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Fingers *** (1978, Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown, Marian Seldes, Danny Aiello, Tanya Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 11,162
James Toback directs his own script about a quiet virtuoso pianist, Jimmy ‘Fingers’ Angelelli (Harvey Keitel), who gets sucked into becoming a ruthless debt collector enforcing payment of debts for his Italian mob-connected loan shark […]
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie ***** (1976, Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel) – Classic Movie Review 6328
Writer-director John Cassavetes’s 1976 epic neo noir crime movie is another of his exciting part-improvised thrillers, propelled with a classic plot about gangster Mort Weil (Seymour Cassel)’s mobsters forcing a nightclub owner Cosmo Vittelli (Ben […]
For Pete’s Sake *** (1974, Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarrazin, Estelle Parsons) – Classic Movie Review 2266
Director Peter Yates’s frothy 1974 comedy is one of Barbra Streisand’s least substantial movies but it’s still likeable, light-hearted and fun. It pairs her with the equally likeable, light-weight Michael Sarrazin. Then and now, there’s […]
The Last Seduction **** (1994, Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman, Peter Berg) – Classic Movie Review 1616
Director John Dahl’s mesmerising, ultra-stylish 1994 retro neo-film noir thriller is the third part of his marvellous trilogy following his critically acclaimed successes with Kill Me Again (1989) and Red Rock West (1993). Writer Steve Barancik’s screenplay […]
Rounders **** (1998, Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Malkovich, Gretchen Moll) – Classic Movie Review 392
‘Listen, here’s the thing. If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker.’ – Mike McDermott. John Dall, the director of Kill Me Again, The Last […]
Get Shorty **** (1995, John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, David Paymer, Bette Midler) – Classic Movie Review 368
Gene Hackman has a scene-stealing field day as sleazeball Hollywood producer Harry Zimm, in the highly amusing 1995 black comedy thriller film Get Shorty. Director Barry Sonnenfeld’s highly amusing 1995 black comedy thriller film Get […]
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