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The Man in the Moon **** (1991, Reese Witherspoon, Jason London, Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, Gail Strickland) – Classic Movie Review 2883

Director Robert Mulligan’s lovely 1991 romantic drama stars Reese Witherspoon as an adolescent girl, the 14-year-old Dani Trant, who falls head over heels for her older cousin Court Foster (Jason London). He in turn fancies her […]

Sep, 05

Overnight Delivery *** (1998, Paul Rudd, Reese Witherspoon, Christine Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 2802

Director James Bloom’s amusing 1998 college romantic comedy is nicely cast, well played and rather sweet. Paul Rudd stars as freshman Wyatt Trips, who’s sworn to be faithful to his girlfriend Kim (Christine Taylor) 1,000 […]

Aug, 11

Hot Pursuit * (2015, Reese Witherspoon, Sofía Vergara, Matthew Del Negro) – Movie Review

Reese Witherspoon and Sofía Vergara are certainly game for a laugh but have nothing fresh or funny to add to 2013’s very similar The Heat with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. This time it’s Witherspoon who […]

Jul, 29

Freeway * (1996, Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Bokeem Woodbine) – Classic Movie Review 2570

Writer-director Matthew Bright’s exploitative, really nasty 1996 revenge thriller stars Reese Witherspoon as abused juvenile delinquent teenager Vanessa Lutz, who is travelling to her grandmother’s trailer park home on the run from a social worker. […]

Jun, 08

Wild **** (2014, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffmann) – Movie Review

Reese Witherspoon stars as Cheryl Strayed, who undertakes a 1,100-mile solo hike on the Pacific Crest Trail to try to recover from her recent catastrophes. In flashbacks, she seems to have gone to pieces in an orgy of […]

Jan, 07

Inherent Vice ** (2014, Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon) – Movie Review

Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson adapts Thomas Pynchon’s novel with due conviction and gusto, turning it into a bizarre ‘groovy’ kidnapping romp peopled by unfathomably oddball characters. Oh well, it’s LA in the 70s, no need to fathom […]

Jan, 06

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

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