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- Yossi *** (2012, Ohad Knoller, Oz Zehavi, Lior Ashkenazi) – Classic Movie Review 13,260
- The Return of the Whistler **½ (1948, Michael Duane, Lenore Aubert, Richard Lane) – Classic Movie Review 13,259
- Steamboat Round the Bend **** (1935, Will Rogers, Anne Shirley, Eugene Pallette) – Classic Movie Review 13,258
- In Old Kentucky *** (1935, Will Rogers, Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson, Dorothy Wilson, Russell Hardie, Louise Henry, Charles Sellon) – Classic Movie Review 13,257
- The Thirteenth Hour *** (1947, Richard Dix, Karen Morley, John Kellogg, Jim Bannon, Regis Toomey) – Classic Movie Review 13,256
- Guns of Darkness ** (1962, David Niven, Leslie Caron, James Robertson Justice, David Opatoshu) – Classic Movie Review 13,255
- Walk on Water **** (2004, Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters) – Classic Movie Review 13,254
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- Kiss the Boys Goodbye **½ (1941, Don Ameche, Mary Martin, Oscar Levant) – Classic Movie Review 13,252
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Europa [Zentropa] *** (1991, Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier, Eddie Constantine) – Classic Movie Review 4669
Cult name director Lars von Trier’s interesting but dodgy 1991 art-movie, with some imaginative work in the pop-video-style visuals by von Trier and his three cinematographers (Henning Bendtsen, Edward Klosinski, Jean-Paul Meurisse) compensating for muddled […]
10 Rillington Place **** (1971, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt) – Classic Movie Review 4643
Director Richard Fleischer’s absorbing 1971 British anti-capital punishment film 10 Rillington Place re-creates the infamous real-life Forties John Christie murder case in London. Richard Attenborough’s chilling portrayal of the serial killer John Christie deservedly gathered […]
Who Framed Roger Rabbit **** (1988, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Stubby Kaye) – Classic Movie Review 4,557
Live actors join the cartoon world of Toon Town as warm and jovial performances by Bob Hoskins and Christopher Lloyd provide the human dimension for Robert Zemeckis’s exuberant and technically perfect 1988 film Who Framed […]
The Sorrow and the Pity [Le Chagrin et La Pitié] ***** (1969, Pierre Mendès-France, Christian de la Mazière) – Classic Movie Review 4500
Co-writer/ director Marcel Ophuls’s celebrated 1969 documentary film is an overwhelming experience both emotionally and intellectually. It investigates with masterly command and the utmost integrity France under the Nazi Occupation through a shrewd blend of […]
Adam’s Rib ***** (1949, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, David Wayne, Tom Ewell, Judy Holliday, Jean Hagen) – Classic Movie Review 3,854
George Cukor’s smart and sophisticated 1949 film Adam’s Rib is one of the great Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn comedies. They are are on top form as married lawyers who are adversaries in an attempted […]
Woman of the Year **** (1942, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, William Bendix) – Classic Movie Review 3852
Director George Stevens’s intelligent, thoughtful and amusing 1942 romantic comedy stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in their first screen partnership that was to last 25 years and produce nine movies. The duo kick up […]
Xanadu * (1980, Michael Beck, Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Matt Lattanzi) – Classic Movie Review 3163
Director Robert Greenwald’s 1980 musical comedy Xanadu is shamelessly camp and often hilariously misjudged and inept. Michael Beck is all at sea as penniless young artist Sonny Malone, who finds his muse in the cute […]