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Of Human Bondage **** (1934, Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee, Reginald Owen, Reginald Denny, Reginald Sheffield, Kay Johnson, Alan Hale) – Classic Movie Review 2694

Director John Cromwell’s 1934 romantic drama Of Human Bondage stars the 26-year-old Bette Davis, who after three years in the business finally shoots to stardom as the cold and unfeeling trampy cockney waitress Mildred Rogers, who […]

Jul, 13

Clash by Night **** (1952, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe, Keith Andes, J Carrol Naish) – Classic Movie Review 2597

Director Fritz Lang’s heated 1952 film noir melodrama Clash by Night, based on the Clifford Odets play as adapted by writer Alfred Hayes, is rivetingly played by a great vintage cast. Barbara Stanwyck stars as […]

Jun, 14

Eraserhead **** (1977, Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph) – Movie Review 2528

Writer-designer-producer-director David Lynch’s bizarre, pace-setting 1977 feature film debut, produced by the American Film Institute, was an instant cult hit, propelling him on his brilliant career, though Eraserhead’s dark unpleasantness can be quite alienating. This […]

May, 27

The Baby and the Battleship ** (1956, John Mills, Richard Attenborough, André Morell, Michael Hordern, Lisa Gastoni) – Classic Movie Review 2493

Producer-director Jay Lewis’s 1956 British comedy is a cheery and fast-moving if dated Fifties caper about a boatload of jovial Royal Navy sailors who have shore leave in Naples. After a brawl, one of them wakes […]

May, 17

The L-Shaped Room **** (1962, Leslie Caron, Tom Bell, Bernard Lee, Cicely Courtneidge, Brock Peters, Emlyn Williams, Nanette Newman, Patricia Phoenix, Avis Bunnage) – Classic Movie Review 2427

Writer-director Bryan Forbes’s 1962 film is a fragrant slice of Sixties London kitchen-sink life. It is one of the highspots of the brief flowering of British Sixties New Wave cinema. But it has international French star […]

Apr, 26

A Second Chance ** (2014, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas) – Movie Review

Director Susanne Bier and writer Anders Thomas Jensen craft an intriguing yet hopelessly far-fetched melodrama about a loving married couple (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maria Bonnevie) who tragically lose their baby but get a surprise second chance […]

Mar, 19

Another Thin Man **** (1939, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, Ruth Hussey) – Classic Movie Review 2264

The bubbly 1939 comedy detective thriller film Another Thin Man is another enjoyable Thin Man mystery, the third in the MGM six-movie franchise, based on Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Op story The Farewell Murder. Director W […]

Mar, 14

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