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Kung Fu Panda 3 *** (2016, voices of Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, Kate Hudson) – Movie Review

DreamWorks Animation’s Part 3 is amiable and likeable, very well designed and extremely starry vocally. Meandering around in the middle lane, it is genial and pleasant without being very funny or surprising, or really establishing […]

Mar, 06

By the Sea *** (2015, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Mélanie Laurent, Niels Arestrup, Melvil Poupaud, Richard Bohringer) – Movie Review

Patience is required, and somewhat rewarded, for Angelina Jolie’s 2015 work as writer, director and star of this intense, serious but plush and sedate romantic drama, mysteriously set in France during the mid 1970s. Jolie casts […]

Dec, 10

Life or Something Like It ** (2002, Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, Christian Kane, James Gammon, Melissa Errico, Stockard Channing) – Classic Movie Review 3027

Director Stephen Herek’s 2002 romantic comedy drama is a plush, well-acted but largely dreary heart-tugger, in which Angelina Jolie plays Seattle TV news reporter Lanie Kerrigan who interviews a psychic homeless man (Tony Shalhoub) about […]

Nov, 02

Taking Lives ** (2004, Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Paul Dano, Gena Rowlands, Olivier Martinez, Tchéky Karyo) – Classic Movie Review 3026

Director D J Caruso’s teasing 2004 thriller starts by setting you up for a gripping thriller only to disappoint. In tiny roles, Kiefer Sutherland and Paul Dano do well as the centre part of the […]

Nov, 02

Original Sin *** (2001, Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane, Jack Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 3025

‘This is not a love story but a story about love.’ Antonio Banderas stars as a Cuban businessman who is completely happy when he takes Angelina Jolie as his mail-order-bride wife. But, soon, it turns […]

Nov, 01

Playing God *** (1997, David Duchovny, Timothy Hutton, Angelina Jolie, Peter Stormare) – Classic Movie Review 2134

The truth is out here – somewhere – in director Andy Wilson’s spicy 1997 thriller. David Duchovny enjoys a modicum of success in this brave change-of-pace away from the X-Files, playing Dr Eugene Sands a […]

Jan, 30

Hackers **½ (1995, Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Fisher Stevens) – Classic Movie Review 2132

Director Iain Softley’s 1995 British thriller largely squanders its exceptional cast is in this flashy and pacy but ultimately empty computer hacking yarn. A bunch of bright young cyberpunk hackers take on the American Secret […]

Jan, 30

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