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Kingsman: The Secret Service **** (2014, Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton, Samuel L Jackson, Mark Hamill, Jack Davenport, Mark Strong) – Movie Review
Director Matthew Vaughn’s tongue-in-cheek post-modern spy thriller is based on Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons acclaimed comic book The Secret Service stars Colin Firth is a tailor-made role for him as impeccably suave veteran secret […]
Foxcatcher ***½ (2014, Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Vanessa Redgrave) – Movie Review
Director Bennett Miller’s well-acted, classy and interesting but over-rated biopic tries to get under the skin of real-life Olympic wrestling champion brothers Mark and David Schultz, who are lured by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont into […]
Million Dollar Arm *** (2014, John Hamm, Lake Bell, Alan Arkin) – Movie Review
John Hamm stars as down-on-his-luck American sports agent JB Bernstein, who stages an unconventional career-reviving scheme after watching images Susan Boyle singing I Had a Dream in her viral video performance and Indian cricketers in quick succession […]
The Kid *** (2000, Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer, Lily Tomlin) – Classic Movie Review 1054
Walt Disney’s loveable, charming 2000 life-crisis comedy is safely based on a decent screenplay by Audrey Wells, a writer and director known for Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), George of the Jungle (1997) and Shall We Dance (2004). Bruce Willis […]
Training Day ***½ (2001, Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Harris Yulin, Cliff Curtis, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Macy Gray, Eva Mendes) – Classic Film Review 970
Director Antoine Fuqua’s tough, well-made but depressing 2001 LA police thriller stars Ethan Hawke and Denzel Washington, who land a couple of really showy roles as good cop, bad cop. They are rookie Jake Hoyt and seasoned Detective […]
The Recruit *** (2003, Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht) – Classic Movie Review 961
‘Rule number one: do not get caught.’ – Walter Burke (Al Pacino). Director Roger Donaldson’s diverting 2003 thriller stars Al Pacino, who enjoys himself hugely in another role that he could play standing on his head, […]
Kick-Ass **** (2010, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloë Grace Moretz, Mark Strong) – Classic Movie Review 787
Aaron Johnson (Nowhere Boy) stars in director Matthew Vaughn’s 2010 action comedy as ordinary New York teen Dave Lizewski, who takes his comic-book obsession to the max and becomes a superhero – Kick-Ass – gets […]