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Charley Varrick ***** (1973, Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Jacqueline Scott, Felicia Farr, Andy Robinson, John Vernon, Sheree North, Norman Fell) – Classic Movie Review 2581

Producer-director Don Siegel’s gritty 1973 neo-noir crime thriller Charley Varrick is a total humdinger. It is flown to glory with the nimblest of serious work from Walter Matthau as Charley Varrick, a former stunt pilot turned […]

Jun, 10

The Juror ** (1996, Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – Classic Movie Review 1819

Director Brian Gibson’s 1996 thriller is tedious and artificial, with no relation to reality or real-life lives. Alec Baldwin stars as The Teacher, a crazed mob killer who falls for a juror called Annie Laird […]

Nov, 08

Salvatore Giuliano ***** (1961, Salvo Randone, Frank Wolff) – Classic Movie Review 1705

Co-writer/director Francesco Rosi’s astonishing, eye-opening 1961 Italian classic provides a dark and complex portrait of Sicilian politics after World War Two, centring round its starting point in 1950 when the famous Sicilian 28-year-old guerrilla leader and outlaw […]

Sep, 23

Analyze That ** (2002, Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal) – Classic Movie Review 1003

Robert De Niro’s waiting to make you laugh, but the wait may be longer than you think in director Harold Ramis’s clumsy 2002 sequel to the 1999 hit Analyze This. Cuddly crook Mobster Paul Vitti (De […]

Mar, 27

Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead **** (1995, Andy Garcia, Christopher Walken, Christopher Lloyd, Gabrielle Anwar, Treat Williams, Steve Buscemi, William Forsythe, Bill Nunn, Jack Warden, Fairuza Balk, Bill Cobbs, Don Cheadle, Willie Garson) – Classic Movie Review 904

‘They have to die , they  can die slowly or they can die fast but they have to die.’ In director Gary Fleder’s exceptionally dark, dangerous and disturbing 1995 film noir, Andy Garcia enjoys and […]

Mar, 12

The Client **** (1994, Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro, J T Walsh, Will Patton, William H Macy) – Classic Movie Review 653

Director Joel Schumacher’s tense and exciting 1994 thriller is still the best of the film adaptations of John Grisham’s legal mystery novels so far. Susan Sarandon was Oscar nominated and won the BAFTA Film Award for […]

Jan, 08

Connie and Carla **** (2004, Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny) – Classic Movie Review 516

Club singer showgirls Connie (Nia Vardalos) and Carla (Toni Collette) accidentally witness a Mafia hit in Chicago and have to go on the run from their boss’s killer. So they hide out as drag queens – […]

Dec, 13

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