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The Secret of the Whistler *** (1946, Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks, Michael Duane, Mary Currier, Mona Barrie, Claire Du Brey) – Classic Movie Review 13,253

Richard Dix plays a charming middle-aged artist who starts a relationship with a grasping young artist’s model (Leslie Brooks) while his older wealthy wife (Mary Currier) is suffering heart attacks. Director George Sherman’s effective 1946 […]

Nov, 20

The Man in the Net ** (1959, Alan Ladd, Carolyn Jones, Diane Brewster) – Classic Movie Review 12,060

Director Michael Curtiz’s plodding, flaccid 1958 film noir thriller The Man in the Net, adapted from Hugh Wheeler (writing as Patrick Quentin)’s 1956 novel Man in a Net, stars a rather past his prime Alan Ladd […]

Apr, 13

Lovely & Amazing *** (2001, Brenda Blethyn, Catherine Keener, Emily Mortimer, Raven Goodwin, Dermot Mulroney, James LeGros, Michael Nouri, Jake Gyllenhaal) – Classic Movie Review 11,843

Director Nicole Holofcener’s 2001 American comedy drama film Lovely and Amazing stars Brenda Blethyn, Catherine Keener, Emily Mortimer, Raven Goodwin, Dermot Mulroney, James LeGros, Michael Nouri and Jake Gyllenhaal. The acting is the main outstanding grace […]

Jan, 13

Le Plaisir [House of Pleasure] **** (1952, Claude Dauphin, Jean Galland, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud, Daniel Gélin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon, Jean Gabin) – Classic Movie Review 11,789

Director Max Ophüls’s 1952 black and white French comedy-drama anthology film Le Plaisir [House of Pleasure] is his delightful adaptation of three short stories by Guy de Maupassant linked by the theme of pleasure. It […]

Dec, 14

The Moderns *** (1988, Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, John Lone, Geneviève Bujold, Geraldine Chaplin) – Classic Movie Review 11,556

Director Alan Rudolph’s 1988 film The Moderns is an offbeat, civilised, romantic movie about Americans in 1920s Paris, with a miscast Keith Carradine out of his depth as art faker Nick Hart, an ex-patriate American […]

Sep, 06

Please Murder Me! ** (1956, Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr, Dick Foran, John Dehner, Lamont Johnson, Denver Pyle) – Classic Movie Review 11,440

Angela Lansbury stars as an unfaithful murderess, defended in court by loving lawyer Raymond Burr. Director Peter Godfrey’s 1956 film noir thriller Please Murder Me! stars Angela Lansbury and Raymond Burr. Angela Lansbury was in a […]

Aug, 02

So Evil My Love *** (1948, Ray Milland, Ann Todd, Geraldine Fitzgerald) – Classic Movie Review 11,399

“I’ve Never Known Real Love Before! Now Nothing Will Take You From Me… NOTHING!”‘: So Evil My Love (1948). Director Lewis Allen’s 1948 British and American black and white Gothic noir psychological thriller So Evil […]

Jul, 17

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