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The Prophecy ****½ (1995, Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Viggo Mortensen, Eric Stoltz) – Classic Movie Review 817

Christopher Walken is on dazzling form here in 1995 as the angel Gabriel, who comes down to Earth to find a human soul that will end the stalemate of the second war of Heaven. But he’s not […]

Feb, 09

Crimson Tide **** (1995, Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Viggo Mortensen, James Gandolfini, Danny Nucci, Lillo Brancato, George Dzundza) – Classic Movie Review 755

Director Tony Scott’s sizzling 1995 action thriller Crimson Tide is the world’s first post-Glasnost movie. It takes us, via Scott’s own zap-up-the-Russkies pic Top Gun (1986), right back to the Cuba missile crisis films of the […]

Jan, 26

The Reflecting Skin **** (1990, Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 733

Writer-director Philip Ridley’s ultra-disturbing and dazzling 1990 art movie mixes horror, movie poetry and black humour to commanding effect. Jeremy Cooper (aged 10) plays Seth Dove, a fantasising boy in rural America in the 1950s, whose father, […]

Jan, 22

The Passion of Darkly Noon **** (1995, Brendan Fraser, Ashley Judd, Viggo Mortensen) – Classic Movie Review 732

Clever British writer-director Philip Ridley’s 1996 mystery thriller is a real eye-opener. Brendan Fraser stars as Darkly Noon, a handsome young man with a strict religious background, who is found ailing and exhausted in the American […]

Jan, 22

A Perfect Murder **** (1998, Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet) – Classic Movie Review 109

Director Andrew Davis’s 1998 sleek, seductive and supremely skilful psychological suspense thriller is an extremely imaginative reworking of Alfred Hitchcock’s 3D 1954 movie Dial M for Murder, itself based on Frederick Knott’s hit stage play. […]

Jul, 30

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ***** (2003, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Hugo Weaving, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd) – Classic Movie Review 34

Elrond (Hugo Weaving): ‘I give hope to Men.’ Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen): ‘I keep none for myself.’ The triumphant 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King stars Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, […]

Jul, 08

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ***** (2002, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Miranda Otto, Bernard Hill, Brad Dourif, David Wenham) – Classic Movie Review 33

The 2002 middle film in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Two Towers, is a must-see treat for all those following J R Tolkien’s great adventure, set in a time of turmoil in the […]

Jul, 08

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