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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ***** (1989, Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott) – Classic Movie Review 3076

Director Steven Spielberg’s 1989 third Indiana Jones adventure has everything it takes to entrance fans of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984): Harrison Ford, exciting stunts […]

Nov, 22

The Rock **** (1996, Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, David Morse, William Forsythe, Michael Biehn, John C McGinley, Vanessa Marcil) – Classic Movie Review 2726

Everybody just loved The Rock. The cheeky 1996 action thriller about a threatened nerve gas attack on San Francisco stars Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris and is directed by Michael Bay, for producers […]

Jul, 21

Time Bandits ***** (1981, Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, David Warner, Craig Warnock, Peter Vaughan) – Classic Movie Review 2470

Co-writer, producer, director Terry Gilliam’s outstanding, quite magical 1981 British time-travel fantasy movie about dwarves taking a little boy with them on adventures through time is dark, weird and wonderful. With the young boy Kevin […]

May, 11

Highlander 2: The Quickening *** (1990, Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen, Michael Ironside) – Classic Movie Review 2332

Director Russell Mulcahy’s likeable and agreeable enough 1990 sequel unfortunately lacks the kind of magic of his 1986 hit, so it must be counted a disappointment. With nowhere to go after the first film, it’s […]

Mar, 30

Highlander **** (1986, Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown) – Classic Movie Review 2331

Director Russell Mulcahy’s rousing 1986 fantasy adventure is a hugely enjoyable entertainment. Even if it seems to owe a debt to the flashy video techniques of the day and the likes of other superior movies […]

Mar, 30

Robin and Marian **** (1976, Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Ian Holm, Nicol Williamson, Richard Harris) – Classic Movie Review 2249

Director Richard Lester’s delightful 1976 Sherwood Forest saga finds gainful work for the gracefully ageing Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn (lured back to the screen after a decade’s break from filming), who are splendid as […]

Mar, 09

The Hill **** (1965, Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Ian Hendry, Alfred Lynch, Roy Kinnear, Michael Redgrave, Ossie Davis, Jack Watson) – Classic Movie Review 2114

Director Sidney Lumet’s distinguished, brutal 1965 military drama The Hill is a showcase for tour de force acting from Sean Connery as Joe Roberts, one of the five new prisoners being punished in a British […]

Jan, 25

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