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Arabian Adventure *** (1979, Christopher Lee, Milo O’Shea, Oliver Tobias, Emma Samms, Mickey Rooney) – Classic Movie Review 10,134

Director Kevin Connor’s 1979 fantasy adventure film Arabian Adventure stars Oliver Tobias as Prince Hasan, who has a quest to rescue beautiful damsel-in-distress Princess Zuleira (Emma Samms) from the wicked sorcerer Alquazar (Christopher Lee), who […]

Aug, 05

Incompreso [Misunderstood] **** (1966, Anthony Quayle, Stefano Colagrande, Simone Giannozzi, John Sharp) – Classic Movie Review 10,054

Director Luigi Comencini’s super-good 1966 drama Incompreso (Vita col figlio) [Misunderstood] stars Anthony Quayle in the original Italian version of the 1984 English-language remake Misunderstood with Gene Hackman. Leo Benvenuti and Piero De Bernardi’s screenplay […]

Jul, 18

Dancing at Lughnasa ***½ (1998, Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Sophie Thompson, Brid Brennan, Rhys Ifans) – Classic Movie Review 9823

Director Pat O’Connor’s 1998 romantic comedy drama Dancing at Lughnasa tells the ripe tale of prim schoolmarm Kate Mundy (Meryl Streep) and her four unmarried sisters (Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Sophie Thompson, Brid Brennan) in […]

May, 26

Frankie Starlight **** (1995, Corban Walker, Anne Parillaud, Gabriel Byrne, Matt Dillon, Niall Toibin) – Classic Movie Review 9617

Frankie Bois (Corban Walker) pens his life story in director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s delicious 1995 heartwarmer Frankie Starlight, an adaptation of Chet Raymo’s novel The Dork of Cork. As his mother Bernadette (Anne Parillaud) brings up […]

Apr, 08

Ridicule **** (1996, Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant) – Classic Movie Review 9591

Director Patrice Leconte concocts an ingratiating and unusual French costume drama of sex, wit, intrigue and drainage at the court of King Louis XVI (Urbain Cancelier) in 1780, in his 1996 pleasure Ridicule. Charles Berling […]

Apr, 03

La Jetée ***** (1962, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich, Jacques Ledoux, voice of Jean Négroni) – Classic Movie Review 9527

Writer-director Chris Marker’s brilliantly teasing and challenging 1962 28-minute French black and white science fiction featurette La Jetée (The Jetty) is constructed almost entirely from still photographs and tells the story of a man and […]

Mar, 19

Forever Young ** (1992, Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood) – Classic Movie Review 9405

Director Steve Miner’s 1992 sci-fi romantic drama Forever Young stars Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis and Elijah Wood, and is written by Jeffrey Abrams, now better known as J J Abrams. Gibson stars as test […]

Feb, 20

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