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Amores Perros ***** (2000, Gael García Bernal, Emilio Echevarría, Goya Toledo) – Classic Film Review 715

This deservedly, hugely acclaimed, Oscar-nominated 2000 thriller tells the stories of three men struggling to survive, whose lives become inextricably linked by two dogs and a car crash in the heart of a violent and […]

Jan, 18

Legally Blonde **** (2001, Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge, Holland Taylor, Ali Larter, Raquel Welch) – Classic Movie Review 699

Director Robert Luketic’s 2001 comedy was a huge smash hit and triumph for its star, Reese Witherspoon, who eagerly devours a gift of a part in this hilarious mix of Clueless and Working Girl that […]

Jan, 17

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone] **** (2001, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman) – Classic Movie Review 512

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone] is the very first Harry Potter movie! Director Chris Columbus’s 2001 film version of J K Rowling’s 1997 story about the schoolboy with […]

Dec, 13

The Killing ***** (1956, Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C Flippen, Marie Windsor, Ted de Corsia, Elisha Cook Jr, Timothy Carey) – Classic Movie Review 359

Stanley Kubrick’s exhilarating youthful 1956 masterpiece – his third feature made when he was 28 – is a taut, fast-paced, atmospheric B-movie noir thriller. It gets top mileage from its carefully delineated characters of hoods […]

Nov, 03

Cape Fear ***** (1962, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Polly Bergen, Martin Balsam, Telly Savalas, Jack Kruschen) – Classic Movie Review 176

The 1962 crime thriller film Cape Fear stars Robert Mitchum, who hypnotically plays sadistic Max Cady, an ex-con sex-offender out to get the man he blames for his conviction, upright lawyer Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck). […]

Aug, 19

Finding Neverland **** (2004, Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Freddie Highmore, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman) – Classic Movie Review 124

Enter, stage left, Johnny Depp, with a short haircut and a lilting Scots brogue, as unhappily married playwright James M Barrie, whose latest play is a flop. Enter, stage right, Kate Winslet, as a posh […]

Aug, 03

The Wizard of Oz ***** (1939, Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Margaret Hamilton, Billie Burke) – Classic Movie Review 14

The 17-year-old Judy Garland gives a knockout, wizard performance in the 1939 gem The Wizard of Oz as the Kansas farm girl Dorothy, who sprinkles a special kind of fairy dust on her magical journey […]

Jul, 03

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