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Kate and Leopold *** (2002, Hugh Jackman, Meg Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 1686

Co-writer/director James Mangold’s 2002 romantic comedy pairs Hugh Jackman and Meg Ryan, poignantly he on the way up, and she on the way down. The 19th-century nobleman Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (Hugh Jackman) is […]

Sep, 19

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang *** (2005, Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan) – Classic Movie Review 1669

Robert Downey Jr appears with his son Indio in this tongue-in-cheek 2005 hardboiled crime comedy, written and directed by Shane Black, also starring Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan and Corbin Bernsen. Indio plays Downey’s character Harry Lockhart at […]

Sep, 14

Yankee Doodle Dandy ***** (1942, James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney, Vera Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 1589

Director Michael Curtiz’s triumphant triple-Oscar-winning 1942 dramatic musical showbiz biopic of the life of renowned American musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singing star George M Cohan is gloriously rumbustious and effervescent. Packed with toe-tapping […]

Aug, 25

Mrs Doubtfire **** (1993, Robin Williams, Sally Field) – Classic Movie Review 1538

Director Chris Columbus’s much-loved 1993 drag comedy showcases a brilliant tour-de-force performance by Robin Williams as a bitterly divorced actor Daniel Hillard, who disguises himself as an elderly Scottish housekeeper to spend time with his three lovely […]

Aug, 12

Day for Night [La nuit américaine] ***** (1973, Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, François Truffaut, Nathalie Baye) – Classic Movie Review 1403

His thirteenth film proves lucky number 13 for François Truffaut as his much-loved 1973 success Day for Night [La Nuit Américaine] represents a huge return to form for him. Co-writer/ director/ star Truffaut’s 1974 Best […]

Jul, 07

Long Day’s Journey into Night **** (1962, Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Dean Stockwell, Jason Robards Jnr) – Classic Movie Review 1,219

A marvellous cast brings Eugene O’Neill’s classic play about a dysfunctional family in 1912 Connecticut to vibrant life. Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Dean Stockwell and Jason Robards Jr are magnificent, making the drama explosive on […]

May, 16

People I Know **** (2002, Al Pacino, Téa Leoni, Kim Basinger, Ryan O’Neal, Richard Schiff, Bill Nunn, Robert Klein, Mark Webber, Rex Reed) – Classic Movie Review 1158

Director Daniel Algrant’s 2002 film stars a just brilliant Al Pacino, who scalds the screen as Eli Wurman, a burnt-out, over-stretched Manhattan PR press agent trying to arrange a charity function, struggling with actors and the […]

Apr, 29

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