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My Dear Secretary ** (1948, Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, Keenan Wynn, Rudy Vallee, Helen Walker) – Classic Movie Review 11,261

Director Charles Martin’s 1948 black and white film My Dear Secretary is a romantic comedy in the marital vein with a bestselling romance novel author (Kirk Douglas) whose secretary-turned-wife (Laraine Day) writes a bestseller, much […]

Jun, 02

Little Women ** (2019, Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep) – Movie Review

Little Women (2019) is nominated for six Oscars and five Baftas, but it is an over-earnest, plodding and underwhelming movie, with writer-director Greta Gerwig struggling to make Louisa May Alcott’s novel more ‘modern’ and ‘relevant’ […]

Jan, 14

Double Wedding **** (1937, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Florence Rice, John Beal) – Classic Movie Review 8559

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1937 screwball comedy Double Wedding stars the delightful William Powell and Myrna Loy in their seventh teaming, and they are totally at practised ease with the sophisticated slapstick of this very pleasing […]

Jun, 06

Sophie’s Choice **** (1982, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin, Josh Mostel) – Classic Movie Review 4498

Writer-producer-director Alan J Pakula’s quietly devastating 1982 film, faithfully adapted from the bestselling novel by William Styron, stars Meryl  Streep, who won a Best Actress Oscar as Sophie, the enigmatic Polish survivor of Nazi concentration […]

Oct, 21

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