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Posts Tagged "gangster"
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Anti-Social *** (2015, Gregg Sulkin, Meghan Markle, Josh Myers) – Movie Review
Writer-director Reg Traviss’s London gangster thriller is quite exciting, well-constructed and stylish, with some thrillingly staged smash and grab sequences. Gregg Sulkin stars as Dee is an anarchic street-artist confronting the system, Josh Myers plays his […]
The Mask **** (1994, Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Riegert) – Classic Movie Review 2311
Director Charles Russell’s 1994 comedy gave Jim Carrey his then best chance to shine to date as mild-mannered bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss, who puts on a mysterious ancient mask and goes from zero to hero […]
John Wick **** (2014, Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane) – Classic Movie Review 2,286
Keanu Reeves stars in the 2014 action thriller film as the ex-hitman John Wick, who comes out of retirement to fight a one-man war against the gangsters who steal his car and kill his dog, […]
Love Me or Leave Me ***** (1955, Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 2211
Director Charles Vidor’s 1955 musical drama Love Me or Leave Me is a brilliantly spirited, acidic-flavoured, fictionalised biopic of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting. Her fraught life, tricky career and tempestuous relationship with […]
The Racket **** (1951, Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, Ray Collins, William Talman) – Classic Movie Review 2166
Director John Cromwell’s tough and gritty 1951 gangster thriller The Racket boasts a great cast headed by stars Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, Ray Collins and William Talman. It is all that is hoped […]
Monkey Business ***** (1931, Marx Brothers, Thelma Todd, Ruth Hall) – Classic Movie Review 2156
Director Norman Z McLeod’s expert and delirious 1931 comedy stars the riotous four Marx Brothers, who are on or near their best form in their hectic and often hilarious third film. It comes close to […]
Snow in Paradise **** (2014, Frederick Schmidt, Martin Askew, David Spinx) – Movie Review
Frederick Schmidt is amazing as London East End crook Dave, who gets his best friend Tariq (Aymen Hamdouchi) killed after a drug delivery. Propelled into shame and remorse, Dave discovers Islam by chance, but the gangsters […]