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The Way of the Gun (2000, Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro) – Classic Film Review 963

Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie’s 2000 vicious, scalding thriller stars Ryan Phillippe and Benicio Del Toro as young petty crooks who kidnap a young woman (Juliette Lewis) and hold her for ransom. But various deadly low-lives are […]

Mar, 24

Out of the Past [Build My Gallows High] ***** (1947, Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming) – Classic Movie Review 914

Robert Mitchum gives a legendary performance as a one-time private eye, caught between a mobster (Kirk Douglas) and a femme fatale (Jane Greer), in the brilliant 1947 film noir classic Out of the Past [Build […]

Mar, 15

All the Pretty Horses *** (2000, Matt Damon, Penélope Cruz, Henry Thomas, Sam Shepard, Robert Patrick, Lucas Black, Bruce Dern) – Classic Movie Review 898

Billy Bob Thornton’s 2000 Western film All the Pretty Horses is astonishingly high, wide and handsome, adapting Cormac McCarthy’s highly regarded 1992 novel. Matt Damon and Henry Thomas play Texan misfit cowboys who travel to […]

Mar, 11

Quantum of Solace *** (2008, Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright) – Classic Movie Review 844

Daniel Craig returns for his second turn as James Bond in the direct sequel to the 2006 Casino Royale, concluding its story. In the 22nd 007 film, directed by Marc Forster in 2008, Bond seeks revenge […]

Feb, 19

Y Tu Mamá También **** (2001, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Maribel Verdú) – Classic Movie Review 823

Sex Mex! Alfonso Cuarón’s 2001 Mexican coming of age road film Y Tu Mamá También stars Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal and Maribel Verdú. Sex Mex! Two sex and drugs obsessed teenage Mexican boys, Tenoch […]

Feb, 13

The Night of the Iguana ***** (1964, Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon) – Classic Movie Review 358

The 1964 film version of Tennessee Williams’s play The Night of the Iguana is beautifully handled by director John Huston, with the dream cast of Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr and Sue Lyon giving […]

Nov, 03

Man on Fire **** (2004, Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Mickey Rourke, Giancarlo Giannini, Rachel Ticotin, Marc Anthony) – Classic Movie Review 256

Both Denzel Washington and his true Brit director Tony Scott are on fire with this pounding, in-your-face 2004 thriller, based on the novel by A J Quinnell. It’s exhilarating and scary high-adrenaline stuff, delivered at full pelt […]

Sep, 21

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