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The Infiltrator *** (2016, Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger, Benjamin Bratt, Amy Ryan, Daniel Mays, Jason Isaacs, Olympia Dukakis) – Movie Review

Director Brad Furman’s intelligent and thoughtful real-life 2016 crime thriller focuses on Bryan Cranston’s strong and solid performance as Robert Mazur, a US Customs official who uncovers a money-laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and risks […]

Oct, 20

Brubaker *** (1980, Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton, David Keith, Morgan Freeman, Tim McIntire, M Emmet Walsh, Wilford Brimley, Matt Clark, Albert Salmi) – Classic Movie Review 4009

Director Stuart Rosenberg’s liberal-minded 1980 real-life thriller vehicle for Robert Redford is a well-meaning, sincerely done but sombre, unexciting and vaguely depressing prison movie. It is good but it is not Cool Hand Luke. Redford battles […]

Jul, 13

Valmont ***** (1989, Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk, Jeffrey Jones, Henry Thomas, Sian Phillips, Fabia Drake) – Classic Movie Review 3522

  Director Milos Forman’s seductive 1989 romantic drama film Valmont stars Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly and Fairuza Balk, along with Sian Phillips, Jeffrey Jones, Henry Thomas, Fabia Drake, Ian MacNeice and Isla Blair. It […]

Apr, 04

The Conversation ***** (1974, Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest, Robert Duvall, Cindy Williams, Teri Garr, Harrison Ford) – Classic Movie Review 3,189

Francis Coppola’s tense and suspenseful 1974 thriller film The Conversation won the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or. It’s a tour-de-force for Coppola and star Gene Hackman as a paranoid surveillance expert.  Francis Ford Coppola’s tense […]

Dec, 28

Prime Cut **** (1972, Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek) – Classic Movie Review 2964

The brilliant, controversial 1972 American action crime thriller film Prime Cut stars Lee Marvin as a Chicago mob enforcer sent to Kansas to collect a debt from a meatpacker boss (Gene Hackman) who grinds his enemies […]

Oct, 07

Hackney’s Finest ** (2014, Nathanael Wiseman, Arin Alldridge, Enoch Frost, Marlon G Day) – Movie Review

Director Chris Bouchard’s typical Guy Ritchie-style London lowlife thriller stars Nathanael Wiseman as small-time drug-dealer Sirus. He lands himself in big trouble when he gets caught up in the plan of bent East London cop Priestly (Arin […]

Apr, 06

The Racket **** (1951, Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, Ray Collins, William Talman) – Classic Movie Review 2166

Director John Cromwell’s tough and gritty 1951 gangster thriller The Racket boasts a great cast headed by stars Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, Ray Collins and William Talman. It is all that is hoped […]

Feb, 11

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