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Gewoon Vrienden [Just Friends] *** (2018, Majd Mardo, Josha Stradowski, Jenny Arean, Tanja Jess, Nazmiye Oral) – Classic Movie Review 12,385

The 2018 Dutch feel-good romantic comedy drama film Gewoon Vrienden [Just Friends] has a few sharpish edges and odd corners built in, but mostly it is a real smooth fun ride. The romance of two […]

Jan, 08

To Forget Venice [Dimenticare Venezia] ***** (1979, Mariangela Melato, Eleonora Giorgi, Erland Josephson) – Classic Movie Review 8603

Story-writer/ co-producer/ director Franco Brusati’s 1979 drama To Forget Venice [Dimenticare Venezia] is an exquisitely performed, delicately told story of two mixed gay couples spending a weekend in the country. A brother, Nicky (Erland Josephson), […]

Jun, 18

I Love You, Man ***½ (2009, Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Jaime Pressly, Jon Favreau, Jane Curtin, J K Simmons, Andy Samberg) – Classic Movie Review 4340

Co-writer/ director John Hamburg’s highly amusing and likeable 2006 comedy has a good script but it is largely motored by the appealing performances from odd couple Paul Rudd and Jason Segel. Apart from the rude words and […]

Sep, 11

Entertaining Mr Sloane ***½ (1970, Beryl Reid, Harry Andrews, Peter McEnery, Alan Webb) – Classic Movie Review 2970

The provocative 1970 British gothic black comedy film Entertaining Mr Sloane brings Joe Orton’s wonderfully entertaining stage play to the screen with incisive performances but its wit slightly blunted. Director Douglas Hickox’s provocative 1970 British […]

Oct, 10

The Skeleton Twins *** (2014, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson) – Movie Review

A movie that starts with both its central characters trying to commit suicide isn’t going to be all a bundle of laughs, and nor is this one, but it certainly tries hard to amuse as […]

Nov, 06

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