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The Flamingo Kid **** (1984, Matt Dillon, Hector Elizondo, Richard Crenna, Molly McCarthy) – Classic Movie Review 2010

Director Garry Marshall’s warm and delightful 1984 coming of age teen comedy treasure stars the young, fresh and talented Matt Dillon as Jeffrey Willis, a nice kid from Brooklyn who has just finished high school […]

Dec, 29

Le Rayon Vert [The Green Ray] **** (1986, Marie Rivière, Vincent Gauthier, Béatrice Romand, Rosette, Amira Chemakhi ) – Classic Movie Review 1961

Marie Rivière stars as a 20something Parisian secretary singleton yearning for the true love that’s eluded her so far. The emotionally vulnerable vegetarian Delphine is depressed when she’s forced to spend her summer holiday alone […]

Dec, 16

Blood Ties *** (1991, Patrick Bauchau, Jason London, Harley Venton) – Classic Movie Review 1826

Producer-director Jim McBride’s impressive, eye-catching 1991 horror thriller revitalises and modernises the vampire legend. In Richard Alan Shapiro’s nifty screenplay, fun-loving modern-day vampires are undead and living in Long Beach in LA, and troubled only […]

Nov, 10

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday *** (1996, Michelle Pfeiffer, Peter Gallagher, Claire Danes) – Classic Movie Review 1659

  Director Michael Pressman’s 1996 tearjerking emotional drama is based on the play by Michael Brady, with a script by co-producer David E Kelley. Michelle Pfeiffer stars as Gillian Lewis, beloved wife of David (Peter […]

Sep, 09

Local Hero **** (1983, Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Peter Capaldi, Denis Lawson) – Classic Movie Review 1634

Writer-director Bill Forsyth’s 1983 vintage-style Scottish comedy is an irresistible throwback to the era and movies of the Forties and Fifties and, in particular, the similarly themed classic Whisky Galore (1949). Peter Riegert stars as Mac, […]

Sep, 05

Grease ***** (1978, John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Didi Conn, Eve Arden, Frankie Avalon, Joan Blondell, Edd Byrnes, Sid Caesar) – Classic Movie Review 1478

Re-released in cinemas for its 20th birthday in 1998 and again for its 40th birthday in 2018, director Randal Kleiser’s breathlessly exuberant, joyous 1978 movie of Grease, Broadway’s second longest running musical after A Chorus […]

Jul, 26

City by the Sea ** (2002, Robert De Niro, James Franco, Frances McDormand) – Classic Movie Review 1430

Director Michael Caton-Jones’s 2002 character-driven thriller is interesting and sometimes involving, but often surprisingly shaky. Ken Hixon writes the slightly struggling screenplay from an article, Mark of a Murderer by Mike McAlary. Well it’s more […]

Jul, 15

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