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Rabbit-Proof Fence **** (2002, Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Kenneth Branagh, David Gulphilil, Ningali Lawford) – Classic Movie Review 855

Australia, 1931. Three part-Aboriginal girls, Molly Craig (Everlyn Sampi) and her younger sister and cousin, escape their internment at the hands of the British, under the wickedly misguided ‘chief protector of Aborigines’ A O Neville […]

Mar, 01

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ***** (1969, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross) – Classic Movie Review 793

Director George Roy Hill’s 1969’s gem is a stupendous comedy Western that put him together with Paul Newman and Robert Redford and director Hill four years before they made The Sting together. Butch Cassidy and the […]

Feb, 02

The Fugitive **** (1993, Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward) – Classic Movie Review 597

Harrison Ford teaches a masterclass in acting grim in David Janssen’s famed Sixties TV role as the fugitive Dr Richard Kimble in director Andrew Davis’s thrilling 1993 action movie, motoring on terrific suspense, relentless pace and dynamic […]

Dec, 30

US Marshals ***½ (1998, Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr, Joe Pantoliano, Irène Jacob, Kate Nelligan, Patrick Malahide) – Classic Movie Review 596

In 1998 Tommy Lee Jones enjoyably re-creates his Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winning role from the 1993 The Fugitive as US federal marshal Sam Gerard in this pacy, solidly entertaining, if slightly less thrilling sequel to […]

Dec, 30

Muppets from Space *** (1999, Jeffrey Tambor, F Murray Abraham, Rob Schneider, Josh Charles, Ray Liotta, David Arquette, Andie MacDowell, Kathy Griffin, Hulk Hogan, Pat Hingle) – Classic Movie Review 507

The sixth Muppet movie, the 1999 Muppets from Space, is an amusing, soft-hearted extra-terrestrial adventure about the search for the Great Gonzo’s past. Directed by Tim Hill in 1999, the sixth Muppet movie, subtitled the […]

Dec, 12

O Brother, Where Art Thou? **** (2000, George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, Charles Durning) – Classic Movie Review 473

The Coen Brothers Joel and Ethan direct George Clooney in 2000 in a patchy but posh and stylish and often very entertaining comedy drama. A super Clooney sings, does a Southern accent, plays comedy and […]

Dec, 05

Young and Innocent [The Girl Was Young] **** (1937, Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Percy Marmont, Edward Rigby, Mary Clare, John Longden, Basil Radford, George Curzon) – Classic Movie Review 462

In 1937 Alfred Hitchcock freely adapts Josephine Tey’s classic crime novel A Shilling for Candles as one of his archetypal free-wheeling, fast-moving, witty bantering pursuit thrillers. Along with Strangers on a Train, The 39 Steps and […]

Dec, 01

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