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Rain Man ***** (1988, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino) – Classic Movie Review 2064

Director Barry Levinson’s four Oscar-winning 1988 drama is a triumph, winning some of the most important of the 1989 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. It also won the […]

Jan, 10

High Anxiety **** (1977, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman) – Classic Movie Review 1940

Billed as a ‘Psycho-comedy’, co-writer director Mel Brooks’s engagingly hectic and hilarious 1977 Alfred Hitchcock spoof is a warm, knowing and affectionate toast to the Master of Suspense. This is a delightful companion piece to Brooks’s […]

Dec, 09

Envy *** (2003, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Christopher Walken) – Classic Movie Review 1553

Director Barry Levinson’s 2003 movie is a totally bonkers, and increasingly bizarre comedy with a top cast and decent script (by Steve Adams) to make it work. Ben Stiller stars as Tim Dingman, who gets consumed with […]

Aug, 16

Bandits **** (2001, Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett) – Classic Movie Review 1549

Director Barry Levinson’s 2001 thriller is one of his best if now undeservedly least known movies. Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton star as charismatic crooks who break out of jail and embark on a […]

Aug, 15

Diner **** (1982, Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern) – Classic Movie Review 1548

Writer-director Barry Levinson’s 1982 breakthrough movie focuses poignantly and incisively on a group of half-dozen college-age Baltimore buddies who spend the last days of 1959 trying to work out their problems with girls, money and their future […]

Aug, 15

Liberty Heights **** (1999, Joe Mantegna, Adrien Brody, Ben Foster, Bebe Neuwirth) – Classic Movie Review 1546

Writer-director Barry Levinson’s posh, intelligent, enjoyable if rambling 1999 coming-of-age drama centres on two Jewish brothers in Baltimore in 1954-55. It boasts powerful, committed performances from a strong cast headed by Adrien Brody, Ben Foster , Joe […]

Aug, 15

Good Morning, Vietnam **** (1987, Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran) – Classic Movie Review 1544

Director Barry Levinson’s 1987 movie showcases an inspired performance by Robin Williams in this often hysterical Vietnam War comedy that won him huge worldwide acclaim and finally turned him into a bankable major Hollywood star. […]

Aug, 13

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