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‘The story of two boys who went to school for nine years – and finished in the first reader.’ Director Clyde A Bruckman’s and producer Hal Roach’s 1928 black and white 20-minute two-reeler short comedy silent […]
Director John Krish’s 1968 comedy is a dodgy, unstylish film of Evelyn Waugh’s masterwork satirical (partly autobiographical) novel, now unfortunately updated to the Swinging Sixties, hence is alternate title of Decline and Fall… of a […]
Director Herbert Ross’s 1989 comedy drama about a close-knit circle of friends, based on the Broadway play by Robert Harling, showcases classy acting from a top-notch female all-star cast of Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley […]
George Zucco stars as demented archaeologist Dr Andrew Forbes in Sam Newfield’s similarly suitably demented 1946 Poverty Row horror movie. The admirable George Zucco enlivens a Z-grade horror flick as demented archaeologist Dr Andrew Forbes who […]
Director Carroll Ballard’s delightful 1996 children’s adventure film is based on the autobiography of Bill Lishman. A 13-year-old girl’s mother dies in a car crash in New Zealand and the lass called Amy Alden (Anna […]
Director Alan Parker’s marvellous 1984 film Birdy stars Nicolas Cage as Al Columbato, who tries whatever he can to help his best friend Birdy (Matthew Modine), now a speechless schizophrenic suffering from post-war trauma and […]
In director John Frankenheimer’s 1962 classic, Burt Lancaster gives one of his finest performances as the notorious and violent but mild-mannered real-life jailed killer Robert Stroud, who is locked away in Leavenworth Prison in 1912 for murdering […]