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- The Secret of the Whistler *** (1946, Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks, Michael Duane, Mary Currier, Mona Barrie, Claire Du Brey) – Classic Movie Review 13,253
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The Bridge at Remagen **** (1969, George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman, E G Marshall, Peter van Eyck) – Classic Movie Review 2,937
The 1969 American Second World War film The Bridge at Remagen is intelligent, effective and exciting old-style film-making. George Segal, Ben Gazzara and Robert Vaughn head a sterling ensemble cast. Based on a real-life true story, director John […]
Kidnapping Mr Heineken ** (2015, Jim Sturgess, Sam Worthington, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Kwanten) – Movie Review
Freddy Heineken: ‘There is two ways a man can be rich in this world. He can have a lot of money or he can have a lot of friends. But he cannot have both.’ Jim […]
Kill the Messenger ***½ (2014, Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Lucas Hedges) – Movie Review
Jeremy Renner is excellent in an intense, low-key performance as the real-life Gary Webb, a San Jose Mercury News journalist reporter who in 1996 exposes the CIA’s role in importing cocaine into California to raise funds […]
Best ** (2000, John Lynch, Ian Bannen, Jerome Flynn, Ian Hart) – Classic Movie Review 2121
Writing with director Mary McGuckian, actor John Lynch realises a long-cherished ambition to tell the life story of former Manchester United football legend, George Best – ‘I spent a lot of money on booze, birds […]
Remember the Titans **** (2000, Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris) – Classic Movie Review 1839
Director Boaz Yakin’s 2000 sports drama is based on the actual events of 1971. It stars Denzel Washington, who gives a titanic turn as Coach Herman Boone, the newly appointed African-American head coach of a football team […]
The Conjuring **** (2013, Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor) – Movie Review
Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga star in The Conjuring (2013) as real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who are just the dynamic duo to help a terrorised couple (Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor) and their […]
The Iceman **** (2012, Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, James Franco, Winona Ryder, David Schwimmer, John Ventimiglia, Robert Davi, Stephen Dorff, Ray Liotta) – Movie Review
The true-life story of an infamous contract killer of the 60s, 70s and 80s, The Iceman sears the screen with an agonising sharp slash. It recalls GoodFellas, not only because Ray Liotta stars again, and that’s […]