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Delivery Man ** (2013, Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders) – Movie Review

Vince Vaughn is a good actor and funny man, with a deserved huge fan base. But he’s not ideal casting as a sensitive, affable, bumbling, slacker, middle-aged underachiever who’s in a tizzy when he finds out […]

Jan, 02

The Railway Children ***** (1970, Dinah Sheridan, Bernard Cribbins, William Mervyn, Jenny Agutter, Sally Thomsett, Gary Warren) – Classic Movie Review 417

Esteemed character actor Lionel Jeffries turned writer-director for the beloved, ageless 1970 classic British family drama film The Railway Children. What a grand job Jeffries makes of this enduring favourite! With its perennial and universal appeal, it has […]

Nov, 17

To Kill a Mockingbird ***** (1962, Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Brock Peters, Mary Badham, Paul Fix, Robert Duvall) – Classic Movie Review 65

Thanks to the sensitive yet passionate handling of director Robert Mulligan and his regular producer Alan J Pakula, this triple Oscar-winner is one of those rare enough occasions when a great novel becomes great film. […]

Jul, 18

The Sound of Music ***** (1965, Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, Daniel Truhitte, Nicholas Hammond, Richard Haydn, Anna Lee) – Classic Movie Review 57

The hills are alive… Is this the world’s most popular musical? Maybe it is! The Tony award-winner for Best Musical became the Oscar-winner for Best Film. The original Broadway production opened in November 1959 and […]

Jul, 17

Metropolis ***** (1926, Brigitte Helm, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Fritz Rasp) – Classic Movie Review 56

‘The mediator between head and hands must be the heart!’ Director Fritz Lang’s brilliant, pioneering 1926 German sci-fi movie is one of the greatest and most enduring achievements of the silent era and effortlessly retains […]

Jul, 16

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