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My Son John * (1952, Robert Walker, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Dean Jagger) – Classic Movie Review 9362

Producer-director Leo McCarey’s 1952 drama My Son John is one of the most glaring examples of 50s Hollywood’s rabid anti-communist attitudes with John Jefferson (Robert Walker) ostracised by his all-American family when he returns home […]

Feb, 09

The Great McGonagall ** (1975, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Julia Foster) – Classic Movie Review 9332

Director Joe McGrath’s 1974 comedy The Great McGonagall stars Spike Milligan as the obscure and terrible unemployed 19th-century Scottish poet William McGonagall, married to Mrs McGonagall (Julia Foster), and determined to become Queen Victoria’s poet […]

Feb, 01

Weekend at Bernie’s *** (1989, Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 9285

Director Ted Kotcheff’s 1989 Weekend at Bernie’s is a spirited, even memorable try at that notoriously difficult genre – black comedy – in which New York insurance yuppies Larry Wilson and Richard Parker (Andrew McCarthy […]

Jan, 20

Smilla’s Sense of Snow *** (1997, Julia Ormond, Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Tom Wilkinson, Jim Broadbent, Robert Loggia, Bob Peck, Ona Fletcher, Agga Olsen ) – Classic Movie Review 9014

Director Bille August’s 1997 mystery crime drama Smilla’s Sense of Snow [Fröken Smillas Känsla för Snö] [Smilla’s Feeling for Snow] is based on the novel by Peter Høeg, and stars a remarkable cast headed by Julia […]

Oct, 24

Lady Chatterley’s Lover [L’Amant de Lady Chatterley] ** (1955, Danielle Darrieux, Leo Genn, Erno Crisa) – Classic Movie Review 8907

Director Marc Allégret’s 1955 black and white drama Lady Chatterley’s Lover [L’Amant de Lady Chatterley] is an early French adaptation of the once scandalous D H Lawrence novel about a high-born English lady, Lady Constance […]

Sep, 15

Alex and the Gypsy ** (1976, Jack Lemmon, Geneviève Bujold, James Woods) – Classic Movie Review 8795

John Korty’s 1976 Alex and the Gypsy is an unusual, sentimental romantic drama, with the excellent stars stuck in unpersuasive roles but making the best of it. Jack Lemmon stars as Alex Main, a world-weary, […]

Aug, 05

The Amorous Prawn [The Amorous Mr Prawn] *** (1962, Dennis Price, Ian Carmichael, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Derek Nimmo, Liz Fraser, Robert Beatty, Finlay Currie) – Classic Movie Review 8790

Director Anthony Kimmins’s 1962 British comedy The Amorous Prawn has the huge advantage of entertaining people to perform it, and they make much of this film version of the director’s gently farcical stage hit. Joan […]

Aug, 03

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