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Dillinger **** (1973, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman, Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Dreyfuss, Steve Kanaly, Geoffrey Lewis, John P Ryan, John Martino, Roy Jenson) – Classic Movie Review 3241

Writer-director John Milius’s 1973 thriller for American International Pictures casts Warren Oates in his first starring role as America’s public enemy number one John Dillinger. Début director Milius’s gangster movie is tough, pulsating and uncompromising […]

Jan, 05

Pretty in Pink *** (1986, Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Andrew McCarthy, Harry Dean Stanton) – Classic Movie Review 3086

Writer-producer John Hughes reunites with Molly Ringwald after The Breakfast Club (1985) for another one of his sensitive looks at the rites of passage of American high-school kids. Pretty in Pink is one of the […]

Nov, 24

The Man Who Cried ***½ (2000, Christina Ricci, Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett, Oleg Yankovskiy, John Turturro, Harry Dean Stanton) – Classic Movie Review 2721

Writer-director Sally Potter’s 2000 drama stars Oleg Yankovskiy as a Russian peasant who heads for America, and promises to send for his daughter, Suzie (Christina Ricci). Later, on her way to the US to try […]

Jul, 19

Wild at Heart **** (1990, Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Diane Ladd, Harry Dean Stanton, Isabella Rossellini, Crispin Glover) – Classic Movie Review 2644

Writer-director David Lynch’s 1990 Palme d’Or best film winner at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival stars Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern as newly released convict Sailor Ripley and his girlfriend Lula Fortune. Sailor and Lula ignore […]

Jun, 27

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ****½ (1973, James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel, Bob Dylan, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, Slim Pickens, Jason Robards Jnr, Jack Elam, John Beck) – Classic Movie Review 2,480

Sam Peckinpah’s fascinating, now legendary 1973 Western film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid retells the legend of Sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn) hunting down his old friend Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson). Director Sam […]

May, 13

Kelly’s Heroes **** (1970, Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Donald Sutherland, Carroll O’Connor, Richard Davalos, Harry Dean Stanton) – Classic Movie Review 2401

Director Brian G Hutton’s 1970 World War Two wartime action adventure romp is exuberantly handled and engagingly played by an iconic cast of Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Donald Sutherland and Carroll O’Connor. Preposterously […]

Apr, 17

Repo Man **** (1984, Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter) – Classic Movie Review 2090

Writer-director Alex Cox’s 1984 cult action comedy crime thriller offers Harry Dean Stanton one of his best chances which he eagerly grabs in an iconic turn as the veteran repo man named Bud, who teaches […]

Jan, 18

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