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Posts Tagged "Elmore Leonard"

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Life of Crime *** (2013, Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins, Isla Fisher, Mos Def) – Movie Review

Crafty Detroit common criminals Louis Gara (John Hawkes) and Ordell Robbie (Mos Def) get more than they bargain for when they kidnap Mickey Dawson (Jennifer Aniston), the wife of corrupt real-estate developer Frank Dawson (Tim […]

Sep, 05

Touch **** (1997, Christopher Walken, Bridget Fonda, Skeet Ulrich, Tom Arnold) – Classic Movie Review 1324

Paul Schrader’s 1997 extraordinary black comedy drama film Touch stars Christopher Walken as a conman who sees a new way of making money when he hears of a young former Franciscan monk (Skeet Ulrich), whose […]

Jun, 14

Out of Sight **** (1998, George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Dennis Farina, Albert Brooks, Steve Zahn, Catherine Keener, Nancy Allen, Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 1001

Director Steven Soderbergh’s 1998 thriller is yet another highly intriguing and entertaining but not entirely great attempt at filming another of Elmore Leonard’s esteemed Florida low-life thrillers. It’s a problem that George Clooney just doesn’t […]

Mar, 27

Hombre **** (1967, Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento, Barbara Rush, Frank Silvera, Martin Balsam, Cameron Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 860

Director Martin Ritt’s 1967 Western is a tense, intelligent, suspenseful movie, only maybe a little bit too obviously message-strewn for its own good. It reunites the star, the director, the writers and cinematographer of the 1963 triumph […]

Mar, 02

Jackie Brown ***** (1997, Pam Grier, Robert De Niro, Bridget Fonda, Samuel L Jackson, Robert Forster, Michael Keaton) – Classic Movie Review 366

Writer-director Quentin Tarantino returned for his third movie in 1997 with the ultra-tense, pounding and highly impressive low-life crime thriller Jackie Brown, written for the screen by Tarantino and securely based on Elmore Leonard’s novel […]

Nov, 04

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