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Field of Dreams ***** (1989, Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster, Amy Madigan) Classic Movie Review 2,633

Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster, Amy Madigan star in the classic 1989 fantasy drama film Field of Dreams, a huge success for Kevin Costner, as struggling Iowa corn farmer Ray Kinsella. […]

Jun, 23

Exorcist II: The Heretic ** (1977, Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow) – Classic Movie Review 2523

Director John Boorman’s 1977 Exorcist sequel doesn’t lack star power with Richard Burton and Louise Fletcher adding to the return of Linda Blair as little Regan MacNeil and Max von Sydow as Father Lankaster Merrin. […]

May, 26

The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride *** (1998, voices Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane) – Classic Movie Review 1621

Directors Darrell Rooney and Rob LaDuca’s seamless 1998 first sequel to the 1994 Walt Disney cartoon favourite is very welcome and entertaining if inevitably several notches down from the brilliance of the original. It helps a […]

Sep, 02

The Lion King ***** (1994, voices Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones) – Classic Movie Review 1620

Directors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff’s 1994 animation favourite featuring Matthew Broderick as the voice of the lion Simba (and Jonathan Taylor Thomas as his young cub version) is one of the Walt Disney studio’s […]

Sep, 02

Fantasia 2000 **** (Disney Animation Studio) – Classic Movie Review 1251

Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt, co-produced Fantasia 2000, which entered production in 1990, was released in 1999 and features seven new segments performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with conductor James Levine. There’s lots […]

May, 25

The Hunt for Red October **** (1990, Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn) – Classic Movie Review 728

From brilliant action director John McTiernan, the maker of Predator and Die Hard, this 1990 cheeky and exciting action thriller blockbuster is one of the best of its kind. A commanding Sean Connery is on […]

Jan, 21

Conan the Barbarian **** (1982, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman) – Classic Movie Review 343

John Milius’s savage comic-book sword and sorcery 1982 film Conan the Barbarian, based on the tales of Robert E Howard, is written and made in the grandest style. Milius describes it as a ‘feverish dream […]

Oct, 31

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