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Posts Tagged "Ridley Scott"

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Kingdom of Heaven **** (2005, Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson) – Classic Movie Review 1075

On the level of sheer film-making expertise, director Ridley (Gladiator, Alien) Scott’s dark, sweeping, eye-popping 2005 epic is a marvel. It has all the amazing action, astounding effects, visual magnificence and minute attention to detail […]

Apr, 09

Matchstick Men (2003, Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell) – Classic Film Review 1033

Director Ridley Scott’s intriguing 2003 movie stars Nicolas Cage as neurotic phobic conman Roy and Sam Rockwell as Frank, his quirky, ambitious protégé cum sidekick. They are about to pull off a swindle on Bruce McGill when […]

Apr, 01

Thelma and Louise ***** (1991, Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Brad Pitt, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald) – Classic Movie Review 702

Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon enjoy roles to die for as female buddies Thelma and Louise in director Ridley Scott’s rousing 1991 film, advertised as the first feminist, buddy-buddy road-movie. A weekend break from the […]

Jan, 15

White Squall **** (1996, Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall, John Savage, Ryan Phillippe, Scott Wolf, Ethan Embry, Jeremy Sisto) – Classic Movie Review 654

Jeff Bridges stars as sea captain Christopher ‘Skipper’ Sheldon, who teaches a bunch of teenage lads the ropes aboard ships, in this 1996 thrilling, old-style high-seas adventure. It’s based on a real tale in 1960 when […]

Jan, 08

Black Hawk Down **** (2001, Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Sam Shepard, Jason Isaacs, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Eric Bana, Ewen Bremner, Tom Hardy) – Classic Movie Review 648

Produced by the unexpected team of Jerry Bruckheimer and Ridley Scott, this 2001 double Oscar-winning fact-based drama film Black Hawk Down is based on the book by Mark Bowden. In his pounding, heart-stopping, all-action 2001 […]

Jan, 08

The Counsellor ** (2013, Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt, Bruno Ganz, Rosie Perez, Rubén Blades, Goran Visnjic, Édgar Ramírez) – Movie Review

Michael Fassbender stars in Ridley Scott’s sinister, smart-looking 2013 neo noir film The Counsellor as a rich, successful wheeler-dealer lawyer, who decides to get involved in the drug trafficking business. Michael Fassbender stars in the […]

Nov, 12

Gladiator ***** (2000, Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Connie Nielsen) – Classic Movie Review 166

Best-actor Academy Award winner Russell Crowe powers this brilliant five-Oscar-winning Roman epic, a real man’s man movie. Ridley Scott’s astounding gladiator movie won the 2001 Best Picture award at the Oscars. A glorious throwback to […]

Aug, 16

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