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Gentleman’s Agreement **** (1947, Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm, Anne Revere, Dean Stockwell, Jane Wyatt, June Havoc, Albert Dekker) – Classic Movie Review 4472

Director Elia Kazan’s first film concerned with personal and social issues was his 1947 triple Oscar-winning film dealing with anti-Semitism in America. It won the Best Picture and Best Director awards and was as successful as […]

Oct, 15

The Revenant **** (2015, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Paul Anderson, Lukas Haas) – Movie Review

‘All I had was my boy… but he took him from me, you understand? He’s afraid. He knows how far I came to find him. ‘ In his first role since The Wolf of Wall […]

Dec, 19

The Last Emperor ***** (1987, John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O’Toole) – Classic Movie Review 2619

Co-writer/director Bernardo Bertolucci’s magnificent 1987 movie The Last Emperor about the last imperial ruler of China was a much-deserved world-wide triumph for him and his brave and ambitious British producer, Jeremy Thomas. The Last Emperor won nine […]

Jun, 19

A Letter to Three Wives **** (1949, Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Barbara Lawrence) – Classic Movie Review 2416

Writer-director Joseph L Mankiewicz (All About Eve, Cleopatra) won the Oscars for Best Director and Best Screenplay for his work on this delightful 1949 suburban satire, examining the thorny question of husband and wife relationships.  […]

Apr, 21

Platoon ***** (1986, Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe) – Classic Movie Review 2074

Writer-director Oliver Stone’s 1986 Oscar-winner for Best Picture and Best Director focuses on the trials and tribulations of American infantrymen in 60s Vietnam and boasts the solid, traditional movie-making virtues of an engrossing story, muscular performances and […]

Jan, 12

Rain Man ***** (1988, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino) – Classic Movie Review 2064

Director Barry Levinson’s four Oscar-winning 1988 drama is a triumph, winning some of the most important of the 1989 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. It also won the […]

Jan, 10

The Grapes of Wrath ***** (1940, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 1825

Best Director John Ford and Best Supporting Actress Jane Darwell both won essential Oscars for this stupendous 1940 film of the John Steinbeck story about the odyssey of the Joads. They are a poor Oklahoma farming […]

Nov, 10

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