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An Innocent Man ** (1989, Tom Selleck, F. Murray Abraham, Laila Robins) – Classic Movie Review 9092

Director Peter Yates’s 1989 action crime thriller An Innocent Man stars Tom Selleck as the innocent man Jimmie Rainwood, framed for drugs by two crooked cops, who finds himself in jail, where the going gets even tougher, […]

Nov, 23

The White Storm 2: Drug Lords *** (2019, Andy Lau, Louis Koo, Kiu Wai Miu, Chrissie Chau) – Movie Review

Director Herman Yau’s high-octane 2019 Chinese gangster action thriller The White Storm 2: Drug Lords is robust, dynamic and exciting, with the execution more original and impressive than the story, plotting and characters, perhaps inevitably, as […]

Jul, 14

Ben Is Back *** (2018, Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B Vance, Kathryn Newton) – Movie Review

Lucas Hedges stars in Ben Is Back (2018) as the nice, charming yet troubled Ben Burns, an apparently cleaned-up, recovering drug addicted teenage boy who shows up unexpectedly at his family’s home on Christmas Eve. […]

Mar, 21

Fresh ** (1994, Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 6363

The eponymous 12-year-old African American kid Fresh (Sean Nelson) is late for a very important date – in his New York classroom – because he has been held up in his heroin-running work for the […]

Dec, 06

Behind the Mask *** (1932, Jack Holt, Boris Karloff, Edward Van Sloan, Constance Cummings) – 5641

‘A Slinking Fiend – Skulking Terror – Mad Murder! Who is the murdering monster?’ Director John Francis Dillon’s eerie and involving 1932 crime/mystery horror thriller re-teams both Boris Karloff and Edward Van Sloan from Frankenstein […]

Jun, 20

Rise of the Footsoldier ** (2007, Ricci Harnett, Terry Stone, Craig Fairbrass, Roland Manookian) – Classic Movie Review 3268

Co-writer/director Julian Gilbey‘s British gangster drama is, as expected, incredibly violent and foul-mouthed. It is based on a shocking true story – the real-life Rettendon Range Rover murders. It follows the career of Essex football […]

Jan, 15

Sweet Sixteen **** (2002, Martin Compston, Michelle Coulter, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane) – Classic Movie Review 949

Martin Compston is superb in his debut as Liam, a Scottish teenager from a tough background who sets out to raise the money for a home once his mother Jean (Michelle Coulter) gets out of […]

Mar, 20

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