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Fried Green Tomatoes *** (1991, Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker) – Classic Movie Review 8268

Director Jon Avnet’s very nice and sweet 1991 nostalgic drama Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café [Fried Green Tomatoes] stars Kathy Bates as Evelyn Couch, a middle-aged glutton housewife who bumps into a jolly old […]

Mar, 19

The Honeymoon Killers **** (1970, Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Mary Jane Higby) – Classic Movie Review 6689

My funny Valentine: Martha loves Honeymoon Killer Ray. Writer-director Leonard Kastle’s really chilling 1970 B-movie crime thriller The Honeymoon Killers is a long-time cult classic, with exceptional, creepy performances from the stars Shirley Stoler and […]

Feb, 14

My Cousin Vinny **½ (1992, Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Fred Gwynne, Austin Pendleton, Lane Smith, Bruce McGill, Maury Chaykin) – Classic Movie Review 4120

British director Jonathan Lynn’s American 1992 situation comedy has its moments, though it is often boring and unsubtle, as it is written (by Dale Launer) and directed with clumsy hands. However, the hard-working actors deliver […]

Aug, 02

The Phenix City Story **** (1955, Richard Kiley, Edward Andrews, John McIntire, Kathryn Crosby) – Classic Movie Review 3542

The Phenix City Story is high up on the hefty list of popular Fifties films devoted to exposing the mob activities of ‘the syndicate’ in one of America’s cities. Director Phil Karlson’s atmospheric and exciting […]

Apr, 08

Blue Sky **** (1994, Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Amy Locane, Powers Boothe, Carrie Snodgress, Chris O’Donnell) – Classic Movie Review 1475

Blue Sky is a splendid final memorial to the late great British director Tony Richardson, who started his movie career filming Look Back in Anger (1959) and A Taste of Honey (1961) and won the Academy […]

Jul, 26

Sweet Home Alabama *** (2002, Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Lucas, Candice Bergen, Mary Kay Place, Fred Ward, Jean Smart, Ethan Embry, Melanie Lynskey) – Classic Movie Review 768

Director Andy Tennant’s 2002 romcom stars Reese Witherspoon as Melanie Smooter, a pert and cute hick from the sticks who makes it big in the Big Apple fashion biz, and is soon talked into marriage […]

Jan, 29

True Romance ***** (1993, Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn) – Classic Movie Review 756

Director Tony Scott’s shocking and exhilarating 1993 crime thriller turns Quentin Tarantino’s pre-Reservoir Dogs screenplay into an astounding designer-violence style object. It is a heady, giddying odyssey into the dark side. Christian Slater stars as […]

Jan, 26

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