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House on Haunted Hill *** (1999, Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter, Chris Kattan, Peter Gallagher, Bridgette Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 1089

As Steven H Price, Geoffrey Rush does a good, cheeky impersonation of Vincent Price in this welcome but iffy and not always sufficiently amusing 1999 reworking of the old 1958 William Castle horror movie. Price played […]

Apr, 13

Ned Kelly *** (2003, Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, , Naomi Watts, Rachel Griffiths, Joel Edgerton) – Classic Movie Review 1072

Director Gregor Jordan’s 2003 remake of Tony Richardson’s 1970 film Ned Kelly with a bizarrely miscast Mick Jagger this time stars Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom and Geoffrey Rush and is in the interesting category. It […]

Apr, 09

The Book Thief *** (2013, Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Nico Liersch) – Movie Review

Ontario-born Sophie Nélisse stars as the spirited and courageous young German girl Liesel, who is subjected to the horrors of World War Two Germany and is sent to live with a foster family. She finds comfort in this […]

Feb, 26

Shine **** (1996, Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor, Armin Mueller-Stahl) – Classic Movie Review 292

Writer-director Scott Hicks’s 1996 Aussie movie is a genuinely appealing heartwarmer. Three actors at different ages – boy, teen, man – shine brightly as the troubled real-life piano-playing genius David Helfgott (born 19 May 1947) […]

Oct, 17

Shakespeare in Love ***** (1998, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush) – Classic Movie Review 291

Written by Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman, and directed by John Madden, the delightful, carefree 1998 fantasy romantic comedy Shakespeare in Love is jam packed with amusing puns and clever play-on-words. It is spun around […]

Oct, 17

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl **** (2003, Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Pryce) – Classic Movie Review 186

Worryingly basing his vocal performance on an impersonation of Keith Richards and his appearance on a mascaraed drag queen, Johnny Depp is as camp as Christmas as boisterous buccaneer Jack Sparrow in director Gore Verbinski’s extraordinarily […]

Aug, 24

Mystery Men **** (1999, Geoffrey Rush, Greg Kinnear, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, William H Macy, Hank Azaria, Kel Mitchell, Paul Reubens, Wes Studi) – Classic Movie Review 161

The seven Mystery Men come to the rescue after the incredibly wicked Casanova Frankenstein (Geoffrey Rush) seizes his amazingly nice nemesis, Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear). Capt Amazing, aka Lance, has foolishly released Frankenstein from captivity so […]

Aug, 15

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