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Misery **** (1990, James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen, Lauren Bacall, Graham Jarvis, J T Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 3,146

Rob Reiner films Stephen King’s gruesome shocker novel Misery with a relentless tension in this engrossing and startling 1990 horror movie starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen and Lauren Bacall. ‘Oh forgive […]

Dec, 12

Executive Decision *** (1996, Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, Steven Seagal, John Leguiziamo, Oliver Platt, Joe Morton, David Suchet, J T Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 2932

Director Stuart Baird’s hokey but often nail-biting 1996 edge-of-seat action thriller stars Kurt Russell, who is on his best form as a reluctant action hero. He is forced to board and tackle the Arab terrorists […]

Sep, 29

Breakdown **** (1997, Kurt Russell, J T Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan) – Classic Movie Review 2928

Co-writer/director Jonathan Mostow’s excellent 1997 action thriller, is a high-anxiety suspense hit for Kurt Russell. Jeff Taylor (Russell) and his wife Amy (Kathleen Quinlan) are moving to California and must drive across the country to get […]

Sep, 26

Hannah and her Sisters ***** (1986, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine, Woody Allen, Barbara Hershey, Max von Sydow, Sam Waterston, Carrie Fisher) – Classic Movie Review 1796

Writer-director Woody Allen’s triple-Oscar-winning 1986 crowd-pleaser Hannah and her Sisters is one of his best and most enduring movies. Some even say it is his finest work. Allen’s then partner Mia Farrow stars as famous […]

Nov, 02

Outbreak **** (1995, Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Donald Sutherland, Morgan Freeman) Classic Film Review 1185

Director Wolfgang Petersen’s sizzling 1995 disaster scenario thriller stars Dustin Hoffman as an American Army doctor who set out to set out to find a cure for a deadly airborne virus that’s arrived in the […]

May, 08

Pleasantville **** (1998, Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, Reese Witherspoon) – Classic Movie Review 678

Writer-director Gary Ross’s 1998 fantasy comedy is an extremely pleasant, thought-provoking and beautifully crafted comic fable about a boy David (Tobey Maguire) and his sister Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon) who are magicked into a TV channel that […]

Jan, 12

The Client **** (1994, Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro, J T Walsh, Will Patton, William H Macy) – Classic Movie Review 653

Director Joel Schumacher’s tense and exciting 1994 thriller is still the best of the film adaptations of John Grisham’s legal mystery novels so far. Susan Sarandon was Oscar nominated and won the BAFTA Film Award for […]

Jan, 08

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