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Out of Time *** (2003, Denzel Washington, Sanaa Lathan, Eva Mendes, Dean Cain) – Classic Movie Review 1955

Director Carl Franklin’s 2003 crime mystery thriller Out of Time reunites him with his Devil in a Blue Dress star, Denzel Washington, who this time plays Matt Whitlock, a Florida small-town police chief suspected of double […]

Dec, 14

The Lost Boys **** (1987, Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Barnard Hughes, Edward Herrmann, Brooke McCarter, Billy Wirth, Alex Winter) – Classic Movie Review 1823

Sparky, imaginative, eye-catching and often very funny, director Joel Schumacher’s exuberant 1987 vampire teen horror movie is an enduring pleasure as a treasured Eighties relic. It revived the vampire film, giving it a cool, sexy spin for […]

Nov, 09

Beautiful Girls *** (1996, Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Noah Emmerich) – Classic Movie Review 1671

  Director Ted Demme’s 1996 comedy drama stars Timothy Hutton as Manhattan-based jazz pianist Willie Conway, who is hesitating over his wedding to long-time girlfriend, lawyer Tracy Stover (Annabeth Gish). He returns back to his small home […]

Sep, 13

Hostage **** (2005, Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Ben Foster) – Classic Movie Review 1512

Bruce Willis is back in top gear in 2005 for his die-hard fans as a failed LAPD hostage negotiator who’s now the police chief in a small California town. When their convenience store robbery goes wrong, the three crooks […]

Aug, 03

Waiting for Guffman **** (1996, Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy) – Classic Movie Review 1504

Funnymen Christopher Guest (This Is Spinal Tap, Best in Show) and Eugene Levy are the screen-writers for his amusing, good-natured 1996 ensemble comedy about a small Missouri town (Blaine) staging a pageant to celebrate its […]

Aug, 01

Footloose **** (1984, Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow, Lori Singer) – Classic Movie Review 1497

Director Herbert Ross’s 1984 musical-drama movie Footloose has proved an enduring classic. It stars the 26-year-old Kevin Bacon at his young peak in the Eighties in one of his most fondly remembered roles as Ren McCormack, an upbeat, […]

Jul, 30

This Boy’s Life **** (1993, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Chris Cooper, Tobey Maguire) – Classic Movie Review 1,434

Director Michael Caton-Jones’s riveting and disturbing 1993 American biographical coming-of-age movie This Boy’s Life stars the amazing actor that was the young Leonardo DiCaprio. He is extraordinarily compelling, quite mesmerising, as Tobias ‘Toby’ Wolff, an early […]

Jul, 16

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