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Posts Tagged "Joan Allen"
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When the Sky Falls **** (2000, Joan Allen, Gerard Flynn, Patrick Bergin, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McNally, Pete Postlethwaite) – Classic Movie Review 3336
Director John Mackenzie’s first-rate 2000 thriller stars Joan Allen as Dublin reporter Sinead Hamilton, who dices with death to pursue the story of an evil crime boss (Gerard Flynn). The admirable Allen effortlessly carries this […]
Room **** (2015, Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, William H Macy, Sean Bridgers) – Movie Review
Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay star as Ma and Jack, a devoted mother and her spirited five-year-old son, who are trapped in a windowless, 10-foot by 10-foot room, where bizarrely Ma tries to create a life for them […]
The Contender **** (2000, Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott, William L Petersen, Philip Baker Hall, Saul Rubinek) – Classic Movie Review 3168
‘Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.’ Joan Allen stars as Senator Laine Hanson, who is a hot contender for the job of US Vice President. But then both true information and false […]
The Crucible *** (1996, Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Joan Allen, Paul Scofield, Bruce Davison) – Classic Movie Review 2583
Arthur Miller’s famous 1952 drama about a community torn apart by mass hysteria has lost none of its relevance in 1996. The handsome looking production is capably helmed by British director Nicholas Hytner (maker of […]
Nixon *** (1995, Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, Joan Allen, Powers Booth, Ed Harris, E G Marshall, David Paymer, Paul Sorvino, Mary Steenburgen, J T Walsh, James Woods) – Classic Movie Review 1216
Co-writer/director Oliver Stone tackles the tarnished President Richard Nixon in his fascinating but flawed 1995 biopic and real-life drama. In an idiosyncratic portrait, Nixon is shown as a foul-mouthed, emotionally crippled drunkard. Anthony Hopkins, a […]
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 […]
Face/Off *** (1997, John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen) – Classic Movie Review 598
The incredibly popular but silly, empty and shockingly violent action thriller Face/Off from 1997 continued Hong Kong director John Woo’s mediocre American career. Though, with Woo’s slick, robust handling plus John Travolta and Nicolas Cage’s […]