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Laughing Anne ** (1953, Wendell Corey, Margaret Lockwood, Forrest Tucker, Ronald Shiner) – Classic Movie Review 10,361

Margaret Lockwood stars as the 1880s Parisian wicked lady nightclub singing star Laughing Anne. Joseph Conrad’s triangle tug-of-love short story tale of amour and death in Java, Between the Tides, gets an overblown, stilted dramatic […]

Sep, 29

Smiley Gets a Gun ** (1958, Sybil Thorndike, Chips Rafferty, Keith Calvert) – Classic Movie Review 10,264

Porducer-director Anthony Kimmins’s 1958 Australian comedy drama Smiley Gets a Gun is the sequel to his Smiley (1956), in which Smiley Greevins, now played by Keith Calvert, must keep out of trouble at school, help […]

Sep, 04

For the Love of Ada ** (1972, Irene Handl, Wilfred Pickles, Barbara Mitchell, Jack Smethurst, Arthur English) – Classic Movie Review 10,015

Director Ronnie Baxter’s 1972 senior citizens comedy For the Love of Ada is a warm-hearted but fairly feeble TV spin-off film, which tries to open out an already fairly feeble TV series that entirely motors […]

Jul, 08

Dear Mr Prohack *** (1949, Cecil Parker, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Dirk Bogarde Sheila Sim, Denholm Elliott) – Classic Movie Review 9802

Director Thornton Freeland’s 1949 British comedy Dear Mr Prohack features Cecil Parker recreating his stage role as capable, frugal government treasury official Mr Arthur Prohack, who goes berserk and becomes a spendthrift when he comes […]

May, 21

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer ** (1970, Peter Cook, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Ronnie Corbett, Arthur Lowe, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Fraser, Vanessa Howard) – Classic Movie Review 9754

Director Kevin Billington’s 1970 The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer stars Peter Cook, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Ronnie Corbett, Arthur Lowe, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Fraser and Vanessa Howard. A galaxy of funny British comedians […]

May, 12

Astérix & Obélix contre César [Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar] ** (1999, Christian Clavier, Gérard Depardieu, Roberto Benigni) – Classic Movie Review 9564

Director Claude Zidi’s 1999 Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar [Astérix and Obélix contre César] was a huge hit in its countries of origin, France, Germany and Italy, but it is a slack and lazy live-action […]

Mar, 26

Weekend at Bernie’s II ** (1993, Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Terry Kiser, Troy Byer, Barry Bostwick) – Classic Movie Review 9448

Writer-director Robert Klane’s unexpected 1993 sequel Weekend at Bernie’s II to the 1989 hit comedy Weekend at Bernie’s centres on the hunt for the deceased mobster Bernie Lomax’s cash. Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman return […]

Mar, 01

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