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3,000 Miles to Graceland *** (2001, Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater, David Arquette, Bokeem Woodbine) – Classic Movie Review 2711

Co-writer/director Demian Lichtenstein’s full-on 2001 black-comedy action thriller stars Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Christian Slater, David Arquette and Bokeem Woodbine as a gang of ex-con crooks who dress up as Elvis to rob a Las […]

Jul, 15

Desert Fury **** (1947, John Hodiak, Lizabeth Scott, Burt Lancaster, Mary Astor, Wendell Corey) – Classic Movie Review 2168

The lurid, hard-to-resist 1947 film noir crime drama Desert Fury stars Lizabeth Scott as gorgeous young husky blonde Paula Haller, daughter of powerful Nevada saloon and casino owner Fritzi (Mary Astor). Director Lewis Allen’s lurid, […]

Feb, 11

The Good Thief *** (2002, Nick Nolte) – Classic Movie Review 1389

Writer-director Neil Jordan’s 2002 crime thriller stars Nick Nolte as a world-weary, drug-addicted, ageing gambler-thief embroiled in one last heist on a casino on the French Riviera. Problems arise when a young hooker, femme fatale Anne […]

Jul, 02

Rat Race ** (2002, John Cleese, Cuba Gooding Jr, Seth Green) – Classic Movie Review 1339

A scheming Las Vegas casino magnate, hotel-casino owner John Cleese, starts a fun race to New Mexico to collect $2million, prompting a bumbling group of no-hopers to set off a cross-continent dash to reach the dosh. […]

Jun, 20

Croupier **** (1998, Clive Owen, Alex Kingston) – Classic Movie Review 1327

Director Mike Hodges’s neglected but masterly 1998 thriller stars Clive Owen, who is superb as Jack Manfred, a struggling book writer who reluctantly takes a job as a casino croupier to make ends meet on the urging […]

Jun, 15

The Spider Woman ***½ (1943, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey, Mary Gordon) – Classic Movie Review 1,027

The thoroughly enjoyable 1943 mystery film The Spider Woman sees Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes investigating the ‘pajama suicides’ case. Gale Sondergaard’s Adrea Spedding proves a worthy adversary. ‘I’m so sorry we have nothing in the […]

Mar, 31

Tomcats *** (2001, Jerry O’Connell, Shannon Elizabeth, Jake Busey) – Classic Movie Review 1019

Game for anything that will raise a laugh, Jerry O’Connell is very amusing in writer-director Gregory Poirier’s wild and wacky 2001 comedy. While artificial and not specially out of the ordinary, it nevertheless remains generally […]

Mar, 30

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