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The Jackal *** (1997, Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora, Mathilda May, J K Simmons) – Classic Movie Review 4893

Director Michael Caton-Jones’s capable, quite exciting 1997 action thriller is a more than satisfactory remake of The Day of the Jackal (1973), an admittedly much better film that didn’t need a remake. Richard Gere and Bruce […]

Jan, 15

See Spot Run ** (2001, David Arquette, Paul Sorvino, Joe Viterelli, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb) – Classic Movie Review 4827

Director John Whitesell’s 2001 action canine crime comedy is harmless but extremely silly and crude, with David Arquette coping quite well as Gordon, a barking mad postman who agrees to babysit a pampered pooch — […]

Dec, 30

The Cell ** (2000, Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D’Onofrio) – Classic Movie Review 4810

Director Tarsem Singh’s 2000 thriller stars Vince Vaughn as FBI agent Peter Novak, who tries to save a girl whom a sick serial killer (Vincent D’Onofrio) has trapped in a water-tank cell somewhere, with the […]

Dec, 23

Who Was That Lady? *** (1960, Tony Curtis, Dean Martin, Janet Leigh) – Classic Movie Review 4547

Director George Sidney’s amusingly zany 1960 comedy is the fifth and last film together of husband and wife star team Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. It also stars Dean Martin as Michael Haney, and nowadays seems to […]

Oct, 27

Mississippi Burning **** (1988, Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R Lee Ermey) – Classic Movie Review 4146

Director Alan Parker’s burning 1988 thriller stars Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as FBI agents with greatly conflicting styles investigating suspected Ku Klux Klan murders of three young civil rights activists in the American Deep South […]

Aug, 09

Running On Empty **** (1988, River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch, Martha Plimpton, Ed Crowley) – Classic Movie Review 4093

Director Sidney Lumet’s thoughtful and intelligent 1988 thriller stars Judd Hirsh and Christine Lahti, who give ideal performances as counterculture couple Arthur and Annie Pope, married former Sixties radicals who blew up a napalm research facility […]

Jul, 27

The Desperate Hours ** (1990, Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse, Kelly Lynch, Elias Koteas, David Morse) – Classic Movie Review 3963

Director Michael Cimino’s 1990 remake of William Wyler’s fondly remembered 1955 Humphrey Bogart thriller The Desperate Hours about a gang of convicts who terrorise a family household is disappointingly tepid and routine. This time Mickey Rourke […]

Jul, 03

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