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Entourage *** (2015, Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven) – Movie Review

  The eight-season TV series Entourage (2004–2011) is resurrected as a movie, Spooks-style, courtesy its creator Doug Ellin as writer-director and Mark Wahlberg as producer. Adrian Grenier returns as film star Vince Chase, who navigates the vapid […]

Jun, 16

A Simple Plan **** (1998, Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Brent Briscoe) – Classic Movie Review 2152

Director Sam Raimi’s 1998 real-life thriller deservedly earned good reviews but alas didn’t do that well at the box office. Two brothers and a redneck buddy find a bag with a load of Mob money […]

Feb, 03

U Turn ** (1997, Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte) – Classic Movie Review 2083

Director Oliver Stone goes for overkill again with another gorefest in this 1997 pounding mix of his 1994 Natural Born Killers and film noir that gives your senses a hammering. Sean Penn stars as a […]

Jan, 17

Indecent Proposal *** (1993, Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Seymour Cassel, Oliver Platt, Billy Bob Thornton) – Classic Movie Review 1905

Director Adrian Lyne’s mesmerisingly compulsive 1993 erotic thriller pitches a financial dilemma against a moral dilemma. It stars Robert Redford as John Gage, a billionaire who meets loving, but newly cash-troubled yuppie married couple, architect David and real […]

Nov, 30

The Judge *** (2014, Robert Downey Jr, Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Billy Bob Thornton ) – Movie Review

Robert Downey Jr stars as big city lawyer Hank Palmer, who returns to his childhood home for the funeral of his mother. He is reunited with his two brothers (Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong) and his father, […]

Oct, 15

The Man Who Wasn’t There **** (2001, Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini) – Classic Movie Review 1765

The tenth movie from the Coen Brothers in 2001 sees them returning to the Forties-style film-noir terrain of their debut film, Blood Simple, in a clever, atmospheric, compellingly twisting tale of infidelity, blackmail and death. Billy […]

Oct, 12

Waking Up in Reno *** (2002, Billy Bob Thornton, Charlize Theron, Patrick Swayze) – Classic Movie Review 1755

Nobody’s going to argue about the quality of the cast for director Jordan Brady’s semi-amusing 2002 piece, as two dim couples are embroiled in infidelity on their vacation. Brent Briscoe and Mark Fauser’s daffy screenplay […]

Oct, 08

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