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London Town ** (1946, Sid Field, Greta Gynt, Petula Clark, Kay Kendall, Sonnie Hale, Claude Hulbert, Mary Clare) – Classic Movie Review 11,794

The 1946 Technicolor musical film London Town, starring Sid Field and Petula Clark, is legendary as one of the biggest flops in British cinema. The 1946 Technicolor musical film London Town stars Sid Field, Greta […]

Dec, 16

This Is My Life *** (1992, Julie Kavner, Samantha Mathis, Gaby Hoffmann, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher) – Classic Movie Review 10,907

Director Nora Ephron’s appealing and amusing 1992 comedy drama This Is My Life stars Julie Kavner, Samantha Mathis, Gaby Hoffmann, Carrie Fisher and Dan Aykroyd. Nora Ephron, the Oscar-nominated writer of Silkwood (1983), When Harry […]

Feb, 12

Shadows Over Chinatown * (1946, Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung) – Classic Movie Review 9067

Director Terry Morse’s 1946 thriller Shadows over Chinatown is an especially feeble Charlie Chan entry as Earl Derr Biggers’s oriental detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) searches for a missing young woman, Mary Conover (Tanis Chandler), […]

Nov, 13

Stan & Ollie **** (2018, Steve Coogan, John C Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda, Danny Huston, Rufus Jones) – Movie Review

Stan & Ollie (2018) is a labour of love, a loving tribute to Laurel and Hardy, with brilliant impersonations of the duo by Steve Coogan and John C Reilly, and clever re-creations of their routines, songs […]

Oct, 21

Punchline *** (1988, Sally Field, Tom Hanks, John Goodman) – Classic Movie Review 6176

Writer-director David Seltzer’s talented 1988 comedy drama teams Sally Field with Tom Hanks. Double Oscar-winner Field packs a punch as Lilah Krytsick, a New Jersey housewife with a burning ambition to be a stand-up comedienne. […]

Nov, 02

The Aristocrats *** (2005, Hank Azaria, Shelley Berman, Billy Connolly, George Carlin, Don Rickles, Chris Rock) – Classic Movie Review 5179

Literally a one-joke – and a filthy one at that – director Paul Provenza’s 2005 comedy documentary dissection of what makes people laughs gets 100 more or less famous comics and gets them to re-tell a […]

Mar, 19

Man on the Moon **** (1999, Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti, Gerry Becker) – Classic Movie Review 4914

Director Milos Forman’s distinguished 1999 comedy drama stars Jim Carrey in one of his best roles and finest films. Carrey won the 2000 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – […]

Jan, 21

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