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The Quiet American ** (1958, Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Giorgia Moll, Claude Dauphin) – Classic Movie Review 5337

Writer-producer-director Joseph Mankiewicz’s 1958 movie uses half of Graham Greene’s distinguished bestselling novel, and then turns it into a love triangle story and murder-thriller, with lots of dialogue, pro-American stance and a Communist-bashing ending tailored […]

Apr, 23

Jacob’s Ladder ***½ (1990, Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello) – Classic Movie Review 5,197

The eerie, eye-catching 1990 horror movie Jacob’s Ladder stars Tim Robbins as New York postal worker Jacob Singer, a divorced, traumatised Vietnam vet who is troubled by terrible nightmares. Director Adrian Lyne’s eerie, eye-catching 1990 […]

Mar, 25

Gardens of Stone **** (1987, James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D B Sweeney, Dean Stockwell, Mary Stewart Masterson) – Classic Movie Review 4733

Director Francis Coppola’s hardly seen 1987 movie Gardens of Stone was another setback to the careers of its star James Caan and director. It was mysteriously taken off during the first week of its London […]

Dec, 02

Dogfight *** (1991, River Phoenix, Lili Taylor, Richard Panebianco) – Classic Movie Review 4,560

The 1991 comedy romantic drama film Dogfight stars River Phoenix in an offbeat, bittersweet tale as a 18-year old young marine who dates a frumpy waitress (Lili Taylor) for a dare. Director Nancy Savoca’s 1991 […]

Oct, 29

Casualties of War ***** (1989, Michael J Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey, John C Reilly, John Leguizamo, Sam Robards, Ving Rhames) – Classic Movie Review 4429

Director Brian De Palma’s 1989 movie is one of his half-dozen masterworks. Indeed it is a flawed masterpiece, and will come as a serious surprise to those who know De Palma only for Carrie, Blow […]

Sep, 28

Tigerland **** (2000, Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr) – Classic Movie Review 4236

This scary, in-your-face 2000 movie tells the tale of a group of American army recruits undergoing horrific infantry training, in a gruelling test of their physical and mental stamina, at Fort Polk, Louisiana – the […]

Aug, 25

Dead Presidents ** (1995, Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodriguez) – Classic Movie Review 3814

Producer-directors Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes’s 1995 action crime thriller is set in The Bronx in the late Sixties. Three African American Vietnam veterans, ignored and neglected by society, plan to steal withdrawn dollar bills […]

Jun, 06

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