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Safe Men *** (1998, Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Harvey Fierstein, Michael Lerner, Paul Giamatti, Mark Ruffalo) – Classic Movie Review 2882

Writer-director John Hamburg’s 1998 comedy crime thriller is a splendidly rum brew. Sam Rockwell and Steve Zahn give effortlessly weird performances as pathetic, self-deluded, low-life crooks way out of their depth in the underworld of […]

Sep, 05

Love & Mercy **** (2014, John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti) – Movie Review

The story of the Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson makes for an excellent, riveting movie. It is grippingly told and imaginatively filmed by director Bill Pohlad. The screenplay by Oren Moverman and Michael Alan Lerner has a […]

Jul, 01

San Andreas *** (2015, Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Giamatti) – Movie Review

Taken with a huge pinch of salt, San Andreas is quite a lot of old-style disaster movie fun, slickly done and fast moving. Dwayne Johnson’s a good hero and very pleasant company for a couple […]

May, 27

Mighty Aphrodite **** (1995, Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Helena Bonham Carter) – Classic Movie Review 1798

As usual with Woody Allen, art mirrors life in his mighty amusing 1995 comedy about an ageing sports writer Lenny (Allen), married to the much younger Amanda (Helena Bonham Carter), who looks for the real […]

Nov, 03

Storytelling *** (2001, Selma Blair, Leo Fitzpatrick, Robert Wisdom) – Classic Movie Review 1775

Writer-director Todd Solondz’s fourth film is this weird 2001 black comedy chronicling the experiences of two teenagers trying to make sense of their lives through creative projects. The director of Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) […]

Oct, 24

The Congress *** (2013, Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Danny Huston) – Movie Review

Robin Wright bravely plays a version of herself, an aging, 44-year-old out-of-work actress who has made bad career, partner and life choices. But her agent Al (Harvey Keitel) talks her into reluctantly accepting one last job, becoming […]

Aug, 14

Planet of the Apes *** (2001, Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter) – Classic Movie Review 1414

In 2001, everyone was going bananas for director Tim Burton’s ape-tising remake of the 1967 movie. Mark Wahlberg takes on Charlton Heston’s old role as US Air Force astronaut Captain Leo Davidson who, chasing a chimp […]

Jul, 11

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