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Eat Drink Man Woman [Yin shi nan nu] *** (1994, Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yu-Wen Wang, Jia-Chien, Sylvia Chang) – Classic Movie Review 10,760

Co-writer/ director Ang Lee’s scrumptiously tasty 1994 foodie comedy film Eat Drink Man Woman [Yin shi nan nu] is set in his native Taiwan and was his calling card to world movie-making. Shihung Lung stars […]

Jan, 06

Tortilla Soup *** (2001, Hector Elizondo, Elizabeth Peña, Jaqueline Obradors, Tamara Mello, Raquel Welch) – Classic Movie Review 10,759

Director Maria Ripoli’s 2001 romantic comedy drama Tortilla Soup stars Hector Elizondo, who is first rate as retired master chef Martin Naranjo, a cooking-buff Mexican-American widower, living with his three daughters Leticia, Carmen and Maribel […]

Jan, 06

Man About the House ** (1974, Richard O’Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett) – Classic Movie Review 9536

Hammer Films’ tame and tiring 1974 sex comedy Man About the House is spun off from the popular 39-episode Seventies British TV series Man About the House (1973–1976) about two young women, Chrissy and Jo, […]

Mar, 20

Paid in Full * (1950, Robert Cummings, Lizabeth Scott, Diana Lynn, Eve Arden, Ray Collins, Frank McHugh) – Classic Movie Review 9399

The 1950 film Paid in Full is a soapy melodrama with nice Jane Langley (Lizabeth Scott) and her nasty sister Nancy (Diana Lynn) battling over appealing Bill Prentice (Robert Cummings) and getting involved in pregnancy […]

Feb, 18

Fools for Scandal * (1938, Carole Lombard, Fernand Gravet, Ralph Bellamy, Allen Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 6755

Carole Lombard is uninspired in a rare flop movie for her. Director Mervyn LeRoy’s 1938 Warner Bros movie is an unexpectedly sad failure of a romantic comedy in which Fernand Gravey [Gravet] stars as a broke French […]

Mar, 01

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? [Too Many Chefs] *** (1978, George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley) – Classic Movie Review 5559

Director Ted Kotcheff’s zesty 1978 thriller is a pretty tasty, dark-flavoured soufflé, with George Segal as Robby, an American fast-food owner in London who chases his ex-wife Natasha (Jacqueline Bisset), a handy lady at dessert […]

Jun, 07

Last Holiday *** (2006, Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Gérard Depardieu, Giancarlo Esposito, Alicia Witt, Jane Adams) – Classic Movie Review 4285

Queen Latifah stars as Georgia Byrd in an amusing and enjoyable remake of the 1950 British semi-classic Last Holiday with Alec Guinness, in a project intended for John Candy but shelved on his death. Queen Latifah plays […]

Sep, 02

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