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- 29 Acacia Avenue [The Facts of Love] *** (1945, Gordon Harker, Betty Balfour, Carla Lehmann, Jimmy Hanley, Jill Evans, Hubert Gregg, Dinah Sheridan, Megs Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 13,481
- Take My Life **** (1947, Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt, Marius Goring, Francis L Sullivan, Rosalie Crutchley) – Classic Movie Review 13,480
- Conclave ***** (2024, Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Rossellini) – Classic Movie Review 13,479
- Scott and Sid *** (2021, Richard Mason, Tom Blyth, Charlotte Milchard) – Classic Movie Review 13,478
- Dual Alibi ** (1947, Herbert Lom, Phyllis Dixey, Ronald Frankau, Terence De Marney, Abraham Sofaer, Eugene Deckers, Ben Williams) – Classic Movie Review 13,477
- Four Friends [Georgia’s Friends] [Georgia] *** (1981, Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen, Michael Huddleston, Jim Metzler, Reed Birney) – Classic Movie Review 13,476
- The Last Shot You Hear ** (1969, Hugh Marlowe, Zena Walker, Patricia Haines, William Dysart) – Classic Movie Review 13,475
- Catacombs [The Woman Who Wouldn’t Die] *** (1964, Gary Merrill, Jane Merrow, Neil McCallum, Georgina Cookson) – Classic Movie Review 13,474
- Plainclothes *** (2025, Tom Blyth, Russell Tovey, Amy Forsyth, Christian Cooke, Maria Dizzia) – Classic Movie Review 13,473
- The Capture *** (1950, Lew Ayres, Teresa Wright, Victor Jory) – Classic Movie Review 13,472
A Big Hand for the Little Lady **** (1966, Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Paul Ford, Kevin McCarthy, Charles Bickford, Burgess Meredith) – Classic Movie Review 9,829
Let’s give a big hand for the entertaining The Sting-style Technicolor comedy Western film A Big Hand for the Little Lady, in which a family of con merchants take on a handful of wealthy gamblers […]
Big Business *** (1988, Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward) – Classic Movie Review 9828
‘Two’s company. Four’s a riot.’ An amusing screenplay and winning performances by brassy Bette Midler and subtle Lily Tomlin as two sets of identical twins ensured big business for Big Business (1988), this funny screwball […]
The Man from the Pru *** (1990, Jonathan Pryce, Anna Massey, Susannah York, Richard Pasco, Philip Latham, Tom Georgeson, Geoffrey Hughes) – Classic Movie Review 9827
Director Rob Rohrer’s 1990 British TV movie drama The Man from the Pru stars Jonathan Pryce, concealed behind a moustache and glasses like Dr Crippen. Pryce gives a superbly detailed, sympathetic performance in the unshowy […]
Dancing in the Dark *** (1949, William Powell, Mark Stevens, Betsy Drake, Adolphe Menjou) – Classic Movie Review 9826
Director Irving Reis’s often vivacious, always appealing 1949 Technicolor musical comedy Dancing in the Dark is enlivened by William Powell’s polished performance as Emery Slade, a former silent star employed by studio boss Melville Crossman […]
Dancing Co-Ed ** (1939, Lana Turner, Richard Carlson, Artie Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 9825
Precocious Lana Turner, then MGM’s new teenage sensation, aged 18 and making the most of her first starring role, dances and studies her way to success as Patty Marlow, the ambitious dancing co-ed of the […]
Dancing at the Blue Iguana *** (2000, Daryl Hannah, Jennifer Tilly, Sandra Oh, Elia Koteas) – Classic Movie Review 9824
Director Michael Radford’s 2002 Dancing at the Blue Iguana is a brave and intriguing improvised drama exploring the everyday dilemmas faced by women working at a seedy strip-club, from adoption to pregnancy to seeking stardom. […]
Dancing at Lughnasa ***½ (1998, Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Sophie Thompson, Brid Brennan, Rhys Ifans) – Classic Movie Review 9823
Director Pat O’Connor’s 1998 romantic comedy drama Dancing at Lughnasa tells the ripe tale of prim schoolmarm Kate Mundy (Meryl Streep) and her four unmarried sisters (Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Sophie Thompson, Brid Brennan) in […]
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- 29 Acacia Avenue [The Facts of Love] *** (1945, Gordon Harker, Betty Balfour, Carla Lehmann, Jimmy Hanley, Jill Evans, Hubert Gregg, Dinah Sheridan, Megs Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 13,481
- Take My Life **** (1947, Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt, Marius Goring, Francis L Sullivan, Rosalie Crutchley) – Classic Movie Review 13,480
- Conclave ***** (2024, Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Rossellini) – Classic Movie Review 13,479
- Scott and Sid *** (2021, Richard Mason, Tom Blyth, Charlotte Milchard) – Classic Movie Review 13,478
- Dual Alibi ** (1947, Herbert Lom, Phyllis Dixey, Ronald Frankau, Terence De Marney, Abraham Sofaer, Eugene Deckers, Ben Williams) – Classic Movie Review 13,477
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