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You Belong to Me [Good Morning, Doctor] **½ (1941, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Edgar Buchanan) – Classic Movie Review 6773

Director Wesley Ruggles’s 1941 romantic comedy You Belong to Me stars the perfectly paired Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda once again after their success in The Lady Eve (1941). It is also known as Good […]

Mar, 06

The Corpse Vanishes [The Case of the Missing Brides] **½ (1942, Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin) – Classic Movie Review 3734

Director Wallace Fox’s amusing 1942 horror movie stars Bela Lugosi as a crazed botanist called Dr George Lorenz, who kidnaps brides to revive his 80-year-old countess wife (Elizabeth Russell) to her former youthful and healthy state. With […]

May, 22

Corpse Bride **** (2005, voice of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman) – Classic Movie Review 2,930

The deliciously entertaining 2005 animated fantasy musical feature film Corpse Bride comes from quirky genius Tim Burton. The deliciously entertaining 2005 animated fantasy musical feature film Corpse Bride comes from quirky genius Tim Burton. It’s […]

Sep, 28

The Bride Wore Black [La mariée était en noir] **** (1967, Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet, Charles Denner, Claude Rich, Michel Lonsdale, Daniel Boulanger) – Classic Movie Review 2,588

François Truffaut’s 1968 salute to Alfred Hitchcock, the French thriller film The Bride Wore Black, is a richly enjoyable, quirky entertainment. Jeanne Moreau is on great form as a widow who sets out to kill […]

Jun, 12

The Princess Bride **** (1987, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, Mandy Patinkin, Peter Falk, Fred Savage, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal) – Classic Movie Review 1537

Director Rob Reiner’s 1987 fairy tale movie is a perennial pleasure. The story is narrated by Peter Falk’s kindly grandfather, who reads his sick grandson (Fred Savage) a classic fairy tale, with heroes and villains, a poor stable boy, a […]

Aug, 11

Along Came Polly *** (2004, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin, Hank Azaria, Bryan Brown) – Classic Movie Review 1320

Writer-director John Hamburg’s amiable enough 2004 romantic comedy has a super-good cast to get over its bumps and make it work. Risk assessor Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller) dumps his new wife Lisa (Debra Messing) after […]

Jun, 13

That Old Feeling **** (1997, Bette Midler, Dennis Farina, Paula Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 765

The advertising line tell the whole story: ‘It was the perfect wedding except for two things …the bride’s parents.’ Director Carl Reiner’s fun 1997 movie stars Bette Midler and Dennis Farina as feuding former married […]

Jan, 28

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