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American Friends *** (1991, Michael Palin, Connie Booth, Trini Alvarado, Alfred Molina, David Calder) – Classic Movie Review 11,284

Michael Palin stars as the Reverend Francis Ashby, an Oxford don, who meets two holiday-making American girls in Switzerland, Miss Caroline Hartley (Connie Booth) and her companion Miss Elinor Hartley (Trini Alvarado), who proceed to […]

Jun, 08

The Four Seasons **** (1981, Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Len Cariou, Sandy Dennis) – Classic Movie Review 11,144

Alan Alda’s 1981 comedy drama film The Four Seasons is a lovely, heart-warming yarn of the joys and pains of three couples as they take holidays together over the four seasons. Writer-director Alan Alda’s 1981 […]

Apr, 28

The Designated Mourner ** (1997, Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson, David de Keyser) – Classic Movie Review 10,638

In a very near future society, culture has died. The Designated Mourner stars Mike Nichols and Miranda Richardson as husband and wife Jack and Judy, and David de Keyser as Judy’s father Howard, living in a […]

Dec, 08

The Spanish Cape Mystery *** (1935, Donald Cook, Helen Twelvetrees, Berton Churchill) – Classic Movie Review 9895

Director Lewis D Collins’s 1935 thriller The Spanish Cape Mystery is the first in the series of Ellery Queen films, in which the holidaying debonair New York supersleuth Ellery Queen (Donald Cook) foolishly falls for the […]

Jun, 11

A Caribbean Mystery *** (1983, Helen Hayes, Barnard Hughes, Jameson Parker) – Classic Movie Review 9650

Director Robert Michael Lewis’s 1983 TV movie A Caribbean Mystery stars Helen Hayes, who successfully takes on the part of Miss Jane Marple at the age of 83 for an excellent Agatha Christie mystery. Miss […]

Apr, 18

My Father the Hero * (1994, Gérard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Dalton James) – Classic Movie Review 9639

Director Steve Miner’s 1994 comedy drama My Father, the Hero stars Gérard Depardieu, who re-creates his role in this coursened, disappointing American version of his amusing enough 1991 French romantic comedy Mon Père, Ce Héros. […]

Apr, 16

A Tale of Springtime [Conte de printemps] **** (1990, Anne Teyssèdre, Hugues Quester, Florence Darel) – Classic Movie Review 9464

Writer-director Éric Rohmer’s subtle and appealing 1990 French film A Tale of Springtime [Conte de printemps] stars Anne Teyssèdre, Hugues Quester and Florence Darel. It is a typical but high level Rohmer film casting a […]

Mar, 05

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