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A Woman of Affairs **** (1928, Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, John Gilbert, Johnny Mack Brown, Douglas Fairbanks Jnr) – Classic Movie Review 5329

Director Clarence Brown’s diverting and enduring 1928 silent movie stars a vivacious Greta Garbo as Diana Merrick, a reckless English socialite with a bad reputation founded on her silence about her husband (Johnny Mack Brown), […]

Apr, 20

Golden Boy ***** (1939, Barbara Stanwyck, William Holden, Adolphe Menjou, Joseph Calleia, Lee J Cobb, Sam Levene) – Classic Movie Review 5201

In 1939 director Rouben Mamoulian films Clifford Odets’s classic theatre play Golden Boy (with Luther Adler starring on stage) and it becomes a star-making tour de force for William Holden as a prizefighter Joe Bonaparte, […]

Mar, 26

Boys Town **** (1938, Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull) – Classic Movie Review 5020

Director Norman Taurog’s quintessentially sincere 1938 double Oscar-winning biographical drama provides an excellent showcase for Spencer Tracy, who won his second Best Actor Oscar in consecutive years for his iconic performance in the role of […]

Feb, 12

All That Jazz ***** (1979, Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer, Ben Vereen, Cliff Gorman) – Classic Movie Review 4076

Co-writer/ director Bob Fosse’s stylish, partly autobiographical 1979 movie musical All That Jazz about a Broadway workaholic dance director called Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) driving himself to death through overwork, as well as meanwhile overdosing […]

Jul, 24

Smoke (1995, Harvey Keitel) – Classic Film Review 1057

‘Five strangers. Four secrets. Three schemes. Two best friends. And one neighbourhood hangout where the world still makes sense.’ Director Wayne Wang’s 1995 drama, based on the novel by Paul Auster, is a civilised success. […]

Apr, 05

Snitch ***½ (2013, Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal, Barry Pepper, Benjamin Bratt) – Movie Review

Ever thought you’d see The Rock cry? Dwayne Johnson goes in to full-on acting mode as John Matthews, boss of his own construction company, who agrees to go undercover for the FDA after his estranged […]

Jun, 20

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