stars as 44-year old down-on-his-luck gambling addict Gerry desperately looking for the big win that will get him out of his financial and life mess. He’s a man who would stake his own […]

Oct, 23

Star Trek: First Contact *** (1996, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, James Cromwell) – Classic Movie Review 1925

Director Jonathan Frakes’s 1996 Star Trek 8 is proficient, pacy and painless. The second movie featuring the Next Generation characters, following Star Trek: Generations (1994), it is mildly entertaining yet sometimes a bit of a […]

Dec, 06

Annabelle ** (2014, Ward Horton, Annabelle Wallis, Alfre Woodard) – Movie Review

Ward Horton and Annabelle Wallis stars as John Gordon and his expectant wife Mia, to whom the husband gifts an ugly, sinister-looking old doll as a token of his love. This creepy doll is Annabelle from the 2013 […]

Oct, 09

Mumford (1999, Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Jason Lee) – Classic Film Review 1115

Producer-writer-director Lawrence Kasdan‘s pleasant enough 1999 film stars Loren Dean as a man who assumes a false identity as a psychologist called Dr Mickey Mumford and uses his intuitive skills to help the neurotic residents of a […]

Apr, 19

Crooklyn (1994, Spike Lee) – Classic Film Review 896

Co-writer/director Spike Lee’s 1994 semi-autobiographical comedy-drama panorama of Brooklyn life in the Seventies, centring on one African-American family, is one of his least-praised, but most involving and best movies. Zelda Harris is remarkable as Troy, […]

Mar, 10

Primal Fear **** (1996, Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances McDormand) – Classic Movie Review 471

Director Gregory Hoblit’s 1996 film Primal Fear is an excellent, neatly twisting thriller that grips throughout, with Richard Gere in top gear as Martin Vail, a smug Chicago attorney getting out of his depth when […]

Dec, 04

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