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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country *** (1991, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, David Warner, Christopher Plummer) – Classic Movie Review 1923

Director Nicholas Meyer returns to the helm in 1991 for the engaging sixth movie that supposedly was to be last ever episode. In the story, Captain James T Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of […]

Dec, 06

Dracula 2000 ** (2000, Gerard Butler, Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Christopher Plummer) – Classic Movie Review 1731

Christopher Plummer brings a touch of class to this modern-day vampire flick as Abraham Van Helsing, who keeps Dracula (Gerard Butler) in a coffin that’s stolen by gang of thieves, who break into a chamber expecting […]

Oct, 02

Hector and the Search for Happiness * (2014, Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette) – Movie Review

A tired-looking Simon Pegg plays menopausal psychiatrist Hector, who selfishly abandons his lovely girlfriend Clara (Rosamund Pike), whom he is very lucky to have, and searches the globe to find the secret of happiness. Though she’s […]

Aug, 14

The Man Who Would Be King ***** (1975, Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer) – Classic Film Review 1401

Co-writer/director John Huston’s great 1975 historical adventure unites Sean Connery (as Danny Dravot) with Michael Caine (as Peachy Carnehan), both of them perfectly cast as British army buddies who get elected as deities in 1880s […]

Jul, 07

Cold Creek Manor * (2003, Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart) – Bad Movie 5

Bickering middle-aged married couple Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone quit the Manhattan rat race and buy a creaky old manor house in nice upstate New York, relocating there with their two kids (Kristen Stewart, Ryan […]

Apr, 29

Dolores Claiborne **** (1995, Kathy Bates, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt, David Strathairn, Eric Bogosian, John C Reilly) – Classic Movie Review 886

Director Taylor Hackford employs the admirable Kathy Bates for another ace Stephen King adaptation, after her Oscar-winning performance in Misery (1990). Bates kicks this 1995 movie into top gear as Dolores Claiborne, a Maine matron […]

Mar, 09

A Beautiful Mind **** (2001, Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Paul Bettany) – Classic Movie Review 863

In director Ron Howard’s moving and distinguished 2001 film, Oscar-nominated Russell Crowe gives a performance to crow about as real-life maths genius John Nash, afflicted with the terrible curse of paranoid delusions and schizophrenia. After […]

Mar, 04

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