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The Big Bounce ** (1969, Ryan O’Neal, Leigh Taylor-Young, Van Heflin, James Daly, Robert Webber, Lee Grant) – Classic Movie Review 4461
Director Alex March’s 1969 caper thriller stars Ryan O’Neal as Jack Ryan, a young ex-GI, drifter and criminal who gets into big trouble in his job at a Californian hotel. Leigh Taylor-Young plays a shady, greedy […]
Fast Times at Ridgemont High [Fast Times] **** (1982, Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Nicolas Cage, Forest Whitaker, Eric Stoltz, Anthony Edwards, Ray Walston) – Classic Movie Review 4352
This often funny and fresh 1982 American high school comedy marks the screen-writing debut of Cameron Crowe, who went to write and direct the 1996 hit Jerry Maguire. It is a busy and engaging, if plotless, […]
The Bad News Bears *** (1976, Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Jackie Earle Haley) – Classic Movie Review 4171
The Good News is that this big hit proved good news for talented director Michael Ritchie, the maker of Downhill Racer, Prime Cut, The Candidate and Smile. Walter Matthau stars in this likeable 1976 comedy as grouchy old baseball […]
The Candidate **** (1972, Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas, Don Porter, Allen Garfield) – Classic Movie Review 4014
Director Michael Ritchie’s insightful 1972 political drama won the 1973 Oscar for Best Original Story and Screenplay, and Writers Guild of America award for Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen, reflecting the brilliant screen-writing. Robert […]
The Monster That Challenged the World *** (1957, Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried) – Classic Movie Review 3920
Mollusk monsters attack California. Dr Jess Rogers: ‘We must remember that these creatures can travel over land, too.’ Director Arnold Laven’s junior-league 1957 sci-fi horror movie/ creature feature The Monster That Challenged the World is […]
The Wild Angels *** (1966, Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern) – Classic Movie Review 3867
‘Their credo is violence…Their God is hate…and they call themselves The Wild Angels.’ Producer-director Roger Corman’s 1966 cheaply made ($360,000) biker gang movie, made with help from real California Hell’s Angels and the young Peter […]
Paranormal Activity 2 **** (2010, Brian Boland, Sprague Brayden, Molly Ephraim) – Classic Movie Review 3830
Daniel Rey (played by Brian Boland), his wife Kristi (Sprague Brayden) and their daughter Ali (Molly Ephraim) move to Carlsbad, California, with their toddler son and their dog. Soon there is break-in but nothing has […]