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The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss [The Amazing Adventure] [Romance and Riches] ** (1936, Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Peter Gawthorne) – Classic Movie Review 11,277

Director Alfred Zeisler’s 1936 black and white romantic comedy drama The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss [The Amazing Adventure] [Romance and Riches] stars Bristol-born Cary Grant, who came back to Britain for this routine and […]

Jun, 06

Consuming Passions (1988, Vanessa Redgrave, Freddie Jones, Jonathan Pryce, Tyler Butterworth) – Classic Movie Review 11,202

‘A tale of greed, lust and death by chocolate.’ Director Giles Foster’s 1988 British comedy Consuming Passions is taken from the play Secrets by Michael Palin and Terry Jones, and stars Vanessa Redgrave, Freddie Jones […]

May, 13

La Commare Secca [The Grim Reaper] **** (1962, Marisa Solinas, Allen Midgette, Giancarlo De Rosa, Alfredo Leggi, Francesco Ruiu, Vincenzo Ciccora) – Classic Movie Review 10,791

The 1962 Italian film La Commare Secca [The Grim Reaper] is written and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci in his extraordinarily confident, stylish and successful directorial debut at the of age 21, with his screenplay based […]

Jan, 14

Gangway **** (1937, Jessie Matthews, Barry MacKay, Nat Pendleton) – Classic Movie Review 9934

Director Sonnie Hale’s 1937 film Gangway is a cheerful and cheering Thirties British black and white musical set on a ship bound for New York, where English reporter Pat Wayne (Jessie Matthews) is mistaken for […]

Jun, 19

Strictly Ballroom **** (1992, Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter) – Classic Movie Review 9236

The 1992 Australian heart-warmer Strictly Ballroom started life as a play, but director Baz Luhrmann recreates it cinematically, swirling you along and sending you away dancing. Take a bit of David and Goliath, a bit […]

Jan, 07

And Then We Danced **** (2019, Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili, Ana Javakishvili, Giorgi Tsereteli) – Movie Review

Levan Gelbakhiani stars as Merab, a talented young dancer at the National Georgian Ensemble, whose world is rocked when the alluring Irakli (Bachi Valishvili) muscles in on the scene, in writer-director Levan Akin’s thoroughly enjoyable […]

Oct, 07

Hustlers * (2019, Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles ) – Movie Review

Writer-director Lorene Scafaria’s 2019 comedy crime drama Hustlers tells the real-life tale of a group of female strip club employees who go freelance and scam and rob their Wall Street male clients. It is inspired by […]

Sep, 28

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