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I Am Legend **** (2007, Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan) – Classic Movie Review 540

This 2007 third adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic post-apocalypse horror novel makes an awesome job of capturing the haunting nature of the novel, while providing riveting entertainment. As with the previous screen versions, The Last Man […]

Dec, 16

Elf **** (2003, Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Mary Steenburgen, Peter Dinklage, Michael Lerner, Zooey Deschanel) – Classic Movie Review 497

The hilarious Will Ferrell brings enormous Christmas cheer as Buddy, a six-foot-three North Pole elf, who comes to New York City to find his real dad, his birth father, Walter Hobbs (James Caan). Funny, quirky, charming, […]

Dec, 10

Summer of Sam **** (1999, John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito, Michael Rispoli, Ben Gazzara, Anthony LaPaglia) – Classic Movie Review 469

There’s panic, fear and distrust in the streets as a real-life serial killer maniac called Son of Sam is on the loose, stalking the streets of New York in the long, hot summer of 1977. Director […]

Dec, 04

Pollock **** (2000, Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Connelly, Val Kilmer, Tom Bower, Bud Cort, John Heard, Robert Knott, David Leary, Amy Madigan, Jeffrey Tambor) – Classic Movie Review 448

In 2000 Ed Harris directs himself in a magnificent performance in his harrowing but revealing, moving and quite sterling biographical portrait of the hard-drinking, insecure American abstract expressionist painter, Jackson Pollock (1912-1956). In a stupendous labour […]

Nov, 25

A Home at the End of the World **** (2004, Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts, Robin Wright, Sissy Spacek) – Classic Movie Review 431

Directed by Michael Mayer in 2004, this is another exquisite, heart-breaking work from the author of The Hours. Sadly, it didn’t achieve anything like its respect or its popularity, despite its release by a major […]

Nov, 20

The Wrong Man ***** (1956, Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle) – Classic Movie Review 387

Roman Catholic to its very soul, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 true-life near docudrama is a devastating portrait of a guiltless victim and his martyrdom. It’s the story of a tormented, Christ-like figure. This time, it’s not […]

Nov, 10

Bullets over Broadway ***** (1994, John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly) – Classic Movie Review 347

This glittering old-style comedy from an on-form writer-director Woody Allen dazzled us in 1994. Unfortunately he doesn’t appear this time, but he’s ensured that a great ensemble cast does. The story takes place in 1920s […]

Nov, 01

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