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Bound for Glory **** (1976, David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland, John Lehne, Randy Quaid, M Emmet Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 3188

Director Hal Ashby’s double Oscar-winning 1976 biopic of early life of Woody Guthrie provides a great star showcase for David Carradine who stars as the legendary vagabond folk singer. Carradine gives an impressive account of Woody Guthrie, […]

Dec, 28

The Iron Giant ****½ (1999, voices of Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr, Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel, Harry Connick Jr, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney) – Classic Movie Review 2647

Writer-director Brad Bird’s outstanding, brilliantly imaginative, dark-toned 1999 animated feature is based on The Iron Man children’s story by British poet Ted Hughes. It starts when a nine-year-old boy, Hogarth Hughes (voiced by Eli Marienthal), […]

Jun, 27

Ordinary People ***** (1980, Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch) – Classic Movie Review 2077

Director Robert Redford’s 1980 début as film director proves absolutely extraordinary and had the American Academy of Arts and Sciences lavishing four Oscars on it. Ordinary People won the Academy Award for Best Picture for […]

Jan, 13

Twilight **** (1997, Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, James Garner) – Classic Movie Review 2022

Co-writer/director Robert Benton’s marvellous 1997 old-style murder thriller, with the ghosts of the past haunting the present, proves in every way that the oldies are still goldies. Paul Newman stars as an old retired ex-cop […]

Dec, 30

The Gambler **** (1974, James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton) – Classic Movie Review 1974

Director Karel Reisz’s visceral but cerebral 1974 thriller stars James Caan as college literature professor Axel Freed, who has a secret vice as a compulsive gambler with a masochistic urge to lose and an inability to stop […]

Dec, 19

Silkwood **** (1983, Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher) – Classic Movie Review 1869

This 1983 little gem from the late, great director Mike Nichols is a highly intelligent, high-profile real-life thriller, taken by socially concerned screenwriters Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen from the headlines of the day. Nichols said […]

Nov, 22

Wild Wild West ** (1999, Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek) – Classic Movie Review 1777

Director Barry Sonnenfeld’s slack 1999 comedy is a carelessly handled and drossily scripted big-screen version of the 1965-69 TV series The Wild Wild West that gets by on the skills and charms of its stars, as […]

Oct, 24

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