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Bonnie and Clyde ***** (1967, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor, Gene Wilder) – Classic Movie Review 848
Director Arthur Penn’s 1967 classic Bonnie and Clyde is one of the most memorable icons of Sixties cinema and the gangster movie of the era. ‘They’re young. They’re in love. They rob banks.’ Warren Beatty […]
Batman Begins ***** (2005, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Ken Watanabe, Katie Holmes, Rutger Hauer, Morgan Freeman, Tom Wilkinson) – Classic Movie Review 846
The darkness falls over Gotham City and co-writer/director Christopher Nolan’s thrilling 2005 Batman/Dark Knight reboot is a triumph, and so is Christian Bale’s sombre Bruce Wayne/Batman, who is centre stage all the way as we discover […]
True Romance ***** (1993, Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn) – Classic Movie Review 756
Director Tony Scott’s shocking and exhilarating 1993 crime thriller turns Quentin Tarantino’s pre-Reservoir Dogs screenplay into an astounding designer-violence style object. It is a heady, giddying odyssey into the dark side. Christian Slater stars as […]
The Big Heat ***** (1953, Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin, Jocelyn Brando) – Classic Movie Review 738
Director Fritz Lang’s 1953 humdinger of a film-noir classic crime thriller The Big Heat sees the director and his actors shooting with all guns blazing. Glenn Ford stars as tough, maverick cop called Detective Sergeant […]
The Business **** (2005, Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Geoff Bell, Roland Manookian) – Classic Movie Review 684
Director Nick Love’s 2005 film stars Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan and Roland Manookian, all of whom were in Love’s previous film The Football Factory. The cool look and sounds of the Eighties conjure up the otherwise ghastly […]
Sexy Beast **** (2000, Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane) – Classic Movie Review 674
The 2000 British film Sexy Beast is extreme crime thriller stuff, but it’s tense, fresh, funny and well judged. Ray Winstone does his London lowlife turn to great effect and Ben Kingsley manages to be […]
Layer Cake **** (2004, Daniel Craig, Kenneth Cranham, Michael Gambon, Sienna Miller, Sally Hawkins, Nathalie Lunghi) – Classic Movie Review 660
Daniel Craig stars as a London-based criminal who wants to quit the cocaine business, in debut director Matthew Vaughn’s better-than-most 2004 British crime film Layer Cake. Another day, another Brit crime thriller, but this one […]