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Miranda * (2002, Christina Ricci, John Simm, Kyle MacLachlan, John Hurt) – Classic Movie Review 9368

Christina Ricci stars as young con woman Miranda, who walks into the life of British northern librarian Frank (John Simm) and true love blooms. But then Ricci’s partner Christian (John Hurt) and victim Nailor (Kyle MacLachlan) […]

Feb, 11

Miranda *** (1948, Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, John McCallum, Margaret Rutherford, David Tomlinson) – Classic Movie Review 9,366

Director Ken Annakin’s 1947 British black and white light comedy fantasy film Miranda stars Glynis Johns, who makes a very fetching mermaid called Miranda Trewella, who talks young married physician Dr Paul Martin (Griffith Jones), […]

Feb, 10

The Helen Morgan Story ** (1957, Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson) – Classic Movie Review 9360

Unfortunately Ann Blyth is rather dull as tragic, ever unlucky in love torch singer Helen Morgan, who turns to the bottle for comfort, in this lame 1957 black and white Warner Bros biopic The Helen […]

Feb, 08

The Buster Keaton Story ** (1957, Donald O’Connor, Ann Blyth, Rhonda Fleming, Peter Lorre) – Classic Movie Review 9359

Lovely though Donald O’Connor is, casting him as vaudeville comedian Buster Keaton in this misleading biopic of the great stone-faced silent movie comedian must count as a bit of an insult. The fanciful script concentrates […]

Feb, 08

Charulata **** (1964, Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee) – Classic Movie Review 9341

Writer-director Satyajit Ray’s 1964 black and white Indian film Charulata [The Lonely Wife] is a witty, penetrating tale of passion and a delicate portrait of a middle-class marriage breaking up, set in India in 1879. […]

Feb, 03

Cannonball [Carquake] *** (1976, David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel) – Classic Movie Review 9320

Co-writer/ director Paul Bartel’s 1976 Cannonball [Carquake] is a follow-up in similar action vein to his 1975 hit Death Race 2000, this time a full-on Seventies-style slap-up comedy action adventure about the ruthless people, chiefly Coy […]

Jan, 29

Elvis **** (1979, Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Bing Russell) Classic Movie Review 9303

Kurt Russell leads as Elvis in director John Carpenter’s compelling 1979 biographical account of Presley’s rise to stardom, making an effective stab at re-creating the King, with help from country singer Ronnie McDowell’s excellent voicing […]

Jan, 26

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