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The Long Kiss Goodnight *** (1996, Geena Davis, Samuel L Jackson, Yvonne Zima) – Classic Movie Review 911

The Long Kiss Goodnight is a very cynical, fast-driving, exciting 1996 action thriller from director Renny Harlin, who likes to deliver sadistic moments, creating a hard edge for what is essentially a rather corny piece. […]

Mar, 13

RoboCop *** (2014, Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, Jay Baruchel) – Movie Review

First of all, Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 futuristic action thriller is a cracking classic that didn’t need remaking. But, that said, if you must remake it, director José Padilha’s movie is the way to go. Swedish […]

Feb, 06

True Romance ***** (1993, Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn) – Classic Movie Review 756

Director Tony Scott’s shocking and exhilarating 1993 crime thriller turns Quentin Tarantino’s pre-Reservoir Dogs screenplay into an astounding designer-violence style object. It is a heady, giddying odyssey into the dark side. Christian Slater stars as […]

Jan, 26

xXx *** (2002, Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Samuel L Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 694

Vin Diesel races to superstardom in the 2002 all-action thriller xXx as thrill seeker Xander Cage, who is recruited by US spy boss Agent Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L Jackson) and sent on a special mission. […]

Jan, 17

Oldboy – Film Review

Josh Brolin is great as Joe Doucett, an advertising executive who is abducted and locked into solitary confinement for 20 years. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive quest to find out why he […]

Dec, 05

Jackie Brown ***** (1997, Pam Grier, Robert De Niro, Bridget Fonda, Samuel L Jackson, Robert Forster, Michael Keaton) – Classic Movie Review 366

Writer-director Quentin Tarantino returned for his third movie in 1997 with the ultra-tense, pounding and highly impressive low-life crime thriller Jackie Brown, written for the screen by Tarantino and securely based on Elmore Leonard’s novel […]

Nov, 04

Hard Eight **** (1996, Philip Baker Hall, John C Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samuel L Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 316

Suspense, wit, atmosphere, sudden death and fine character study are the name of the game in writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s superb, stylish, hard-nosed 1996 thriller Hard Eight. Anderson’s feature debut is graced with the performance […]

Oct, 23

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