Category: Classic-Review
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Excalibur (c) 1981 Orion Pictures Company Excalibur is one of the great fantasy movies of the 80’s, directed by the great English director John Boorman. Callum Berry. Loosely based on the iconic Le Morte d’Arthur, this sprawling epic takes us through the life of famous mythological British monarch King Arthur, starting from conception and ending…
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Sam Raimi’s 1995 western, The Quick and the Dead is the director’s only attempt at the genre. Callum Berry. But sometimes, you only need to do it once! The Quick and the Dead sees a motley group of gunslingers converging on the town of presumably Arizonian town of Redemption, which is ruled by the villainous…
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Written and directed by James L. Brooks, 1983’s ‘Terms of Endearment’ is a ‘dramedy’ that has stood the test of time. Callum Berry. Starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels and John Lithgow, the sprawling romance/drama/comedy/terribly-sad-film sees Winger’s ‘Emma’ getting married to Daniel’ ‘Flap’ Horton, much to the chagrin of MacLaine’s Aurora —…