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Congo ** (1995, Laura Linney, Tim Curry, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker) – So Bad It’s Good Movie Review 11

What did the female gorilla say to the handsome primatologist? Nothing. Gorillas can’t speak, except in director Frank Marshall’s 1995 summer blockbuster Congo. It’s an unabashed old-style adventure movie, riding high on the back of […]

Mar, 27

The Mothman Prophecies *** (2002, Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton, Alan Bates, Debra Messing) – Classic Movie Review 853

Beware The Mothman! – a blinding vision with glaring red eyes who warns of disasters. Richard Gere stars as reporter John Klein, whose wife Mary (Debra Messing) sees The Mothman just before a fatal car crash. […]

Mar, 01

Primal Fear **** (1996, Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances McDormand) – Classic Movie Review 471

Director Gregory Hoblit’s 1996 film Primal Fear is an excellent, neatly twisting thriller that grips throughout, with Richard Gere in top gear as Martin Vail, a smug Chicago attorney getting out of his depth when […]

Dec, 04

Mystic River ***** (2003, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon) – Classic Movie Review 468

Sean Penn won a well-deserved best actor Oscar as Jimmy Markum, a Boston ex-con who takes the law into his own hands when he thinks one of his childhood buddies, Dave Boyle, has murdered his teenage […]

Dec, 04

Love Actually *** (2003, Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, Laura Linney, Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy) – Classic Movie Review 369

The British Prime Minister romancing his Downing Street tea lady? Yes actually! Clever writer-director Richard Curtis (Four Weddings) looks – with great affection and optimism – at the state of love in Britain in 2003, […]

Nov, 06

The Truman Show ***** (1998, Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone) – Classic Movie Review 235

Jim Carrey excels himself as Truman Burbank, a pleasant young insurance salesman and adjuster living in an ideal seaside town, in director Peter Weir’s brilliant, impeccably made 1998 fantasy comedy drama film The Truman Show. […]

Sep, 09

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