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HouseSitter *** (1992, Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, Dana Delany, Julie Harris, Donald Moffat, Peter MacNicol) – Classic Movie Review 6899

Director Frank Oz’s 1992 fantasy romantic comedy HouseSitter is uneven, but it is always an amiable and inoffensive entertainment, and in its best stretches it is very funny. Steve Martin stars as Newton Davis, a […]

Apr, 08

The Beverly Hillbillies * (1993, Jim Varney, Dabney Coleman, Lily Tomlin, Diedrich Bader, Cloris Leachman, Rob Schneider, Erika Eleniak, Lea Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 6649

Director Penelope Spheeris’s 1993 television sitcom spinoff of the much-loved nine-season The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971) is amiable and harmless, and it certainly tries hard. But alas it is not much of a success thanks to […]

Feb, 04

The Square **** (2017, Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary) – Movie Review

Writer-director Ruben Östlund’s Stockholm museum satire is provocative, clever and amusing, though it goes on way too long at 142 minutes, and loses its way and its bite in the last 45 minutes. It does […]

Jan, 25

A Run for Your Money *** (1949, Donald Houston, Meredith Edwards, Moira Lister, Alec Guinness) – Classic Movie Review 6305

Co-writer/ director Charles Frend’s modest but amiable 1949 British comedy stars Donald Houston and Meredith Edwards as Welsh coal-mining brothers David ‘Dai Number 9’ Jones and Thomas ‘Twm’ Jones. The duo come to London to support […]

Nov, 24

Drop Dead Darling [Arrivederci, Baby!] * (1966, Tony Curtis, Rosanna Schiaffino, Lionel Jeffries, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Nancy Kwan, Fenella Fielding, Anna Quayle) – Classic Movie Review 6229

Tony Curtis plays Nick, literally, a ladykiller who weds ’em then kills ’em to his heart’s content to inherit from his rich widows until he meets his match in his latest wife, young Italian widowed […]

Nov, 11

Nothing But the Best **** (1964, Alan Bates, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews, Millicent Martin) – Classic Movie Review 5945

Director Clive Donner’s amusing and deliciously cynical 1964 satirical dark comedy runs along the lines of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, though it is based on the short story The Best of […]

Aug, 20

Two Smart People *** (1946, Lucille Ball, John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan, Hugo Haas) – Classic Movie Review 5515

Director Jules Dassin’s 1946 thriller is a somewhat down-bill, down-at-heel mix of film noir, crime caper, romance and humorous chase drama starring Lucille Ball and Lloyd Nolan as confidence trickster Ricki Woodner and sheriff Bob […]

May, 29

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