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Fire Down Below ** (1997, Steven Seagal, Kris Kristofferson, Marg Helgenberger) – Classic Movie Review 9117

Director Félix Enríquez Alcalá’s violent environmentalist 1997 action thriller Fire Down Below is based on a story by Jeb Stuart, and stars Steven Seagal, Kris Kristofferson and Marg Helgenberger. Evil industrialists like Orin Hanner Sr […]

Dec, 02

Dead Bang ** (1989, Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller, William Forsythe, Bob Balaban) – Classic Movie Review 8522

Director John Frankenheimer’s hard-edged 1989 actual-life action crime drama Dead Bang stars Don Johnson as burnt-out LA homicide cop Jerry Beck, who uncovers a white supremacy gang while he is investigating the murder of a […]

May, 30

The House on Carroll Street **** (1987, Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin) – Classic Movie Review 8227

Director Peter Yates’s impeccable 1987 thriller The House on Carroll Street stars Kelly McGillis in her prime, at the peak of her popularity and on fine form as Emily Crane, a Fifties witchhunt blacklist victim, […]

Mar, 11

The Return of Dr Mabuse [Im Stahlnetz des Dr Mabuse] *** (1961, Gert Fröbe, Daliah Lavi, Lex Barker, Wolfgang Preiss) – Classic Movie Review 6942

Director Harald Reinl’s 1961 black-and-white crime thriller The Return of Dr Mabuse [Im Stahlnetz des Dr Mabuse], made in West Berlin, follows Fritz Lang’s The 1,000 Eyes of Dr Mabuse [Die 1000 Augen des Dr Mabuse] (1960) as the […]

Apr, 18

Betrayed *** (1988, Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, Betsy Blair, John Mahoney, Ted Levine) – Classic Movie Review 6664

Director Constantin Costa-Gavras’s 1988 thriller-with-a-message is extremely powerful and gripping, with strong performances and important things to convey about prejudice, even if it is not always as convincing or distinguished as his masterworks Z (1969) and […]

Feb, 08

Wind River **** (2017, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olson, Gil Birmingham, Graham Greene) – Movie Review

Ironically, though it was a sweaty evening at the cinema with the aircon not working, this 2017 crime drama, mystery movie is ultra-chilly in every way. Shot in snowy landscapes, it is very cold, bleak, intense and […]

Sep, 09

Going in Style *** (2017, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Alan Arkin, Ann-Margret) – Movie Review

Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin bail out director Zach Braff’s rather slack and lame crime comedy, as three really old blokes who decide to rob their own bank when their pension fund dries […]

Apr, 07

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