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WUSA **** (1970, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Perkins, Laurence Harvey, Pat Hingle, Don Gordon, Robert Quarry, Clifton James, David Huddleston, Cloris Leachman) – Classic Movie Review 2958

Director Stuart Rosenberg’s ambitious 1970 drama is a painstaking, involving and intelligent political allegory, with meaty roles for Paul Newman, his wife Joanne Woodward and Anthony Perkins, who reward audiences with careful, winning performances. Newman […]

Oct, 05

Pocket Money **** (1972, Paul Newman, Lee Marvin, Strother Martin) – Classic Movie Review 2951

Director Stuart Rosenberg’s quirky, relaxed and appealing 1972 modern Western is one heck of a cult item. It is so rare a gem that it’s more or less totally forgotten. Why is that, exactly? Forgotten […]

Oct, 04

The Drowning Pool *** (1975, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Melanie Griffith, Tony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Richard Jaeckel, Coral Browne) – Classic Movie Review 2935

Director Stuart Rosenberg’s 1975 mystery thriller The Drowning Pool stars Paul Newman, who reprises his role as Ross MacDonald’s cynical private eye Lew Harper (Archer in the novels) in an acceptable sequel to his far […]

Oct, 03

Twilight **** (1997, Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, James Garner) – Classic Movie Review 2022

Co-writer/director Robert Benton’s marvellous 1997 old-style murder thriller, with the ghosts of the past haunting the present, proves in every way that the oldies are still goldies. Paul Newman stars as an old retired ex-cop […]

Dec, 30

Message in a Bottle *** (1999, Kevin Costner, Robin Wright, Paul Newman) – Classic Movie Review 2021

Director Luis Mandoki turns the novel by Nicholas Sparks (A Walk to Remember, The Notebook) into a fine 1999 movie romance as journalist Theresa Osborne (Robin Wright Penn) finds Garret Blake (Kevin Costner)’s love letter […]

Dec, 30

Where the Money Is **** (2000, Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney) – Classic Movie Review 2018

Director Marek Kanievska’s 2000 caper thriller finds good work for Paul Newman, who is on the money as Henry Mannin, an old master criminal and legendary bank robber who manoeuvres himself out of jail and […]

Dec, 30

Exodus *** (1960, Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford) – Classic Movie Review 1,948

Director Otto Preminger’s ambitious 1960 historical epic film Exodus about the birth of the state of Israel just never seems to end at 217 minutes. Comedian Mort Sahl, attending a preview, stood up and shouted: […]

Dec, 11

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