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Public Enemies **** (2009, Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Billy Crudup, David Wenham, Marion Cotillard, Stephen Graham, Stephen Lang, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff) – Classic Movie Review 3353

Twinkling with dangerous devil-may-care charm, Johnny Depp impresses as public enemy number one John Dillinger in Michael Mann’s heart-pounding 2009 epic biopic of the Depression-era bank robber who became a celebrity criminal and number one […]

Feb, 13

I’m Not There **** (2007, Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Richard Gere, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin, Bruce Greenwood) – Classic Movie Review 3288

After nearly five decades of recording music, singer songwriter Bob Dylan has reinvented himself numerous times, metamorphosing from folk troubadour to protest singer to electric rocker to born again Christian and beyond. Yet for all […]

Jan, 22

The Big Short **** (2015, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, Marisa Tomei, Finn Wittrock) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director Adam McKay’s dynamic and janglingly vibrating movie tells three separate but parallel true stories of the America mortgage housing crisis of 2005 like it’s a near cousin of The Wolf of Wall Street. It’s […]

Jan, 14

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin ** (2001, Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale) – Classic Movie Review 3085

Director John Madden’s 2001 movie version of the Louis de Bernières international bestseller was immensely popular and has some things to recommend it. But it is bland, trite, clichéd and miscast, with all the book’s […]

Nov, 24

Henry V **** (1989, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench, Emma Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 2092

Director Kenneth Branagh’s gritty 1989 film version of the play by William Shakespeare is a labour of love and a tour de force. Branagh, in his directorial debut, received Oscar nominations for Best Actor and […]

Jan, 19

Treasure Island [Devil’s Treasure] *** (1990, Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee) – Classic Movie Review 2062

Charlton Heston’s son Fraser Clarke Heston writes and directs a satisfyingly faithful, high-quality 1990 film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous classic 1883 pirate adventure novel Treasure Island. Charlton Heston stars as Long John Silver, leader of […]

Jan, 09

Exodus: Gods and Kings *** (2014, Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley, John Turturro, Ben Mendelsohn) – Movie Review

The Gospel according to director Ridley Scott is a typically beautifully crafted, visually stunning affair that he tries desperately hard to turn into Gladiator 2, with Moses as an action hero, and inevitably mostly fails. It’s not […]

Dec, 18

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