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The Squid and the Whale **** (2005, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney) – Classic Movie Review 2811

Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline star as two brothers forced to deal with the divorce of their parents Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney in Brooklyn in the 1980s in writer-director Noah Baumbach‘s poignant and amusing bitter-sweet […]

Aug, 14

There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble *** (2000, Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Lewis McKenzie, Jane Lapotaire, Gina McKee) – Classic Movie Review 2795

This easy-going junior-league British footie comedy comes from director John Hay in 2000, complete with a well-meaning, too-cosy, simple story, and laid-back, appealing performances. Lewis McKenzie plays shy, bullied Manchester schoolboy Jimmy Grimble who would […]

Aug, 09

Nicholas Nickleby **** (2002, Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Christopher Plummer) – Classic Movie Review 2719

Charles Dickens’s tale of a young schoolmaster Nicholas Nickleby (Charlie Hunnam), who joins a band of entertainers to support his family after being deprived of his fortune by his wicked uncle Ralph (Christopher Plummer), is […]

Jul, 18

Oliver Twist ** (2005, Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Harry Eden, Edward Hardwicke, Leanne Rowe, Jamie Foreman, Jeremy Swift) – Classic Movie Review 2686

Let’s Twist again! Or maybe not? Producer-director Roman Polanski comes up with a disappointment in 2005 – a pedestrian, plodding and uninspired movie version of the classic Charles Dickens tale, but nevertheless with some excellent […]

Jul, 11

The Iron Giant ****½ (1999, voices of Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr, Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel, Harry Connick Jr, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney) – Classic Movie Review 2647

Writer-director Brad Bird’s outstanding, brilliantly imaginative, dark-toned 1999 animated feature is based on The Iron Man children’s story by British poet Ted Hughes. It starts when a nine-year-old boy, Hogarth Hughes (voiced by Eli Marienthal), […]

Jun, 27

Igby Goes Down **** (2002, Kieran Culkin, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Goldblum, Ryan Phillippe, Bill Pullman, Claire Danes, Amanda Peet) – Classic Movie Review 2645

Writer-director Burr Steers’s 2002 comedy stars Kieran Culkin, who proves a little superstar as Igby, a crazy, mixed-up 17-year-old kid with a really bad attitude and hateful folks in his life. His dying mom Mimi […]

Jun, 27

The Thief Lord **** (2006, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jasper Harris, Rollo Weeks, Jim Carter, Alexei Sayle, Vanessa Redgrave, George MacKay, Carole Boyd) – Classic Movie Review 2604

Co-writer/director Richard Claus adapts Cornelia Funke’s children’s novel (published in Germany in 2000 and translated into English by Oliver Latsch in 2002) into a highly engaging, great-looking family fantasy adventure film in 2006. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Jasper Harris star […]

Jun, 15

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