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Wild Bill **** (1995, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, Diane Lane, Bruce Dern, David Arquette, Christina Applegate, Keith Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 3740

This high, wide and handsome, great big, expensive 1995 Western about gun-toting lawman Wild Bill Hickok from tough-guy writer-director Walter Hill, the maker of 48 Hrs. (1982), is a huge treat for action and Wild West fans. An ideally […]

May, 22

Hang ’em High **** (1968, Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, James MacArthur, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Charles McGraw, Ben Johnson, L Q Jones, Bruce Dern, Alan Hale Jr, Dennis Hopper) – Classic Movie Review 3174

When Clint Eastwood returned to the US from Europe, after starring in three Sergio Leone Spaghetti Westerns, he was directed in Hang ’em High by Ted Post, who was a vital factor in making Eastwood […]

Dec, 20

The ‘Burbs *** (1989, Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman) – Classic Movie Review 2981

Director Joe Dante’s entertaining, quietly frenzied 1989 comedy stars the funny and charming young Tom Hanks, who shows his consummate comedy skills as down-to-earth, if overstressed suburbanite Ray Peterson. His peaceful existence is shattered when he joins […]

Oct, 12

Silent Running **** (1972, Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint) – Classic Movie Review 2924

This nifty cult item is the 1972 directorial début of Douglas Trumbull, visual special effects supervisor wizard for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Star Trek: The Motion Picture […]

Sep, 25

Drive, He Said *** (1971, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Michael Margotta, William Tepper) – Classic Movie Review 2884

Jack Nicholson co-writes (with Jeremy Larner, based on his novel), co-produces (with Steve Blauner) and makes his directorial debut in this 1971 campus-set, anti-establishment comedy drama. It expresses itself through a celebration of oddball characters, […]

Sep, 06

The Great Gatsby *** (1974, Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Scott Wilson, Lois Chiles) – Classic Movie Review 2630

Director Jack Clayton’s painstaking, beguilingly romantic 1974 version of the great F Scott Fitzgerald novel of 1925 is the third movie of the classic work. It is lit up with captivating performances headed by Robert […]

Jun, 22

Coming Home ***** (1978, Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty) – Classic Movie Review 2053

Director Hal Ashby’s high-impact, liberal-minded, issue-led 1978 triple Oscar-winning classic triumphed at the Academy Awards. Jon Voight and Jane Fonda won Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress as Luke Martin, a bitter, wheelchair-bound Vietnam […]

Jan, 06

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