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Surviving the Game *** (1994, Rutger Hauer, Ice-T, Charles S Dutton, , Gary Busey, F Murray Abraham, John C McGinley, William McNamara) – Classic Movie Review 3524

Rutger Hauer, Ice-T, Charles S Dutton, Gary Busey, F Murray Abraham, John C McGinley and William McNamara star in Ernest Dickerson’s robust and entertaining action thriller remake of Richard Connell’s famous prize-winning short story The Most Dangerous Game, which was first published […]

Apr, 04

The Rock **** (1996, Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, David Morse, William Forsythe, Michael Biehn, John C McGinley, Vanessa Marcil) – Classic Movie Review 2726

Everybody just loved The Rock. The cheeky 1996 action thriller about a threatened nerve gas attack on San Francisco stars Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris and is directed by Michael Bay, for producers […]

Jul, 21

Platoon ***** (1986, Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe) – Classic Movie Review 2074

Writer-director Oliver Stone’s 1986 Oscar-winner for Best Picture and Best Director focuses on the trials and tribulations of American infantrymen in 60s Vietnam and boasts the solid, traditional movie-making virtues of an engrossing story, muscular performances and […]

Jan, 12

The Animal ** (2001, Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, John C. McGinley) – Classic Movie Review 1972

Director Luke Greenfield provides a moderate 2001 comedy star vehicle for Rob Schneider as wimpy Marvin Mange, who is injured in a car crash. He thinks his lifelong dreams of becoming a cop are over, until […]

Dec, 17

Summer Catch ** (2001, Freddie Prinze Jr, Jessica Biel, Matthew Lillard, Fred Ward) – Classic Movie Review 1756

Director Michael Tollin’s moderate 2001 sports-comedy-drama-romance is a typical Freddie Prinze Jr movie, in which he smiles a lot and looks sad a lot as Ryan Dunne, a working-class kid with major baseball league aspirations. […]

Oct, 11

Any Given Sunday **** (1999, Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, L L Cool J) – Classic Movie Review 1561

Co-writer/director Oliver Stone’s 1999 sports movie Any Given Sunday finds Al Pacino on blistering form as Tony D’Amato, an ageing crusty veteran professional football coach who has obsessively sacrificed his wife, family and personal life for […]

Aug, 17

Mother *** (1996, Debbie Reynolds, Albert Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 1423

Debbie Reynolds is ideally cast as Beatrice Henderson, the mother from hell in star/co-writer/director Albert Brooks’s entertaining 1996 comedy. She has a successful but middle-aged science fiction writer son (Brooks), who moves back in to live […]

Jul, 13

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