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Mad Dog and Glory *** (1993, Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Bill Murray) – Classic Movie Review 5533
Produced by Martin Scorsese and Barbara de Fina, this dark and cynical 1993 thriller is a simple story of everyday violent folk, told with brio artificial style and remarkably little gore by John McNaughton, the […]
New York Confidential **** (1955, Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Anne Bancroft, Marilyn Maxwell, J Carrol Naish) – Classic Movie Review 5212
Broderick Crawford and Anne Bancroft star in the tremendous hardboiled 1955 gangster movie New York Confidential. Co-writer/ director Russell Rouse’s tremendous hardboiled 1955 gangster movie New York Confidential is both revealing and exciting. It tells […]
King Creole **** (1958, Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dean Jagger, Dolores Hart, Vic Morrow) – Classic Movie Review 2198
Just a couple or so of times, Elvis Presley had great film directors to work for and here he is in his third film, which is perhaps his best movie, working with the legendary Oscar-winning […]
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 […]
S.W.A.T. (2003, Colin Farrell, Samuel L Jackson, Michelle Rodriguez, Olivier Martinez, L L Cool J) – Classic Film Review 1188
Director Clark Johnson’s 2003 action thriller is a precision item with a finely tooled screenplay by David Ayer and David McKenna, from a story by Ron Mita and Jim McClain, based on the original TV […]
Running Scared **** (2006, Paul Walker) – Classic Movie Review 651
Paul Walker gets his toughest role as low-ranking crook Joey Gazelle, is entrusted by his crime boss to dispose of the gun that killed a dirty cop in a drug-op gone bad. Filmed largely in […]
Road to Perdition ***** (2002, Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Tyler Hoechlin, Daniel Craig, Ciarân Hinds, Stanley Tucci, Dylan Baker, Jude Law) – Classic Movie Review 234
A haunting, unmissable gangster movie with a dazzling surface, director Sam Mendes’s 2002 follow-up to his American Beauty has got class written all over every frame of it. It is superbly crafted with beautiful performances, particularly […]