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The Girl Can’t Help It **** (1956, Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell, Edmond O’Brien, Barry Gordon, Henry Jones, John Emery, Juanita Moore, Julie London) – Classic Movie Review 1147

Producer/co-writer/director Frank Tashlin puts his comic-strip style onto this enjoyable 1956 musical satirical farce. Edmond O’Brien plays Fats Murdock, a gangster who takes on decrepit, down-at-heel PR agent Tom Miller (Tom Ewell) to publicise his sexy, blonde bombshell, bimbo girlfriend […]

Apr, 26

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

The Invisible Woman ** (2013, Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas) – Movie Review

Hard Times with Dickens. Ralph Fiennes directs himself as Charles Dickens, who at the height of his career meets and falls for a younger woman, Ellen ‘Nelly’ Ternan (Felicity Jones), who becomes his secret mistress up […]

Feb, 07

Synecdoche, New York **** (2008, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dianne Wiest) – Classic Movie Review 799

Philip Seymour Hoffman gives a tour-de-force as Caden Cotard, a terminally ill theatre director who struggles with his work and his women. Offered a grant, he decides to turn his life into art, and to […]

Feb, 04

Wicker Park ** (2004, Josh Hartnett, Diane Kruger, Matthew Lillard, Rose Byrne) – Classic Movie Review 675

Tending to let his single eyebrow do most of the acting for him, Josh Hartnett plays Matthew, a young Chicago advertising executive who is about to marry his boss’s daughter when he sees his long-lost love […]

Jan, 11

8½ [Otto e Mezzo] ***** (1963, Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale, Sandra Milo, Barbara Steele, Madeleine Lebeau, Rosella Falk, Guido Alberti, Edra Gale) – Classic Movie Review 634

Federico Fellini’s legendary seventh solo film from 1963 focuses on the trials and tribulations of film-making. With six previous movies and three halves, he calls it 8½. Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale and Sandra […]

Jan, 05

Bullets over Broadway ***** (1994, John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly) – Classic Movie Review 347

This glittering old-style comedy from an on-form writer-director Woody Allen dazzled us in 1994. Unfortunately he doesn’t appear this time, but he’s ensured that a great ensemble cast does. The story takes place in 1920s […]

Nov, 01

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