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Prizzi’s Honor ***** (1985, Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, William Hickey, John Randolph) – Classic Movie Review 2805

Director John Huston’s absolutely brilliant 1985 black-comedy Mafia movie thriller, based on Richard Condon’s novel, stars Jack Nicholson as Charley Partanna, a hitman who works for the Prizzi crime syndicate family. Charley is soon up […]

Aug, 12

A Handful of Dust **** (1988, James Wilby, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Anjelica Huston, Judi Dench, Alec Guinness, Stephen Fry) – Classic Movie Review 2641

Director Charles Sturridge, who directed 11 episodes of the 1981 classic TV mini-series Brideshead Revisited, tackles another of Evelyn Waugh’s novels for the big screen in 1988. This sleek and satisfying film version of Waugh’s 1934 A […]

Jun, 26

The Player ***** (1992, Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Peter Gallagher, Vincent D’Onofrio) – Classic Movie Review 2122

Cult favourite director Robert Altman’s 1992 Hollywood-insiders’ comedy thriller and satire on the film industry is one of his smartest, most celebrated movies. It is an all-knowing, lovingly-made movie, delightfully light-hearted and thoroughly entertaining with […]

Jan, 27

Blood Work ** (2002, Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston) – Classic Movie Review 1827

Producer-director-star Clint Eastwood pairs with screen writer Brian Helgeland, the highly skilled and talented writer of L.A. Confidential, for this wearily convoluted 2002 thriller about Terry McCaleb, a retired FBI profiler (Eastwood), with a heart […]

Nov, 10

Buffalo Girls *** (1995, Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Sam Elliott, John Diehl, Jack Palance, Liev Schreiber, Reba McEntire, Tracey Walter, Peter Coyote) – Classic Movie Review 1763

Anjelica Huston is ideally cast as legendary cowgirl Calamity Jane, who has a romance with Wild Bill Hickok (Sam Elliott) while searching for her long-lost daughter. Director Rod Hardy’s sturdy, well-crafted and richly enjoyable old-style […]

Oct, 11

This Is Spinal Tap ***** (1984, Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer) – Classic Movie Review 1637

Director Rob Reiner’s hysterical 1984 ‘rockumentary’ send-up of heavy metal bands hits the target bull’s eye. It gleefully uses improvised performances and fake documentary film-making to chronicle the catastrophic American tour of England’s legendary but troubled rock […]

Sep, 06

The Grifters ***** (1990, Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening) – Classic Movie Review 1354

Director Stephen Frears’s hardboiled 1990 thriller takes no prisoners and does 100 per cent justice to its rightly revered source author Jim Thompson. It finds Anjelica Huston on scalding form as Lilly Dillon, a small-time […]

Jun, 24

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