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The Talk of the Town ***** (1942, Jean Arthur, Cary Grant, Ronald Colman) – Classic Movie Review 1308

Co-producer/director George Stevens’s 1942 classic love triangle comedy drama stars Jean Arthur as schoolteacher Nora Shelley, who is in love with both escaped murder suspect Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant), who’s hiding in her attic, and […]

Jun, 08

A Time to Kill *** (1996, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L Jackson, Donald Sutherland, Kevin Spacey) – Classic Film Review 1015

Based on the John Grisham bestselling legal thriller novel, director Joel Schumacher’s 1996 movie is an acceptable, quite enjoyable but rather tepid and vaguely botched racially-aware legal thriller. In Mississippi, an African American father Carl Lee […]

Mar, 29

Red Corner **** (1997, Richard Gere, Bai Ling, Bradley Whitford) – Classic Movie Review 1014

Director Jon Avnet’s strong, fired-up 1997 thriller stars Richard Gere as an American lawyer who is in Beijing for TV contract work. He has a one-night stand, wakes up next to a dead young woman […]

Mar, 29

The Chamber ** (1996, Gene Hackman, Chris O’Donnell, Faye Dunaway, Robert Prosky, Harve Presnell) – Classic Movie Review 1006

Director James Foley’s 1996 legal thriller is another lacklustre adaptation from a John Grisham novel, saved by Gene Hackman’s impeccable performance as a racist bigoted bomber, Sam Cayhall, whose rookie lawyer grandson Adam Hall (Chris […]

Mar, 28

I, Robot **** (2004, Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, Alan Tudyk, James Cromwell) – Classic Movie Review 714

Set in in 2035, director Alex Proyas’s gleaming, intelligent 2004 sci-fi thriller supposes that robots are our trusty helpers, governed by three laws that prevent them from harming us. Will Smith kicks up a storm […]

Jan, 18

Legally Blonde **** (2001, Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge, Holland Taylor, Ali Larter, Raquel Welch) – Classic Movie Review 699

Director Robert Luketic’s 2001 comedy was a huge smash hit and triumph for its star, Reese Witherspoon, who eagerly devours a gift of a part in this hilarious mix of Clueless and Working Girl that […]

Jan, 17

The Reader **** (2008, Kate Winslet, David Kross, Ralph Fiennes) – Classic Movie Review 536

‘It doesn’t matter what I feel. The dead are still dead.’ Director Stephen Daldry’s haunting 2008 film of Bernhard Schlink’s 1995 novel Der Vorleser is an uncomfortable and disturbing experience, as intended. It focuses on […]

Dec, 16

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