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Star Wars: The Force Awakens **** (2015, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill) – Movie Review

After the perhaps rather underwhelming last three Star War films, director J J Abrams said he wanted The Force Awakens to be closer to the original trilogy and that’s exactly what he’s come up with – a […]

Dec, 16

Mission: Impossible III *** (2006, Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Monaghan, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg) – Classic Movie Review 2739

Co-writer J J Abrams makes his first film as a director in the 2006 third instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise, in which Tom Cruise’s agent Ethan Hunt has retired from field work for the […]

Jul, 24

Star Trek ***** (2009, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Leonard Nimoy, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Zoe Saldana) – Classic Movie Review 807

Star Trek makes a triumphant return in director J J Abrams’s breathtaking 2009 reboot, getting away with all its decisions – except two. Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto are brilliant as the young Kirk and […]

Feb, 08

Road Kill (Joy Ride) **** (2002, Paul Walker, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski) – Classic Movie Review 318

Director John Dahl’s scalding 2002 Duel-influenced chiller is an edge-of-seat, nightmarish thrill ride all the way. Paul Walker and Steve Zahn star as carefree, wisecracking brothers making a road trip across the country from Colarado to New […]

Oct, 23

Star Trek Into Darkness **** (2013, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Alice Eve) – Movie Review

What’s not to like? It’s Star Trek!! With the world in its usual chaos, Chris Pine’s Kirk and Zachary Quinto’s Spock explore their properly heterosexual bromance, which culminates in each saving the other’s life against […]

May, 19

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