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John Q ** (2002, Denzel Washington) Classic Movie Review 1426

Director Nick Cassavetes’s 2002 thriller stars reliable Denzel Washington as John Quincy Archibald, a father and husband whose young son Michael (Daniel E. Smith) is diagnosed with an enlarged heart after he collapses at his baseball […]

Jul, 13

Albino Alligator *** (1995, Matt Dillon, Gary Sinise, Faye Dunaway, Viggo Mortensen) – Classic Movie Review 1328

Director Kevin Spacey’s intriguing 1995 movie is a dark-toned, character-driven and dialogue-driven siege thriller, in which three small-time crooks – brothers Dova (Matt Dillon) and Milo (Gary Sinise) plus a partner named Law (William Fichtner) […]

Jun, 15

Dog Day Afternoon ***** (1975, Al Pacino, John Cazale, Chris Sarandon, Lance Henriksen, Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Sully Boyar) – Classic Film Review 1189

Director Sidney Lumet’s 1975 classic Dog Day Afternoon is a complex, adult and exhilarating crime thriller based on a then recent real-life event, the robbery of the Chase Manhattan Bank in Gravesend, Brooklyn, by John […]

May, 09

S.W.A.T. (2003, Colin Farrell, Samuel L Jackson, Michelle Rodriguez, Olivier Martinez, L L Cool J) – Classic Film Review 1188

Director Clark Johnson’s 2003 action thriller is a precision item with a finely tooled screenplay by David Ayer and David McKenna, from a story by Ron Mita and Jim McClain, based on the original TV […]

May, 09

Air Force One *** (1997, Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close) – Classic Movie Review 754

In director Wolfgang Petersen’s 1997 action thriler, Harrison Ford stars as the US President, James Marshall, returning home from Moscow aboard his private plane Air Force One, when it is hijacked by Russian terrorists, led […]

Jan, 26

Airheads **** (1994, Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Michael McKean, Judd Nelson, Ernie Hudson, Amy Locane) – Classic Movie Review 668

Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi and Adam Sandler star as three young American airheads, Chazz, Rex and Pip, band members who take over a famous rock n’ roll radio station to get their latest track played […]

Jan, 10

Phone Booth – Classic Film Review 655

Colin Farrell stars as slick and cocky New York PR guy Stu Shepard , who is trapped in a phone booth by a sniper (Kiefer Sutherland), threatening – on the phone – to shoot him unless […]

Jan, 08

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