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Heaven Can Wait ***½ (1978, Warren Beatty, Dyan Cannon, Charles Grodin, James Mason, Julie Christie, Jack Warden, Vincent Gardenia, Buck Henry) – Classic Movie Review 3451

Co-writer/ co-producer/ co-director/ star Warren Beatty’s 1978 comedy is no relation to the 1943 classic Ernst Lubitsch movie of the same name, Heaven Can Wait, but instead a highly amusing and popular remake of Here Comes Mr […]

Mar, 05

The Man Who Fell to Earth **** (1976, David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey) – Classic Movie Review 2992

Director Nicolas Roeg’s unique 1976 British sci-fi thriller The Man Who Fell to Earth is a challenging and mysterious fantasy. It is exasperating, mystifying, wildly self indulgent but strangely mesmerising and rather wonderful. The Man […]

Oct, 18

The Owl and the Pussycat **** (1970, Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Robert Klein, Allen Garfield, Buck Henry) – Classic Movie Review 2,799

Barbra Streisand and George Segal are on their finest comic form in Herbert Ross’s hilarious 1970 romantic comedy film The Owl and the Pussycat. Barbra Streisand and George Segal are happily teamed and on their […]

Aug, 11

A Fuller Life ***½ (2013, Samuel Fuller, James Franco, Jennifer Beals, Joe Dante, Tim Roth, Wim Wenders, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bill Duke) – Movie Review

A Fuller Life is a must-see documentary on the life and movies of maverick film director Sam Fuller, poignantly directed by his daughter Samantha, who bursts with curiosity and pride about her dad. Friends and […]

May, 12

Short Cuts ***** (1993, Andie MacDowell, Julianne Moore, Tim Robbins, Jack Lemmon) – Classic Movie Review 2123

Writer-director Robert Altman’s masterly 1993 take on Los Angeles, re-created from nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver, is an ambitious and extraordinary creation. The meeting of two American cult masters is fully the momentous movie occasion […]

Jan, 28

The Real Blonde **** (1997, Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, Daryl Hannah, Marlo Thomas, Maxwell Caulfield) – Classic Movie Review 1781

Writer-director Tom DiCillo’s bright 1997 showbiz comedy stars a well-paired and charismatic Matthew Modine and Catherine Keener. They are very appealing as a struggling actor and his makeup artist girlfriend in this thoroughly likeable, funny and […]

Oct, 25

Grumpy Old Men *** (1993, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Buck Henry) – Classic Movie Review 1454

Director Donald Petrie’s 1993 romantic comedy is neither sharp nor witty, yet it’s appealing and often funny. It was exceedingly popular and spawned a sequel, Grumpier Old Men, in 1995. In older age, Jack Lemmon […]

Jul, 20

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