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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt ** (2009, Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn, Michael Douglas) – Classic Movie Review 6101

Writer-director Peter Hyams’s 2009 crime thriller is a reasonable, if unremarkable, remake of Fritz Lang’s cultish vintage 1956 film noir Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. This time Jesse Metcalfe (John Tucker Must Die) stars as frustrated TV reporter […]

Oct, 17

The People Vs Larry Flynt **** (1996, Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton) – Classic Movie Review 6049

Woody Harrelson is superb as Larry Flynt in director Milos Forman’s sterling 1996 biopic The People Vs Larry Flynt that examines all the issues that arise head on. It is intelligent, intoxicating adult film-making, done […]

Sep, 26

Legal Eagles *** (1986, Robert Redford. Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp, Steven Hill) – Classic Movie Review 5967

Producer-director Ivan Reitman’s 1986 romantic comedy thriller provides a nice change of pace for Robert Redford as Tom Logan, a New York prosecuting assistant district attorney embroiled with with his adversary the defence lawyer Laura […]

Aug, 25

Made for Each Other **** (1939, Carole Lombard, James Stewart, Charles Coburn, Lucile Watson, Harry Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 5,915

The 1939 drama film Made For Each Other stars James Stewart and Carole Lombard as attorney John Mason and his new young wife Jane. They may be made for each other, but they couldn’t be […]

Aug, 14

Charlie Chan in London *** (1934, Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Douglas Walton, Alan Mowbray, Mona Barrie, Ray Milland, E E Clive) – Classic Movie Review 5613

Director Eugene Forde’s 1934 mystery thriller stars Warner Oland as the Oriental detective Charlie Chan in the sixth film in the long-running series produced by the Fox studio, and only the second not to be lost, after The Black […]

Jun, 15

In the Name of the Father **** (1993, Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson, John Lynch, Corin Redgrave, Mark Sheppard) – Classic Movie Review 5543

Director Jim Sheridan’s 1993 film was Oscar nominated as Best Picture and rivetingly tells the story of the Guildford Four, young Irish people released after 12 years’ wrongful imprisonment after the IRA terrorist bombings of […]

Jun, 03

A Civil Action **** (1998, John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Kathleen Quinlan) – Classic Movie Review 5403

Writer-director Steven Zaillian’s excellent 1998 legal drama comes out fighting and wins in a knockout. It stars John Travolta as tenacious plaintiff’s attorney Jan Schlichtmann and Robert Duvall as his canny old opponent, Jerry Facher, the […]

May, 06

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