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I Want You ** (1951, Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire, Farley Granger, Peggy Dow) – Classic Movie Review 8784

Director Mark Robson’s 1951 drama I Want You is producer Samuel Goldwyn’s attempt to update themes from The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) in order to examine the way the Korean War affects an […]

Aug, 01

Mr Saturday Night ** (1992, Billy Crystal, David Paymer, Julie Warner) – Classic Movie Review 8775

Beware comedians with a sentimental bent who don the latex to play old folk! Billy Crystal is at it in his 1992 comedy Mr Saturday Night, as an ancient TV comic called Buddy Young Jr, […]

Jul, 29

In Old Chicago ***** (1938, Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady, Andy Devine, Brian Donlevy, Phyllis Brooks, Tom Brown) – Classic Movie Review 8542

Director Henry King’s 1938 In Old Chicago is a sumptuous, beautifully acted and thoroughly enjoyable, fanciful tale of old Chicago running up to the Great Fire of 1871. Alice Brady picked up a best supporting […]

Jun, 03

All Fall Down **** (1962, Eva Marie Saint, Warren Beatty, Karl Malden, Brandon De Wilde, Angela Lansbury) – Classic Movie Review 8517

Director John Frankenheimer’s 1962 drama All Fall Down is a distinguished piece of film-making based on a novel by James Leo Herlihy, the author of Midnight Cowboy, about a young man called Clinton Willart (Brandon […]

May, 29

The Jokers **** (1967, Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews, James Donald, Daniel Massey, Michael Hordern, Gabriella Licudi, Frank Finlay) – Classic Movie Review 8329

Director Michael Winner’s 1967 British comedy The Jokers stars Michael Crawford and Oliver Reed as unlikely siblings, the Tremayne brothers, who, just for a lark and to make themselves famous, plan to rob Her Majesty […]

Apr, 03

Chu Chin Chow **** (1934, George Robey, Fritz Kortner, Anna May Wong, John Garrick, Pearl Argyle) – Classic Movie Review 8289

Director Walter Forde’s exuberantly entertaining 1934 British action adventure comedy musical Chu Chin Chow, a musical retelling of the Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves Arabian Nights tale, can still provide a lot of antique […]

Mar, 24

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead *** (2018, Neil Maskell, Sam Riley, Bill Paterson, Charles Dance, Joe Cole) – Movie Review

Writer-director Ben Wheatley’s semi-improvised ensemble comedy drama Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018) is dark and sour, with a bunch of really horrible loser characters, but it is undeniably funny in places in its black comedy […]

Oct, 11

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