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The Yakuza ***** (1974, Robert Mitchum, Takakura Ken, Brian Keith) – Classic Movie Review 2,716

Sydney Pollack’s startling 1974 neo-noir gangster thriller film The Yakuza is the stomach-churning tale of Japanese crime syndicate members who abduct a wealthy American businessman’s daughter. Robert Mitchum stars as the ex-GI assigned to trace […]

Jul, 17

Without Limits *** (1998, Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter) – Classic Movie Review 2098

Co-writer/director Robert Towne’s 1998 biographical sports drama stars the young Billy Crudup as the amazingly promising but doomed American athlete Steve Prefontaine in the second out of two simultaneously made biopic films. This one has the […]

Jan, 22

The Two Jakes **** (1990, Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach, Ruben Blades, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Richard Farnsworth, Tracey Walter) – Classic Movie Review 938

In the third of his trio of movies as director, Jack Nicholson films in 1990 his buddy Robert Towne’s screenplay for their belated sequel to Chinatown (1974). His labyrinthine, complex plot may have audiences scratching […]

Mar, 18

Chinatown ***** (1974, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Diane Ladd, Roman Polanski) – Classic Movie Review 24

Roman Polanski’s 1974 neo-film noir detective movie Chinatown, set in a wonderfully realised 1937 Los Angeles, is beyond brilliant. Robert Towne won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Director Roman Polanski and writer Robert Towne’s […]

Jul, 06

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