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Freeway * (1996, Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Bokeem Woodbine) – Classic Movie Review 2570

Writer-director Matthew Bright’s exploitative, really nasty 1996 revenge thriller stars Reese Witherspoon as abused juvenile delinquent teenager Vanessa Lutz, who is travelling to her grandmother’s trailer park home on the run from a social worker. […]

Jun, 08

Cherry Falls **½ (2000, Brittany Murphy, Michael Biehn, Jay Mohr, Jesse Bradford, Gabriel Mann) – Classic Movie Review 2154

I know what the teens of Horror High did last summer. They held an orgy to get rid of their virginity so that they would survive a psychotic serial killer of virgins. This daft idea is […]

Feb, 03

Just Married ***½ (2003, Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy, David Rasche, Veronica Cartwright, George Gaynes) – Classic Movie Review 1890

Director Shawn Levy’s 2003 comedy is a great showcase for hilarious hi-jinks as poor boy Ashton Kutcher and rich girl Brittany Murphy defy her parents (David Rasche, Veronica Cartwright), marry in haste and suffer the […]

Nov, 27

Riding in Cars with Boys *** (2001, Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Adam Garcia) – Classic Movie Review 1862

Director Penny Marshall’s poignant 2001 comedy drama stars Drew Barrymore on storming form as real-life Beverly D’Onofrio, who comes of age in the late Sixties, and has her entire life coloured by an event that […]

Nov, 22

Summer Catch ** (2001, Freddie Prinze Jr, Jessica Biel, Matthew Lillard, Fred Ward) – Classic Movie Review 1756

Director Michael Tollin’s moderate 2001 sports-comedy-drama-romance is a typical Freddie Prinze Jr movie, in which he smiles a lot and looks sad a lot as Ryan Dunne, a working-class kid with major baseball league aspirations. […]

Oct, 11

Sidewalks of New York *** (2001, Edward Burns, Heather Graham, Rosario Dawson, Stanley Tucci, Dennis Farina) – Classic Movie Review 1610

Writer/co-producer Edward Burns directs this sprightly 2001 Woody Allen-style Manhattan relationship movie following the interlocking lives and loves of half a dozen New Yorkers. Burns also stars as Tommy, a TV producer who has a fling […]

Aug, 30

8 Mile *** (2002, Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy) – Classic Movie Review 1523

Director Curtis Hanson’s 2002 release stars Eminem, who does his rap thing and tries for a bit of acting, too, in this acclaimed drama of a poor, misunderstood boy in the backstreets of Detroit. Eminem impressed […]

Aug, 06

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