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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold *** (1994, Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jon Lovitz, Jack Palance) – Classic Movie Review 1726

Billy Crystal and Daniel Stern, re-creating their roles as the hapless Manhattan dudes Mitch Robbins and Phil Berquist from the 1991 comedy Western blockbuster City Slickers, are back looking for laughs in the great Wild […]

Oct, 01

Heavenly Creatures **** (1994, Kate Winslet, Melanie Lynskey) – Classic Movie Review 1701

  Co-writer/director Peter Jackson’s 1994 thriller stars the 18-year-old Kate Winslet, who gets her first big break and makes her startling and auspicious big-screen debut in this deservedly acclaimed real-life murder drama. It’s also fascinating […]

Sep, 21

James and the Giant Peach **** (1996, Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Miriam Margolyes, Pete Postlethwaite) – Classic Movie Review 1651

Director Henry Selick’s gorgeous 1996 British children’s movie stars Paul Terry as the titular James Trotter, a lonely nine-year-old orphan who is given a bag of glowing green seeds and grows a giant peach housing […]

Sep, 07

Cookie’s Fortune *** (1999, Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Chris O’Donnell) – Classic Movie Review 1594

Welcome to Holly Springs, Mississippi… home of murder, mayhem and catfish enchiladas. Director Robert Altman is in surprisingly blunt, indulgent and benign mood produces a slack, hollow-centred 1999 comedy thriller film that’s fairly amusing, enjoyable […]

Aug, 25

What If *** (2013, Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan) – Movie Review

Daniel Radcliffe triumphantly takes on a Hugh Grant romcom role as posh Brit medical school dropout Wallace, burned out from failed relationships, who forms an instant bond with the slightly ditzy film animator Chantry (Zoe […]

Aug, 21

Metroland *** (1997, Christian Bale, Emily Watson) – Classic Movie Review 1567

Director Philip Savile’s 1997 British drama is a really conscientious and interesting version of the weird Julian Barnes novel, set in the 1970s. Christian Bale is excellent as Chris, a married Englishman who must choose […]

Aug, 18

Antz **** (1998, voices of Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman) – Classic Movie Review 1557

Directors Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson find an ingenious way to find new work for old Woody Allen – as the cartoon voice of an ant! Allen voices neurotic ant Z-4195, a New York Central Park […]

Aug, 17

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