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Life as a House *** (2002, Hayden Christensen, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 1898

Director Irwin Winkler’s 2002 drama stars Kevin Kline as George Monroe, a lonely, middle-aged Southern California coast divorcee. He is living alone, apart from his dog, and has been working in a hated job as an […]

Nov, 28

Cold Mountain *** (2003, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Donald Sutherland, Ray Winstone, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, Charlie Hunnam, Jena Malone) – Classic Movie Review 1821

After fierce fighting in the American Civil War, wounded Confederate soldier Inman (Jude Law) is on a perilous journey home to his North Carolina mountain community, hoping to reunite with his pre-Civil War sweetheart Ada […]

Nov, 09

Contact **** (1997, Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, David Morse, William Fichtner, James Woods, John Hurt) – Classic Movie Review 1108

‘Look, all I’m asking is for you to just have the tiniest bit of vision.’ Co-producer/director Robert Zemeckis’s 1997 film stars Jodie Foster, who plays Dr Ellie Arroway, a young, driven astronomer who receives humankind’s […]

Apr, 18

Teenage *** (2013) – Movie Review

Writer-director Matt Wolf and Jon Savage’s documentary, comprised of rare archival material, filmed portraits and voices lifted from early 20th-century diary entries, has a good go at providing a back story to the arrival of the teenager […]

Jan, 22

Pride & Prejudice **** (2005, Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn, Tom Hollander, Judi Dench, Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Simon Woods) – Classic Movie Review 706

Keira Knightley makes a lovely job of her posh role as Elizabeth Bennet, proud heroine of this first movie of Jane Austen’s classic since the Hollywood Pride and Prejudice in 1940 with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. […]

Jan, 16

Donnie Darko ***** (2001, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Duval, Seth Rogen) – Classic Movie Review 46

‘The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I ever had.’ – Mad World. Back in 2001, Jake Gyllenhaal puts in an outstanding bid for serious-actor stardom as disturbed teenager Donnie, who, after escaping a […]

Jul, 13

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