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Hollywood Homicide ** (2003, Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwod, Isaiah Washington, Keith David, Dwight Yoakam, Lolita Davidovich, Martin Landau) – Classic Movie Review 4520

Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett make an unlikely pair of LAPD cop buddies in co-writer/ co-producer/ director Ron Shelton’s slapdash 2003 action comedy thriller, investigating a thin yet hard-to-follow plot about the in-club murder of […]

Oct, 24

La La Land **** (2016, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Amiée Conn, J K Simmons, Rosemarie DeWitt) – Movie Review

Writer-director Damien Chazelle’s 2016 comedy drama musical La La Land is a good and clever film, graced with two award-worthy performances from Ryan Gosling as struggling jazz pianist Seb and Emma Stone as Mia, the aspiring actress he falls […]

Oct, 20

The Fabulous Baker Boys ****½ (1989, Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges) – Classic Movie Review 4397

Making his directorial debut, writer-director Steve Kloves’s 1989 romantic drama pairs real life brothers Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges in their first screen teaming as piano-playing brothers Jack and Frank Baker, who are down on their luck […]

Sep, 22

The Goodbye Girl **** (1977, Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings) – Classic Movie Review 4138

The likeable 1977 film The Goodbye Girl provides a great showcase for Richard Dreyfuss, who won the 1978 Best Actor Oscar as a struggling off-Broadway actor reluctantly forced to live with an unemployed divorced dancer […]

Aug, 07

Honkytonk Man *** (1982, Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, John McIntire, Verna Bloom, Alexa Kenin, Matt Clark, Barry Corbin, Jerry Hardin) – Classic Movie Review 4111

Producer-director Clint Eastwood wants to charm, amuse and depress us in his poignant, bitter-sweet 1982 personal statement movie, in which he stars as Red Stovall, a roguish, hard-living US Dust Bowl country singer during the Depression trying to make […]

Jul, 31

Fame ***** (1980, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Gene Anthony Ray) – Classic Movie Review 2461

Director Alan Parker’s stupendous double-Oscar-winning 1980 musical-drama film Fame spawned the popular 1980s TV series and spin-off, a stage show that has played all over the world since 1988 when it premiered at the Coconut Playhouse […]

May, 07

A Chorus Line **** (1985, Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Michael Blevins, Alyson Reed) – Classic Movie Review 1868

A Chorus Line is one of the greatest of all Broadway musicals, as well as one of the longest runners of all time) and unexpected director Richard Attenborough’s 1985 movie version is pleasingly entertaining. The show […]

Nov, 22

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