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- A Hitch in Time *** (1978, Patrick Troughton, Michael McVey, Pheona McLellan, Jeff Rawle, Sorcha Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 13,325
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Posts Tagged "Neil Jordan"
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We’re No Angels **** (1989, Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, James Russo, Ray McAnally, Demi Moore) – Classic Movie Review 3361
Talented Irish director Neil Jordan’s 1989 feature is his first American movie, a remake of director Michael Curtiz’s 1954 movie with Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray Joan Bennett and Basil Rathbone. Robert De Niro and Sean Penn play small-time hoods in […]
High Spirits ** (1988, Peter O’Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Daryl Hannah, Beverly d’Angelo, Jennifer Tilly, Liam Neeson, Peter Gallagher, Ray McAnally) – Classic Movie Review 3360
High Spirits is a gleeful chunk of Irish blarney from the usually heavyweight writer-director Neil Jordan. The critical success of Jordan’s early movies led him from Ireland to Hollywood, where he directed High Spirits and […]
The Company of Wolves **** (1984, Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden, Brian Glover, Stephen Rea) – Classic Movie Review 3358)
Based on Angela Carter’s short stories, co-writer/director Neil Jordan’s 1984 British Gothic fantasy horror film is an alluring, visionary Freudian fairy tale for grown-ups. Spooky, sexy, gorgeous and unique, this is a marvellous, special film. […]
Angel [Danny Boy] **** (1982, Stephen Rea, Veronica Quilligan, Alan Devlin, Peter Caffrey, Ray McAnally) – Classic Movie Review 3357
Stephen Rea stars as Irish saxophonist Danny, who gets in way over his head when he witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig. After recalling to the police a […]
The Crying Game **** (1992, Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 2096
Writer-director Neil Jordan’s striking and involving 1992 political thriller greatly impressed audiences with its unusual story and weird mix of sex and terrorism, especially in America, where it was a surprise hit, taking $62.5million there after […]
The Good Thief *** (2002, Nick Nolte) – Classic Movie Review 1389
Writer-director Neil Jordan’s 2002 crime thriller stars Nick Nolte as a world-weary, drug-addicted, ageing gambler-thief embroiled in one last heist on a casino on the French Riviera. Problems arise when a young hooker, femme fatale Anne […]
Mona Lisa **** (1986, Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane) – Classic Movie Review 1178
The 1986 classic Mona Lisa is an outstanding British neo-noir mystery thriller from an on-top-form co-writer/ director Neil Jordan. It is distinguished by a career-best performance of rare and unusual excellence by Bob Hoskins as […]