Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Classic Reviews

Classic Movie Review: ‘The French Connection’- 50 Years On And Still As Exciting As Ever

Director: William Friedkin Writer: Ernest Tidyman Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider and Fernando Rey. Synopsis: New York City cop Doyle and his partner are trying to bust a drug cartel based in France. Albeit short-tempered,...

Classic Review: ‘Training Day’ – How does this gritty police drama hold up 20 years on?

Director: Antoine Fuqua Writer: David Ayer Stars: Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. Synopsis: Detective Alonzo, a senior narcotics officer, must train Jake Hoyt during the course of a day. However, Hoyt learns that Alonzo's methods...

Classic Film Review: ’10 Things I Hate About You’ Revels in Translating Shakespearean Emotion to the Big Screen

Director: Gil Junger Writers: Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith Stars: Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Stiles Synopsis: A pretty, popular teenager can't go out on a date until her ill-tempered older sister does. Shakespeare may have been an...

Classic Review: ‘Dracula’ Remains Chillingly Beautiful

Director: Tod Browning Writer: Garrett Fort Stars: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, and Edward Van Sloan Synopsis: The villainous Count Dracula uses his vampiric powers to terrorize the people of Carfax Abbey and threaten...

Classic Review: ‘The Rock’ Is Starship Troopers Without The Irony

Director: Michael Bay Writers: David Weisberg, Mark Rosner, and Douglas Cook Stars: Ed Harris, Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, and Michael Biehn Synopsis: An FBI agent and a criminal have to learn how to get along...

Classic Review: Reckoning with Elephant, 18 Years Later

Released in 2003, “Elephant” covers a fictionalized version of the Columbine school massacre through the perspectives of ten students who witness two of their classmates commit a school shooting. The title of...

Classic Review: ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’ Is A Visual Feast

Director: Sergio Leone Writers: Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci and Sergio Leone Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards and Charles Bronson Synopsis: Frank (Henry Fonda) decides that he wants to strike it rich by building...

Classic Review: ‘Rio Bravo’ Is Howard Hawks’s Typically Unpretentious Western

Director: Howard Hawks Writers: Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett Stars: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Ricky Nelson and Walter Brennan Synopsis: When gunslinger Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) kills a man in a saloon, Sheriff...

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