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Eragon *** (2006, Ed Speleers, Sienna Guillory, Jeremy Irons, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich, Garrett Hedlund, Alun Armstrong, Gary Lewis, Djimon Hounsou, Chris Egan) – Classic Movie Review 2968

Beating 180,000 applicants, the 18-year-old Ed Speleers left Eastbourne College in June 2006 before completing his A-levels to take the title role of Erago in this robust and entertaining 2006 big-screen version of the popular novel by Christopher […]

Oct, 09

Seventh Son **½ (2014, Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges) – Movie Review

Ben Barnes heads the cast as young Tom Ward, who is apprenticed to the local Spook, old but still fighting fit Master Gregory (Jeff Bridges), to learn to fight evil spirits. Old Greg has sought […]

Mar, 26

Guardians of the Galaxy ***** (2014, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker) – Movie Review

Entertainment is back! Guardians of the Galaxy is so much fun! This is the summer blockbuster we’ve been waiting for after all those boringly serious popcorn movies. Virtually a comedy, certainly a sci-fi spoof, definitely […]

Jul, 24

Amistad **** (1997, Djimon Hounsou, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgård) – Classic Movie Review 1198

Anthony Hopkins gives as grandstanding turn as former US President John Quincy Adams in this true-life tale of the cargo of newly captured Mende African slaves aboard the Spanish ship La Amistad, which ran into […]

May, 10

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life *** (2003, Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie, Noah Taylor, Djimon Hounsou, Til Schweiger) – Classic Movie Review 972

Speed director Jan de Bont’s 2003 Lara Croft sequel proves more than the equal of the highly popular original, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). And Angelina Jolie proves even feistier the second time around as the […]

Mar, 23

Constantine **** (2005, Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton, Peter Stormare, Djimon Hounsou) – Classic Movie Review 255

Keanu Reeves stars as John Constantine, a chain-smoking demon hunter who can commune with angels and demons on Earth, in the smart, imaginative 2005 fantasy sci-fi horror thriller Constantine. ‘Hell wants him. Heaven won’t take […]

Sep, 21

Gladiator ***** (2000, Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Connie Nielsen) – Classic Movie Review 166

Best-actor Academy Award winner Russell Crowe powers this brilliant five-Oscar-winning Roman epic, a real man’s man movie. Ridley Scott’s astounding gladiator movie won the 2001 Best Picture award at the Oscars. A glorious throwback to […]

Aug, 16

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