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I Shot Andy Warhol **** (1996, Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Martha Plimpton, Tahnee Welch, Myriam Cyr, Stephen Dorff) – Classic Movie Review 820

Co-writer/director Mary Harron tells the thoughtful and provocative true story of how the dangerously unbalanced Valerie Solanas (Lili Taylor) ingratiated herself into Andy Warhol’s weird circle of artists and intellectuals, freaks and fakes, and then, […]

Feb, 09

The Basketball Diaries **** (1995, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Marilyn Sokol, Mark Wahlberg, Juliette Lewis, Michael Imperioli, Bruno Kirby) – Classic Movie Review 815

Jim Carroll’s unflinching 1978 memoirs of his brutal New York streetlife adolescence in the Sixties, which emerged through both literature and music, are reinterpreted, rivetingly if rather hesitantly and shakily, on film here in director […]

Feb, 09

RoboCop 2 *** (1990, Peter Weller, Belinda Bauer, John Glover) – Classic Movie Review 809

After his big 1987 hit RoboCop, Peter Weller is back again in 1990 as Alex Murphy, the half-man, half machine cop in the snazzy metal suit, with his tough partner, macho lady cop Officer Anne Lewis […]

Feb, 07

Dallas Buyers Club ***** (2013, Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Denis O’Hare, Steve Zahn) – Movie Review

Dallas Buyers Club is a stunning experience, an incredibly forceful blow to the brain and the emotions. The movie is a remarkable tour de force of writing and directing, with electrifying performances by Matthew McConaughey […]

Feb, 06

True Romance ***** (1993, Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn) – Classic Movie Review 756

Director Tony Scott’s shocking and exhilarating 1993 crime thriller turns Quentin Tarantino’s pre-Reservoir Dogs screenplay into an astounding designer-violence style object. It is a heady, giddying odyssey into the dark side. Christian Slater stars as […]

Jan, 26

Clear and Present Danger *** (1994, Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Benjamin Bratt, Thora Birch) – Classic Movie Review 728

Two years after his hit with Patriot Games in 1992, Harrison Ford reprises his role as CIA analyst Jack Ryan in director Phillip Noyce’s pounding 1994 action thriller, with some stupendous action scenes, based on […]

Jan, 20

Ray **** (2004, Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington) – Classic Movie Review 713

Jamie Foxx’s dazzling turn as blind music legend Ray Charles is a definite Oscar winner and won him the Best Actor Academy Award, as well as a Golden Globe and Bafta award. His seamless portrayal […]

Jan, 18

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