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The Mouse on the Moon **** (1963, Margaret Rutherford, David Kossoff, Bernard Cribbins, Terry-Thomas, Ron Moody, June Ritchie) – Classic Movie Review 1647

Director Richard Lester’s 1963 satirical comedy sequel to 1959’s The Mouse that Roared has major cast and crew changes but is thankfully still very funny, delightful and often hilarious. Sadly, there is no Peter Sellers […]

Sep, 07

Maverick *** (1994, Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner) – Classic Movie Review 1460

Mel Gibson stars as the reincarnation of TV’s famed 1957-62 card-playing gambler Bret Maverick in director Richard Donner’s breezy, likeable and entertaining 1994 comedy Western. Maverick needs an additional $3000 to enter a Winner Take All poker […]

Jul, 21

Birthday Girl ** (2001, Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Mathieu Kassovitz, Vincent Cassel) – Classic Movie Review 1436

Good but underwhelming, co-writer/director Jez Butterworth’s 2001 British comedy thriller ends up entertaining but surprisingly disposable and a bit disappointing. Nicole Kidman comes to Britain to show off her versatility as a Russian Internet-mail-order bride who […]

Jul, 16

Salt *** (2010, Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor) – Classic Movie Review 980

Angelina Jolie does her action heroine thing again as CIA agent Evelyn Salt, who goes on the run after a defecting Soviet spy accuses her of being a Russian agent about to kill the Russian […]

Mar, 24

Enemy at the Gates **** (2001, Jude Law, Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins, Rachel Weisz) – Classic Film Review 841

Director Jean-Jacques Annaud’s compelling 2001 film tells the persistently small-scale, intimate wartime story of a Russian sniper Vassili (Jude Law) and a German marksman major Konig (Ed Harris) playing a lethal game of cat and […]

Feb, 18

Virus *** (1999, Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland) – Classic Movie Review 827

Director John Bruno’s 1999 monster movie, based on the comic books by Chuck Pfarrer, is good fun. The 100 minutes just rattles along. It’s Alien on the ocean, as an American crew takes refuge in […]

Feb, 13

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit *** (2014, Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley) – Movie Review

Chris Pine takes over Harrison Ford’s old role as covert CIA analyst Jack Ryan, recruited by Kevin Costner’s CIA boss man Thomas Harper, who uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist […]

Jan, 20

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