Check out all of the posts tagged with "1960s".
A lot was expected of this extremely likeable and funny 2009 comedy from writer-director Richard Curtis, the laugh mastermind behind the scripts of Blackadder, Mr Bean and The Vicar of Dibley for TV and Four […]
Get out a full bumper-sized box of tissues for star-director Clint Eastwood’s cute, bittersweet Sixties-set Brief Encounter-style 1995 romantic weepie The Bridges of Madison County. It is polished, posh and poignant, casting its spell and […]
Jamie Foxx’s dazzling turn as blind music legend Ray Charles is a definite Oscar winner and won him the Best Actor Academy Award, as well as a Golden Globe and Bafta award. His seamless portrayal […]
Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon light up the screen with laughter as the quintessential Odd Couple in 1968. Matthau plays the slobbish, grouchy sportswriter Oscar Madison and Lemmon is the houseproud, hypochondriac photographer Felix Ungar, […]
Jeff Bridges stars as sea captain Christopher ‘Skipper’ Sheldon, who teaches a bunch of teenage lads the ropes aboard ships, in this 1996 thrilling, old-style high-seas adventure. It’s based on a real tale in 1960 when […]
The hilarious 1997 comedy film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery comes from Mike Myers, who as writer and star belatedly but brilliantly spoofs the Swinging Sixties, the James Bond films and other spy movies. […]
Co-writer/director John Milius’s 1978 cult movie favourite offers a poignant, haunting toast to male friendship, beaches, girls and perfect waves. Unfortunately, it was spurned for what they considered its lack of commercial chances by its […]