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Before Night Falls ***** (2000, Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn) – Classic Movie Review 1630

This richly imagined journey into the life and writings of the brilliant openly gay Cuban author and exile Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990) is a devastating, overwhelming piece of cinema, directed and co-written with passion and brilliance […]

Sep, 03

Taps *** (1981, Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, George C Scott, Tom Cruise) – Classic Movie Review 1510

‘We have a home here. We think it’s something worth defending.’ – Cadet Major Brian Moreland. Director Harold Becker’s 1981 movie is one of the key youth-oriented films of the 80s. It’s Timothy Hutton’s follow-up […]

Aug, 02

Dogtown and Z-Boys **** (2001, dir Stacy Peralta) – Classic Movie Review 1494

‘ ‘Old man, look at your life,’ sings Neil Young on the fantastic vintage 70s soundtrack, and here we go. Narrated by Sean Penn, co-writer/director Stacy Peralta’s skateboarding documentary is an exhilarating experience, with pioneering 1970s […]

Jul, 30

Carlito’s Way ***** (1993, Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo, Viggo Mortensen, Adrian Pasdar, Ingrid Rogers, Luis Guzman, James Rebhorn) – Classic Movie Review 1237

Director Brian De Palma’s 1993 movie Carlito’s Way is a masterly mob thriller, a worthy successor to his own Scarface and The Untouchables, with some of his greatest set pieces. His Scarface star Al Pacino gives […]

May, 21

Dead Man Walking ***** (1995, Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn) – Classic Movie Review 1007

Writer-director Tim Robbins’s triumphant 1995 film stars his then life partner Susan Sarandon, who won a highly deserved Best Actress Oscar portraying the real-life nun who helps a convicted killer (Oscar-nominated Best Actor Sean Penn) […]

Mar, 28

21 Grams – Classic Film Review 716

Sean Penn plays a dying mathematician in dire need of a heart transplant, Naomi Watts is a mother mourning the death of her family, Benicio Del Del Toro is a born-again convict, out of jail […]

Jan, 18

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty *** (2013, Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Sean Penn, Adam Scott) – Movie Review

Ben Stiller directs, produces and stars in a pleasing but flawed, underachieving remake of the 1947 Danny Kaye film of James Thurber’s classic short story of a day-dreamer who escapes his dull, routine life as a Life […]

Dec, 20

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