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Replicant **½ (2001, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker, Catherine Dent) – Classic Movie Review 2089

Director Ringo Lam’s 2001 action thriller is a fair vehicle for Jean-Claude Van Damme. Michael Rooker co-stars as a burnt-out rogue cop called Detective Jake Riley, who is on the hunt for a pyromaniac serial […]

Jan, 18

The Right Stuff ***** (1983, Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid) – Classic Movie Review 1852

Writer-director Philip Kaufman’s exhilarating, four Oscar-winning, three-hour-plus 1983 space epic is a movie with all the right stuff itself. There are two storylines. One is the début of America’s astronauts and the original Mercury 7 […]

Nov, 18

The Talk of the Town ***** (1942, Jean Arthur, Cary Grant, Ronald Colman) – Classic Movie Review 1308

Co-producer/director George Stevens’s 1942 classic love triangle comedy drama stars Jean Arthur as schoolteacher Nora Shelley, who is in love with both escaped murder suspect Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant), who’s hiding in her attic, and […]

Jun, 08

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire **** (2005, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Robert Pattinson, Jason Isaacs, Tom Felton, Robbie Coltrane) – Classic Movie Review 1,129

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) is one of the best in the series. The fourth Harry Potter film follows the young wizard’s fourth year at Hogwarts School as he is chosen by […]

Apr, 21

House of Wax **** (1953, Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones, Charles Bronson) – Classic Movie Review 1,110

The venerable and revered 1953 chiller film House of Wax is best remembered for Vincent Price’s gloriously camp and flamboyant performance, but it is also fondly recalled for its 3D effects. Director André de Toth’s venerable […]

Apr, 18

Marvin’s Room **** (1996, Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Hume Cronyn, Gwen Verdon, Hal Scardino, Dan Hedaya) – Classic Movie Review 895

In the superlative 1996 heart-tugger film Marvin’s Room, Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton are at their best as sisters Lee and Bessie who have been estranged since their father Marvin (Hume Cronyn)’s stroke 17 years […]

Mar, 10

A View to a Kill *** (1985, Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee, Patrick Bauchau, David Yip, Fiona Fullerton, Dolph Lundgren) – Classic Movie Review 828

In his seventh Bond movie, A View to a Kill directed by John Glen in 1985, Roger Moore enjoys his last outing as James Bond with this low-voltage tale in which 007 is pitted against blond super-baddie […]

Feb, 15

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