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Bull Durham **** (1988, Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon) – Classic Movie Review 2732

Writer-director Ron Shelton’s 1988 sports comedy drama finally did the trick for Kevin Costner, who hits a home run and shoots to stardom as Crash Davis, a cynical, veteran baseball catcher taken on by North […]

Jul, 22

Short Cuts ***** (1993, Andie MacDowell, Julianne Moore, Tim Robbins, Jack Lemmon) – Classic Movie Review 2123

Writer-director Robert Altman’s masterly 1993 take on Los Angeles, re-created from nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver, is an ambitious and extraordinary creation. The meeting of two American cult masters is fully the momentous movie occasion […]

Jan, 28

The Player ***** (1992, Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Peter Gallagher, Vincent D’Onofrio) – Classic Movie Review 2122

Cult favourite director Robert Altman’s 1992 Hollywood-insiders’ comedy thriller and satire on the film industry is one of his smartest, most celebrated movies. It is an all-knowing, lovingly-made movie, delightfully light-hearted and thoroughly entertaining with […]

Jan, 27

The Hudsucker Proxy **** (1994, Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh) – Classic Movie Review 1766

The Coen Brothers’ inspired 1994 satirical screwball comedy about big business and a corporate stock scam is a stunning-looking retro art object, with bravura visuals, witty dialogue, a great score by Carter Burwell and a […]

Oct, 13

Life of Crime *** (2013, Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins, Isla Fisher, Mos Def) – Movie Review

Crafty Detroit common criminals Louis Gara (John Hawkes) and Ordell Robbie (Mos Def) get more than they bargain for when they kidnap Mickey Dawson (Jennifer Aniston), the wife of corrupt real-estate developer Frank Dawson (Tim […]

Sep, 05

Top Gun **** (1986, Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Tom Skerritt) – Classic Movie Review 1517

Tony Scott’s irresistible, ultra-canny 1986 blockbuster Top Gun shot the 24-year-old Tom Cruise into the Hollywood stratosphere. Director Tony Scott’s irresistible, ultra-canny 1986 blockbuster Top Gun shot Tom Cruise into the Hollywood stratosphere as Lieutenant Pete […]

Aug, 04

Mission to Mars *** (2000, Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Jerry O’Connell) – Classic Movie Review 1292

Take the best bits of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the worst parts of The Abyss. Add in pieces of Contact, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Apollo 13 and just a dash of […]

Jun, 04

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