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Simply Irresistible *** (1999, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sean Patrick Flanery, Patricia Clarkson) – Classic Movie Review 4172

Sarah Michelle Gellar is simply irresistible in director Mark Tarlov’s 1999 surprise comedy flop, a sweet, positive, life-affirming charmer, very nicely written by Judith Roberts, Tarlov’s wife. It is delicate and whismical, and highly romantic, this […]

Aug, 14

Sleeping Car to Trieste *** (1948, Jean Kent, Albert Lieven, Alan Wheatley, Paul Dupuis, David Tomlinson, Rona Anderson, Derrick de Marney, Grégoire Aslan, Bonar Colleano, Zena Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 4,022

Jean Kent stars in the quirky and amusing 1948 British thriller film Sleeping Car to Trieste about spies, art thieves and blackmailers aboard a trans-Europe express train. Director John Paddy Carstairs’s 1948 British thriller Sleeping […]

Jul, 14

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut *** (1999, voices of Trey Parker, Matt Stone) – Classic Movie Review 1897

Co-writer/director Trey Parker’s outrageous 1999 animated satirical comedy centres on American parents who try to force their government to wage war on the corrupting Canadians. Cartman, Kenny, Kyle, Stan and Chef from Parker and Matt […]

Nov, 28

The Hundred-Foot Journey *** (2014, Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal, Charlotte Le Bon) – Movie Review

Director Lasse Hallström’s 2014 culture clash foodie movie may be a bit slack, bland and complacent but it is still quite diverting and pretty enjoyable. Its main attraction is that it is starring national treasure Helen […]

Sep, 04

The Rundown [Welcome to the Jungle] *** (2003, The Rock, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, Rosario Dawson) – Classic Movie Review 1376

Director Peter Berg’s 2003 action adventure thriller The Rundown, also known as Welcome to the Jungle, stars The Rock (also known as Dwayne Johnson), who comes on like Arnie on speed as Beck, an aspiring chef […]

Jun, 29

Chef *** (2014, Jon Favreau) – Movie Review

Jon Favreau writes, directs and stars as talented but obstinate chef Carl Casper, who falls out with his restaurant boss (Dustin Hoffman), quits his chef job and starts up selling from a food truck in this […]

Jun, 26

Felicia’s Journey ** (1999, Bob Hoskins) – Classic Movie Review 1317

Director Atom Egoyan’s 1999 psycho-thriller tells the rather depressing and sordid little tale of a lonely middle-aged catering manager named Joe Hilditch (Bob Hoskins), who picks up and befriends an Irish teenage girl called Felicia (Elaine […]

Jun, 13

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