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Simon Birch **** (1998, Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Oliver Platt, Ashley Judd) – Classic Movie Review 1794

  Writer-director Mark Steven Johnson’s 1998 family drama is a truly heartwarming, lovely and adorable experience. It is set in late-1950s America, and focuses on a tiny boy named Simon Birch (played by Ian Michael Smith), […]

Nov, 01

Orange County *** (2002, Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk) – Classic Movie Review 1743

Colin Hanks (son of Tom) proves a chip off the old block as an expert comedy performer, playing Shaun Brumder, a California high school surfer kid who dreams of going to Stanford University to quit […]

Oct, 04

The Impostors *** (1998, Stanley Tucci, Oliver Platt, Alfred Molina, Steve Buscemi) – Classic Movie Review 1691

Writer-star-director Stanley Tucci’s freewheeling 1998 old-style slapstick comedy is engagingly silly, fast-moving entertainment. Tucci and Oliver Platt do a Laurel and Hardy double act as Arthur and Maurice, out-of-work actors on the run – from just […]

Sep, 20

Two Weeks Notice *** (2002, Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant) – Classic Movie Review 1605

Writer-director Marc Lawrence’s 2002 romcom finds an excellent star pair in Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant, who go through their deliciously familiar acts as a daffy liberal lawyer and the floppy-haired property developer who hires […]

Aug, 30

Mumford (1999, Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Jason Lee) – Classic Film Review 1115

Producer-writer-director Lawrence Kasdan‘s pleasant enough 1999 film stars Loren Dean as a man who assumes a false identity as a psychologist called Dr Mickey Mumford and uses his intuitive skills to help the neurotic residents of a […]

Apr, 19

The Kid *** (2000, Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer, Lily Tomlin) – Classic Movie Review 1054

Walt Disney’s loveable, charming 2000 life-crisis comedy is safely based on a decent screenplay by Audrey Wells, a writer and director known for Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), George of the Jungle (1997) and Shall We Dance (2004). Bruce Willis […]

Apr, 05

Sabrina ** (1995, Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear) – Classic Movie Review 933

Director Sydney Pollack’s 1995 romance is a totally turgid remake of Billy Wilder’s none-too-sparkling original based on a creaky old play Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor. In this uneasy romantic comedy, Long Island playboy David […]

Mar, 18

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