In 1971 Jack Lemmon expertly directs (in his début and sole film as director) his old buddy Walter Matthau as Joseph ‘Kotch’ Kotcher, a septuagenarian retired salesman widower who refuses to let his adult children […]
Director Martin Ritt’s 1972 comedy drama is funny, heartwarming and hugely likeable, with a good script lifted high by ingratiating performances from the supremely expert and ideally paired comedians Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett as […]
Director George Roy Hill’s engaging 1962 black and white comedy drama brings to the screen one of Tennessee Williams’s lesser-known plays, with a marriage under threat while the husband George Haverstick (Jim Hutton) tries to ‘readjust’ […]
Director Milos Forman’s fresh, lively and delightful 1964 Czechoslovak feature debut (after three documentaries) is a satirical comedy drama full of youthful enthusiasm. Ladislav Jakim plays the young shop detective Peter [Petr], who is getting […]
The exceptional 1955 musical crime film Pete Kelly’s Blues stars Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O’Brien, Peggy Lee, Andy Devine, Lee Marvin and Ella Fitzgerald, and features Jayne Mansfield. It is based on Jack Webb’s […]
Well!, Well!, Well! Director Nick Hurran’s well acted, well written and well directed 1998 British comedy drama Girls’ Night stars Brenda Blethyn and Julie Walters as best friends Dawn and Jackie, also in-laws and factory co-workers, who set […]
Director David Green’s entertaining, sentimental 1988 real-life thriller biopic stars Phil Collins, who makes his star début as 1963 Great Train Robber, Buster Edwards, playing him as a London working-class lad who wants to make […]
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