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Enemy at the Gates **** (2001, Jude Law, Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins, Rachel Weisz) – Classic Film Review 841

Director Jean-Jacques Annaud’s compelling 2001 film tells the persistently small-scale, intimate wartime story of a Russian sniper Vassili (Jude Law) and a German marksman major Konig (Ed Harris) playing a lethal game of cat and […]

Feb, 18

Pollock **** (2000, Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Connelly, Val Kilmer, Tom Bower, Bud Cort, John Heard, Robert Knott, David Leary, Amy Madigan, Jeffrey Tambor) – Classic Movie Review 448

In 2000 Ed Harris directs himself in a magnificent performance in his harrowing but revealing, moving and quite sterling biographical portrait of the hard-drinking, insecure American abstract expressionist painter, Jackson Pollock (1912-1956). In a stupendous labour […]

Nov, 25

The Hours **** (2002, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Ed Harris) – Classic Movie Review 430

Director Stephen Daldry’s heart-breaking, distinguished 2002 drama is based on the novel by the Pulitzer prize-winning author Michael Cunningham. As a grand showcase for three great Hollywood actresses this can’t be faulted. Nicole Kidman, Meryl […]

Nov, 20

Gravity ***** (2013, Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris ) – Movie Review

Easily one of 2013’s finest films, Gravity enjoyed ten Oscar nominations, and on the night of March 2 2014 won seven of them, including Best Director, Cinematography, Score and Visual Effects. Alas, it missed out on […]

Oct, 14

Apollo 13 ***** (1995, Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Gary Sinise) – Classic Movie Review 286

‘Houston, we have a problem.’ Based on the true story of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission to the Moon, director Ron Howard’s triumphant, deservedly popular movie won two Oscars, but disappointingly only for Best Film […]

Oct, 12

The Truman Show ***** (1998, Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone) – Classic Movie Review 235

Jim Carrey excels himself as Truman Burbank, a pleasant young insurance salesman and adjuster living in an ideal seaside town, in director Peter Weir’s brilliant, impeccably made 1998 fantasy comedy drama film The Truman Show. […]

Sep, 09

Pain & Gain **** (2013, Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie) – Movie Review

Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie star as three ambitious but dim Miami bodybuilders just living the American dream in the nineties – kidnapping, torture, extortion, murder and hacking up of body parts. Goodfellas […]

Aug, 13

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