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Easy Money ** (1983, Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald) – Classic Movie Review 8030

Director James Signorelli’s 1983 comedy Easy Money stars Rodney Dangerfield as Monty Capuletti, a grotesquely self-indulgent child portraitist who is left a huge inheritance by his immensely rich mother-in-law Mrs Monahan (Geraldine Fitzgerald) if he […]

Jan, 18

Intermezzo: A Love Story **** (1939, Ingrid Bergman, Leslie Howard, Edna Best) – Classic Movie Review 6679

It is time to get your box of handkerchiefs at the ready for director Gregory Ratoff’s irresistibly charming 1939 romantic drama tearjerker that launched the American career of Ingrid Bergman, who had already appeared in […]

Feb, 11

Hunt for the Wilderpeople **** (2016, Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata) – Movie Review

Julian Dennison and Sam Neill have great rapport as a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush, prompting a national manhunt. Defiant young city kid Ricky Baker and cantankerous […]

Oct, 17

Toni Erdmann **** (2016, Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn) – Movie Review

Peter Simonischek and Sandra Hüller are brilliantly funny in writer-director Maren Ade’s endlessly hilarious epic comedy about an embarrassing dad trying to reconnect with his workaholic businesswoman daughter. The retired German dad, Winfried Conradi, is a constant […]

Oct, 07

What We Did On Our Holiday *** (2014, David Tennant, Rosamund Pike, Billy Connolly) – Movie Review

David Tennant and Rosamund Pike star as Doug and Abi, a married couple with big issues, who drive to the Scottish Highlands with their three quirky children for the birthday party of Doug’s father Gordie […]

Sep, 26

Toy Story ***** (1995, voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles) – Classic Movie Review 1205

Director John Lasseter’s inspired 1995 Pixar/Disney release is one of the happiest, most magical animated movies of all time as well as the first feature-length computer-animated film. Tom Hanks provides the voice of old-time cowboy […]

May, 12

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging *** (2008, Georgia Groome, Aaron Johnson, Karen Taylor, Liam Hess, Tommy Bastow, Alan Davies) – Classic Movie Review 537

When you’re an 14-year-old English schoolgirl, little things like a big nose, a silly school uniform, an annoying family or lack of a good snogging technique aren’t going to get in the way of landing […]

Dec, 16

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