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Cool World * (1992, Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt) – Classic Movie Review 11,196

Director Ralph Bakshi’s 1992 comedy fantasy animation film Cool World stars Kim Basinger as voluptuous femme fatale Holli Would, a cartoon fantasy figure who is desperate to escape the ToonTown of Cool World for life […]

May, 11

Freddy Got Fingered (2001, Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan) – Classic Movie Review 8696

Co-writer/ director Tom Green’s 2001 comedy Freddy Got Fingered stars Tom Green as failing unemployed cartoonist Gord Brody, who is forced to move back home where he ends up weaving a web of lies designed […]

Jul, 11

That Certain Feeling * (1956, Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, George Sanders, Pearl Bailey) – Classic Movie Review 8362

Writer-producer-directors Norman Panama and Melvin Frank’s long forgotten 1956 Technicolor comedy That Certain Feeling at least has the great benefit of starring Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, George Sanders and Pearl Bailey. Hope plays Francis […]

Apr, 14

The War Between Men and Women ** (1972, Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris, Jason Robards Jr) – Classic Movie Review 6236

Co-writer/ director Melville Shavelson’s 1972 movie is an interesting but uncomfortable mix of comedy, drama, romance, sentiment and seriousness, loosely based on James Thurber’s writings and drawings. Jack Lemmon plays Peter Wilson, a cartoonist going blind, […]

Nov, 12

How to Murder Your Wife *** (1965, Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Terry-Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 6230

‘WOMEN: WARNING! See It Before He Does! The Wife You Save May Be YOU! ‘ Jack Lemmon is given a near-perfect stage for his comedic skills in director Richard Quine’s teasing 1964 dark-toned comedy about […]

Nov, 11

Zodiac **** (2007, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo) – Classic Movie Review 4715

Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this chilling 2007 thriller as real-life San Francisco newspaper cartoonist Robert Graysmith, who becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the 1970s Zodiac serial killer who taunts police and the press with […]

Nov, 28

Monkeybone ***½ (2001, Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, Rose McGowan, Dave Foley, Megan Mullally, voice of John Turturro) – Classic Movie Review 2155

Director Henry Selick’s 2001 comedy stars an ideally cast Brendan Fraser, who greatly amuses as Stu Miley, a carefree cartoonist who is involved in a freak accident. Then he becomes trapped in a nightmarish world, […]

Feb, 04

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