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Kiss Me Kate ***** (1953, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore, Tommy Rall, Bob Fosse, Bobby Van) – Classic Movie Review 1117

The beguiling 1953 movie of the delightful Cole Porter Broadway smash-hit show Kiss Me Kate has style, wit and charm in abundance, plus the perfect cast to show off the songs: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, […]

Apr, 19

Swingers ****½ (1996, Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Patrick Van Horn, Ron Livingston, Heather Graham) – Classic Movie Review 981

Director Doug Liman’s fresh and 1996 funny comedy focuses on four madly anxious, self-deluded swingers (Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Patrick Van Horn, Ron Livingston) who head for Las Vegas in search of a good time […]

Mar, 25

Murder! **** (1930, Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander, Donald Calthrop, Marie Wright, Esmé Percy) – Classic Movie Review 861

The 1930 British thriller film Murder! is a rare whodunit from Alfred Hitchcock, who experiments with a daring psycho-sexual theme and improvised dialogue, with actors talking while a 30-piece orchestra played live on the set. […]

Mar, 02

Bad Education [La Mala Educación] **** (2004, Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Javier Cámara) – Classic Movie Review 826

With La Mala Educación in 2004, Spanish writer-director Pedro Almodóvar returns to the style and content of the films that made him famous in the Eighties with this provocative and sizzlingly stylish look at male […]

Feb, 13

Being John Malkovich **** (1999, John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener) – Classic Movie Review 818

Director Spike Jonze’s wonderfully odd, brilliantly clever, dazzlingly inventive fantasy comedy happily finds John Cusack on his best form. And there’s also the inestimable benefit of John Malkovich (as himself) gamely and brilliantly sending himself […]

Feb, 09

In America **** (2002, Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Djimon Hounsou) – Classic Movie Review 761

Director Jim Sheridan’s 2002 Irish movie about of his early struggles in America is sometimes strained but most often a real, enchanting heart-warmer. There’s quirky charm aplenty in this tale of an Irish actor Johnny (Paddy Considine) […]

Jan, 28

The Reckoning *** (2002, Willem Dafoe, Paul Bettany, Brian Cox, Tom Hardy, Gina McKee, Vincent Cassel, Marián Aguilera) – Classic Movie Review 670

Paul Bettany scores in the 2002 murder-mystery film The Reckoning as a 14th-century English fugitive priest hiding out with a troupe of actors, who witnesses the murder of a travelling player. Willem Dafoe, Brian Cox […]

Jan, 11

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