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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen **** (1988, John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, Robin Williams) – Classic Movie Review 2471

Co-writer/director Terry Gilliam’s dazzling and spectacular 1988 fantasy comedy adventure epic stars ideally cast theatre actor John Neville. He is on commanding form as Baron Munchausen, the 18th-century Prussian aristocrat who travels around the universe, enjoys wartime exploits […]

May, 11

Dawn of the Dead *** (2004, Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Kevin Zegers, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly, Lindy Booth) – Classic Movie Review 1466

In his tense and exciting 2004 feature film debut, director Zack Snyder remakes George A. Romero’s 1978 zombie classic Dawn of the Dead as a horror action movie, working from a workmanlike screenplay by James Gunn, co-writer/director of […]

Jul, 24

My Life Without Me **** (2003, Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman) – Classic Movie Review 1269

Writer-director Isabel Coixet’s 2003 Canadian-Spanish co-production is a great tearjerker. Sarah Polley tugs expertly at the heartstrings as a 23-year-old wife and mother dying of ovarian cancer in this depressing, but exquisitely done and warmly affecting […]

May, 31

The Sweet Hereafter **** (1997, Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Maury Chaykin, Peter Donaldson, Bruce Greenwood, Caerthan Banks) – Classic Movie Review 769

A tragic bus accident in which 20 children are killed affects everyone in a snow-clad Canadian small town. The bus still lies under ice. Ian Holm stars as Mitch Stephens the out-of-town lawyer, troubled by […]

Jan, 29

Stories We Tell – Film Review

Actress and film-maker Sarah Polley (Away from Her, Take This Waltz) turns her cameras with a blinding light on her own family as she probes what really happened with them back in the 1970s, interviewing […]

Jul, 03

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