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Liar, Liar *** (1997, Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 2312

Director Tom Shadyac’s 1997 comedy provides a vehicle for one of the biggest hits of Jim Carrey, who enjoys himself in an ideal, tailor-made role as Fletcher Reede, a sycophantic, smooth-talking divorce attorney whose talent […]

Mar, 25

Against All Odds **** (1984, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Rachel Ward) – Classic Movie Review 2045

Director Taylor Hackford delivers a satisfyingly twisty, fascinating 1984 neo noir remake of the classic 1947 Robert Mitchum-Jane Greer-Kirk Douglas film noir thriller Out of the Past. This time, in Against All Odds, Jeff Bridges stars […]

Jan, 04

Bubble Boy *** (2001, Jake Gyllenhaal, Swoosie Kurtz, Marley Shelton) – Classic Movie Review 1727

The 20-year-old Jake Gyllenhaal gives an appealing, expert performance in director Blair Hayes’s 2001 drama. Gyllenhaal does wonders with Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio’s tricky romantic comedy script about an immune-deficient boy called Jimmy Livingston. […]

Oct, 01

Dangerous Liaisons ***** (1988, Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Uma Thurman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Mildred Natwick, Keanu Reeves, Peter Capaldi) – Classic Movie Review 307

Director Stephen Frears’s dazzling 1988 movie of Christopher Hampton’s award-winning London and Broadway hit stage play Les Liaisons Dangereuses is scaldingly exciting. You can just feel the sexual heat radiating from it. Based on the […]

Oct, 21

Cruel Intentions **** (1999, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon) – Classic Movie Review 301

Written and directed by Roger Kumble in 1999, this is a most enjoyable and satisfying teen erotic thriller version of the French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos and its movie versions Dangerous […]

Oct, 19

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