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Girlhood [Bande de filles] *** (2014, Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh) – Movie Review

Writer-director Céline Sciamma‘s engrossing French coming-of-age epic tackles the thorny though much-examined issues of race, class and non-conformity, but in a fresh and furious way. Karidja Touré (actually 20 at the time) is remarkable in […]

May, 14

Another Country **** (1984, Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Michael Jenn, Robert Addie, Anna Massey, Rupert Wainwright, Betsy Brantley, Cary Elwes) – Classic Movie Review 2.148

Playwright/ screenwriter Julian Mitchell’s extremely fine, provocative, award-winning 1981 London West End theatre hit gay stage play Another Country happily is filmed retaining its exciting young stars Rupert Everett and Colin Firth from the London run. […]

Feb, 02

A Christmas Story **** (1983, Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon) – Classic Movie Review 1962

Some people put this up there as their all-time favourite Christmas movie. Certainly director Bob Clark’s 1983 Christmas classic is a thoroughly enjoyable, sweetly beguiling movie of reminiscences of a boy growing up in an […]

Dec, 16

Au Revoir Les Enfants ***** (1987, Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette) – Classic Movie Review 1927

Writer-director Louis Malle’s haunting 1987 semi-autobiographical spellbinder, based on a searingly traumatic event in his childhood, is an exquisitely made, heart-breaking real-life story of appalling cruelty and inhumanity that resonates in the widest context. Set in […]

Dec, 07

St Vincent **** (2014, Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Jaeden Lieberher, Naomi Watts) – Movie Review

Bill Murray finds the perfect role for his grouchy persona in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic Vietnam war veteran who finds himself living next door to a new neighbour, overworked, just divorced single parent Maggie (Melissa McCarthy), and her […]

Dec, 04

Dear Frankie **** (2004, Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone, Gerard Butler) – Classic Movie Review 1901

Emily Mortimer stars as single mother Lizzie, who has a deaf wee Scots lad Frankie (Jack McElhone) as her son. Constantly moving about, the duo have recently arrived in a seaside Scottish town. Mum wants to […]

Nov, 29

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut *** (1999, voices of Trey Parker, Matt Stone) – Classic Movie Review 1897

Co-writer/director Trey Parker’s outrageous 1999 animated satirical comedy centres on American parents who try to force their government to wage war on the corrupting Canadians. Cartman, Kenny, Kyle, Stan and Chef from Parker and Matt […]

Nov, 28

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