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Postman Pat: The Movie *** (2014, Stephen Mangan) – Movie Review

Stephen Mangan provides the voice of English village Postman Pat, who enters a TV talent show competition to win a holiday to Italy for his wife and kid, in this colourful and amusing transfer of the […]

May, 22

Mr Deeds ** (2002, Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro) – Classic Film Review 1226

Adam Sandler of all people is miscast as a simple, honest pizza-parlour owner, Longfellow Deeds, who moves to the big city to inherit $40billion and meets greedy opportunists after his money. There’s an ugly rash […]

May, 17

This Gun for Hire ***** (1942, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston) – Classic Movie Review 1,011

The 1942 film noir thriller This Gun for Hire transforms Graham Greene’s novel into a showcase for the sparkling new star team of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake (just 20), propelling them into superstardom. ‘You […]

Mar, 29

Murder at the Gallop **** (1963, Margaret Rutherford, Stringer Davis, Robert Morley, Flora Robson, Finlay Currie, Charles Tingwell) – Classic Movie Review 865

Hooray for Margaret Rutherford’s second, exceedingly satisfying big-screen mystery entertainment as Dame Agatha Christie’s sleuth Miss Marple, the 1963 comedy crime thriller Murder at the Gallop. Old Lady Crime snoops to conquer when the rich […]

Mar, 05

Breakfast at Tiffany’s ****½ (1961, Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, John McGiver) – Classic Movie Review 829

Director Blake Edwards’s enchanting 1961 film of Truman Capote’s novella earned an Oscar nomination Best Actress for style icon Audrey Hepburn’s gem of a performance as the kooky and cute Sixties sophisticated socialite Holly Golightly. […]

Feb, 15

8 Minutes Idle *** (2012, Ophelia Lovibond, Tom Hughes, Antonia Thomas, Paul Kaye, Jack Ashton, Luke Newberry) – Film Review

Director Mark Simon Hewis’s Britcom is a quirky, good-natured, high-spirited call-centre comedy that provides some nifty acting, lots of rude laughs and a great slacker flavour and taste of Bristol. Tom Hughes stars as handsome […]

Feb, 04

Apt Pupil **** (1998, Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, Joshua Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 717

The 16-year-old Brad Renfro stars as teenager Todd Bowden, who suspects his neighbour Arthur Denker (played by Ian McKellen) of being a Nazi war criminal called Kurt Dussander. The lad starts a blackmail campaign against […]

Jan, 18

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