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The Princess Diaries *** (2001, Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo) – Classic Movie Review 4061

Director Garry Marshall’s hugely popular 2001 Disney Cinderella-style story comedy is based on the novel by Meg Cabot, in which a teenage girl is stunned to find that she is a princess —and then her grandmother […]

Jul, 21

Raising Helen *** (2004, Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Spencer Breslin, Abigail Breslin, Hayden Panettiere, Felicity Huffman, Helen Mirren) – Classic Movie Review 4056

Kate Hudson plays a young woman who becomes the guardian of her sister and brother-in-law three children (Spencer Breslin, Abigail Breslin) after the couple are killed in a car accident. Director Garry Marshall treads carefully in this enjoyable 2004 laughter and tears […]

Jul, 20

Mother’s Day ** (2016, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Julia Roberts, Jason Sudeikis, Timothy Olyphant, Britt Robertson, Jack Whitehall) – Movie Review

Romcom superstars Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson and Julia Roberts do their best to spark up – and warm up – a tepid, underwhelming multi-drama set in the week leading up to Mother’s Day. Director Garry Marshall’s third all-star […]

Jun, 12

A League of Their Own *** (1992, Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Jon Lovitz, Madonna, Rosie O’Donnell) – Classic Movie Review 3134

An excellent comedy drama idea about the founding of the All-American Girls’ Baseball League in 1943 when the men were away at war comes close to being chucked away in the popular high-profile 1992 movie […]

Dec, 06

The Flamingo Kid **** (1984, Matt Dillon, Hector Elizondo, Richard Crenna, Molly McCarthy) – Classic Movie Review 2010

Director Garry Marshall’s warm and delightful 1984 coming of age teen comedy treasure stars the young, fresh and talented Matt Dillon as Jeffrey Willis, a nice kid from Brooklyn who has just finished high school […]

Dec, 29

Pretty Woman ****½ (1990, Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Ralph Bellamy, Jason Alexander, Laura San Giacomo, Hector Elizondo) – Classic Movie Review 2012

Director Garry Marshall’s scintillating romcom blockbuster is a good old-fashioned romantic comedy with a few 1990 trimmings, and was the surprise number-one hit of its year. Its continuing popularity is shown by listeners of Capital […]

Dec, 29

Dear God *** (1996, Greg Kinnear, Laurie Metcalf, Maria Pitillo, Hector Elizondo) – Classic Movie Review 2000

It is hard to dislike director Garry Marshall’s 1996 feel-good comedy, in which Greg Kinnear stars as conman Tom Turner, who gets a job in the dead-letter department of the US Post Office, and decides […]

Dec, 24

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